Oh my gosh yes. I have slow internal bleeding but every few years I'll bleed rapidly and fresh red blood in the intestine is the most excruciating pain I've ever experienced. Way worse that passing a kidney stone.
@@nomadicam that's part of it. But endometriosis is compromised of actual uterine tissue growing outside the uterus. This tissue is meant to contract during a menstrual cycle and shed the blood in the uterus lining it. So with endometriosis, this excess tissue outside the uterus also contracts. And it's usually wrapped around other organs in the abdominal cavity or pelvic cavity. This repeated contraction gets worse and worse over time and can even rupture organs or strangle them to death.
This is abelina sabrina and her ex is gus Johnson. Used to be a fan of his but apparently he was an abusive asshole, especially during the ectopic pregnancy complications
This is why abortion rights are so important. I worked with a girl- young mom of 2. She got an ectopic pregnancy, if she hadn't ended it she would've DIED. Niether mother or fetus can survive without removal of the pregnancy. She would've left 2 small babies, her husband and the child she had later would've never been born. Not all pregnancies are viable. And ultimately it's between a woman and her doctor- frankly it's no one elses business no matter what. I shouldn't have to justify my choices to anyone else period.
@Raquel Fantoni talking from a country with very strict abortion law I can tell you, doctors are scared of treating patients like that, because they're afraid of going to jail and losing their license if they do procedures that might or will end a pregnancy when the health or life or the pregnant person is endangered. So there are people who lost lives, because doctors were afraid to help them.
@@raquelfantoni2812 Well… abortion of an ectopic pregnancy while the pregnancy is unruptured and the baby is alive (that is, before it becomes truly dangerous) could still be illegal in several states.
Abortions are aborting a mission from God. Even in the worst situations that child is a gift from Heaven. The Lord is the ONLY one who opens the womb to have a pregnancy and the male and female have the parts to get the Lords spark of life the minute the semen gets to the egg and enters it literally sparks you can see it happen just look it up. So as i said even in the worst situation of becoming pregnant and having the child brings a out and overflowing amount of holy spirit and joy. God has a plan. If you were aborted you wouldnt be able to write this nonsense. Abortions for satanists are their little tricks to get naive women to go and conciously know they are killing a child. And the child suffers bad from whatever they give you or how they remove the child. They will go in there and break the childs neck and removed the head. Its also used for the elite to buy up the organs and drink up the blood
My poor sister had a ruptured ectopic pregnancy. In hospital for two weeks. She received somewhere between 2-4 units of blood. This was just when AIDS was coming on the scene, blood products weren't screened yet. She had to get HIV tests for quite a few years.
Love that now youtube has a banner on your video credifying you as a Doctor licensed in the US. Helps to give credence to your qualifications and specialty, that THIS is what an actual EXPERT's informed opinion is
I like that they also show what nation they are from. I also saw a note that said someone was a certified doctor from germany. Just a lil thing i noticed
It's great that it says her qualifications now, but didn't she leave the US. I guess she might still be licensed in the US without actually living there at this moment.
I didn't know about my ectopic pregnancy until it ruptured at around 3 ½ months gestation and it made it nearly impossible to breathe due to the internal bleeding. I had to have repeated transfusions for 2 days after the emergency surgery because I'd lost so much blood. I had never experienced pain that bad and hope I never do again...it will forever be my level 10 on the pain scale. The worst part was the ER Dr saying I was fine and refusing to do an ultrasound. He said I'd just pulled a muscle and just kept giving me Valium...it wasn't until I passed out in the hospital bathroom breaking my nose and knocking out my front tooth that he finally ordered an ultrasound.
That's horrible! Can you like sue or something. And I am not saying for money compensation or anything like that, but some sort of justice, validation, 😢 are you kidding me? How does this happen?
@@sidoniemany2339 it’s EXTREMELY common for doctors to ignore women who come in for pain and abdominal swelling. There is some stigma that women are SUPPOSED to feel pain and that they are simply being squeamish or wimpy to report it being extreme, when in reality if there’s excessive pain it means SOMETHING IS WRONG.
Wow. I’m so sorry you went through that. 3.5 months is very advanced for an ectopic pregnancy and I’m so glad you survived! It’s horrible and wrong that medical staff didn’t take you seriously. I hope you’re healing emotionally as well from that ordeal.
Ectopics are no joke I almost passed out and my family had to call an ambulance because of the severe pain I was in. The doctors couldn't find the pregnancy and sent me home and for a week I had to muscle through the pain till my fiance forced me to go to the emergency room and they found the pregnancy. I was given the chemo injection to kill it and the recovery was intense and scary. I could still rupture and bleed out plus my fiances family treated me like shit during it so I had absolutely no moral support or anyone to lean on.
I gave birth unmedicated TWICE So I'm no stranger to pain I had an IUD in and became ectopically pregnant, it was like I had been shot in the uterus, it was the most intense pain I've ever felt. Went to the hosp for them to say everything is fine. Was probably just a miscarriage of a baby that's not meant to be there. 4 days later I went back and my tube had exploded and my abdominal cavity was so full of blood they had to incise me instead of having it be key hole surgery like it's meant to be. And they struggled to wake me until the next day. NIGHTMARE. He's had a vasectomy now But it took me almost actually dying for him to be responsible for our sexual health after 9 years together. Even tho the iud gave me crazy pains all throughout the month, he said it was worth it to not have another baby. He cried like a bitch when he came back with his sliced sack. I had no sympathy, told him it's worth it for no more babies.
@@rmawbz1109 im proud of you for not giving in to his misogynistic ass. he clearly isn’t an awful man if you’re happy but you definitely did the right thing. you deserve peace of mind over your body.
The IUD is the most miserable piece of shit on planet Earth. Mine was constantly hurting, badly, and it ended up giving me IIH which used to be super rare but is way more common bc of the hormonal one. Robbed me of 2+ years of my life. Headaches so bad I was on 6 ativan a day and at times could not see.
I am currently in the Hospital for what might be an ectopic pregnancy... wish me luck Edit: Thank you all! I am now back home recovering after surgery. It all went well.
Hugs. They don't tell you this at the hospital but please keep in mind that your hormones dive off a cliff after an ectopic. I was suicidal for two days. Let your loved ones know that that might happen so they can be supportive. I didn't tell anyone because I was ashamed but I wish I had, I could have used the support. And one week later I was still sad but back to my normal self. The terrible feelings don't last forever!
Several years ago I had an ovarian cyst rupture and hemorrhage. Initially I thought I was constipated, but continued through an entire day with worsening pain and finally sought help after I became so bloated that I couldn’t bend over and the pain was not bearable. Without the proper testing at a physician’s office, I was sent home with the wrong diagnosis to wait for test results. Unfortunately, several more hours later, I was taken by ambulance to the hospital after all the blood had started pushing against my lungs and causes shoulder pain. Things were taken care of in surgery and they removed 2 pints of blood that leaked into my abdomen. Following this, I’ve have several more cysts rupture, and it’s so painful. I’ve been diagnosed with endometriosis, following another laparoscopic procedure. I live with pain that comes and goes every month. This only thing we have found to help, is using hormonal birth control to my period and lessen it to occur only once every 3 months.
I feel like the other people or person who miss diagnosed you should be held sccountable and pay money for all of the procedures,time spend to lost work you have had to it.
@@AllenTaxUnfortunately, it’s extremely common to get a misdiagnosis as women (or to not get diagnosed at all). For women, the possibility of getting a misdiagnosis after a heart attack is 50% higher than for men. I’m currently trying to fight for my endometriosis diagnosis but my ob-gyn just keeps giving me pills. I was supposed to have an ultrasound on the 1st of June, but they changed my appointment to not include any check-up
@@Emihasdreamstoo any thoughts on having a hysterectomy? I had some ongoing pain from cysts, a few that bled, and opted for a hysterectomy. wasn't sure if I had endometriosis, and didn't want to do exploratory surgery just to find out and turn around and have another surgery for a hysterectomy. my right ovary was full of cysts as it wasn't releasing eggs, and it had a large white cyst full of tissue, and a large blood cyst that ruptured, both on the outside. no endometriosis.
It is also possible with bc to have no bleeding at all. Usually it's not done so the woman still feels like she has a "normal" period and a control to see if she's pregnant, bit I think in your case I'd make a lot of sense!! In case this hasn't been discussed with your doctor yet.
I remember this story & your response to it. That's what got you my follow. It's such an important example of what women face as our rights are systemically stripped from us. Please keep educating! Please amplify what you know. You're one of our greatest assets in the fight for bodily autonomy.
@@DavidJones-ot8qu Wtf? Perhaps she wanted a viable baby, but ectopic pregnancies are ALWAYS nonviable and ALWAYS life-threatening emergencies. A normal pregnancy cannot turn ectopic, and vice-versa!
@@DavidJones-ot8qu You do realize an ectopic pregnancy BEGINS as an ectopic pregnancy. It is nonviable FROM THE MOMENT IT ATTACHES OUTSIDE THE UTERUS, after fertilization. And an ectopic pregnancy is ALWAYS a life-threatening medical emergency, that ALWAYS ends up in an abortion (whether spontaneous/miscarriage, or induced). Ectopic pregnancy is the most common cause of maternal death in the first trimester!
I had an ectopic pregnancy 35+ years ago. I still wince remembering the pain. My OB/Gyn couldn’t believe I wasn’t writhing on the ground and screaming in pain. This is when I (and my doctors) realized what a high tolerance for pain I had which was why by the time I scheduled an appointment I had “miscarried” already but had a bad infection. I wasn’t hospitalized but put on antibiotics. Stayed home for a week but went back to work ( in NYC by bus and subway) My bosses took one look at me and grabbed a chair, sat me in it and asked what the hell was I doing at work? I was so pale, moving and speaking at a decidedly slower pace. I was an auditor and could be assigned to places all over the NYC Metropolitan area so I was assigned work in the office and sent home before rush hour and no one pushed me about my arrival although I was late I arrived by 9 am at latest. The supervisor I was working with was a married man and a new grandfather and he had me assist in his job, reviewing, editing and proofreading audit reports. He taught me the finer points of producing a report which distracted me, kept me taking meds appropriately and making sure I ate and drank fluids. It took probably the better part of 6 weeks before I could routinely arrive and leave on time. To this day I send thanks and love to them in my thoughts and from my heart. My now ex-husband didn’t have a clue and kept telling me I was making a big deal out of nothing. That was my first pregnancy and 2 years later I had my first of 3 successful pregnancies. I have been blest with kids I not only love but I really like them too!!
Can we all say a PRAYER for the medications that are first line of defense for an ectopic pregnancy.... they are at risk for being banned. Caught early enough, a simple pill or two can fix an ectopic pregnancy and avoid surgery, and possible removal of your fallopian tube, even death.
