Hi my Name is Emma I am 23.
I shall write you my story.. not sure where to start but here goes.
I did a pregnancy test on the 5th of july(Friday) which was positive as my fiancee and I were just trying to see if we would get pregnant as I came off the pill last year December and I was shocked and he was so happy of the thought of becoming a Dad.
That all changed as saturday I started feeling pains in my left side and was slightly spotting, Then Sunday the Pain were getting bad only on and off but they were sharp and made me cry and it was hard to walk so I ended up crawling up the stairs into bed.
Monday 8th July I went to my Doctors and he said it sounded like Ectopic so wanted me to be seen in A & E. My Doctor wanted me to go by ambulance but said it would take a hour so instead my other half drove me to A & E and waited quite some time.
I was in A&E explaining myself all over again to more doctors, getting prodded internally which was extremely painful, then blood taken to see what my HCG levels were and then a scan but all between that it was a horrible waiting game for the blood results. The scan showed nothing but cyst's (They did two scans one internal and the usual one).
Later on I had my HCG back 132 and they said I was 5weeks 1 day as my last LMP was June 2nd. The doctor told me as it was so low it was likely to be a miscarriage but to be sure I had to come back on wednesday 10th for another HCG test.
I thought I would be fine to go to work on 9th between all the drama. People were asking me why I was so quite, as usually i'm very bubbly talk to everyone , this day I really did not feel like sharing what was wrong with me. On and off I would start to cry, I missed most of my breaks as I couldn't bare the thought of people asking me why I didn't want to talk, I took one break and then got extremely upset and then started getting extremely sharp pains, my friends other half drove me home and said do I need to take you to A& E. I just thought miscarriages were this painful and that nothing could be done for me.
Wednesday 10th went back to hospital later onto be told my levels were at 50... finally some answers okay a miscarriage I thought to my self ( I can handle finally knowing what was wrong with me), I cried instantly when she told me .
So I just let it takes it course, I took the week off, but still was experiencing extreme back pain , sharp pains on and off but the bleeding wasn't like a period properly , I couldn't walk for 5 minutes without feeling like I had to sit back down again.
I went back to work on the 15th July (Monday) obviously all my managers new what was wrong... I carried on thinking I can handle it I have had a few days off to get over this, We can just try again. I called back on the 18th (Wednesday) to the EPU to say my test was positive as they said for me to . I was told to ring back on the 22nd July (monday) it seemed like torture to wait till monday.
I tested positive again , during the whole week I felt I was going to be sick , still getting slight pain almost like a stitch , I couldn't walk for Long , I kept on thinking I am not unfit I am healthy I exercise three times a week eat healthy why do I feel as if I have been walking for hours!
22nd they did a scan showed nothing, which was devastating as I had all the symptoms of being pregnant, my blood had been taken again I was told to call back at 2pm so after I finished at the hospital I went straight back to work.
I was also slightly bleeding again not again like a period.
I called back at 2 ..they hadn't had my results yet so waited to be called back . I finish at 3 at work so just as I am getting ready to leave she tells me Emma sorry about the bad news but your hcg is 1507 and we would of expected to definitely see a baby in the scan , I need to consult with the Emergency GYN and I will call you back :( I bursted into tears feeling so scared, my two bosses walked in a couple minutes later and were just puzzled to why I hadn't gone home. I explained and they said to take the rest of the week off .
I was called back to say they needed me in hospital in the morning and to be NBM by the morning as most likely they will need to do an emergency operation.
I went in on the 24th had my consultation and started to feel sharp pains again, I was crying in pain on a bed and was told I had to wait till 4pm as someone else was before me and that they were short staffed.
I woke up later at 7pm and wasn't told what had happened ... I kinda new from the pain they removed my left tube...I found out by 10ish am the following day they had and that I have a condition called Endometriosis .
They said a pregnancy should help my condition but as I think everyone is scared after having a ectopic pregnancy being told u have a high chance of ectopic again...
I have been told when I am ready to try again, if I have no luck after trying for 6months they will discuss my case and if I did become pregnant I would have to have a early scan..
I was 7 weeks pregnant and my first time all of this was quite traumatic .
So far the hospital has only signed me off for 2 weeks but said I would have to go back to my doctor to be signed off for more they said usually 1month recovering . Is this the right amount of time?
So far I am not sleeping that well at night, i'm hardly eating and in the morning/afternoon I feel up beat and all of sudden when it gets later on in the day I feel grumpy and down . I do realise though this is completely normal, my other half just tries to make me laugh and keep my company .
I just realise though I am very lucky to have such supporting family and friends and that I wasn't to far along in the pregnancy . As my other half business partner friends lost twins at 6months . I just have to think that always somewhere else in the world someone else is going through a difficult time and that were not alone.
sorry for rambling on this is my first time talking about it.
Thanks for listening .