[want2bemommy]

What were all your signs of ectopic? Including HCG and progesterone if you know it.

[Koshveily]

Well, the morning it happened, I got out of bed and felt a "pop" on my left side... it didn't occur to me at the time that that might have been my tube rupturing, but it did later. It hurt for a moment but I got up and went about my day. Later on that day I was feeling cramps just under my ribcage (below my armpit) and they were cramps like I'd never felt before. The cramping got worse and I started throwing up...

...unfortunately, there were no warning signs up to that point. My beta numbers didn't double properly the second time but had doubled sufficiently the third time so they didn't think twice about it. My prayers go out to you, sweets. It's a very scary thing to deal with when you don't have any warning...

[fossie]

I don't remember much about it and wasn't having hcg and progesterone and all that checked at the time but I do know that it had me doubled over in pain and that I was bleeding a lot by the time we discovered it was ectopic. Sorry I am not much help but wanted to offer my 2 cents - it was years ago and all of the troubles and pains that have occured in between are clouding my memory :-(.

[vbaby]

There was a day that I didn't feel very well all of a sudden with gas pains and cramps followed by some bleeding. I went to the RE--he did an ultrasound and found nothing in the uterus but said it may be too early and too small to tell and HCG's doubled nicely. I took another HCG 2 days later and it went down--I thought it was another chemical pregnancy since I bled like a period. 2 days later, my HCG's were higher but still ultrasounds showed nothing in the uterus. HCG's continued to rise but not doubling properly. Your recent betas look fantastic at 9000!!!!! And soo glad to see there is a sac---Definitely NOT ectopic!!! Yay!!!

[bd711]

My HCG levels started out low (21), and though they doubled well for the first 2 weeks, they went down and then were erratically going up and down over the following week. The highest they reached was in the 900's. They weren't testing my progresterone. I also had had brown spotting from the day before my period was due (some kind of deep purplish) and had 2 days of bleeding - once at 5 weeks and once at 6 and 1/2. I had a significant amount of cramping in my left side as compared to my right. Also, my left shoulder and arm were hurting and numb on and off. They saw nothing in my uterus at the ultrasounds (though my HCG wasn't necessarily high enough to have seen something) - they did a d&c and my HCG continued to rise. So they finally concluded it was ectopic. They were able to treat it with methotrexate, thankfully.

So, did you have your u/s where they saw the sac after posting here? Congratulations! The chances of having a uterine pregnancy and an ectopic are really, really slim - something like 1 in 30,000.

[jenedens6102]

With my ectopic pregnancy my HCG levels looked great for the initial and second test. However, it was after that we noticed the numbers continuing to rise but at a lower percentage each time. (30%, 10%, stall and then falling betas). My progesterone was on the low end of normal but he never told me a number. After the beta fell we did an ultrasound to confirm there were no signs of pregnancy in my uterus and then had the methotrexate injection. Since I was so anal about having my blood draws done we caught it early enough to save my tube.

[Journey423]

When I went to my first OB/GYN appt, he couldn't find a sac but said that he might be too early to tell but did a beta. Days later I started having some mild cramping followed by spotting. I went to the hospital and they couldn't find a sac either but my beta's had doubled (don't remember exact #'s). We had family over to announce the pregnancy the next day and I started bleeding. We didn't say anything to anyone because we had suffered a MC 4 months earlier and we just prayed and tried to look @ the positive (beta #'s). I stopped bleeding the next morning but still had cramping. The day after I called my doctor because I started spotting and then later started bleeding. They told me to go to ER where the Ectopic was confirmed and was about to rupture (I was a little over 7 weeks by last AF). It was scary, but I'm happy to be alive!

[Chelle77]

I just had an ectopic in March. The only symptoms I had was slight cramping and bleeding in early pregnancy. My progesterone started off low (sorry, can't remember exact #), however HCG was fine and went up like it should. My 1st ultrasound he didn't see anything and thought it was ectopic so he was gonna give me the "shot." I went in 2 days later for a repeat ultrasound because my numbers went up and there was a lot of fluid and still nothing in the uterus. I was supposed to come back that afternoon to get the shot, but didn't make it. The fluid he saw was actually blood. I started having the worst cramps of my life, it hurt to move. Sure enough it ruptured. He did save my tube.
Hope you the best!

