Ectopic Pregnancy Experience | My story
A breakdown of what it feels like to have an Ectopic Pregnancy and how we’re learning to deal with it. Hope it helps someone.
This year, 2020, has been challenging in so many ways it’s unbelievable. First we moved states during the worst Australian bushfires in years, started a new job which was extremely demanding, COVID-19 got out of hand, lost my job, found out I was pregnant, then discovered it’s an Ectopic Pregnancy.
I was already terrified of starting a family and wanted to enjoy my DINK years (Dual Income, No Kids) for as long as possible, maybe forever. I removed the Implanon contraceptive late 2019, and had been to several consultations to try the Copper IUD as I wanted something completely non-hormonal for a change. Doctors kept stalling — which I believe is some kind of government scheme to get people to have more children (story for another day)
After missing my period during this time, we immediately panicked and rushed to get a home pregnancy test. A day I will never forget for the rest of my life…
The test was undeniably positive, and our first reaction was full of surprise of course. Something we had discussed and decided wasn’t for us had somehow managed to happen.
