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May of 1985 I was diagnosed as pregnant.
June 1985 They thought I was having an Incomplete miscarrage and did a D & C and sent me home.
5 days later I was in the ER because I had sudden pain in the creases of my legs & groin, had an extremely salty tase in my mouth and could see my abdomen rising in front of me.
They said I was pregnant in my left fallopian tube and it was rupturing.
They did an emergency surgery & removed a fetus of aprox. 8 weeks gestation and what was left of my left tube.
After a few weeks they ran tests & said my right tube was now open & that I could get pregnant at the drop of a hat because I had a D&C.
They said the dr. who did the ligation did not really cut my tubes all.
All he did was put a permanent suture in each tube and after 8 years they broke.
The baby got caught on the scar tissue but it was a normal healthy 8 week baby.
During all the time I was pregnant in my tube, I Never ever had S/S of being pregnant. That was discovered during a blood test my husband demanded I had because he said my hips looked as if I were & he got worried & refused to go to work until I had a test.
A dr. friend ordered a blood test had my blood retested 5 times before he gave me an answer because he knew I had a tubal ligation in 1977 and wanted to be sure.
All 5 tests were positive.
Other DR.s would not EVEN GIVE ME A PREGNANCY TEST FOR FEAR OF BEING DRAWN INTO A LAW SUIT if it was positive.
If my friend the dr. had not verifed my pregnancy I would have ignored everything & probably died when it ruptured.
So the Dr. put me on birthcontrol for 1 year.
After that I never used any contraception for the past 19 years.
We gave up hope after 3 years.
I then began my geriatric nursing career after we gave up.
Convinced long ago it would never be possible to get pregnant I never gave it another thought.
Now this pops up and no one has any answers for me.
Now we want to have a baby but i'm 44 soon to be 45.
I am having pains in the creases of each leg now on & off and my pubic area appears fatty.
I fear another tubal in my right side may be what is going on.
The DR. says that is possible.
I hope not because I want to get pregnant if I Can.
Seek out medical care.