I am 27 years old and just experienced my first pregnancy. I felt I was pregnant before I got the test back, so I had more time to dwell on it. It was confirmed I was pregnant on July 18, 2001, at which time I had told my boyfriend. Let's just say it was a BIG surprise to both of us and we were even talking about abortion. Financially, we were not ready for a child. After some more thought we had decided we were going to have this baby, this was on Sunday July 22.
The next day, the cramping and the spotting started. Naturally I was afraid and when it didn't get better the next day I went down to the hospital. I afraid I was losing the baby. The blood work showed I was still pregnant, but when the results came back from the ultrasound, nothing was to be seen, so they told me I had lost the baby and what I was experiencing was a miscarriage. The next day the cramping got worse, as did the bleeding, and back to the hospital I went to find out it was an ectopic pregnancy which would require surgery to remove from my right tube. Laparoscopy was the procedure.
They sent me home at 3 A.M. after the operation to heal and was told to come back for blood work to keep an eye on the HCG level to be sure it dropped to zero. It was coming down, but then started to go back up. Not being in much pain, I was given an injection called Methotrexate, but I guess it was too late for that, because I was having severe pains the day after and had to have a surgery called a laparotomy and I had to have my tube removed. I was just 6 weeks along in my pregnancy.
So, in a 3-week period I found out I was pregnant, decided to keep it (against my boyfriend's wishes), and had to have two surgeries. It has been an emotional roller coaster these last few weeks, but I'm coming along okay. Though out this time I had no idea what was going to happen to me or how this happened but when I found your web site and read some of the stories (some happy, some sad), it helped me prepare for what was going to happen, and I just wanted to say THANKS!
I am a little afraid to try again, but some day I will.