Fear of ectopic pregnancy

Hey- has anyone on here had an ectopic pregnancy before? If so, what are the symptoms? I have a dull pain on the left side near my pelvis, but I’m not sure if I’ve just pulled a muscle from coughing or if I should be worried? Apologies, first pregnancy and im panicking at every twinge!

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I have had two ectopics before and as scary as they are the symptoms will feel like regular pregnancy symptoms only you will bleed extremely heavily. Believe me the worry never leaves I’m pregnant again and I’m so so scared about having another ectopic but I’m trusting my body and god to make the right decision for me and my baby. Just try and relax it will all work out

Are you bleeding? If so head up to a&e or ring your early pregnancy unit. Do you have a pain in your shoulder? I was told that is also a symptom. They thought i had an ectopic but turns out just a PUL.
I know your uterus does expand early on too so could be that.
Good luck to you though

I'm panicking about ectopic too!! When do you usually have symptoms before your first scan? X

No bleeding thank goodness or sore shoulders/ anything else! I just can’t help but worry and waiting for the scan is like agony!! I want to be exited but I also don’t want to get my hopes up!

Yeah I can understand your worries and stuff I have a PUL happening right now and it’s so frustrating have a scan next Wednesday but I’m way too nervous

Hey I had an ectopic with no bleeding or shoulder tip pain just a cramping feeling on one side. Didn’t realise anything was wrong until the pain increased following the tube rupturing. If the pain carries on and doesn’t subside when you change positions maybe get it checked out just to be sure! I’m sure you’re fine and it’s just normal early pregnancy feelings but you never know. Xx

Hey! No experience with this but I kind of have a similar pain, I asked my dr who reassured me it’s normal for those full pains and said in a lot of cases it can be trapped wind as your uterus is expanding, so puts pressure on your other organs which can cause wind. I’m sure it’s totally fine but if you want reassurance always called the EPU 😊

I had seriously sore pain on one side only with my last miscarriage and they wanted to do surgery for ectopic and take my tube away, luckily when they eventually scanned me 4 days later it was a natural miscarriage and unexplained pain on the one side.
I have paint again on one side so fingers crossed it’s nothing. Usually if your ectopic then your very Ill!
You will also have sore shoulder that’s a common symptom of ectopic pregnancy.
Sore shoulders, pain on one side, bleeding etc. if you think
It’s ectopic then call your dr and they’ll Refere you to gynaecologist

I had the same worries and ended up booking myself for a private early pregnancy scan just to make sure everything was okay. I’m so glad that I did, it’s so worth it to get the reassurance and it only cost £45. Hope everything is okay for you, it’s completely natural to worry x

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