Ectopics and Fertility

I am very passionate about promoting awareness about Ectopic Pregnancies.... Perhaps because I know I am one of the lucky ones that survived a life threatening situation.... In a country like ours in Nigeria, where medical care may not be accessible to all,  it is important to raise awareness.... Many times we hear a woman died of pregnancy complications and in many cases  complications from an Ectopic pregnancy was the cause of death.... With awareness and quick medical intervention, we can reduce the number of deaths  from this ..... Below is another story from a Survivor....Do read and spread the word...... *************************************************************************************************** Last December I was pregnant and so happy about it. I got pregnant after only trying for  4 months. I had some bleeding at the beginning, I thought I was having a light period and  it was only after my mom said that you can bleed during

The dreaded two-week wait.  Those of us in this game know it as the 2ww. Those awful days between your pregnancy attempt — whether that be a natural try at home or a medicated attempt at the fertility center — and the day you get your pregnancy test results. There are a few things to know about the two-week wait, but the most important is: Time will never move more slowly in your entire life than it does here. There are a handful of “stages” of this time period that women go through, each one solidifying this waiting game as a time of utter insanity. 1. The NBD Stage This is how we all go into the 2ww. Positive. Hopeful. But, and especially if it’s not your first one, you also know to keep your cool. It’ll be what it’ll be. There’s nothing more you can do at this point. It’s now in God’s or the Universe’s or anyone else’s hands but your own. You’ve done all you can do, so now you just wait. No big deal. This stage usually lasts the first day, or maybe a full 36 hours. Bu

Somewhere there is a woman: 30, no children. People ask her, “Still no kids?” Her response varies from day to day, but it usually includes forced smiles and restraint. “Nope, not yet,” she says with a chuckle, muffling her frustration. “Well, don’t wait forever. That clock is ticking, ya know,” the sage says before departing, happy with herself for imparting such erudite wisdom. The sage leaves. The woman holds her smile. Alone, she cries… Cries because she’s been pregnant 4 times and miscarried every one. Cries because she started trying for a baby on her wedding night, and that was 5 years ago. Cries because her husband has an ex-wife and she has given him children. Cries because she wants desperately to try in vitro but can’t even afford the deposit. Cries because she’s done in vitro (multiple rounds) and still has no children. Cries because her best friend wouldn’t be a surrogate. “It would be too weird,” she said. Cries because her medication prevents pregnancy. C

Women over 40 are having more babies than the under 20s for the first time in nearly 70 years, official figures for England and Wales show. The Office for National Statistics data showed there were 697,852 live births in 2015. There were 15.2 births per 1,000 women aged over 40, compared with just 14.5 per 1,000 women in their teens. The last time the over 40s had the higher fertility rate was in 1947, in the wake of WWII. The figures show two key trends in who is having children and when in England and Wales. The teenage pregnancy rate has been in long-term decline and has more than halved from the 33 births per 1,000 teenagers in 1990. Meanwhile, pregnancies have soared in older age groups from 5.3 per 1,000 in 1990. The average age of having a child is now 30.3 - a figure that has been increasing since 1975. Advances in fertility treatment as well as more wo

 The issue of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)  is one that is very dear to my heart. My husband and I have a genetic condition that has a 50% chance of being passed on to our kids. We keep talking and trying to decide on if we should try naturally again or if we should opt for PGD. The story below is an example of PGD...... After losing two children to a deadly genetic disease and aborting a fetus that tested positive for the same disease, an unidentified French couple gave birth to France's first genetically screened baby in November. But the process that ensured the couple a healthy baby, PGD is furrowing eyebrows internationally over difficult ethical issues.   P GD uses the same techniques as prenatal diagnostic testing, but is done at the moment of fertilization, before doctors have implanted the embryo in a woman's womb. That means fertilized embryos testing positive for unwanted genetic traits can easily be discarded in the search for a ch

It has been 2months since my miscarriage and it still seems so fresh in mind...I am away on vacation in the same spot where it happened...Each time i go to the toilet, memories of the pain and feelings in my body before the miscarriage floods my mind...Everything in the house reminds me of my last pregnancy and the loss that accompanied it... I blogged about the pregnancy and the fear that it was an Ectopic and the following surgery...but i am yet to complete the details about what happened afterwards...I hope to get to that in the next few days..but while researching today, I came across this story below and it couldn't be more right.... Below is the story of another blogger who shares her story and fears that result from a miscarriage... **** I’ll never forget that moment. I sat in my doctor’s exam room, eagerly awaiting a first glimpse of my baby’s heartbeat. I imagined watching it, a tiny flicker on the screen, feeling instantly connected to the life inside me

  A woman who kidnapped a baby as part of a "naive" attempt to fake a pregnancy has been jailed for two years. Kelly Mahon, 41, of Arleston in Telford, admitted taking the child from its family home in February. Shrewsbury Crown Court heard she told her boyfriend she was pregnant to secure the relationship, despite having been sterilised 20 years earlier. Mahon had called at the family's home and told the mother her husband had been involved in a car accident. She offered to babysit while the mother went to check on her husband, but then disappeared with the infant. The child, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found hours later, fast asleep and uninjured, at Mahon's home. Peter Cooper, defending Mahon, said it was "a sad case". Sentencing, Judge Jim Tindal said: "What was only a pipe dream suddenly grew into something real. I cannot begin to imagine the terror you caused the child's parents."

Candice Wills had 12 miscarriages in 13 years Finally had son Alfie after a problem with her cervix was  diagnosed Now she's pregnant again Lee has welcomed son Morgan after seven years, nine miscarriages and an ectopic pregnancy Angie had 18 miscarriages but now has a  daughter They are proof after years of heartache, dreams can come true  Candice Wills picks up her giggling nine-month-old son, Alfie, and plants a kiss on his cheek. With her burgeoning bump, it's obvious the 31-year-old will soon be welcoming her second child into the world. And, given how relaxed Candice looks at the prospect of having two infants under the age of one, it's easy to assume motherhood has been a breeze. But it has been a journey marked by tears and heartache. Many women, faced with the battle she has had to fight, would have admitted defeat long ago. For Candice endured 12 miscarriages over 13 years before she successfully gave birth to Alfie last Christmas Eve. Scro