When I was 19 years old, I found out that my boyfriend and I were going to have a baby.  I could not wait!  I started planning for the future of our child, until one Saturday morning.  I woke up with pain (or should I say a vague pain) in my left leg.  This pain didn't really feel like pain, it felt more like my leg was asleep.  Being that this was my first pregnancy, I called everyone I knew that had children to ask if this was normal.  My grandmother told me to stand on a cold floor because my leg was lacking circulation. That did not work.

Later that day, I called the hospital to ask why I was feeling like I was.  They asked if I was bleeding.  I said, "no", to they told me to lay on my left side.  I did.  Three hours later, I started bleeding.  I was around 12-13 weeks pregnant.  I went straight to the ER.  The urine pregnancy test came back negative.  They tried to tell me that I wasn't pregnant.  I told them that I was to call the clinic where I had the blood test.  They were proven wrong.

I was taken for an ultrasound.  They saw that my left fallopian tube had ruptured and I that I needed emergency removal of the fallopian tube and the ovary.  I lost a lot of blood.  When I woke up, I was told that I had a blood transfusion and there was a possibility that I would never conceive again, due to the damage from the surgery.

Today I am the happy mother of 3.  Three children were given to me with the one ovary that was damaged during surgery for my ectopic. So please keep the faith...