r/EctopicSupportGroup

Hi everyone! First of all, I’m sorry that we need to be here, but glad there is a space to share and get advice.

Long story short, in the last six months I’ve had a MMC (found out at my 8 week ultrasound that baby’s heart stopped at around 6 weeks 4 days), followed by an ectopic two months later (treated with one shot MTX at around 5 weeks). The doctor listed of all of the risk factors (IUD, smoking, endo, STI, surgery, etc) and I don’t have any of them; I’m a fairly healthy 30 year old.

I’m just wondering if anyone else is in the same situation, and if there was anything that you realized was a risk factor after? Or anything that you started doing differently that helped you to conceive again? It’s hard for me to wrap my head around because I feel like I have no control and now because I don’t know why it happened, I can’t do anything about it.

Thank you ❤️

Is there anything we can do to autoblur images on here? I do not want the first image I see when I open up Reddit to be a decidual cast or a clot someone passed after surgery or some other kind of discharge the poster needs help identifying. I’m happy they can come here for that, but it should not be visible automatically. And putting TW or CW in the title doesn’t exactly help keep the image from popping up. I’m sure we’ve all had the experience of seeing the image before the title.

If there’s nothing the mods can do, then posters, please please please remember you are coming into a space where people have experience extreme bleeding or miscarriages, and gore is not something that is easily handled. Blur your photos!

Hey y’all, I just had my 1st methotrexate injection on Thursday. I’ve had pretty consistent abdominal cramping since. How much cramping is normal? My dr was a little worried about a rupture but I haven’t been in as much pain as I was during the ultrasound so I don’t think that’s what’s happening. I’m just trying not to overly worry if abdominal cramping is normal. Thanks!

If there's anyone here who has had a successful pregnancy after an ectopic, i'm having a difficult time. Had an early scan that was great, 6w5d, intrauterine, 120 BPM. All looks great. But the stress of losing this pregnancy too is eating me alive. I've never had a miscarriage, but I am drowning in stress over something else going wrong and losing the pregnancy. Every time we get news that I feel will ease my anxiety, I don't feel better. I am so stressed out and worried no matter what coping strategies I use.

If you've had a successful pregnancy after an ectopic, when did you find your anxiety started to ease any? Any words of advice? Every day feels like hell.

I don’t usually post, but I’m looking for a place to vent & connect with others that have experienced this. I just found out I had an ectopic pregnancy on the left tube. I went the Methotrexate route bc I’m only about 6 weeks, my most recent HCG (3 days ago) was 3030 & I wanted to try it before giving up my left fallopion tube. This is my first ectopic. 3rd pregnancy - no live births. One “A” & one “M” … don’t want to spell out the words 😔 so my doctor told me I have only a five to ten percent chance of this happening again. Waiting for my HCG results drawn today. Will check again Sunday & Wednesday. I’m in shock, sad, confused. I want to feel hope I will get pregnant. I feel like a failure.