[dearlyblue]

I had a suspectec ectopic. Only sign something was wrong was mild cramps and bleeding. Ultrasound showed no sac so my hormone levels were monitered over a week. They didn't go down so I was given Methotrexate and my levels came down. It felt like it went on forever. Fortunately I have a supportive husband, we helped each other through it. Two years on and I had a lpaproscopy in September, which showed lesions on my ovaries and endometriosis. I was told last week that I'd only get pregnant through IVF and was really upset. My period was late and I took a pregnancy test today, which is positive. This is my third pregnancy, the first time I miscarried then the ectopic so I'm reallyhoping that it's third time lucky for me but not getting my hopes up, been there. I wish you all the very best for a fertile future!

[cduran36]

I am new to this all together

I had an ectopic after a tubal reversal which resulted in losing my left tube. I went to the dr yesterday and it didnt seem to hopeful. Well I take that back... He did confirm for me that my Right ovary DOES ovulate there is a follicle 17mm that showed on U/S but he said after readinf my OR that the dye spillage back into the VJJ didnt make him hopeful. I looked at the OR from the reversal and all seemed to flow through fine. I asked him if this meant my only tube was blocked he said that is what he'd presume. I would need another HSG.
Is it possible that when she did the dye test DURING my ectopic surgery that my uterus and tube couldve contracted and not let it flow easly? I have read this but not sure....
Im on cd 12 today ?? should i try???

[phonybalogna]

I felt a very sharp pain in my left shoulder around 6 weeks. Breathing in was hard to do. My HCG did not double and my progesterone levels were low. I also spotted bright red blood for a day. I ended up at the ER on vacation with a cornual ectopic and had to have a mini c-section because the fetus had implanted partly in my left tube and party in my uterus. It was horrifying. I lost my left tube and decided that I would not try for anything through the tubes again.

[tryinhard4amiracle]

I had an annoying, naggy pain on my right side that started about 3 1/2 weeks after my first IUI. My first Hcg bloodwork level was 19, so they warned me right off the bat that something COULD be wrong. Two days later I had another Hcg, this time 60 and then two days after that I had another, this time 235. It was 4 weeks after my IUI and I woke up one morning and went to the restroom and this BRIGHT RED blood came out of me!!! I was so scared!!! I called the RE and my normal GYN and they both said "oh it's probably just spotting, wait it out"... I told them about the pain, again "wait it out". I had a 4th Hcg and the level was 966 so they said it was progressing like it should be. Two days into my 5th week (which was 5 days after I started bleeding), I was still bleeding bright red blood and having the achy-stabbing pain in my right side and decided to go to the ER. Sure enough ECTOPIC!! I had surgery 3 hours after I went into the ER. They saved my tube and all was fine afterwards. We have had two more IUI's since then and no pregnancies. Worried that there might be scar tissue or something like that wrong now!!! Best of Luck to all!!!

[kaydliz]

My HCG was doubling normally and my numbers were high in the five figures. so even though I was bleeding and they didn't see the sac they thought it was just to early and that it was a viable pregnancy. About two weeks later I passed out while DH and I were out woke up in an ambulance, the Emergency DR finally determined it was an ectopic and my OB agreed, so they gave me Methotrexate, my numbers still didn't go down in fact they went up so I was given it again and told that there was no chance of a rupture with as much as they had given me. Well, a week and a half later my tube ruptured, I passed out again(they said I went into shock) when I came to I was again in an ambulance and my vitals were terrible, I couldn't even wiggle my toes I was in so much pain! Later I was taken to surgery I had lost way to much blood and they couldn't stabalize my blood pressure and I had to have a couple of transfusions, I could hardly walk for about a week (but managed to walk down the aisle for my wedding that day). Come to find out that I never should have been given methotrexate with my numbers that high!!

[CTdoglvrs]

I had no physical signs at all. The only reason that we knew was because my HCG was low to begin with (17) and then its doubling was sporadic... it never quite made it up past 1000. I had 3 US's done, but they could not find a sac or anything and then confirmed it was ectopic and treated me with methotrexate. At the time, I was mad because I didn't see any "proof" that it was truly ectopic- but in hindsight, and hearing about each of these ladies who have had tubes rupture, I am happy to have been treated successfully without endangering or delaying my future chances to conceive.

[kaya]

Hello there, my name is kaya. I had an ectopic pregnancy a couple of years ago. My symtoms were a very severe migraines, lower abdominal pain, light headed, and feeling dizzy. I hope that helps.

Kaya