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Difference Between Miscarriage And Ectopic Pregnancy

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Have you ever had an experience that changed your life in a blink of an eye? An experience so intense that it keeps replaying in your head? I’m nineteen years old and in these days it’s not shocking to hear young girls getting pregnant, but no matter what age, it’s always hard to hear about any type of miscarriage. An ectopic pregnancy was what I had, and I’m still recovering from it. 1 in 4 girls have an ectopic pregnancy, which is also called a tubal pregnancy. It is not considered a miscarriage, but it is considered to be in the same category as one. The difference between a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy is that with a miscarriage, the fetus is still growing but along the way something happens. An ectopic pregnancy (tubal pregnancy) is when the fetus is misplaced in a fallopian tube and the tube ruptures which can cause you to bleed out to death. This is very difficult to find since an ultrasound can’t pick it up …show more content…

While I was in the recovery room, my surgeon came in and told my boyfriend and I that the fetus had grown to the point where my tube ripped so they had to remove my left fallopian tube completely. My first thought was my baby and why this had to happen to me. Everything happened so fast that I didn’t know how to process all of it. It was hard to know that I was pregnant one moment and then the next having that amazing feeling getting ripped away from me. A couple hours later I was finally able to go home and rest. As days go on I think about all the things that happened to me in that short period of time. I didn’t know what an ectopic pregnancy was until that day. I had an experience that changed my life completely in just in a blink of an eye. Even though 19 is still a young age, it should never happen to anyone. I stop to think every day about that day and what had happened to me was a tragedy. Ever since then, I’ve seen how much I have changed and because of that I cherish life

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