Pregnancy of unknown location

[Amy980]

Hi
I've not posted online like this before. Just wanting to see if there are any other women out there having gone through this before for support.
I'm 36, been trying for nearly 2 years and recently just gave up thinking it wouldn't happen. I've never been pregnant before. I was 5 days late but my periods can be late so I didn't think anything of it. I was getting what I thought was PMS pains plus I have endometriosis so I am used to bad pain. I tested on day 5 of being late in the morning and it was faint. Went after work to Tesco to get a super sensitive tester and started getting more stomach pains when I was walking. I tested and I am pregnant. But throughout the night my pain was more on my left like trapped wind.
Yesterday, Friday morning, I went to A&E with pain as I couldn't stand upright. I had a scan and they've diagnosed pregnancy of unknown location and went through possible options, I could be miscarrying, it could be an ectopic or okay. She said I have like ovulated from my left ovary.
My pain was more.varied throughout the day like a dull pain then gets sharp on my left. My only other pregnancy symptoms are my boobs are killing, I have to wear a sports bra all the time. I'm home now and having to repeat the bloods in 48 hours which will be tomorrow morning Sunday.
I just feel in shock. I didn't think we'd ever get pregnant, my husband is 51 and we'd been referred to the fertility clinic. It was my friends wedding today and I was a bridesmaid but it was 3 hours away so I've had to cancel attending.
I'm normally an emotional person and cry easily feeling empathy for people. But I just feel numb like I'm in shock. I know I've seen I'm pregnant but it doesn't feel real. I don't know what level of cramping is normal for a new mum. We had booked to carry on travelling to up to Northumberland after the wedding for all next week and weekend. I've had to cancel the BNB this weekend for my friends wedding. I haven't told her what is wrong with me. I don't want her to worry and I want her to enjoy her wedding day today. Sorry it's such a long post and thanks for reading.

So sorry to hewr your going theough this. POUL is scary as it can cause health issues if the body does not resolve it by itself. Ruptured fallopian tube is deadly. So keep a track of pain, shoulder pain, dizziness etc they should have informed younof tuis at EPAU.

I had POUL in March and no cramps just continous bleeding. Was on Ectopic watch until my body dealt with things but 0 pain 3 weeks later it was resolved.

So sorry again and hope you get your baby soon.

Im sorry you're going through this. I cant really give you any hope. But I can say I completely understand what you're going through.

I have had 5 positive tests since Wednesday when I was due on. But I started with dull aches and discomfort, predominantly on my left side since then. Im aware it is there. I dont remember ever feeling like this with my other 3 pregnancies. My obs are ok but im currently sat in EPAU waiting to see what they have to say.

Do you have any other symptoms? How many weeks would you be?

Again, im sorry. Its horrible constantly worrying isn't it?

Thank you for messaging, I'm sorry you are in the same situation as we speak. Wishing you all the best. I am just under 5 weeks. It was very painful like bad cramps then it would be sharp on my left side. It would come in waves of pain. It has since settled down which I'm hoping is a good sign to a rumberling discomfort that will feel like a pressure in my left side. They are repeating my bloods tomorrow morning at the same time they did them yesterday. Depending on what my hormones are doing then they can advice on next steps and I'm just hoping it will be okay. I hope you're okay

Yes it awful the worry. My husband keeps saying don't stress it will be fine and we're going to have a lot more stresses to come. He doesn't understand that the limbo feeling of not really knowing is hard.

I'm so sorry for all you went through. Thank you so much for your supportive message in writing me back. I really appreciate it

Well, its good to have a plan. I think the not knowing is so hard.

I attended EPAU this morning, the doctor was good. He has treated me for a UTI, he swabbed me and did full blood count. I cant see that he has requested a HG blood result which surprised me. But he has also booked me in for a scan tomorrow morning. Im not sure what/if anything will show.

I do have similar. Not sharp pains but the rumbling/tugging/aching predominantly to left side. Back pain both sides.

I hope you get some answers following your bloods. Waiting is hard.

Oh this is hard, I’m sorry. I ended up have methotrexate for my PUL. It took them ages to find it and initially thought they could leave it untreated and it would just reabsorb, but my levels didn’t really drop. The injections were ok actually, so try not to worry if doesn’t pass naturally.

I'm so sorry you went through this and thank you so much for responding to my post

I'm so very sorry what you went through, it's very supportive of you you to share and you really went through a lot, thank you for sharing

Goodness hopefully it's the uti, thanks for sharing? How did everything go?

Hi
I thought to update you all who have so kindly shared and been so supportive. I'm so sorry for all you have been through with your loses, it is hard to express and for me to put into words how sad I am for you to have all gone through PULs, my heart breaks for you all.

I have good news in that my hCG levels went from 500 to 1300 in 48 hours. They will scan me on 20th October to check. They said it's positive news but not 100% until the scan. My pain has lessened to when I was in hospital. It's a dull ache now. I do have endometriosis on my left side and I read that in the early stages endo can flare before other hormones kick in. Plus I do get severe constipation and it could have been that also causing pain.

I wanted to thank you again all of you and your supportive messages. I've never messaged online but I've seen posts on mumsnet in the past when looking for help. Thank you again everyone xxxx

Wishing you lots of good luck ...

That's so lovely to hear. Our bodies do like to confuse us.

Thanks for your message. I went to the EPAU yesterday morning for a scan. I’m only 4+4 weeks, but they did confirm on the scan that they could see a gestational sac in my womb. There was blood flow going to it, which was consistent with a potential pregnancy. Because it’s so early, they couldn’t see a yolk sac or heartbeat or anything yet.

They also did my bloods the day before and confirmed that my HCG levels were 1,256. She said they wouldn’t necessarily expect to see anything other than a sac on the scan until HCG levels reached 2,000, so she was comfortable that things were as they should be at this point.

They’ve referred me for another scan at six weeks, but the pains have settled down slightly and I do feel reassured. I also haven’t had any bleeding, so I’m trying to stay positive at this point and just assume the pains were linked to implantation or possibly the UTI.

Wishing you all the best OP. I had an ectopic 39 years ago. Tube and ovary removed but I got pregnant again soon after and have two sons aged 38 and 29.

I just wanted to say I had a similar experience. I have endometriosis too, and the pain I had in the very early weeks of pregnancy was quite severe and so I ended up being investigated for PUL.

Luckily, once I’d had the follow up scan after the Hcg tests, the pregnancy was confirmed in the correct location but it was a very scary few weeks. I think the hormones contributed to an endometriosis flare up which caused the pain. This continued for a while but I was just relieved that the pregnancy was viable, it settled down by about 9 weeks though.

Thank you so much for responding to me and it gives me hope your experience.in a difficult time of coping with endometriosis pain. I'll hold onto that, that the endo pain will lessen as the weeks go on. Thank you and I'm pleased all ended up well for you. That was the main reason I went to A&E I had severe pain like endometriosis but no bleeding so I didn't know what was going on. Thanks again for sharing, I really appreciate it.