I’m not aware of any legislation or court issues around methotrexate. Can you share where that’s happening? Also, it’s generally given as an injection, not a pill.
I've had methotrexate for an ectopic and it wasn't a pill. It was a horrendous injection that took a full two minutes to get all the serum in and hurt like HELL. The side effects were absolutely dire, and then it didn't work and I had to do it all again a week later. It's absolutely not just a question of taking a couple of pills and having a period. It took two months of monitoring and twice weekly blood tests before I was discharged and it was honestly the most Ill I've ever felt in my entire life.
I'm sorry you went through that. Methotrexate is a nasty drug!! For many, its a favorable ride comparable to having emergency surgery and losing a fallopian tube. In many cases, if diagnosed early, mifepristone can be taken (as a pill). Still has some nasty side effects.
@@m8trxd I can definitely see that perspective. I wish I'd had the surgery though - I've had 2 ectopics on the same side, which means that there's significant scarring inside that tube now. I was hoping to have more children, but it's not safe for me to try and conceive naturally anymore because of the chances of another ectopic. I wish the UK doctors had explained this to me and let me choose instead of just telling me I needed the drug.
Thank you for bringing this up. 3 Ectopics. I can tell u it hurts. And nobody talks about the emotional pain. AND IT'S NOT OPTIONAL! IT CAN HAPPEN MORE OFTEN THAN NOT. Before telling someone that they should avoid getting pregnant, please read about it.
I had one ectopic that I almost died from back in February. The physical pain is more or less gone (I have one area that likes to act up) but the emotional pain is just as bad as the day I came home from my surgery. No one talks about how hard it is to continue living after going through such a traumatic pregnancy loss.
@@DaizyBlossomyeah, it really sucks, I am really grateful to be alive, but I can't help thinking I could have had a baby by now and how much more complicated getting pregnant with one fallopian tube is going to be.
@@marianakiselova6913I lost a tube due to ruptured ectopic pregnancy that went undiagnosed for weeks. I was able to conceive 9 months after and have a healthy baby girl. It is possible. God bless ❤
@@Jesusiskingheisreturningsoon thank you dear! I do know it's still possible to get pregnant and really happy to know that it went well for you and your baby girl! ❤️ Unfortunately it comes with a set of new risks after the first surgery as a chance of a second ectopic pregnancy grows by roughly 20%. In fact I did get pregnant again and currently going through a tubal miscarriage. Silver lining the tube didn't rupture this time, so theoretically it's still possible to get pregnant the natural way, though I will try to check if the remaining tube is permiable this time.
It happened to my sister, she almost died, had to have emergency surgery cause she fainted at work and didn't even know she was pregnant... Her abdominal scar is completely gone but the trauma left something inside of her
Oh those words are music to my ears. I was extremely bloated with every endometriosis episode. Some of my episodes lasted months. After 20 years of doctor denial, I finally had a hysterectomy at age 36. I was in pain so much I was labeled an opioid addict. To say I wasn't is an understatement. Please please keep spreading the word. Thank you
@@kimberlyWard8152 Sending love and strength. There is light at the end of the tunnel, it's just hell getting there. Stay strong and follow your gut and never give up.
Same here! I just got my hysterectomy in August (at 32). It took 1.5 years of being literally bedridden, severely anemic, and literally hemorrhaging for me to be taken seriously. I barely ate for at least half the month because I felt so bloated and awful.
I got internal bleeding from an internal ultrasound wand. It hurt a lot, for many weeks. Long after a later ovary removal, I found out that this pain came from this internal bleeding. I was unable to stand up for days. (I did not sue.)
Ooh, I had a transvaginal ultrasound for suspected PCOS when I was about 20, never had sex before, and had had chronic pain for 8 years. The tech went pale and really didn’t want to do it. She was close to refusing because it wasn’t humane. I ended up having to tell her I really needed to have the results, so we just needed to get through it together, and if at any point in the procedure I changed my mind, I’d be sure to let her know. But I really really needed a diagnosis. So, I end up ripping my hymen and saying the f word for the first time, got pretty colorful, but I got a diagnosis. And, despite concerns about my fertility, found out I had FIVE good looking eggs just waiting to go. 12 years later and about to start trying to have a family, I’m hoping they had some staying power and got replaced with a lot of healthy eager eggs.
@@AmaraJordanMusicThis is so different from my experience. I was 18 and hadn’t had sex before and had the scan to check for cysts on my ovaries. The tech doing the scan slammed it in to me, then jerked the wand as far in as she could get it and as far to the left and right as she could get it. Every time I grunted, whimpered, or a tear escaped, she would tell me to quit being a baby or to “woman up! It’s not that bad!” It was excruciating. Plus, in the middle of the scan a male tech (or nurse maybe?) came in the room looking for something. She directed him to the cabinets that happened to be across from the foot of the exam table I was on. The tech doing the scan starts having a nonchalant conversation with him while facing away, and after he found what he was looking for, he stopped and was staring right at my crotch. I’m trapped there, in that flimsy paper gown, legs spread, with this 30-ish year-old man staring at me. Every time I tried to move the paper gown to cover myself, the tech doing the scan would smack my hand and say “quit fidgeting! Stop moving!” After a couple tries I kind of dissociated and when I came back to my body, the guy was gone and the female tech was snapping at me, “didn’t you hear me?! You’re done! Get up!” I tried telling my doctor about it, but when I told her that the tech let a male tech come in the room, the doc said “no she didn’t. That’s not allowed and she wouldn’t do that.” After that and some other issues I’d had with that doctor being dismissive, I just kind of shut down. After that, for years, having any kind of gynecological exam sent me in to a panic attack. I eventually found a gynecologist that would prescribe me one Xanax before every exam, and eventually I started to trust her and was able to get through exams without the Xanax or Valium. But if the doctor (or nurse or whoever) is male, I still feel panicky unless my husband is there with me. That first pelvic ultrasound when I was pregnant was terrifying. Luckily my husband was able to be there with me. And it was _nothing_ like that first experience. There was no pain, no jerking motions, no seeing how far the wand could go in one direction or another. If my first experience had been like that, I probably wouldn’t even remember it.
My daughter had a teratoma on her left ovary. Her surgeon said it had likely been there since birth. All of her pain and symptoms were ignored until she looked pregnant. Even then she was told she was just constipated. Finally, her new pediatrician sent her to the Children's Emergency Department. Teratoma removed. It had teeth, hair, and cartilage. Interesting and rare. She lost her left ovary but she's happy about that. I'm very thankful that she isn't sexually active. Women deserve better Healthcare. It's 2023. This lady had an ectopic pregnancy. She's lucky she is alive.
I had healthy (ish?) pregnancies, my kids were fine I was a bit sicker then usual but not life threatening. For me every bit of the experience was traumatic because of the amount I didn't know about my own body, infact couldn't even look at myself in a mirror because I was so freaked out by what I was seeing. I'd been raised in a large family (youngest of 8), babysitting since I was 7, I felt fully prepared for my children, wasn't scared or worried about being a mom. I could not fathom I wasn't mentally ready for pregnancy or giving birth because the process is legitimately insane. Edit to add: I only share this cause I really want to put it out there that women are "expected" to do pregnancy and birth but aren't always taught what the process truly looks like and that can be detrimental to their mental health.
So much of the narrative around pregnancy minimizes how huge a deal even the healthiest pregnancy is for a person's body and mind to go through. As evidenced by how many people suggest people terminate for "convenience" as though pregnancy is merely an inconvenience.
When I had my ectopic, it ruptured my fallopian tube in less than 2 weeks. I had to wait 12 hours for surgery and had so much blood in my abdomen that they had to sit me up during surgery to drain it, and even then I still had blood around my liver. The surgeon said she had no idea how I was up and walking back and forth, but myself, to the bathroom before I was prepped for surgery. I essentially told her that because of chronic pain, once my brain decides the pain isn't going to kill me I function pretty well. Because of that I'm probably incredibly lucky I didn't ignore it thinking it was a cyst because I would have just kept bleeding
The day I found out about my ectopic I was told to go to same day surgery and I hemorrhaged in the waiting room, just down the hall from the ER. I was told that if I had hemorrhaged at home I may not have made it to the hospital in time… I had been bleeding internally very slowly and painfully for a month before then. I had gone to urgent care about it after the bleeding exceeded the normal length of my period (I had at first thought it had been an only slightly more painful period than I usually got and all the pregnancy tests I’d taken were negative) but they told me it was probably an ovarian cyst and to schedule a gynecology appointment. That day I lost my blind trust in medical professionals because I almost lost my life.
After my ectopic ruptured my shoulders were jumping around like crazy because the blood was irritating my vagus nerve (I think that's the one they said). The doc says I lost a quarter of the blood in my body.
@@jessicaroseelizabethp.7911 Me too. I thought it was just a standard miscarriage (I've had 4 now) and told my ex to please just take me home to do it alone. He insisted I go to the ER. He couldn't give emotional support to save his damn life, but he did save my life in that instance, so I'll give him that😂
Interesting, I had one or two ruptured ovarian cysts a few years ago and remember having awful shoulder pain and spasms. I had no idea why my shoulder blades were freaking out.
This terrified me when I was in my younger years this is more common than we'd like to think. When I had appendectomy it was wrapped around my intestines blocking that off so it was not in a normal spot. So they didn't know if kidney failure or Ectopic pregnancy or they had no clue. I had been sick for 15 days the first 6 or 7 it was vague we to Dr. They said it was stomach flu. Sent me home. So that was a Sunday, the vomiting started that night. It took me until the next Saturday I begged my family to take me back to hospital I had lost about 50lbs in those 15 days. I could barely walk. I begged & told them I am dying. I meant it. They took me. I had to walk from parking lot. To the ER up the hill. I barely remember that walk. I do remember reaching the auto-doors they opened & I shuffled in and I loved up to see where I had to go I saw the check in desk I started to make my way there. I saw the nurses look up toward me. Their faces barely in focus. Such pain. Their expressions changed when the registered my presence. They dropped everything one ran to me the other grabbed a wheelchair. Next thing I was taken in and before I knew it, I was in the OR. Next thing I woke and was alive. The Dr said I barely made it. If I had waited any longer than I did. I wouldn't have. That hit me hard. So after that Ectopics became my fear cause appendix was gone. I feel so bad for her. I hope they were able fix it. These are hard and scary days in America with their war on women's health care rights. There are politicians making decisions about women's health do not understand how an ectopic pregnancy is life threatening. It is it can kill the woman that is not a viable zygote, it must be removed. ASAP!!!! IMHO Peace
@@chocolatecharley99 I have gone through ectopic pregnancy, pregnancy loss, stillbirth, that's how I know .. IV been offered abortion for 4 "non viable" pregnancies which yielded 3 healthy children.
