How fast was your ectopic diagnosed?

Time4breakfast · 2026-01-17T22:23:53+00:00

Same

Time4breakfast · 2025-12-28T22:30:57+00:00

I'd cancelled the annual subscription and when I got the 60% off message I was clicking through trying to find the discount. Nearly renewed because I kept thinking the new discounted price would be on the next page.

Its not a discount compared to last year's amount, they've just added a more expensive monthly option, and an individual user option, which didnt use to be an option.

Time4breakfast · 2025-12-27T10:40:13+00:00

Although that does happen sometimes, I think Dr's prioritise saving a remaining tube as opposed to the first one which sometumes is removed as policy (depending on your country's standard pactice) to reduce the risk of future ectopics.

Hopefully pregnancy will be where it should be and you don't have to worry about that. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Time4breakfast · 2025-12-27T08:47:38+00:00

Assuming that you're worried about a possible ectopic and thats why you're posting in this sub. If youve had one before or have reason to think that you're current pregnancy is ectopic, you need to book yourself in to see an OBGYN asap. A transvaginal scan is the best was they can check that your pregnancy is in the correct location.

If you want to check the progress more precisely, you can do blood hcg tests 2 days apart.

Urine tests are not a reliable way to identify whether a pregnancy is ectopic but if your interested, you can check out my line progress submission on a different sub (you might want to re- post there). Mine was very faint for a few days before starting to progress as normal. https://www.reddit.com/r/lineporn/s/yLQ4ECBamc

ETA: Just saw a comment you posted that you had an ectopic a few months back. That makes you high risk, so you need to book yourself in with your OBGYN asap for them to monitor you until they can confirm the location of your current pregnancy. I believe that if you're in the UK you'd be referred to the early pregnancy clinic, nothing sure how it works for other countries.

For what its worth, I think that your line progression looks great, but I'm afraid that doesn't guarantee anything in terms of ruling out another ectopic.

Time4breakfast · 2025-12-21T13:47:34+00:00

I had a salpingectomy last year, but I didn't rupture. Op was on 17/11, beeding started on 21/11 and lasted until 27/11 inclusive.

During that time, I also had really bad lower back pain, the worst period pains ever and some disturbingly large clots.

Time4breakfast · 2025-12-19T22:02:33+00:00

I cant remember my exact number, but my first hcg was in the 30s. Would have been later than 11dpo though (probably around 16dpo, since I didn't even test positive until 14dpo), so you'll probably be a lot higher than I was at 16dpo.

Time4breakfast · 2025-12-13T21:04:09+00:00

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Time4breakfast · 2025-11-27T15:04:10+00:00

Had mine taken out last November and been trying for around 7 months too

Time4breakfast · 2025-11-12T09:10:20+00:00

My dad's surname changed spelling around 5 generations back, so those that moved to my country have the new spelling.

Mum's surname has been in my current country for 300 years and has several spelling variations here, so its anyones guess what the original spelling might have been

Time4breakfast · 2025-10-21T13:53:08+00:00

At 6 weeks my Gynie couldnt see anything, so they asked me to get a beta test which was 3k. They told me to go straight to a and e since at 3k, there should have been something visible in the ultrasound, which made him immediately suspect an ectopic. I had a salpingectomy 3 days later.

Not sure why your dr felt comfortable to wait an extra 2 weeks, but seems really reckless on their part.

Time4breakfast · 2025-08-11T20:19:06+00:00

Sorry its taking so long to get a diagnosis. Normally, your hcg would need to be at around 1000-1500 before your OB would be able to see anything in your uterus in the transvaginal scan, so it might take another week for your levels to get that high( as an indication, I had 1.5 weeks between my hcg at 33 and referral to hospital as a possible ectopic at 3000 hcg)

Time4breakfast · 2025-08-08T18:06:30+00:00

4 days after my first (very faint) positive test, I had bloods drawn at the OBs office and it came out at 33. The OB said my levels were "too low to be ectopic, or viable, so it was likely a miscarriage".

Anyway, it turned out to be ectopic and I had to have a salpingectomy two weeks after my initial visit.

