when the fertilized egg does not travel through the Fallopian tubes to the uterus but it gets blocked, being then outside the uterus, generally inside the tubes.
These pregnancies can be caused by a congenital defect in the tubes, endometriosis, previous ectopic pregnancies, or by a surgery of the femenin sexual organs. Also, the age (above 35) increases the ristk of these pregnancies as well as getting pregnant when having an IUD, when your have a tubectomy, when you revert the tubectomy and for some other unknown reasons.
The symptoms can be: bleeding, cramps, low back pain, lower abdomen pain, breast sensitivity or nausea.
If you have any of these symptoms and you go to your doctor, he will check the human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) levels and, if they are no increasing at the expected speed, then an ectopic pregnancy may be present.
Unfortunately, and ectopic pregnancy is potentially mortal and shall not continue. The developing cells must me extracted in order to save the mother.
One out of three women that have experienced this kind of pregnancy can after have an normal pregnancy, though she will probably have more ectopic pregnancies also.
The probabilities of having a normal pregnancy after will depend on: the age of the woman, if she had children before, the reasons of the ectopic pregnancy.
To minimize the risk of an ectopic pregnancy you can: have protected sexual intercourse (to avoid any infection), quit smoking, having a good medical follow up in case you have an infection.
If any doubt or trouble may occur during your pregnancy, please call or visit your specialist.
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