Hi! I was diagnosed with a ruptured ovarian ectopic yesterday. The pain was excrutiating, but it has improved. They decided to treat it with methotrexate b/c my body had already ruptured the sac on its own. I'm just wondering if anyone else has experience with this? I know ovarian ectopics are rare and I'm apparently a freak oddity--but is there anyone else with experience?
I'm wondering b/c I'm still sore today. Not really pain like yesterday--just sore to touch, move, urinate, etc. My backache continues. I assume all of this is from the fluid in my pelvis from the rupture--that's what they told me yesterday anyway.
I have an appointment with the RE tomorrow, but I want to know what to expect. How long for the soreness? How long until we can have sex again (not that I am even considering it right now)? I've been told no vitamins right now and I'm apparently going to have to go on BCP's until my beta hits zero--then we can start trying again. I hate hate hate hate hate BCP's. Grrrr.
Any advice is appreciated.
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I'm very sorry for your loss! And I'm sorry I didn't notice your thread until now. I hope you are having some better days physically... it helps to get past the physical recovery so that emotional health can get started. (((Hugs)))
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im sorry i didnt notice this thread either i went through an ectopic in april, you should be able to BD now, but you wont be able to TTC for 3 months as the methotrexate stays in your system.
im so sorry for your loss ((((hugs))))
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I am so sorry for you loss. I had a tubal ectopic 5 months ago. I did have to have the tube removed due to rupture. I just wanted to let you know, my dr made me take BCPs for 3 cycles after I had one cycle on my own as well. She wanted my insides to settle down after all the trauma before we started to TTC again. I wish you the best.
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Well--maybe my RE is crazy--but he said we can go ahead and start trying as soon as I have a normal period (god knows when that will be). He said there shouldn't be any damage b/c it didn't rupture the tube, so we're good. I asked him about the methotrexate, and he said since it was such a small dose it's out of your body quickly. He did say that some doctors make women wait to "emotionally heal" but that he wasn't going to do that. I hope this is a good idea....
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Sorry to not answer sooner I just saw this post. I too know about being the odd person. I did not have an ectopic on my ovary but I had one in my cervix. They had to go in surgically and they shot methotrexate right into where the baby was. I was in bed for a couple days and I had bleeding and cramping. I hope you are doing well, or as well as can be expected. Hang in there. ((HUGS))
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I'm doing much better. I ended up passing the material last week. My betas are still up, but they've come down from a high of 14,000 2 weeks ago to 4,000 today. I think when i start ttc again is a mute point b/c my betas are really preventing anything right now!
BTW--Methotrexate is an awful drug! I had no idea how bad I'd feel. There have been days where I really wished I had just had surgery!
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Mini- the dr didn't even check my betas/HCG after the ectopic. In fact, it was 53 days after the surgery when I got AF. But I did O on my own again that cycle. I was on BCPs the next 3 cycles until the dr felt comfortable with my uterus being healed.
Hope you feel better soon.
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Thanks SandV! You know what bums me out the most--that we won't be able to announce our pregnancy at Thanksgiving to our families like we had hoped. It seems like such a stupid thing to get sad over, but I still am! Oh well, maybe we'll have a little one by next Thanksgiving (or at least one on the way, god willing!).
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I know how upsetting it is. I was upset about mine, because I would have been an expecting Mommy on Mother's day. It was very hard for me to get through the loss. But like you said, God willing next year.
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Anyone else with an ectopic on the ovary? 