Yes! I know she’s addressed it but I don’t know if it has its own video. People don’t seem to understand what they are or their viability or how DANGEROUS they are.
Yeah, I almost died from internal bleeding a year ago because of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy, had several blood transfusions and urgent salpingectomy. The scary part was, I didn't even know I was pregnant, because my period didn't go away. So the ER doctors have left me basically unsupervised for the whole night, while I was internally bleeding out, because they didn't even suspect pregnancy untill I started crashing again and they have finally done a CT scan. I am partly to blame it got to that point, never shrug off strange symptoms, like sudden fainting, acute abdominal pain etc even if they go away after a while.
I had an ectopic pregnancy 2 years ago but had no idea what was going on until I got to the hospital. After hours and hours of constant tests and painful internal ultrasounds and no one telling me anything they finally found it and I was rushed into surgery to remove the tube and ovary and repair damage caused to the surrounding tissue. Scariest day of my life and I had to go through it completely alone because of Covid restrictions. I woke up in a hospital bed alone, scared, in pain and mourning my lost pregnancy and they wouldn’t let my husband see me until several hours after. Horrifying experience! I absolutely feel this poor ladies pain, it is traumatising!
I’m so glad she explained this. I’ve dealt with endo and cysts most of my adult life but years ago I had a cyst rupture and the pain just wasn’t like the previous ones. The er did scans and casually told me I had some internal bleeding and just take it easy for the weekend and sent me home. I was so confused, they didn’t explain why this cyst caused it this time or why it was more painful. And I couldn’t call out of work, I lived on a campground and it was Friday the start to 4th of July. I lived in an apartment above the front office/camp store. I survived work that weekend and thankfully haven’t had any issues since. It just frustrates me there’s videos 30 seconds long that can help explain so much, but a dr sitting face to face can’t tell me this? Our healthcare system is so f’d. I’m glad we have amazing drs like this though to help educate us and try to change the system forthe better
An abortion and the procedure for an eptomic pregnancy are not the same thing, genius. The laws against abortion do not effect expecting mothers who are experiencing complications with their gestation. It’s for people who want to spread their legs with no consequences and think they can play god.
@@MadisonHarvillyou are incorrect. An abortion medically is termination of pregnancy through any means and for any reason. A miscarriage is medically noted down as a spontaneous abortion and removal of a non viable fetus or ectopic pregnancy are both forms of abortion. When you write laws blanket banning abortion and threatening to prosecute for abortions women die, that's just what happens. Look up the case of Sarah Everard, she is the reason abortion was legalised in Ireland, and you might understand the dangers of banning abortion and placing equal weight on the life of a fetus and a living breathing woman a little better.
@GB-qs4bgyou’re incorrect and it shows that you haven’t actually read any of these laws. Each law outlines SPECIFICALLY what an abortion is and therefore what is being banned. They give clear instructions on what procedures are excluded from this such as ectopic pregnancies. Look at the Texas law as a good example and learn to actually read legislation. They also give instructions for the doctors should a surgical procedure be necessary to save either/both the mother and baby. and if a doctor is withholding treatment it is because of ignorant, fear-mongering people like you who make them believe the law is ambiguous when it is not.
I had a ruptured ectopic pregnancy, I also had shoulder tip pain, looked like I was 7 months pregnant, couldn't urinate and felt drunk but hadn't had any alcohol. Finally went to the hospital and was about 2 hours away from being dead. Very scary to think of it now!
Had ectopic in 1970. I was in shock after flying to Sitka from another small city in Alaska. Actually lost had a miscarriage then didn't need Surgery. Go up and down was a relief for me no surgery. Bled a lot the pilot was such a good pilot and tried to make me feel better. Waited with me to make sure the ambulance came. It was small plane, puddle jumper.
This happened to me. For almost 2 weeks I couldn't understand why I was incredibly weak with my stomach growing. The pain didn't kick in until the almost 2 week mark. It rapidly went from slight discomfort to crippling pain, seizures, going blind (temporarily), beyond weak pulse and emergency surgery. Turns out I was bleeding internally for that 2 weeks. Lost 2.5 litres of blood. That surgery saved my life. I'm forever grateful to the health care team at Cornwall Regional Hospital, Jamaica.
I was diagnosed with a molar pregnancy. The admitted me to the hospital for a D&C and then chemo radiation. Once I was under they found out it was an ectopic pregnancy and I had been misdiagnosed. I woke up and they wouldn’t tell me what happened to me. They had obviously had to do laparoscopic surgery but they wouldn’t tell me what happened. They said to come back the next day and speak with the doctor. I went to her office terrified I had had a hysterectomy or something. She told me what happened and made me sign a bunch of papers. I still don’t understand how it happened.
@@nahime4204 ya I was so traumatized by everything I didn’t realize it. I actually postponed the D&C one week because my grandma died and the procedure was scheduled on the day of her funeral. I remember feeling like I was floating during the funeral yet I was in so much pain. Im grateful I am alive. I was 26 when that happened and I didn’t figure it out till I got some therapy in my late 30’s.
@@rebeccablair9626 I hadn’t either till they explained it to me. It’s when you’re pregnant and then the baby dies and rather than all of its tissue expelling from your body some pieces of it may attach and start to regrow. So the cells begin to again multiply very fast but it will not become a baby. They treat these cells like cancer and use chemo to target them and kill them. This was a complete misdiagnosis for me as that was not what happened at all.
I knew a person who died from internal bleeding. That didn't even know she was bleeding internally. She was in her 70s. She tripped and fell in the morning, she bad big dark bruise on her stomach (with white streak where her arm was when she fell down), she called ambulance, they didn't think it was urgent cause she didn't have a lot of pain. She went to hospital in the afternoon, and she was dead in the evening.
When I was 20 years old, I had a molar pregnancy. I had a d&c and a month later I had another d&c because the cells weren't removed all the way and they grew back. I never was told what caused it or why it happened. It almost killed me.
I don't know what exactly it was I had happen last year, I think it was a ruptured cyst but i put off making an appointment to be seen and didn't go to the hospital like I probably should have the day it happened. I gaslit myself into thinking it was no big deal and I just had the stomach bug the kids all had. . . Fast forward to my laparoscope and one of my fallopian tubes was unattached with a large hemorrhagic cyst on the other. We yeeted the uterus and tubes that day.
That pain is unbelievably awful. I was able to get medical care 9 hours after my tube ruptured. I knew I was having a miscarriage, but didn't know the severity until I was checked out in the ER.
My heart breaks so much for Sabrina not only for going through that but having to go through it virtually alone. I was a fan of her ex but unsubscribed and haven’t watched a single one of his videos since she came out with her story. Despicable
I feel for her. Would you consider doing a video on Endometriosis? I appreciate your knowledge and kindness so much 😊 I know it is rarely deadly, unlike ectopic pregnancies...but SO many of us have it and SO many doctors are ill qualified to treat it. It is such awful pain almost 3/4 of the month. I pass out and can't work anymore. I have tried everything, short of an oophorectomy and hysterectomy. You just are so well-informed!!!
In case I can reassure anyone, I thought I’d share my story-please remember if this happens you should always get checked! In the first trimester I thought I was having an ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage because (without bleeding) I was having the worst cramps of my life. Worse than any period I’ve ever had. It radiated into my legs and back and I was in a lot of pain. It only lasted a little less than a week but it happened right around the time of my positive test at four weeks. The pain had me not wanting to walk. I obviously had a very anxious first trimester after that but everything was fine and I’m now 27 weeks along with a healthy baby boy. I did get checked, and you should always get checked with such severe cramping in pregnancy but that can and does happen, contrary to the claims of Dr Google. Pregnancy is scary, I was so sure I was having an ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage!
eh, not really - it's just that blood belongs inside vessels and works to provide gas exchange. When it's not in a vessel (ie on top of an organ in the abdominal cavity) it is incredibly inflammatory and irritating to sensitive tissues that aren't made to have anything touching them.
I've had non stop severe abdominal pain during this pregnancy (14wks along) I went to the ER and they said it wasn't ectopic after the ultrasound but I didn't get any kind of answer otherwise. Medicaid is being difficult so I still haven't been able to see the OBGYN yet, and probably won't be able to until I'm around 20wks. So I'm always worried and miserable.
Good luck I truly wish you the best. I sincerely hope you find what you are looking for and that you can be taken care of and that you may come out of this pregnancy safe.
i hope you get the answers you need. the medical system tends to treat women poorly, and I'm also a victim to that (it took 8 years to learn I have epilepsy). I hope you come out safe, and if possible, I hope your child comes out safe. I hope you get some treatment for the pain, as well. Sending much love your way 🫶
@@caitlinholloway2627 All I can say is just try to make yourself as comfortable as possible. Until you can make sure everything's okay, that's the best I would think to do. Again, sending wishes of love and safety your way
I had one in 2018. The pain was excruciating! Even morphine couldn't take all of it, but good nurses and doctors took care of me, and physical I only have a small scar and my right fallopian tube has been removed. Emotionally, it was different, but I'm still here.
I miscarried an ectopic pregnancy and my first clue was sharp pain in my shoulder. No doctor could figure out why I was having pains, I'd had my tubes tied years before. But in the end we found out that my tubes had regrown back together and I became pregnant in the tube. I had bloating and abdominal pains, happened more when I miscarried. A few months later I had a hysterectomy. 😞
My sister-in-law came close to dying from a ruptured ectopic pregnancy. She got a positive test, but soon after got a bad pain. She went to the ER, and the doctors told her if she had waited a few more hours she could have died! (Interestingly enough, that was the same weekend I went to the ER for a bad blood clot in my leg.) Thankfully, though she lost one of her fallopian tubes, she went on to have a healthy pregnancy the next year!
I had a ruptured ectopic pregnancy and bled for 3 days before I went into the hospital. Had emergency surgery and doctor told me that I had half a liter of blood in my abdomen. I didn’t have pain. I went in for spotting over what I thought was ovulation. Turns out I got pregnant but hormones didn’t rise fast enough so I got my period and then 2 weeks later when I should have been ovulating my tube burst. But i didn’t have the pain that everyone talks about.
One of my sis-in-laws had this type of pregnancy - hers was a tubal that was rupturing - the silver lining of it was they found that her appendix had a small leak that was making her sick too. Have to agree that something like this is something between the patient and Dr - family should be supportive but it is not anyone's business beyond that. Glad things are taken care of by licensed Dr and not done in some back office or other that could cause more problems like women had to deal with years ago
And now add the texas supreme court taking weeks to decide that you have carry your ectopic pregnancy to term because they have no idea that pregnancies can go wrong.
