Complications during Pregnancy Forum - What causes etopic pregancy ? Could I have a tube / tubal pr

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Q: What causes etopic pregancy ? Could I have a tube / tubal pr

asked by: DoctorQuestion on July 16th, 2007

I am 21 years old and I have been pregant twice. The frist time i was pregant i came on my menstration as normal then I used a douche afterwards and I just started bleeding and when i went to the doctor she told me I was having a miscarriage. She never clean my body out or anything. Then about 5 months later i got pregant again but that time i still had my regular period but there was all kinds of pain and my breast were very sore. When I went to the doctor he told me I was pregant in my tube. I have never had surgery prior to this etopic pregancy and I have never had a std. I think i am pregant again and I am having the same syptoms that i had with my 2nd pregancy. So my questions are is there anyway to save a baby that is in your tube? And what could have made me have an etopic pregancy in the frist place?

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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD

replied on August 8th, 2007

Pregnancy Complications Answer A3131

At the moment you are asking this question it is too early to say if you are pregnant, or not. You can wait until you miss your next expected period to do a home pregnancy test. This is the most reliable time. Otherwise, if you know when you've ovulated, you can take a pregnancy test 10 days after ovulation. There is no usual way you can save a tubal pregnancy. In fact, it is very important to end a tube-based pregnancy as soon as possible because it could be life threatening. An ectopic pregnancy is usually due to a disturbed tubal passage. In turn, a disturbed passage of the fertilized egg-cell through the tube is usually caused by an infection of the Fallopian tube.

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