Friday 23 November 2012

Meet Little Miss Home Life!

Another story for our blog. Thank you so much for sharing it with us Little Miss Home Life, we are positive this is very therapeutic and above all will make you feel less alone.


What type of ectopic pregnancy did you experience?
April 2012 I had an Ectopic Pregnancy in my right tube and I was 6 weeks pregnant, this was my first pregnancy. We have been trying for over 3 years

What were your symptoms?
Within minutes of finding out I was pregnant I had stomach cramps, I thought it was shock.
The cramps started to get worse and were winding me under my ribs and around the side and back. Then the shoulder pain started which is called shoulder tip pain and is when you bleed internally. I didn’t have any spotting or bleeding, it was all internal. The pain came on in waves and I felt sick and dizzy.

How was your experience with the Doctor? How were you treated?
As I had just found out I was pregnant I knew this wasn't normal, I had a feeling something was wrong so we went to A&E. It was around 10pm so we pretty much got shown to a cubicle straight away. I told them my symptoms and that I might be pregnant. A couple of doctors came to see me but they wanted me to give a urine sample so they could see if I was pregnant before they could do anything else. I tried to go a couple of times but every time I got to the toilet I felt sick and thought I was going to faint. After awhile the pain was getting worse so the last thing I could think of doing was peeing in a cup. They drew some blood and came back to let me know, yes I am pregnant and they are going to admit me. They said I could either have a complication with the pregnancy or it was an ectopic but I couldn’t have a scan until 8am the next day. By this time I was a bit out of it because the pain was so bad, the shoulder tip pain was now unbearable. After now doing some research I had typical signs of an ectopic that had ruptured and internal bleeding so god knows why they didn’t spot it sooner, I think they were short staffed.
My husband had to go home as it was after visiting hours and was told to come back for the scan at 8am. They came and checked me every 15 minutes but it didn't come quick enough as I had to press the buzzer for them to give me morphine but it wasn't doing anything for the pain. By 4am my blood pressure went very low the nurse made the call to the registrar and I'm glad she did as she saved my life.  They did a bed side scan and realised I had a ruptured ectopic in my right tube and was bleeding internally, I was 6 weeks pregnant. I knew it was quite serious as they were shouting to prep surgery and they were all rushing around. The registrar told me what was going on and that I might lose my tube, all I wanted was the pain to stop. While in surgery they had to remove my right tube, I lost 6 pints of blood and had to have a blood transfusion.  In recovery the nurses said I was very lucky to be alive.
While back on the ward and in the 6 days of recovering they didn’t really tell me much in why it had happened, aftercare advice and where I go from here in trying to conceive. All they said was keep trying for a year and go to my GP if nothing happens after that.
Throughout my stay the nurses were very lovely and helpful with anything I needed.

What has happened since?
While in the hospital they told me to wait one cycle then I could start trying again.  I felt more than ever now that I wanted to get pregnant again.
A week after being discharged I was told I needed to have blood tests done to make sure everything was settling down, I think this was because of my blood transfusion. Everything came back normal apart from my liver levels which were high, after another week they had come down.
6 Months after the ectopic and still trying to conceive nothing had happened so I thought enough is enough. I went to my GP to have some tests for my fertility, they came back normal apart from my testosterone levels which were on the border line of normal and my liver levels again were high.  After an ultrasound scan they ruled out poly-cystic ovaries and said everything looked normal.  Next week my husband is getting some fertility test and we shall see what the Doctor says our next step is.
We are positive and feel like we are getting closer to starting our family but we just can’t wait to have that baby in our arms.

5 comments:

  1. I'm sorry you went through so much. I'm disgusted they didn't scan you quicker you might have been able to lose less blood and not need the transfusion if they had done the portable scan quicker. I also tried for three years until I conceived my ectopic pregnancy. It took me four more years and a lot of fertilty tests treatments and then 2 ivf cycles I finally conceived in september 2010 and had healthy twins in May 2011. There is hope, hang in there,hope you conceive quicker than me this time.

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  2. Hi Ashling, Thank you for your comment.
    Its very frustrating trying for so long but you know lots of people are going through the same so its a little comforting. Im so glad you have your little miracles. We are staying positive x

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  3. Some women do not have any symptoms initially. They'll not determine they need an extrauterine pregnancy until an early scan shows the matter or develops more severe symptoms afterward. The condition is the leading explanation for pregnancy-related death within the trimester. If a lady of reproductive age presents with abdominal pain, vaginal bleeding, syncope, or hypotension, the physician should perform a bioassay. Dr. Anshu Syed suggests a workup to detect possible ectopic or ruptured extrauterine pregnancy if the patient is pregnant. Prompt ultrasound evaluation is vital in diagnosing extrauterine pregnancy.

    Equivocal ultrasound results should be combined with a quantitative beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin levels. Suppose a patient features a beta subunit of a human chorionic gonadotropin level of 1,500 mIU per mL or more significant. In that case, the transvaginal ultrasonography doesn't show an intrauterine gestational sac extrauterine pregnancy should be suspected.

    Ectopic pregnancy | Signs, Risk Factor, & Treatment

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