IVF after ectopic pregnancy

[Mildez]

Ella I am sorry to hear about your EP. (And possums & Star bright) and best of luck with your ttc journeys.

Missy your story is inspiring to us that have had ectopic pregnacies and concerned about future pregnancies.

Ella Did the Dr tell you with your surgery that your other tube is damaged or have you had tests since that indicate this? There is a Dr that I am going to go see that specialises in Tubal damage (he is through an IVF clinic but also does tubal micro-surgery) I am hoping from there he can tell me if IVF is the best option or ttc naturally. You are right when your (and me) pregnant again early monitoring will be done with BHCG and a scan when possible which should lead to a subsequent EP been diagnosed much earlier then the first one if this was to be the case. Even with one damaged the odds are still in our favour of the next pregnancy making it to the uterus.

Best of luck ttc

[Possums]

hi, wow, it was strange reading again my first ever post here!
As you can see from my signature, my journey has continued to have quite a few hurdles since then and it feels so long ago I had the ectopic and first found this supportive site.
To let you know, I have had a natural conception with that 'damaged' tube of mine...i miscarried, for other medical reasons...but i guess what I am saying, is sometimes dodgy tubes can still do the job. I have also had an IVF pregnancy, which also miscarried.

Ella, I am so sorry for all you have been through. Feeling sad, angry, nervous, anxious is all normal. I hope you have success soon...it's not fair and it's not easy, but I pray we will all get there eventually... big hugs

[ella598]

Hi girls
Yes well, it has been a nightmare which im slowly getting over. Each day i guess it gets a bit easier and each day i start looking forward a bit more to the next one. I have been told that my other tube is damaged and that it will me a miracle if i got pregnant naturally, so been told ivf is our only option. Guess i dont mind, seen as tho we are already going thru it all. I had my eggs taken out in june, and still have 5 frozen embryos, so we will use that. I just worry that i will miscarry time and time again like Possum. Im so sorry that has happend to you. It must be so horrible. Poor thing. :-( Hopefully you will have good news soon too and we will both have something to get excited about. Its funny how all the people that really want children find it hard to get pregnant and all the other ppl that dont even want it or have it for wrong reasons have no worries with it. its just so unfair!

[Possums]

it certainly is unfair, and just take your time in working through all the emotions and be kind to yourself. And expect things to take a while to settle down, and be up and down. Day by day it does get easier to manage and the raw emotions settle a bit.

[ella598]

Possum,

Yeah i know what you mean. It has got easier then when it happened at first. Just got to have hope that it will work out eventually when its meant to. You in NSW are you? Im in Tassie. :-)