For those who have had an ectopic pregnancy....

If you have had an ectopic pregnancy, what were the symptoms you had and how was it diagnose?  What was the outcome?

By my lmp i'm 6 wks 3 days but that could be off several days becuase I usually ovulate late.  I don't know if I'm being paranoid or what but I"ve been having these pains, not really sharp, but a little more than dull, aching, just inside my right hip. They come and go.  I have them a few times a days and they don't last very long.  It seems a bit far down to be ovaries or tubes but I don't know exactly where they are located.  I THINK I felt these pains BEFORE i got pregnant but I can't be sure.  Also, the last several days I've had a pain just to the left of my right shoulder blade.  I could be from the way I sleep, (I sleep with one arm up under my pillow)  No bleeding, not even  a spot, no major nauseas.  I've had some lightheadness but I've also just come off an antidepressant and I"m starting to have withdrawal symptoms from that.  Add in headaches, but that could be attributed to stopping caffeine.  

[Ashelen]

I didn't have an ectopic but those were the big symptoms that lead up to them finding the pelvic infection that I have... pains on the very lower part of my belly by my hip, pain up and down my back...and dizziness. I didn't spot for almost a week after all of this started... have you made a doctor's appointment just to be on the safe side? I was totally not going to get all the symptoms looked at until I started spotting, and luckily I went in when I did because they caught it in time for it not to affect the baby... so you might want to make an appointment to be seen. whether it's infection, ectopic, or completely normal, you want to know, right? :)

[tarajanes]

I had an eptopic back in 2006 in my right tube.for me signs were obviously missed period.sickness,dull backache pain in tip of shoulder,was my main gripe.i did start to bleed naturally.so didnt need an injection they just monitored me,with blood tests until my hcg dropped.resulted in blocked tube.but now pregnant again coming up to 34 weeks.i was 4 weeks with eptopic,normally by 6 weeks plus you would be in major serious pain,since the rate of growth wouldnt allow much more growing.in case of rupture.the shoulder pain you have could be from way you sleep,but i would seriously advise you contact your doctor so they can run there own tests,dont leave it to chance.highly dangerous.

[Megs2girls7]

I've never had an ectopic but I had the same kind of symptoms when I had an ovarian cyst that ruptured. You should definitely call your doctor just to be sure. Good luck hun and let us know.

[LosingMyMindInGA]

Well I have been having those pains in the inside of my hip off an on for probably two weeks.  I've been to TWO docs in that time and had pelvic exams. It doesn't get worse, everytime i feel it it's always about the same.  (This IS my 8th pregnancy so everything has been stretched and restretched).  As for the shoulder pain.  When you say shoulder TIP, where exactly is that located?

[LosingMyMindInGA]

I just realized that the pain in my shoulder/back is in the same place where I hurt my back last April.  I fell down the stairs and tore some ligaments in my back in the same place.  It's between my spine and right shoulder blade.  It starts about an inch and a half from the base of my neck and goes down about 6 inches.  I don't know if i'm just looking for excuses for it to be something else or what.  I know yesterday my headache went away after drinking some caffeine.  I havent' felt the pain in my hip since yesterday.  

Besides I won't have the money for the doc copay til dh gets paid tomorrow. Even then I have no one to watch my 17 mos old for me to go to the doc until Monday when kids are outta school for MLK day.  

I will see how it goes the next few days and see.  I know with my last pregnancy I had a lot of strange pains in my abdomen and doc said it was becuase my ligaments had basically been put through h-e-ll and back since I'd been pregnant so many times and that it doesn't take much for them to rip now.  The pain is also in the same hip that I had lots of trouble with towards the end of my last pregnancy.  I don't know what a pinched nerve feels like but I wonder if that's what it is?