My story so far..
Woke up on Sunday (11th May) morning with a bit of a tummy cramp, thinking it was my sciatica playing up or my Polycystic Ovary Syndrome or Irritable bowel syndrome I ignored it.
By 10:30am the pain had got worse and thought it may have been trapped wind, got a hot water bottle and sat on the toilet. The pain seemed to ease off so helped at a local fete and thought the walk and fresh air would do me good. By 14:15 the pain was bad so decided to have a sleep.
I woke up about an hour and a half later unable to move with pain, unable to catch my breath from the pain and shooting pain in my right arm.
My boyfriend managed to sit me up on the bed, but the pain was so bad a passed out.
Thinking it was my appendix we rushed to accident and emergency E.
I can’t remember much else apart from the maximum about of morphine not working.
I walk told that I had 2 positive pregnancy tests, but the doctors thought it was ectopic pregnancy again!
Had the operation Monday (12th) morning around 9am, 3 hours later I was back on the ward and greeted by my amazing boyfriends face who has stuck with me and been my rock.
Turns out it was and I’m extremely lucky to be alive. I had an interstitial ectopic pregnancy. The placement of the pregnancy is very rare, and it had ruptured, leading to a litre of blood in my uterus. The surgeon had only heard of this happening 3 times in his career and luckily for me he is one of the best in the country and keyhole surgery.
Right Fallopian tube has been removed and I’m very bruised and sore BUT I’m alive! My case only affects 1 in 200,000 women so trust it to happen to me.
I have a long recovery to go but so thankful to be alive with all the support from my boyfriend who’s my rock and looking after me as well as grieving the loss himself, my wonderful family and friends and not forgetting the amazing surgeon, accident and emergency staff and all the wonderful ladies on the ward. Still not out of the woods yet as depending on the blood tests on 19th I may still need a blood transfusion, but fingers crossed.
I’m sharing my story to help raise awareness of the types of ectopic pregnancies and how serious they are
If I could say one thing… Remember you are stronger than you believe you are, always trust your instincts, make sure you get support and be proud of who you are a survivor.
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