ectopic - please please no horror stories.

[chocchips]

Hi everyone.
I suffer from extreme hypochondria and trying to overcome a mental breakdown over it so I would really appreciate if there are no scary horror stories (thankyou for understanding)

I keep having intermittent (like 4/5 times today) sharp pain very low down in my pelvis. Because of my hypochondria I automatically jump to anything that can kill me without rationale. Today is ectopic pregnancy.

I had my period last Friday, was normal apart from a day or so shorter than usual but this has happened before so didnt think much too it.

No other bleeding has stopped/started. I e taken two tests today out of sheer paranoia and both are negative.

I have no pregnancy symptoms (with my dd O had severe morning sickness) but I don't have any nausea, tiredness, etc.

Does this sound like an ectopic? I don't drive nor live any where near a medical walk in so that is no option. I'm sat here fretting and scares of dying, just looking for some reassurance from you lovely people that I'm just being silly and paranoid. Thankyou

Hi chocchips, hope I can offer some reassurance - I've had two ectopic pregnancies. Do you think you conceived this month or last? My first ectopic wasn't diagnosed until quite late, I had been bleeding for three weeks so didn't imagine for one minute that I could be pregnant. The bleeding (both times) was unlike a usual period, it was very dark, the consultant described it as being like prune juice and said it was a classic symptom. You haven't mentioned this in your post so am assuming your period although light is otherwise normal.

Thankyou so much. I think its getting heavier, so more than likely just a period. I should give it a chance but with hypochondria I just panic at the first sight of anything abnormal!

I'l keep an eye on this thread, I have hypochondriac tendancies too - not ill very often but always imagine that any symptoms I do have are related to something fatal.

Hope that things settle down for you, I know from experience that the anxiety can sometimes be worse than the thing you are worried about, take care.

Oh pucking I know how you feel. You wouldn't believe the amount of life threatening illnesses I've 'had'. And not once have I had anything wrong!

Sometimes I feel it would be easier to actually have a physical illnesses, because then it could be treated and thats that. This hypochondria is never ending!