Pregnancy after an Ectopic?

[MidnightRose97]

I am new on here so not really sure how to start this... I have very recently had an ectopic pregnancy and given methotrexate.. this was my first pregnancy and Im struggling with the thought of waiting 3 months before trying again.. I know it's not long in hind sight, but at the moment it feels like a long time and as much as I try to fill my time with other things, nothing is going to fill that gap of wanting a baby and to start a family :(

I'm wondering if any of you can share your experience of going through this and how long it took to get pregnant afterwards? And how to deal with the added stress and worry that it might happen again...

Thank you xxx

Sorry, I can’t help because I’m currently having treatment for an eptopic but I’m worried about conceiving again. They told me I have a good chance but it feels like so far in the future I might be pregnant again.

Hi, I’m sorry to hear about your loss. I had an ectopic pregnancy in 2014 ad. Was so given methotrexate. I ended up with a tube removal however as the drug didn’t work.
I waited the full 3 months to try again as there are some risks involved with the methotrexate and I wanted the best chance possible for a healthy pregnancy. I was pregnant again within 3 cycles after the 3 months, all was well! I also found out that I became pregnant after an ovulation on the side without the tube.
What I mean to say is that it is worth the wait to know that there are no added risks.
Good luck!!

The worry that it will happen again doesn’t go away. I had an early scan at 2 weeks last a positive test in my two subsequent pregnancies so I wasn’t worrying for long.

Thanks for your reply, it's nice to hear something positive and that you got pregnant again not too many months after.

I definitely will wait the 3 months as would not take the risk, I think it just feels like forever!

Yes, it feels a long time. I was lucky enough that it was my second pregnancy so I had a child to keep me busy. It was a difficult few months though. Try to throw yourself into something. Work, decorating, study, anything!
More good news, I’ve been pregnant again since, so twice since the ectopic. Both were healthy and I’m now a mum of three.
It’s a really awful thing to happen to you but three months is almost no time at all in the scheme of things. You will soon be free to try and hopefully things will happen for you soon x

Hi, I had 2.

First one was a tube removal, second one in other tube was methotrexate. But after that they did a hsg & it was found I had hydrosalpinx in my remaining tube so it had to be removed this was obviously a reason for the 2 ectopics my tubes were not healthy.

We then had ivf and ended with a dc after a long time ttc but all worked out in the end.

Can you request a hsg to check for blockages in your tubes?

I had an ectopic pregnancy last year, was also treated with methotrexate. It was a really tough time, and found the thought of waiting 3 months to try again so hard at first, however decided to use the opportunity to get as healthy as possible ready for trying again, so started jogging and yoga, ate really well, did mindfulness etc so by the time the 3 months were up I felt really positive about trying again. Was lucky to get pregnant on my 3rd cycle of trying and am now 23 weeks pregnant and all is going well. Good luck xx