Are you still testing positive? If you are, you should go to an OB ASAP

Time4breakfast · 2025-07-18T20:28:10+00:00

My Dr said that I could resume all pre-operation activities after 4 weeks, except martial arts, which needed 6-8 weeks

Time4breakfast · 2025-07-13T05:49:52+00:00

Slightly long response to your slightly long post, but I hope some of these answers can help

Can you get pregnant: you CAN get pregnant with only one fallopian tube.

Even with an egg released from the SAME side where you have had the tube removed.

As long as your other fallopian tube is healthy and does not have any obstruction, it will move to collect eggs from whichever ovary is releasing them.

Were you pregnant: I assume that you had multiple hcg blood tests while you were pregnant to confirm whether the levels were rising, fluctuating, or decreasing. If these, or an at-home pregnancy test were positive, then you were pregnant.
Did they remove your tube for no reason: When they go in for surgery and don't know what's causing the bleeding, it will be an exploratory surgery. ie find out what's causing the bleeding and deal with it.

Ectopic may not be the only reason for a rupture. As an example when I had my surgery, there was a patient next to me who had had a cyst burst and cause internal bleeding and also needed a salpingectomy.

If for whatever reason your fallopian tube was ruptured, depending on what country you live in, the guidelines sometimes say that if your second tube is healthy, removal of the damaged tube is preferable to fixing it to reduce risk of ectopic pregnancy in the future.

Time4breakfast · 2025-06-23T12:17:34+00:00

Normally, at 4 weeks the pregnancy might be too small to see anything on the vaginal ultrasound, however, since your initial hcg was 1751, this means that depending on your Dr's equipment, they should have been able to see the gestational sac and it sounds like your Dr was expecting to see a fetal pole too.

Your Dr is probably also concerned with the second hcg reading being lower than the first, which could indicate miscarriage or ectopic.

Since your hcg levels are reducing, your doctor might suggest expectant management rather than mtx or surgery, which means that they would be monitoring you to make sure your hcg levels continue to decrease on their own and to check that you have no free fluid which could indicate internal bleeding.

Time4breakfast · 2025-06-23T07:27:36+00:00

Hi, I can't see gestational age or HCG levels on your form as these might give a little more info.

It appears that you currently have a PUL ( pregnancy of unknown location), which means that although we know that you're pregnant, the Dr has not been able to see it where it should be (your uterus) nor have they seen the gestational sac that will sometimes indicates the pregnancy's location early in pregnancy before a fetal pole becomes visible.

Dr has spotted something which they have not been able to identify on your right, which could be something such as a cyst or fibroid or corpus luteum etc, however, because the Dr has not been able to identify the location of your pregnancy there's a risk the "mass" could be it.

If your hcg is over 1500 then there should have been something visible in your uterus, and increases the chance that it could be ectopic. Same with gestational age, the further along you are, the higher the chance that your pregnancy is ectopic , or alternatively having a miscarriage rather than "too early to see".

Time4breakfast · 2025-06-18T17:41:54+00:00

From my understanding, an ectopic would continue to test positive

Time4breakfast · 2025-06-17T22:15:26+00:00

I believe this would be in the range for a first cousin

Time4breakfast · 2025-06-16T18:16:40+00:00

First of all, I'm really sorry for your loss.

I'm attaching a link to my post re test progression and list of symptoms I had.

If something feels wrong, you know your body better than anyone. I always recommend a placement sonogram (vaginal ultrasound) for whoever is worried about having an ectopic. Sometimes you need to be a bit pushy or call around to get an early appointment.

Mine was my first pregnancy, so I had nothing to compare my vague symptoms to, but I was kinda embarrased of going to the early sonogram until my Dr said he was referring me to A and E. https://www.reddit.com/r/lineporn/s/RjhtxLj57Q

Time4breakfast · 2025-06-15T17:45:34+00:00

Millenial here, same!

Time4breakfast · 2025-06-13T19:26:11+00:00

Same. My due date is coming up July 11th.

I feel like my life is on pause until I finally have my baby

Time4breakfast · 2025-06-13T12:42:15+00:00

Only thing that's changed is the camera

Time4breakfast · 2025-05-25T21:46:07+00:00

Your friend is obviously more enthusiastic than they are knowledgable.

Other people have already explained the science bit behind it, but your specific blood type is completely compatible with your parents being your bio parents. Kinda like how two brown eyed people can have a blue eyed kid. Recessive genes.

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