Possible PUL/ectopic/too early

[AcisseJ11]

Help!! I’ll try to keep this as short as I can. I went for a private scan at 6 weeks where they found nothing in my uterus. I was told if I had back pain to go straight to a and e. I’d had this back pain for a few weeks so rang 111 who told me to go to hospital. I’ve been in hospital since last Thursday. At first, it was a case of I’m going straight to theatre but then they did a few scans and measures my hcg levels, it started at 2000 on Thursday night and was 3000 and something by Saturday but obviously not doubling as it should. They advised I was ectopic and would need the methotrexate injection to get rid of it. They offered me a final scan as I was hesitant and they found something that ‘could’ be a five week foetus in the right place. Because of this, I refused the injection and my doctor agreed. She discharged me and gave me a scan appointment at the EPU for the 5th of December to check then. I’m now back at home terrified it’s ectopic so it will rupture or I’m pregnant and it’s not growing properly or I’m just miscarrying. I stayed off work yesterday but started to work from home today and I just can’t concentrate at all, I just burst out crying and I’m so confused as to what I’m crying about yet because I just don’t know. Has anyone been through this? Also, is it worth going to the GP because my mental health is an absolute state after all of this.

I would go and see your GP, they might not be able to do anything other than give comforting words but they are a good person to talk to in the circumstances.
If they thought it was ectopic then I doubt they'd wait until the scan date on the 5th December, that seems a long time away. You could discuss that with your GP but I think you can refer to the early pregnancy units yourself.

Have you been having pain anywhere and any bleeding?

Tbh I would be insisting on a scan sooner than the 5 Dec and are they monitoring your hcg level still ?

They were monitoring my hcg level from Thursday - Monday until I was discharged. They said they couldn’t find anything on first two scans and hcg is increasing but not doubling so likely ectopic. They were going to give me the injection but then had a final scan before this where they found something in the right place. Because of this, they said I would just be referred to EPU and the closest date was the 5th of Dec. I haven’t had any bleeding, I have been getting cramps but been on both sides or one and then the other so doesn’t sound like ectopic but have no idea what’s going on.

I had something similar. Though mine was over 20 years ago.

I had positive pregnancy tests. 6 weeks after I went to my dr with right sided pain. He said it was wind but if it was still there tomorrow. To go back

It was. So I went back and was taken into hospital. My hcg levels were very high (very common in ectopics. However I’ve since had children and all my hcg levels were high)

Had an ultrasound. Couldn’t see anything. Yet levels continued to rise quickly. Had more and more scans. Still couldn’t see anything. They thought I’d miscarries. But said they wanted to be 100%. So took me down to theatre.

When I came round. Dr told me the ectopic was so near my ovary. Hence why it hadn’t been seen on a scan.

Any sudden agonising pain. Please head straight to a and e. Any shoulder tip pain. On the left. Also a and e straight away. They should be monitoring you very closely. Seeing as they aren’t sure?

I feel like because they found something on the last scan, I didn’t want the methotrexate injection and so they were like well just go home and wait 17 days then. Literally the whole time I was in hospital I was asking to go home and they were like no it’s too dangerous. I don’t know whether it’s a good sign that they are letting me go, like do they think I am pregnant but just early?? But then my hcg is still not doubling. Soo confused!!