I am someone who has severe endometriosis that I’ve had excised twice, had an ectopic pregnancy that needed emergency surgery, had a hysterectomy from Adenomyosis and lost an ovary to recurrent deep infiltrating endometriomas (chocolate cysts). I really appreciate seeing videos like this and more people becoming aware of how debilitating ,and even dangerous, gynecological issues can be.
I’m a black Canadian woman living in Texas. I am nauseated at how women’s health is operating in this state. Just wow. Sometimes I seem to know more about how my body works than most male doctors. Wtf
I had a ruptured tubal pregnancy back in 1982, not knowing I was pregnant. Had been bleeding for a couple of weeks. One night after taking a shower I looked into the mirror but could not see myself. Hubby raced me to Hospital, my parents arriving same time. Apparently I had lost half my blood supply. Collasped in ER. Was rushed into surgery. My abdomen was so full of blood that blood was in my chest cavity. Was cut open hip to hip due to the clean up of tissue and blood. Received 5 transfusions, that was before blood was tested for HIV. Spent 11 days in hospital. My husband and my parents were informed if I had not gotten to hospital when I did, I would have died.
I'm sorry you experienced that. I've had chronic pain and neurological issues since I was 7 so I know how awful doctors can be. I hope you're doing OK now.
This is a useful tool to explain “endo belly”, thank you for posting it. Now I can send a friend this with “endo belly “ as a caption when they ask why I don’t feel good.
My sixth pregnancy was an ectopic. I knew I was pregnant but they couldnt find the baby. I had a dozen ultrasounds and nothing. I was given methotrexate which was suppose to stop the baby from growing. The dumb hospital sent me on my way after the shot and they never scheduled follow-ups. I ended up rupturing a week later. It was the worst pain I've ever experienced. I've had 5 unmedicated homebirths and they don't even compare. It took 3 shots of morephine to even touch the pain. I had an emergency salpingectomy (tube removal) because my tube burst and I was bleeding internally. It was a terrible experience I wouldn't wish on anyone. Thankfully I've been able to have two successful pregnancies since than. I had my second tube removed during the birth of my 7th healthy child. I am truly blessed to have a large family with my high school sweetheart.
I was 7 weeks pregnant when I developed severe pain at 3am in the morning it wasn't till about 4pm later that afternoon I was told I had an ectopic pregnancy. I had no help from maternity ward and told me over the ph they couldn't do anything unless I was bleeding, my gp only prescribed me anti nausea medication and the pain I was in was making me throw up which caused even more pain. It wasn't till nearly midday that I drove myself which usually is a 12 to 15 min drive took 30min. They performed performed a few confirmation test but couldn't performed an ultrasound till the following Tuesday as it was a Friday and a public holiday on the Monday and I either had to wait till then or transfer to the neighboring city 45min away (which I chose to do) waited another 2 hrs only just recovering some pain medication for an ultrasound I was in there for almost 30min with them trying to find the fetus via internal and external ultrasound machines it was 10mins after I arrived backbin my cubicle that my mother and sister and her week old daughter arrived just before one of the doctors came and dropped the bombshell that I had an ectopic pregnancy and would need to have surgery that day.
I had a ruptured ectopic pregnancy and it went from feeling fine, to a little cramping and nausea to laying on the bathroom floor, delirious and too weak to cry out for help in maybe a half hour or so. Luckily my dog pulled a Lassie and got help for me and when I got to the ER they said another hour and I would have been dead. The surgeon who saved my life said she was scooping blood out of my abdomen by the handfuls and it ended up being two full liters lost.
I get and understand the pain this young lady is speaking about. I believed I was starting menopause, however late last year I started throwing clots the size of my hand, and at one point bleeding so badly that I lost about 50% of my blood volume within a 15 hour period. Turned out I have cervical cancer, stage 2. Getting treatment now, but I get the bloating, the blood and the pain. My heart and prayers are with you. With anyone who goes through this kind of pain. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
Bro someon in the comments was saying that this is just one example of how abortion is healthcare has a reply that says “just talk to god” like ok buddy we should let people see doctors not have them see your imaginary friend💀💀💀
my mother experienced internal bleeding due to complications with her 3 c-sections after popping out 3 kids. she had this same exact problem and it was only resolved after she had a hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus) done in 2013. i feel like the pain of internal bleeding is something that can only be fully understood by those who went through it firsthand. excruciating is an understatement.
US laws is messed up, that they criminal charge women who abort babies, which includes non-viable babies such as ectopic pregnancies, and even aborting babies thay have already died in the mom's womb. Even if mom's life is at risk, she will be criminally charged. Brittany Watts from Ohio, USA. Please can you do a video about this attack on women, on women's lives, women's bodies. Women are expected to leave an ectopic pregnancy alone and let it kill the mom and baby, and leave a dead body inside her, and let it pass naturally, again which mom can get infection and die from carrying a dead body inside of her for too long. And if she removes the soon to be dead baby (ectopic pregnancy), or the already naturally dess baby inside of her, she gets criminally charged!
Can confirm that blood in your abdominal cavity is freaking painful. Several years ago I had a ruptured ovarian cyst. It caused my fallopian tube to twist and I had to have surgery to fix it up. I honestly feel like the pain was harder to deal with than giving birth, and I have given birth naturally with no pain relief 3 times. I always feel like while the pain of child birth is actually the most painful, I find it more bearable because I have an end goal. My focus is on the baby I will hold at the end. The pain I experienced with the cyst and surgery seemed pointless so was harder to deal with,
this happened to my mom before i was born :’( nobody told my dad what was going on for several hours when they took my mom away for emergency surgery. they don’t like talking about it but i’ve picked up bits and pieces over the years. it’s horrible and my heart really goes out to anyone who’s suffered in this way.
Pro life people will be like “it’s a miracle! You should love your baby no matter what” but don’t know the facts of neither the mother or the baby living through the ordeal. 😤
I'm having a bad endometriosis episode and I have very similar symptoms to an ectopic pregnancy. Seeing this made me set up an OB appointment and restock pregnancy tests and condoms.. I can only imagine how terrifying it is to go through.
My mother had this happen to her. Ruptured ectopic pregnancy. She was bleeding internally and waited longer than she should have to go to the hospital. Had to have emergency surgery. She’s lucky to be alive.
This is very timely for me. I was recently hospitalized for a fall that was so insignificant to me at first I didn't even mention it. Evidently however, that fall caused a small bleed in my abdomen. I was told the bleeding had stopped and my body would just absorb the blood and I was sent home. What I wasn't told about was the excruciating pain I would be in. I was in so much pain for several days, I was unable to lie down to sleep. I sat up on the couch for days trying to sleep. It has been 3 weeks and I still have some residual pain. It was the worst pain I felt since major back surgery.
@@caarline654 no it doesn’t , it has to be fertilized but it means it’ll grow outside the uterus which isn’t supposed to happen at all and if it grows it can cause life threatening loss of blood or like they said it can implode
I love how in one of the comments replies they are arguing over God instead of what's happening in the video we didn't ask for these god believers to come and comment about God (not trying to offend anyone but praying doesn't help someone who's on the verge of death let's get real here) I may not believe in God I respect others beliefs but we aren't talking about God right now we are talking about something medical
i didn’t know organs didn’t like it when blood touches them! that explains a lot
It is your body's way of saying something is seriously wrong. 😢
Oh my gosh yes. I have slow internal bleeding but every few years I'll bleed rapidly and fresh red blood in the intestine is the most excruciating pain I've ever experienced. Way worse that passing a kidney stone.
So interesting. I never heard that before! Would have loved for her to explain a little more about it.
I kinda wonder if that's what causes the pain in endometriosis.
@@nomadicam that's part of it. But endometriosis is compromised of actual uterine tissue growing outside the uterus. This tissue is meant to contract during a menstrual cycle and shed the blood in the uterus lining it. So with endometriosis, this excess tissue outside the uterus also contracts. And it's usually wrapped around other organs in the abdominal cavity or pelvic cavity. This repeated contraction gets worse and worse over time and can even rupture organs or strangle them to death.
her ex was a terrible person for the torture he caused her during this.
What is this from?
What are you talking about? Nothing is said to what your saying in this video.
@@AllenTax they probably watched the entire story and not just this short
This is abelina sabrina and her ex is gus Johnson. Used to be a fan of his but apparently he was an abusive asshole, especially during the ectopic pregnancy complications
@@zimmiel what would you call it then? She was an absolute mess talking about how he treated her and he just made a sketch video mocking her
This is why abortion rights are so important. I worked with a girl- young mom of 2. She got an ectopic pregnancy, if she hadn't ended it she would've DIED. Niether mother or fetus can survive without removal of the pregnancy. She would've left 2 small babies, her husband and the child she had later would've never been born. Not all pregnancies are viable. And ultimately it's between a woman and her doctor- frankly it's no one elses business no matter what. I shouldn't have to justify my choices to anyone else period.
@Raquel Fantoni talking from a country with very strict abortion law I can tell you, doctors are scared of treating patients like that, because they're afraid of going to jail and losing their license if they do procedures that might or will end a pregnancy when the health or life or the pregnant person is endangered. So there are people who lost lives, because doctors were afraid to help them.
@@raquelfantoni2812 Well… abortion of an ectopic pregnancy while the pregnancy is unruptured and the baby is alive (that is, before it becomes truly dangerous) could still be illegal in several states.
@@LookingForFrogs horseshit....
Abortions are aborting a mission from God. Even in the worst situations that child is a gift from Heaven. The Lord is the ONLY one who opens the womb to have a pregnancy and the male and female have the parts to get the Lords spark of life the minute the semen gets to the egg and enters it literally sparks you can see it happen just look it up. So as i said even in the worst situation of becoming pregnant and having the child brings a out and overflowing amount of holy spirit and joy. God has a plan. If you were aborted you wouldnt be able to write this nonsense. Abortions for satanists are their little tricks to get naive women to go and conciously know they are killing a child. And the child suffers bad from whatever they give you or how they remove the child. They will go in there and break the childs neck and removed the head. Its also used for the elite to buy up the organs and drink up the blood
Trust God throughout anything and pray
My poor sister had a ruptured ectopic pregnancy. In hospital for two weeks. She received somewhere between 2-4 units of blood. This was just when AIDS was coming on the scene, blood products weren't screened yet. She had to get HIV tests for quite a few years.
That be the 80s then. Is as only gay men where being tested. As was believed to be A gay virus.🙄
Oof
They still use old stuff too only screen new stuff and hardly without risk of failure to identify
I had 6 units of blood, made me appreciate the donors so much, I owe them my life!
