Experience with ectopic pregnancy?

Brianna

I’m currently 8+ days late (4m pp so I’m not sure exactly when I should’ve started), but I’ve had period symptoms for over a week with no period. I’ve taken 5 tests, all definitively negative and still no period.

I know irregular periods are normal pp, but I went ahead and messaged my doctor to see. Basically, they said to wait a week and take another test and if I have lower ovarian pain, I should go to the ER to be checked for an ectopic. So, now I’m super nervous about an ectopic when I hadn’t even considered that as an option before.

Does anyone have experience with an ectopic that wouldn’t mind sharing with me? Did you have a positive pregnancy test? How did you know it was ectopic?