Dana S.' Story

My story is very similar to yours. On January 2, 1999 at 25 years of age, I went to the emergency room with bleeding and pain on my right side, I cannot remember what my HCG blood level was, but it was very low compared to where it should have been. I was around 12 weeks along. I had an ultrasound at the ER that determined that it was in fact, a tubal pregnancy. I had the same surgery (laparoscopy) and the pregnancy was removed. I was very upset and in shock. I was aware (because of spotting and cramping the previous week) that the pregnancy may not have been viable, but nothing could have prepared me.

Now, this is where my story changes: I did end up getting pregnant again three months later and gave birth to a 10 1/2 pound baby boy in January 2000. He is the light of my life.

During those first few weeks, when we had to sit and agonize over whether or not my pregnancy was another tubal, is something I never wanted to go through again. But here I am, AGAIN. I just had another positive pregnancy test, and I have to go through it all over again, and now, all of these feelings are coming up about my first baby that I didn't have a chance to deal with before.

I do want people to know that there is a chance to have a child after ectopic pregnancy, but that the worry and memory will never be gone. I hope and pray that this child is alright, it will probably be weeks until I find out. I want to say thank you for this website, it makes me feel so alone, this was something my husband never seemed to understand and now I know about someone else...