Another reason to not get pregnant
Love that now youtube has a banner on your video credifying you as a Doctor licensed in the US. Helps to give credence to your qualifications and specialty, that THIS is what an actual EXPERT's informed opinion is
I like that they also show what nation they are from. I also saw a note that said someone was a certified doctor from germany. Just a lil thing i noticed
I know right, this is really nice to know more about the source you watch on the internet..
I cannot see this, maybe it doesn't show up on desktop
@@kevinsundelin8639I can't see this, and I'm on mobile heheh. Maybe hasn't rolled out to everybody yet.
It's great that it says her qualifications now, but didn't she leave the US. I guess she might still be licensed in the US without actually living there at this moment.
I didn't know about my ectopic pregnancy until it ruptured at around 3 ½ months gestation and it made it nearly impossible to breathe due to the internal bleeding. I had to have repeated transfusions for 2 days after the emergency surgery because I'd lost so much blood. I had never experienced pain that bad and hope I never do again...it will forever be my level 10 on the pain scale.
The worst part was the ER Dr saying I was fine and refusing to do an ultrasound. He said I'd just pulled a muscle and just kept giving me Valium...it wasn't until I passed out in the hospital bathroom breaking my nose and knocking out my front tooth that he finally ordered an ultrasound.
What an ahole. Men seem to underestimate our pain levels, probably because women tend to have a higher tolerance than men.
Wtf! I hope you're doing better now ❤️
That's horrible! Can you like sue or something. And I am not saying for money compensation or anything like that, but some sort of justice, validation, 😢 are you kidding me? How does this happen?
@@sidoniemany2339 it’s EXTREMELY common for doctors to ignore women who come in for pain and abdominal swelling. There is some stigma that women are SUPPOSED to feel pain and that they are simply being squeamish or wimpy to report it being extreme, when in reality if there’s excessive pain it means SOMETHING IS WRONG.
Wow. I’m so sorry you went through that. 3.5 months is very advanced for an ectopic pregnancy and I’m so glad you survived! It’s horrible and wrong that medical staff didn’t take you seriously. I hope you’re healing emotionally as well from that ordeal.
Ectopics are no joke I almost passed out and my family had to call an ambulance because of the severe pain I was in. The doctors couldn't find the pregnancy and sent me home and for a week I had to muscle through the pain till my fiance forced me to go to the emergency room and they found the pregnancy. I was given the chemo injection to kill it and the recovery was intense and scary. I could still rupture and bleed out plus my fiances family treated me like shit during it so I had absolutely no moral support or anyone to lean on.
I'm sorry you never got support that sounds crappy. I hope your doing better and have a support system now.
@@losingmyrights I actually have less people in my life now but more peace. After the ectopic I learned a lot about people tbh
@@cheyannecatalano2951 I think having peace is better then bad people.
😢 so sorry for what you had to go through hugs
@@sabrinaswinconeck thank you for the apologies I do appreciate it. It taught me how strong I am at least 💜
I gave birth unmedicated TWICE
So I'm no stranger to pain
I had an IUD in and became ectopically pregnant, it was like I had been shot in the uterus, it was the most intense pain I've ever felt. Went to the hosp for them to say everything is fine. Was probably just a miscarriage of a baby that's not meant to be there.
4 days later I went back and my tube had exploded and my abdominal cavity was so full of blood they had to incise me instead of having it be key hole surgery like it's meant to be. And they struggled to wake me until the next day.
NIGHTMARE.
He's had a vasectomy now
But it took me almost actually dying for him to be responsible for our sexual health after 9 years together.
Even tho the iud gave me crazy pains all throughout the month, he said it was worth it to not have another baby. He cried like a bitch when he came back with his sliced sack. I had no sympathy, told him it's worth it for no more babies.
Are you guys still together?
@@mkay187 yes. It'll be 11 years Oct 1st
I'm still alive and he's still sterile. It's honestly great
@@rmawbz1109 im proud of you for not giving in to his misogynistic ass. he clearly isn’t an awful man if you’re happy but you definitely did the right thing. you deserve peace of mind over your body.
What a ... "keeper" :/
The IUD is the most miserable piece of shit on planet Earth. Mine was constantly hurting, badly, and it ended up giving me IIH which used to be super rare but is way more common bc of the hormonal one. Robbed me of 2+ years of my life. Headaches so bad I was on 6 ativan a day and at times could not see.
I am currently in the Hospital for what might be an ectopic pregnancy... wish me luck
Edit: Thank you all! I am now back home recovering after surgery. It all went well.
Oh dear, good luck, all the best, hope you get well looked after❤
Good luck
Hugs. They don't tell you this at the hospital but please keep in mind that your hormones dive off a cliff after an ectopic. I was suicidal for two days. Let your loved ones know that that might happen so they can be supportive. I didn't tell anyone because I was ashamed but I wish I had, I could have used the support. And one week later I was still sad but back to my normal self. The terrible feelings don't last forever!
How are you doing? Sending healing thoughts your way.
Hang in there. ❤
Several years ago I had an ovarian cyst rupture and hemorrhage. Initially I thought I was constipated, but continued through an entire day with worsening pain and finally sought help after I became so bloated that I couldn’t bend over and the pain was not bearable. Without the proper testing at a physician’s office, I was sent home with the wrong diagnosis to wait for test results. Unfortunately, several more hours later, I was taken by ambulance to the hospital after all the blood had started pushing against my lungs and causes shoulder pain. Things were taken care of in surgery and they removed 2 pints of blood that leaked into my abdomen. Following this, I’ve have several more cysts rupture, and it’s so painful. I’ve been diagnosed with endometriosis, following another laparoscopic procedure. I live with pain that comes and goes every month. This only thing we have found to help, is using hormonal birth control to my period and lessen it to occur only once every 3 months.
I feel like the other people or person who miss diagnosed you should be held sccountable and pay money for all of the procedures,time spend to lost work you have had to it.
I’m so sorry that must be horrible
@@AllenTaxUnfortunately, it’s extremely common to get a misdiagnosis as women (or to not get diagnosed at all). For women, the possibility of getting a misdiagnosis after a heart attack is 50% higher than for men. I’m currently trying to fight for my endometriosis diagnosis but my ob-gyn just keeps giving me pills. I was supposed to have an ultrasound on the 1st of June, but they changed my appointment to not include any check-up
@@Emihasdreamstoo any thoughts on having a hysterectomy? I had some ongoing pain from cysts, a few that bled, and opted for a hysterectomy. wasn't sure if I had endometriosis, and didn't want to do exploratory surgery just to find out and turn around and have another surgery for a hysterectomy. my right ovary was full of cysts as it wasn't releasing eggs, and it had a large white cyst full of tissue, and a large blood cyst that ruptured, both on the outside. no endometriosis.
It is also possible with bc to have no bleeding at all. Usually it's not done so the woman still feels like she has a "normal" period and a control to see if she's pregnant, bit I think in your case I'd make a lot of sense!! In case this hasn't been discussed with your doctor yet.
I remember this story & your response to it. That's what got you my follow. It's such an important example of what women face as our rights are systemically stripped from us.
Please keep educating! Please amplify what you know. You're one of our greatest assets in the fight for bodily autonomy.
she legit had access to an abortion, she just decided she didn’t want one and then ended up with an ectopic pregnancy
@@DavidJones-ot8qu Wtf? Perhaps she wanted a viable baby, but ectopic pregnancies are ALWAYS nonviable and ALWAYS life-threatening emergencies. A normal pregnancy cannot turn ectopic, and vice-versa!
@DavidJones-ot8qu so it's her fault? No way
@@DavidJones-ot8qu You do realize an ectopic pregnancy BEGINS as an ectopic pregnancy. It is nonviable FROM THE MOMENT IT ATTACHES OUTSIDE THE UTERUS, after fertilization. And an ectopic pregnancy is ALWAYS a life-threatening medical emergency, that ALWAYS ends up in an abortion (whether spontaneous/miscarriage, or induced). Ectopic pregnancy is the most common cause of maternal death in the first trimester!
I had an ectopic pregnancy 35+ years ago. I still wince remembering the pain. My OB/Gyn couldn’t believe I wasn’t writhing on the ground and screaming in pain. This is when I (and my doctors) realized what a high tolerance for pain I had which was why by the time I scheduled an appointment I had “miscarried” already but had a bad infection.
I wasn’t hospitalized but put on antibiotics. Stayed home for a week but went back to work ( in NYC by bus and subway) My bosses took one look at me and grabbed a chair, sat me in it and asked what the hell was I doing at work? I was so pale, moving and speaking at a decidedly slower pace. I was an auditor and could be assigned to places all over the NYC Metropolitan area so I was assigned work in the office and sent home before rush hour and no one pushed me about my arrival although I was late I arrived by 9 am at latest. The supervisor I was working with was a married man and a new grandfather and he had me assist in his job, reviewing, editing and proofreading audit reports. He taught me the finer points of producing a report which distracted me, kept me taking meds appropriately and making sure I ate and drank fluids.
It took probably the better part of 6 weeks before I could routinely arrive and leave on time. To this day I send thanks and love to them in my thoughts and from my heart.
My now ex-husband didn’t have a clue and kept telling me I was making a big deal out of nothing.
That was my first pregnancy and 2 years later I had my first of 3 successful pregnancies. I have been blest with kids I not only love but I really like them too!!
"the organs don't like to be around blood."
OMG ME TOO that's something me and my internal organs have in common.
Can we all say a PRAYER for the medications that are first line of defense for an ectopic pregnancy.... they are at risk for being banned. Caught early enough, a simple pill or two can fix an ectopic pregnancy and avoid surgery, and possible removal of your fallopian tube, even death.
I’m not aware of any legislation or court issues around methotrexate. Can you share where that’s happening?
Also, it’s generally given as an injection, not a pill.
@@raquelfantoni2812 Just google it. Mifepristone is also under attack.
I've had methotrexate for an ectopic and it wasn't a pill. It was a horrendous injection that took a full two minutes to get all the serum in and hurt like HELL. The side effects were absolutely dire, and then it didn't work and I had to do it all again a week later. It's absolutely not just a question of taking a couple of pills and having a period. It took two months of monitoring and twice weekly blood tests before I was discharged and it was honestly the most Ill I've ever felt in my entire life.
I'm sorry you went through that. Methotrexate is a nasty drug!! For many, its a favorable ride comparable to having emergency surgery and losing a fallopian tube.
In many cases, if diagnosed early, mifepristone can be taken (as a pill). Still has some nasty side effects.
@@m8trxd I can definitely see that perspective. I wish I'd had the surgery though - I've had 2 ectopics on the same side, which means that there's significant scarring inside that tube now. I was hoping to have more children, but it's not safe for me to try and conceive naturally anymore because of the chances of another ectopic. I wish the UK doctors had explained this to me and let me choose instead of just telling me I needed the drug.
