I’m out- My Ectopic Story

As hard as this is Im sharing my story because it was so meaningful to me to be able to look up things on this app and see what others have went through.

TTC for 3 years with no luck even on clomid. I stopped ttc but randomly fell pregnancy and found out 01/24/22. I went to the doctor 3 days later for blood work and had HCG level of 63 when they wanted to see a 100. Progesterone was only 9.5 when it should have been 20. I was put on progesterone suppositories 100mg twice daily. 48 hrs later I got my levels checked again and HCG had tripled and progesterone over doubled. I was told I was in the clear and scheduled my 6 week ultrasound which was going to actually be at 6 weeks 3 days 2/11. I kept testing to see the HCG rising until I got a bunch of dye stealers. My symptoms were sore boobs, extreme hunger, bloating, thirst, irritable.

Sunday 02/ 06/22 at 5 weeks 5 days my stomach/vagina felt heavy is the best way to describe it. Like a weight down there. The same day I got a dull ache on my left side, I really thought it was just gas pain so I sat down and took it easy the rest of the day. The following day Monday 02/07 I felt completely normal.

However that evening at around 7pm the dull left side ache came back. And to clarify this was not painful, it was not intense , and I couldn’t even feel it unless I was moving around. I honestly thought it could be gas pains but then I felt it more in my vagina. 2am I went to the bathroom and saw brown blood… which continued throughout the night. I knew it wasn’t good no matter how many success stories I saw.

I woke up the next day which was just yesterday Tuesday morning 2/8 officially 6 weeks and instantly called the doctor and told them Im fearing Im having an ectopic. They got me in the same day. I went to my ultrasound and she checked my uterus and instantly I knew something was wrong because nothing could be seen. She checked the right side, and then went over to the left where I saw my 6 week old baby & it’s beating heart right in my tube. I cried instantly and didn’t stop the rest of the day. 6 weeks is too far along for the shot so I was told I needed emergency surgery. This was at 11am and I was in surgery by 3pm. My left tube was in really bad shape and I told her to just take the tube if she had to. When she got in there she said the tube looked “crummy” and it was in my best interest to remove it, so they did.

I will also say I have history of blocked tubes and know from an HSG test that my left tube was supposedly completely blocked & the right one was clear. So I would rather her take that tube so I wouldn’t have way less chance of dealing with this again.

I’m trying to look at the positives of the situation which to me are that it was in my crummy tube and I have a good one still. If I lost my good tube my chances of conceiving again would be basically none. I’m happy it was caught in time and it didn’t rupture.

However , I’m laying here in pain thinking of seeing my babies flickering heart beat also wondering why me. This was going to be my first.

My advice to anyone is if you feel like something is wrong something is probably wrong. If you feel odd pains do not wait to go to the doctor. Advocate for yourself if the doctors aren’t listening. Ectopic pregnancy’s can be a life threatening situation, don’t take the pain & bleeding and wait until the tube bust to go to the doctor.

I was very excited to be apart of this group and have my little Libra baby but I know it’ll happen for me one day. Wishing the very best of luck to you all & congratulations.