Ectopic Pregnancy
An ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy that implants outside the uterine lining, most often inside a fallopian tube. It cannot grow safely there, and the tube can bleed. A positive pregnancy test with one-sided pelvic pain calls for same-day care.
A restorative approach asks why implantation went wrong. Tube disease and pelvic scarring belong in that search. It is one reason tubal factor infertility is treated rather than worked around.
The cycle that made the egg may count as well. In one ultrasound series, the follicle was smaller just before rupture in pregnancies that ended ectopic. Follicles in pregnancies carried to term were larger.1
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- Hilgers TW. Chapter 22: Disorders of Human Ovulation: Clinical Validation of the Sonographic Classification System. The Medical and Surgical Practice of NaProTECHNOLOGY. 2004. https://rrmacademy.org/library/chapter-22-disorders-of-human-ovulation-clinical-validation-of-the-sonographic-recrswdffxlqybddl/
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