Thank you for bringing this up. 3 Ectopics. I can tell u it hurts. And nobody talks about the emotional pain. AND IT'S NOT OPTIONAL! IT CAN HAPPEN MORE OFTEN THAN NOT. Before telling someone that they should avoid getting pregnant, please read about it.
I had one ectopic that I almost died from back in February. The physical pain is more or less gone (I have one area that likes to act up) but the emotional pain is just as bad as the day I came home from my surgery. No one talks about how hard it is to continue living after going through such a traumatic pregnancy loss.
@@DaizyBlossomyeah, it really sucks, I am really grateful to be alive, but I can't help thinking I could have had a baby by now and how much more complicated getting pregnant with one fallopian tube is going to be.
@@marianakiselova6913I lost a tube due to ruptured ectopic pregnancy that went undiagnosed for weeks. I was able to conceive 9 months after and have a healthy baby girl. It is possible. God bless ❤
@@DaizyBlossomIm so sorry. I had same thing happen almost 4 years ago for me and it still stirs up some trauma.
@@Jesusiskingheisreturningsoon thank you dear! I do know it's still possible to get pregnant and really happy to know that it went well for you and your baby girl! ❤️
Unfortunately it comes with a set of new risks after the first surgery as a chance of a second ectopic pregnancy grows by roughly 20%. In fact I did get pregnant again and currently going through a tubal miscarriage. Silver lining the tube didn't rupture this time, so theoretically it's still possible to get pregnant the natural way, though I will try to check if the remaining tube is permiable this time.
It happened to my sister, she almost died, had to have emergency surgery cause she fainted at work and didn't even know she was pregnant... Her abdominal scar is completely gone but the trauma left something inside of her
Oh those words are music to my ears. I was extremely bloated with every endometriosis episode. Some of my episodes lasted months. After 20 years of doctor denial, I finally had a hysterectomy at age 36. I was in pain so much I was labeled an opioid addict. To say I wasn't is an understatement. Please please keep spreading the word. Thank you
Same here endometriosis patient as well
@@kimberlyWard8152 Sending love and strength. There is light at the end of the tunnel, it's just hell getting there. Stay strong and follow your gut and never give up.
Same here! I just got my hysterectomy in August (at 32). It took 1.5 years of being literally bedridden, severely anemic, and literally hemorrhaging for me to be taken seriously. I barely ate for at least half the month because I felt so bloated and awful.
I got internal bleeding from an internal ultrasound wand. It hurt a lot, for many weeks. Long after a later ovary removal, I found out that this pain came from this internal bleeding. I was unable to stand up for days. (I did not sue.)
Oh jesus that sounds like hell
please tell me you reported the person who did that to you to the licensing board or sought legal action.
Ooh, I had a transvaginal ultrasound for suspected PCOS when I was about 20, never had sex before, and had had chronic pain for 8 years. The tech went pale and really didn’t want to do it. She was close to refusing because it wasn’t humane.
I ended up having to tell her I really needed to have the results, so we just needed to get through it together, and if at any point in the procedure I changed my mind, I’d be sure to let her know. But I really really needed a diagnosis.
So, I end up ripping my hymen and saying the f word for the first time, got pretty colorful, but I got a diagnosis. And, despite concerns about my fertility, found out I had FIVE good looking eggs just waiting to go. 12 years later and about to start trying to have a family, I’m hoping they had some staying power and got replaced with a lot of healthy eager eggs.
@@AmaraJordanMusic Best of luck!!
@@AmaraJordanMusicThis is so different from my experience. I was 18 and hadn’t had sex before and had the scan to check for cysts on my ovaries.
The tech doing the scan slammed it in to me, then jerked the wand as far in as she could get it and as far to the left and right as she could get it.
Every time I grunted, whimpered, or a tear escaped, she would tell me to quit being a baby or to “woman up! It’s not that bad!”
It was excruciating.
Plus, in the middle of the scan a male tech (or nurse maybe?) came in the room looking for something. She directed him to the cabinets that happened to be across from the foot of the exam table I was on.
The tech doing the scan starts having a nonchalant conversation with him while facing away, and after he found what he was looking for, he stopped and was staring right at my crotch.
I’m trapped there, in that flimsy paper gown, legs spread, with this 30-ish year-old man staring at me. Every time I tried to move the paper gown to cover myself, the tech doing the scan would smack my hand and say “quit fidgeting! Stop moving!”
After a couple tries I kind of dissociated and when I came back to my body, the guy was gone and the female tech was snapping at me, “didn’t you hear me?! You’re done! Get up!”
I tried telling my doctor about it, but when I told her that the tech let a male tech come in the room, the doc said “no she didn’t. That’s not allowed and she wouldn’t do that.”
After that and some other issues I’d had with that doctor being dismissive, I just kind of shut down.
After that, for years, having any kind of gynecological exam sent me in to a panic attack.
I eventually found a gynecologist that would prescribe me one Xanax before every exam, and eventually I started to trust her and was able to get through exams without the Xanax or Valium.
But if the doctor (or nurse or whoever) is male, I still feel panicky unless my husband is there with me.
That first pelvic ultrasound when I was pregnant was terrifying. Luckily my husband was able to be there with me. And it was _nothing_ like that first experience. There was no pain, no jerking motions, no seeing how far the wand could go in one direction or another.
If my first experience had been like that, I probably wouldn’t even remember it.
My daughter had a teratoma on her left ovary. Her surgeon said it had likely been there since birth. All of her pain and symptoms were ignored until she looked pregnant. Even then she was told she was just constipated. Finally, her new pediatrician sent her to the Children's Emergency Department. Teratoma removed. It had teeth, hair, and cartilage. Interesting and rare. She lost her left ovary but she's happy about that.
I'm very thankful that she isn't sexually active.
Women deserve better Healthcare. It's 2023. This lady had an ectopic pregnancy. She's lucky she is alive.
I had healthy (ish?) pregnancies, my kids were fine I was a bit sicker then usual but not life threatening. For me every bit of the experience was traumatic because of the amount I didn't know about my own body, infact couldn't even look at myself in a mirror because I was so freaked out by what I was seeing. I'd been raised in a large family (youngest of 8), babysitting since I was 7, I felt fully prepared for my children, wasn't scared or worried about being a mom.
I could not fathom I wasn't mentally ready for pregnancy or giving birth because the process is legitimately insane. Edit to add: I only share this cause I really want to put it out there that women are "expected" to do pregnancy and birth but aren't always taught what the process truly looks like and that can be detrimental to their mental health.
So much of the narrative around pregnancy minimizes how huge a deal even the healthiest pregnancy is for a person's body and mind to go through. As evidenced by how many people suggest people terminate for "convenience" as though pregnancy is merely an inconvenience.
When I had my ectopic, it ruptured my fallopian tube in less than 2 weeks. I had to wait 12 hours for surgery and had so much blood in my abdomen that they had to sit me up during surgery to drain it, and even then I still had blood around my liver. The surgeon said she had no idea how I was up and walking back and forth, but myself, to the bathroom before I was prepped for surgery. I essentially told her that because of chronic pain, once my brain decides the pain isn't going to kill me I function pretty well. Because of that I'm probably incredibly lucky I didn't ignore it thinking it was a cyst because I would have just kept bleeding
The day I found out about my ectopic I was told to go to same day surgery and I hemorrhaged in the waiting room, just down the hall from the ER. I was told that if I had hemorrhaged at home I may not have made it to the hospital in time… I had been bleeding internally very slowly and painfully for a month before then. I had gone to urgent care about it after the bleeding exceeded the normal length of my period (I had at first thought it had been an only slightly more painful period than I usually got and all the pregnancy tests I’d taken were negative) but they told me it was probably an ovarian cyst and to schedule a gynecology appointment. That day I lost my blind trust in medical professionals because I almost lost my life.
After my ectopic ruptured my shoulders were jumping around like crazy because the blood was irritating my vagus nerve (I think that's the one they said). The doc says I lost a quarter of the blood in my body.
I feel very grateful that you had received medical care
Thats what I remember was the shoulder pain in was intense
@@jessicaroseelizabethp.7911 Me too. I thought it was just a standard miscarriage (I've had 4 now) and told my ex to please just take me home to do it alone. He insisted I go to the ER. He couldn't give emotional support to save his damn life, but he did save my life in that instance, so I'll give him that😂
Interesting, I had one or two ruptured ovarian cysts a few years ago and remember having awful shoulder pain and spasms. I had no idea why my shoulder blades were freaking out.
@@hellowerejustumhello yeah I was crazy confused until they explained it to me.
May this lady be blessed and have a blessed family.
This terrified me when I was in my younger years this is more common than we'd like to think. When I had appendectomy it was wrapped around my intestines blocking that off so it was not in a normal spot. So they didn't know if kidney failure or Ectopic pregnancy or they had no clue. I had been sick for 15 days the first 6 or 7 it was vague we to Dr. They said it was stomach flu. Sent me home. So that was a Sunday, the vomiting started that night. It took me until the next Saturday I begged my family to take me back to hospital I had lost about 50lbs in those 15 days. I could barely walk. I begged & told them I am dying. I meant it. They took me. I had to walk from parking lot. To the ER up the hill. I barely remember that walk. I do remember reaching the auto-doors they opened & I shuffled in and I loved up to see where I had to go I saw the check in desk I started to make my way there. I saw the nurses look up toward me. Their faces barely in focus. Such pain. Their expressions changed when the registered my presence. They dropped everything one ran to me the other grabbed a wheelchair. Next thing I was taken in and before I knew it, I was in the OR. Next thing I woke and was alive. The Dr said I barely made it. If I had waited any longer than I did. I wouldn't have. That hit me hard. So after that Ectopics became my fear cause appendix was gone. I feel so bad for her. I hope they were able fix it. These are hard and scary days in America with their war on women's health care rights. There are politicians making decisions about women's health do not understand how an ectopic pregnancy is life threatening. It is it can kill the woman that is not a viable zygote, it must be removed. ASAP!!!! IMHO Peace
Ectopic pregnancies are less than 2% and no state has banned abortion for ectopic pregnancy, what's scary is the health care system is SH1T
@@catherinehickey3752In Texas they are
@@catherinehickey3752They are making it to where the abortion is postponed, putting the mother at risk for death or life long complications
@@catherinehickey3752Women like you just have to go through it yourselves to have any empathy.
@@chocolatecharley99 I have gone through ectopic pregnancy, pregnancy loss, stillbirth, that's how I know .. IV been offered abortion for 4 "non viable" pregnancies which yielded 3 healthy children.
Mama Dr Jones could you make a video about ectopic pregnancies?
Yes! I know she’s addressed it but I don’t know if it has its own video. People don’t seem to understand what they are or their viability or how DANGEROUS they are.
