Ectopic ( tubal) pregnancy after IVF

While not getting pregnant after an IVF cycle can be heartbreaking, getting pregnant and then losing it can be much worse. This happens either when the patient miscarries; or when she has an ectopic pregnancy.While there is quite a lot of information about miscarriages after IVF, an ectopic pregnancy after IVF is something which most patients are completely unprepared for. It's not common, and happens in about 1-2 % of IVF cycles, but when it occurs, it can be devastating.The HCG test is positive, which means you are pregnant, and when the HCG levels rise, patients are understandably excited. However, the HCG level does not double as expected, and when she goes for her 5 week pregnancy scan, the doctor cannot see a sac in the uterus. This means that the pregnancy is not in the uterus , and this is called a tubal or ectopic pregnancy. You you can read more about how we make an early diagnosis of an ectopic atwww.hcexpert.inThe biggest tragedy is when the doctor fails to think of the possibility of an ectopic, as a result of which it grows and can even rupture, resulting in a life-threatening emergency.This is why it's important to monitor IVF pregnancies carefully, because an ectopic can easily be treated with medical therapy, provided the diagnosis is made in a timely fashion.What most patients cannot understand is how the embryo lands up in the tube when the doctor transferred it into the uterine cavity . How could the embryo travel backwards into the tube ? After all, it ca...
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