I didn't expect that such an unfortunate thing as ectopic pregnancy would happen to me, and I was not mentally prepared at all. Looking back at the past few years of confusion, life was suddenly pressed the pause button by this small illness, which made me suddenly wake up.
Test strip test, two bars, I panicked
When I gave birth to my daughter in 2011, I was 29 years old, and I experienced a term low weight baby, a transverse caesarean section, a gypsum on the patellar misalignment of the confinement, and a long period of postpartum depression. In 2016, the two-child policy was opened, and my husband mentioned the matter of having a second child once, which was rejected by me. At that time, I felt that the child was just a little older and was about to be liberated, so why not have a second child? Thinking back to the dark years ago, I still planned my life well, fitness and weight loss, devote myself to work, the two of them are hi, do not disturb each other, cooperate to raise babies, postpartum depression are much better.
In the past few years, there are many slots in life, and I have vomited one by one, but my husband's heart to give birth to a second child is not dead, and I have been committed to dispelling his ideas, unexpected, but transforming him closer and closer to an excellent husband, making me a little shaken. My daughter has always acted like a good sister, and I feel that they are all ready to have a second child, but I have not yet.
I want to follow the fate, so I stopped contraception from 2020, and there was no movement after a year. After my daughter's 10th birthday, I dragged my husband to the Reproductive Medicine Center for a test, thinking that if either of us had a problem and couldn't get angry, then I could breathe a sigh of relief and give up completely. After my husband's examination was done, I had a blood draw to be done the next day of menstruation, but the left and right waited for menstruation not to come, a test strip test, two bars, I panicked, and the stupid experience began.
"The fetal bud is not in the womb"
My head buzzed
After experiencing a production, I did not rush to do the B ultrasound after testing positive, but foolishly struggled with where to file. We temporarily rented a location more than 30 kilometers away from the company, the hospital near the unit is not high, considering that we are already an elderly mother, afraid of encountering problems in pregnancy, so we decided to find a chief expert in the high-level hospital farther from home, and hang up the special needs number to file.
I waited for 8 days, and on the day of filing, I was 8 weeks pregnant, and I did B ultrasound for the first time. This check is good, the doctor gently said "not in the uterus, there are fetal buds", and suddenly my head buzzed. Before the ultrasound test results came out, the doctor hurriedly called the nurse station and asked someone to pick me up. The obstetric director spoke directly, did not have to do any examinations, and quickly hospitalized for surgery.
The report sheet was quickly typed out, the right side of the attachment live tire, fetal bud 0.7 cm. I don't know how many people longed to hear the words "fetal heart and fetal buds" when they first did the B ultrasound, but now these words are fatal to me. I anticipated that as an elderly mother, I may have to face many problems during pregnancy, and I have gritted my teeth and prepared to cut six generals through five levels, and as a result, the first level will be lost.
My ectopic pregnancy ultrasound results | Courtesy of the author
I know the danger of ectopic pregnancy, and I send a message to my husband who is waiting outside, "Outside the uterus, go and get me hospitalized." During the epidemic period, the accompanying husband also had to do nucleic acid, draw blood, and take chest X-ray to enter the ward. When we communicated, he asked me, "What should I do about ectopic pregnancy?" Is it taken out and put back in the womb? "I almost got mad in front of the nurse, just saying you should check it out on the Internet yourself."
When the doctor did the preoperative notice, he said: "Just like we said this, maybe the next second the fallopian tube rupture, you will bleed in shock, you know?" I said quietly that I knew, as if I had a clear mind. When the doctor told me before the operation, I went to my husband to sign it. This time, his tone was obviously instigated, before he was ignorant and fearless, not knowing that giving birth to a child could also have such a terrible situation.
It was the first day after the New Year's Day holiday, and there were not many people in the hospital, and I was immediately scheduled for surgery after the examination. Before the anesthesia, I asked the doctor how thick the fallopian tubes were, and the doctor replied that it was about 5 mm, and I imagined that it was propped up by the pregnancy sac, and I couldn't help but be afraid for a while. The doctor said that you two are quite clear, preoperative advice to understand, in fact, I usually pay great attention to the fruit shell and other popular science public accounts, indeed long knowledge.
Go home 3 days after surgery
It's just that the belly is too unsightly
The surgery was general anesthesia, and I was completely unconscious, and although I was curious about what was happening in the operating room, I couldn't share it with you. The next day I asked my husband how I got to bed in the ward. He said incredulously, "Don't you know what you have moved yourself?" "It turned out that when I woke up from the anesthesia, I couldn't remember things."
The procedure went smoothly, but there were also a bit of a vignette. Before I was diagnosed with pregnancy, I applied the ointment causing severe skin allergies and blisters on my back and belly, one of which was on my navel. Laparoscopic surgery to hit an eye on the navel, before the operation to determine the opening position, the doctor looked at my stomach frozen, tangled for half a day whether to hit the eye from the navel, I said firmly, if there is a risk of infection, do not hit from the navel, I do not pursue good looks.
The recovery after the operation is very good, but the belly is too unsightly. Because I had a caesarean section, this laparoscopic operation had an eye after the adhesion was found to be unusable, so I punched more holes.
On the 3rd day after the operation, I was discharged from the hospital and went home, and then I only needed to review the human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) every week to return to negative.
Luckily, the fallopian tubes were not burst
The doctor gave me a certificate of full leave of 4 weeks after surgery, but I thought that a bunch of things at the end of the unit were a bit unsure, and it was estimated that I would choose to work from home, and my colleagues were hard.
If it weren't for my own experience, I would never think that this kind of thing would happen to me, but impermanence is the norm, lucky as I am, the wrongly rooted baby did not burst my fallopian tubes, thank you very much TA, but unfortunately there is no fate to meet. My daughter has always been very sensible and is recently starting to learn to cook, and fried me eggs with green onions, which were very delicious. Perhaps, I will not have the idea of having a second child again, and I hope that my daughter will grow up healthy and safe, and everything will go well.
The eggs my daughter gave me | Courtesy of the author
Finally, thanks to modern medicine for saving my life. I also borrow my experience to remind everyone that menstruation is not in time or changes in time to check, found pregnant, regardless of whether there is abdominal pain or bleeding symptoms, go to the hospital as soon as possible to confirm the implantation location. In addition, give the ignorant husband some science in advance to ensure that he can help seek medical treatment in time after discomfort.
Sharing personal experience does not constitute a diagnosis and treatment recommendation, can not replace the doctor's individual judgment of a specific patient, if you need to go to a regular hospital.
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Author: Holly
Editors: Chen Xinyu, Dai Tianyi
