Ectopic pregnancy or just too early to tell?

[indiegrrl]

Hi there, I conceived around 15 July. Following some confusing pos and neg results my GP arranged for me to have a scan last Tues. Nothing showed up and scanner was adamant it should've done by this stage of pregnancy, so they did blood tests. I am pg, HCG 560 on Tue - but only 617 on Thur. Went in again this morning to give blood for another test and nurse said may be an ectopic pg. She also said nothing wld show up on a scan til HCG levels are over 1,000 so not to worry about that. She was v. nice, and they are monitoring me, but I wondered if anyone has had this experience and went on to have a healthy pg - or had an ectopic diagnosed at an early stage? I've looked at other mn threads on ectopic but they mostly deal with what happens if you are admitted as an emergency case. I have v. occasional, slight pain just below my left kidney but at the front - cld be indigestion I guess! - other than that no symptoms and no bleeding (and no pg symptoms other than missed AF). Thanks so much.

I am just home from having my left fallopian tube and ectopic pregnancy removed. I was 7 weeks, I had some bleeding and had been referred to Early Preg Assess Unit at hospital for a scan. The scan showed some bleeding in my abdomen which is why I had been having such cramps. Within an hour I was in theatre, which was good but is proving hard to deal with now. The hospital were fantastic, all staff were so calm and caring I could not have had better treatment. Now sitting around trying to ignore the pain both physical and emotional. Just keep in touch with your doctors and ask for early scans that's my advice.