I've had 3 of them, and they can be painful as well as deadly.
Yeah, I almost died from internal bleeding a year ago because of a ruptured ectopic pregnancy, had several blood transfusions and urgent salpingectomy. The scary part was, I didn't even know I was pregnant, because my period didn't go away. So the ER doctors have left me basically unsupervised for the whole night, while I was internally bleeding out, because they didn't even suspect pregnancy untill I started crashing again and they have finally done a CT scan.
I am partly to blame it got to that point, never shrug off strange symptoms, like sudden fainting, acute abdominal pain etc even if they go away after a while.
I had an ectopic pregnancy 2 years ago but had no idea what was going on until I got to the hospital. After hours and hours of constant tests and painful internal ultrasounds and no one telling me anything they finally found it and I was rushed into surgery to remove the tube and ovary and repair damage caused to the surrounding tissue. Scariest day of my life and I had to go through it completely alone because of Covid restrictions. I woke up in a hospital bed alone, scared, in pain and mourning my lost pregnancy and they wouldn’t let my husband see me until several hours after. Horrifying experience! I absolutely feel this poor ladies pain, it is traumatising!
I’m so glad she explained this. I’ve dealt with endo and cysts most of my adult life but years ago I had a cyst rupture and the pain just wasn’t like the previous ones. The er did scans and casually told me I had some internal bleeding and just take it easy for the weekend and sent me home. I was so confused, they didn’t explain why this cyst caused it this time or why it was more painful. And I couldn’t call out of work, I lived on a campground and it was Friday the start to 4th of July. I lived in an apartment above the front office/camp store. I survived work that weekend and thankfully haven’t had any issues since. It just frustrates me there’s videos 30 seconds long that can help explain so much, but a dr sitting face to face can’t tell me this? Our healthcare system is so f’d. I’m glad we have amazing drs like this though to help educate us and try to change the system forthe better
As a dude I just gotta say, mothers are the most badass people on earth
And now they make you literally wait until its ruptured and your almost bleeding out because thry are scared of abortion prosecution in the us. Smh..
Never has a DUMBER bill ever passed. (Maybe a few, but this one is still dumber)
An abortion and the procedure for an eptomic pregnancy are not the same thing, genius. The laws against abortion do not effect expecting mothers who are experiencing complications with their gestation. It’s for people who want to spread their legs with no consequences and think they can play god.
@@MadisonHarvillyou are incorrect. An abortion medically is termination of pregnancy through any means and for any reason. A miscarriage is medically noted down as a spontaneous abortion and removal of a non viable fetus or ectopic pregnancy are both forms of abortion. When you write laws blanket banning abortion and threatening to prosecute for abortions women die, that's just what happens. Look up the case of Sarah Everard, she is the reason abortion was legalised in Ireland, and you might understand the dangers of banning abortion and placing equal weight on the life of a fetus and a living breathing woman a little better.
@GB-qs4bgyou’re incorrect and it shows that you haven’t actually read any of these laws. Each law outlines SPECIFICALLY what an abortion is and therefore what is being banned. They give clear instructions on what procedures are excluded from this such as ectopic pregnancies. Look at the Texas law as a good example and learn to actually read legislation. They also give instructions for the doctors should a surgical procedure be necessary to save either/both the mother and baby. and if a doctor is withholding treatment it is because of ignorant, fear-mongering people like you who make them believe the law is ambiguous when it is not.
@@MadisonHarvillin alot of states with strict abortion bans, it is considered abortion or close enought that a doctor could be scared
I had a ruptured ectopic pregnancy, I also had shoulder tip pain, looked like I was 7 months pregnant, couldn't urinate and felt drunk but hadn't had any alcohol. Finally went to the hospital and was about 2 hours away from being dead. Very scary to think of it now!
Had ectopic in 1970. I was in shock after flying to Sitka from another small city in Alaska. Actually lost had a miscarriage then didn't need Surgery. Go up and down was a relief for me no surgery. Bled a lot the pilot was such a good pilot and tried to make me feel better. Waited with me to make sure the ambulance came. It was small plane, puddle jumper.
That had to be horrible. I’m so sorry you went through all that.
Hii
This happened to me. For almost 2 weeks I couldn't understand why I was incredibly weak with my stomach growing. The pain didn't kick in until the almost 2 week mark. It rapidly went from slight discomfort to crippling pain, seizures, going blind (temporarily), beyond weak pulse and emergency surgery. Turns out I was bleeding internally for that 2 weeks. Lost 2.5 litres of blood. That surgery saved my life. I'm forever grateful to the health care team at Cornwall Regional Hospital, Jamaica.
aight that’s it ! no children for me
Same
Ha ha same 😂 adoption for me, all the way
you are the smart one!
@@All_Your_Fandom_Needs you are a brave one!
@@All_Your_Fandom_Needssame
Oh this is a big deal. I had a very large pelvic fibroid that was bleeding out. Most painful thing I've ever felt next to a toothache.
A ruptured ectopic pregnancy was THE worst pain I've ever had. Worse than child birth.
I've had 3 ectopics and 1000% agree
I was diagnosed with a molar pregnancy. The admitted me to the hospital for a D&C and then chemo radiation. Once I was under they found out it was an ectopic pregnancy and I had been misdiagnosed. I woke up and they wouldn’t tell me what happened to me. They had obviously had to do laparoscopic surgery but they wouldn’t tell me what happened. They said to come back the next day and speak with the doctor. I went to her office terrified I had had a hysterectomy or something. She told me what happened and made me sign a bunch of papers. I still don’t understand how it happened.
@@nahime4204 ya I was so traumatized by everything I didn’t realize it. I actually postponed the D&C one week because my grandma died and the procedure was scheduled on the day of her funeral. I remember feeling like I was floating during the funeral yet I was in so much pain. Im grateful I am alive. I was 26 when that happened and I didn’t figure it out till I got some therapy in my late 30’s.
What is a molar pregnancy? I've never heard of that!
@@rebeccablair9626 I hadn’t either till they explained it to me. It’s when you’re pregnant and then the baby dies and rather than all of its tissue expelling from your body some pieces of it may attach and start to regrow. So the cells begin to again multiply very fast but it will not become a baby. They treat these cells like cancer and use chemo to target them and kill them. This was a complete misdiagnosis for me as that was not what happened at all.
I knew a person who died from internal bleeding. That didn't even know she was bleeding internally.
She was in her 70s. She tripped and fell in the morning, she bad big dark bruise on her stomach (with white streak where her arm was when she fell down), she called ambulance, they didn't think it was urgent cause she didn't have a lot of pain. She went to hospital in the afternoon, and she was dead in the evening.
I hope she was able to get the help she needed.
Yeah I still remember this pain and heartache
I'm so thankful your channel exists, and that recently I started getting your videos recommended
When I was 20 years old, I had a molar pregnancy. I had a d&c and a month later I had another d&c because the cells weren't removed all the way and they grew back. I never was told what caused it or why it happened. It almost killed me.
You weren't told because no one knows why the fertilised egg doesn't develop the usual way. I'm sorry it happened to you.
I don't know what exactly it was I had happen last year, I think it was a ruptured cyst but i put off making an appointment to be seen and didn't go to the hospital like I probably should have the day it happened. I gaslit myself into thinking it was no big deal and I just had the stomach bug the kids all had. . . Fast forward to my laparoscope and one of my fallopian tubes was unattached with a large hemorrhagic cyst on the other. We yeeted the uterus and tubes that day.
Even worse, her ex abused her while she was going through this
My organs and I have that in common.
😂 the blood?
@@kathryncotter4933 yeah lol
That pain is unbelievably awful. I was able to get medical care 9 hours after my tube ruptured. I knew I was having a miscarriage, but didn't know the severity until I was checked out in the ER.
MDJ's compassion shows show much in her expression as she watches this woman describe her experience.
My heart breaks so much for Sabrina not only for going through that but having to go through it virtually alone. I was a fan of her ex but unsubscribed and haven’t watched a single one of his videos since she came out with her story. Despicable
I feel for her. Would you consider doing a video on Endometriosis? I appreciate your knowledge and kindness so much 😊 I know it is rarely deadly, unlike ectopic pregnancies...but SO many of us have it and SO many doctors are ill qualified to treat it.
It is such awful pain almost 3/4 of the month. I pass out and can't work anymore. I have tried everything, short of an oophorectomy and hysterectomy. You just are so well-informed!!!
Thank you for your work ❤❤❤
In case I can reassure anyone, I thought I’d share my story-please remember if this happens you should always get checked! In the first trimester I thought I was having an ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage because (without bleeding) I was having the worst cramps of my life. Worse than any period I’ve ever had. It radiated into my legs and back and I was in a lot of pain. It only lasted a little less than a week but it happened right around the time of my positive test at four weeks. The pain had me not wanting to walk. I obviously had a very anxious first trimester after that but everything was fine and I’m now 27 weeks along with a healthy baby boy. I did get checked, and you should always get checked with such severe cramping in pregnancy but that can and does happen, contrary to the claims of Dr Google. Pregnancy is scary, I was so sure I was having an ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage!
So your organs don't like to be around blood? How do they know, and what do they do if they are around blood?
Its more so do to with the pressure, it can cut circulation off.
eh, not really - it's just that blood belongs inside vessels and works to provide gas exchange. When it's not in a vessel (ie on top of an organ in the abdominal cavity) it is incredibly inflammatory and irritating to sensitive tissues that aren't made to have anything touching them.
Could you please do a video about endometriosis? You don’t have one yet and I’d really like to hear from you about causes, treatments, etc. Thank you!
Love and hugs to all who suffered that then. I hope you are all better now!
That was a really sad story. The hospital didn't listen to her & her boyfriend just acted like she was an inconvenience.
And politicians want us to try our best to save this nightmare of a pregnancy that has a high death rate for baby and mother.
I've had non stop severe abdominal pain during this pregnancy (14wks along) I went to the ER and they said it wasn't ectopic after the ultrasound but I didn't get any kind of answer otherwise. Medicaid is being difficult so I still haven't been able to see the OBGYN yet, and probably won't be able to until I'm around 20wks. So I'm always worried and miserable.
Good luck I truly wish you the best. I sincerely hope you find what you are looking for and that you can be taken care of and that you may come out of this pregnancy safe.
i hope you get the answers you need. the medical system tends to treat women poorly, and I'm also a victim to that (it took 8 years to learn I have epilepsy). I hope you come out safe, and if possible, I hope your child comes out safe. I hope you get some treatment for the pain, as well. Sending much love your way 🫶
Thank you, there's a lot more stress this pregnancy and that doesn't help. I appreciate the support more than I can say 💜
@@caitlinholloway2627 All I can say is just try to make yourself as comfortable as possible. Until you can make sure everything's okay, that's the best I would think to do. Again, sending wishes of love and safety your way
@@Laced_With_Acid thank you so much for taking time to talk to me, it's helped a bit to be heard
I had one in 2018. The pain was excruciating!
Even morphine couldn't take all of it, but good nurses and doctors took care of me, and physical I only have a small scar and my right fallopian tube has been removed.
Emotionally, it was different, but I'm still here.
and all the people defending him and calling her a clout chaser...so messed up
I miscarried an ectopic pregnancy and my first clue was sharp pain in my shoulder. No doctor could figure out why I was having pains, I'd had my tubes tied years before. But in the end we found out that my tubes had regrown back together and I became pregnant in the tube. I had bloating and abdominal pains, happened more when I miscarried. A few months later I had a hysterectomy. 😞
poor sabrina
My sister-in-law came close to dying from a ruptured ectopic pregnancy. She got a positive test, but soon after got a bad pain. She went to the ER, and the doctors told her if she had waited a few more hours she could have died! (Interestingly enough, that was the same weekend I went to the ER for a bad blood clot in my leg.) Thankfully, though she lost one of her fallopian tubes, she went on to have a healthy pregnancy the next year!
I had a ruptured ectopic pregnancy and bled for 3 days before I went into the hospital. Had emergency surgery and doctor told me that I had half a liter of blood in my abdomen. I didn’t have pain. I went in for spotting over what I thought was ovulation. Turns out I got pregnant but hormones didn’t rise fast enough so I got my period and then 2 weeks later when I should have been ovulating my tube burst. But i didn’t have the pain that everyone talks about.
This is why old men politicians shouldn’t have a say in abortion rights
My mom almost died from am ectopic pregnancy when I was a kid. I'm absolutely terrified of them.
One of my sis-in-laws had this type of pregnancy - hers was a tubal that was rupturing - the silver lining of it was they found that her appendix had a small leak that was making her sick too.
Have to agree that something like this is something between the patient and Dr - family should be supportive but it is not anyone's business beyond that.
Glad things are taken care of by licensed Dr and not done in some back office or other that could cause more problems like women had to deal with years ago
And now add the texas supreme court taking weeks to decide that you have carry your ectopic pregnancy to term because they have no idea that pregnancies can go wrong.
Not true stop spreading misinformation
I am someone who has severe endometriosis that I’ve had excised twice, had an ectopic pregnancy that needed emergency surgery, had a hysterectomy from Adenomyosis and lost an ovary to recurrent deep infiltrating endometriomas (chocolate cysts). I really appreciate seeing videos like this and more people becoming aware of how debilitating ,and even dangerous, gynecological issues can be.
I’m a black Canadian woman living in Texas. I am nauseated at how women’s health is operating in this state. Just wow. Sometimes I seem to know more about how my body works than most male doctors. Wtf
I had a ruptured tubal pregnancy back in 1982, not knowing I was pregnant. Had been bleeding for a couple of weeks. One night after taking a shower I looked into the mirror but could not see myself. Hubby raced me to Hospital, my parents arriving same time. Apparently I had lost half my blood supply. Collasped in ER. Was rushed into surgery. My abdomen was so full of blood that blood was in my chest cavity. Was cut open hip to hip due to the clean up of tissue and blood. Received 5 transfusions, that was before blood was tested for HIV. Spent 11 days in hospital. My husband and my parents were informed if I had not gotten to hospital when I did, I would have died.
I went through this one year ago exactly. I was treated horribly, I was told I was faking for pain meds.
I'm sorry you experienced that. I've had chronic pain and neurological issues since I was 7 so I know how awful doctors can be. I hope you're doing OK now.
This is a useful tool to explain “endo belly”, thank you for posting it. Now I can send a friend this with “endo belly “ as a caption when they ask why I don’t feel good.
My sixth pregnancy was an ectopic. I knew I was pregnant but they couldnt find the baby. I had a dozen ultrasounds and nothing. I was given methotrexate which was suppose to stop the baby from growing. The dumb hospital sent me on my way after the shot and they never scheduled follow-ups. I ended up rupturing a week later. It was the worst pain I've ever experienced. I've had 5 unmedicated homebirths and they don't even compare. It took 3 shots of morephine to even touch the pain. I had an emergency salpingectomy (tube removal) because my tube burst and I was bleeding internally. It was a terrible experience I wouldn't wish on anyone. Thankfully I've been able to have two successful pregnancies since than. I had my second tube removed during the birth of my 7th healthy child. I am truly blessed to have a large family with my high school sweetheart.
She said in the original video her healthcare provider was Kaiser.
kaiser sucks for real
I was 7 weeks pregnant when I developed severe pain at 3am in the morning it wasn't till about 4pm later that afternoon I was told I had an ectopic pregnancy. I had no help from maternity ward and told me over the ph they couldn't do anything unless I was bleeding, my gp only prescribed me anti nausea medication and the pain I was in was making me throw up which caused even more pain. It wasn't till nearly midday that I drove myself which usually is a 12 to 15 min drive took 30min. They performed performed a few confirmation test but couldn't performed an ultrasound till the following Tuesday as it was a Friday and a public holiday on the Monday and I either had to wait till then or transfer to the neighboring city 45min away (which I chose to do) waited another 2 hrs only just recovering some pain medication for an ultrasound I was in there for almost 30min with them trying to find the fetus via internal and external ultrasound machines it was 10mins after I arrived backbin my cubicle that my mother and sister and her week old daughter arrived just before one of the doctors came and dropped the bombshell that I had an ectopic pregnancy and would need to have surgery that day.
I had a ruptured ectopic pregnancy and it went from feeling fine, to a little cramping and nausea to laying on the bathroom floor, delirious and too weak to cry out for help in maybe a half hour or so.
Luckily my dog pulled a Lassie and got help for me and when I got to the ER they said another hour and I would have been dead. The surgeon who saved my life said she was scooping blood out of my abdomen by the handfuls and it ended up being two full liters lost.
You can only call yourself pro life if you are PRO CHOICE. Abortion is health care that saves lives.
I get and understand the pain this young lady is speaking about. I believed I was starting menopause, however late last year I started throwing clots the size of my hand, and at one point bleeding so badly that I lost about 50% of my blood volume within a 15 hour period. Turned out I have cervical cancer, stage 2. Getting treatment now, but I get the bloating, the blood and the pain. My heart and prayers are with you. With anyone who goes through this kind of pain. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.
Bro someon in the comments was saying that this is just one example of how abortion is healthcare has a reply that says “just talk to god” like ok buddy we should let people see doctors not have them see your imaginary friend💀💀💀
my mother experienced internal bleeding due to complications with her 3 c-sections after popping out 3 kids. she had this same exact problem and it was only resolved after she had a hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus) done in 2013. i feel like the pain of internal bleeding is something that can only be fully understood by those who went through it firsthand. excruciating is an understatement.
US laws is messed up, that they criminal charge women who abort babies, which includes non-viable babies such as ectopic pregnancies, and even aborting babies thay have already died in the mom's womb. Even if mom's life is at risk, she will be criminally charged.
Brittany Watts from Ohio, USA.
Please can you do a video about this attack on women, on women's lives, women's bodies. Women are expected to leave an ectopic pregnancy alone and let it kill the mom and baby, and leave a dead body inside her, and let it pass naturally, again which mom can get infection and die from carrying a dead body inside of her for too long. And if she removes the soon to be dead baby (ectopic pregnancy), or the already naturally dess baby inside of her, she gets criminally charged!
I learned something. Thank you for putting out these videos. I always enjoy your content. 🤠
Can confirm that blood in your abdominal cavity is freaking painful. Several years ago I had a ruptured ovarian cyst. It caused my fallopian tube to twist and I had to have surgery to fix it up. I honestly feel like the pain was harder to deal with than giving birth, and I have given birth naturally with no pain relief 3 times. I always feel like while the pain of child birth is actually the most painful, I find it more bearable because I have an end goal. My focus is on the baby I will hold at the end. The pain I experienced with the cyst and surgery seemed pointless so was harder to deal with,
this happened to my mom before i was born :’( nobody told my dad what was going on for several hours when they took my mom away for emergency surgery. they don’t like talking about it but i’ve picked up bits and pieces over the years. it’s horrible and my heart really goes out to anyone who’s suffered in this way.
Pro life people will be like “it’s a miracle! You should love your baby no matter what” but don’t know the facts of neither the mother or the baby living through the ordeal. 😤
I'm having a bad endometriosis episode and I have very similar symptoms to an ectopic pregnancy. Seeing this made me set up an OB appointment and restock pregnancy tests and condoms.. I can only imagine how terrifying it is to go through.
A woman with an ectopic pregnancy would get an abortion except in states that banned necessary health care and want to torture women
My mother had this happen to her. Ruptured ectopic pregnancy. She was bleeding internally and waited longer than she should have to go to the hospital. Had to have emergency surgery. She’s lucky to be alive.
Men just dont realize how much suffering their SO go through.
This is very timely for me. I was recently hospitalized for a fall that was so insignificant to me at first I didn't even mention it. Evidently however, that fall caused a small bleed in my abdomen. I was told the bleeding had stopped and my body would just absorb the blood and I was sent home. What I wasn't told about was the excruciating pain I would be in. I was in so much pain for several days, I was unable to lie down to sleep. I sat up on the couch for days trying to sleep. It has been 3 weeks and I still have some residual pain. It was the worst pain I felt since major back surgery.
The human body is crazy scary
The stuff that happen to women’s bodies are terrifyingly terrifying.
Yeah I'm wondering how we survived this long
Love the star light in your eyes
Every time i learn more about pregnancy im more glad i can't get pregnant
More people need to know these signs
Reason number 26283692639171837926483 to never have a child:
to be fair This is from trying not to have one
You won’t have a child if you have an ectopic pregnancy I can promise you that
@@caarline654No?
@@caarline654 no it doesn’t , it has to be fertilized but it means it’ll grow outside the uterus which isn’t supposed to happen at all and if it grows it can cause life threatening loss of blood or like they said it can implode
@@raynaakuma9981 they could be talking about an IUD, maybe she had one at the time. I don’t remember her whole story.
I went through an ectopic pregnancy and the pain was utterly unbearable. I don’t wish that on anyone.
I love how in one of the comments replies they are arguing over God instead of what's happening in the video we didn't ask for these god believers to come and comment about God (not trying to offend anyone but praying doesn't help someone who's on the verge of death let's get real here) I may not believe in God I respect others beliefs but we aren't talking about God right now we are talking about something medical
I really hope she's doing better since this post. The fact that she put make up on and spoke to people shows her strength. I cant imagine.