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On and off sharp right sided pain

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Anyone else had this?

I am ‘technically’ 5 weeks pregnant tomorrow after fresh 5DT A few weeks ago and since a week and a half ago i have been getting incredible sharp pain in my lower right side on and off.

Ive started to notice a bit of a pattern with this, it comes approx every other day and lasts 12-16hours. I’m on max dose co-codamol and it just about knocks off the edge of the pain, it is still horrendous 😫

I have been admitted to hospital with this twice. Scanned both times. Too early to show location of pregnancy but did show a burst cyst on right side with free fluid. My ovaries are also huge from OHSS, I have no other OHSS symptoms.

I’m in agony and cant move out of bed while i get this awful pain 😫 i have no bleeding but im on lots of progesterone (3 pessaries and 1 lubion injection daily)

Surely this cant be normal? Could it be ectopic? Nothing clinic / hospital can do until pregnancy can be detected on scan so im just stuck in this pain until then 😭 please help.

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Faith103

I would call the clinic and keep pestering to have a scan as soon as visibility is available. I don’t mean to scare you but this is how my ectopic started. I was in so much pain. I waited until I was 6.5 weeks and I ended up losing my tube as well as baby. Keep pushing. It might not be the case but just be safe xxxx

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Sunshine92 in reply toFaith103

I very much believe it is ectopic .. i know its not normal to be in this much pain.

I have an appointment at the clinic tomorrow where i will push for another scan. Its making me so miserable 😭

Thank you for replying xx

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Faith103

That’s what I said to my partner at the time. My partner tried to convince me everything was okay but I knew different. Is your pain around you hip bone area just to the side of it xxx

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Sunshine92 in reply toFaith103

Yes, exactly there 😔 it only eases off slightly when im lying on my sides, if im standing im in so much pain. Can’t even bring myself to get up and have a shower or brush my teeth the pain is too much. Ive vomitted too when its been really bad. Just want to get it sorted asap xx

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Faith103 in reply toSunshine92

That’s what I was like. I passed out in the end in a and e. Even when the emergency services came they thought I was over exaggerating. Is it going into your shoulder and your back.xxx

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Sunshine92 in reply toFaith103

Not to my shoulder no but in my back yes.. but i am still so early in pregnancy that the embryo is really small.

Did it take you long to recover from after your surgery? xx

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super_ano in reply toFaith103

Hi Faith103 . I read your comment and could sympathize with the exact description of the pain you described. I am now 3dp5dt and feeling this. I am so scared. 5 months ago I had the exact pain (with a 3dt) and it ended up ectopic, loosing my embryo and my right tube. Did you had another pregnancy since then? I am so frustrated and sad

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Faith103

They told me my embryo was quite big but I would say my symptoms got really bad when I was about 6 weeks. I had spotting and then blood. Unfortunately I got rushed to surgery and my tube had burst and I had a pint blood leaking into my cavity. They couldn’t save my tube. After surgery I recovered quick physically but mentally was hard as we had to collect babies ashes.just make sure you keep pushing xxxx ectopics can be so dangerous that’s if it is that

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Chloettc2020

They should be testing your HCG levels hun. With an ectopic they will be static. Also speak to your local EPU, stress the amount of pain you’re in & make sure they know it’s one sided.

Good luck xx

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Sunshine92 in reply toChloettc2020

Had a blood test today and a scan that shows pregnancy sack in the uterus not the tube! They think its severe OHSS and should be over the worst by next week. Hopefully i can hold out til then 😫🤞🏼 x

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Chloettc2020 in reply toSunshine92

Fingers crossed for you hun xx

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Hope823

Hi Sunshine. Just reading old posta from people who went through what I am going now. Did your side pain ended up ectopic pregnancy or it went away?

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super_ano in reply toHope823

I wish she would report back..

can you please say if you felt that very same pain and how were you doing? I am 3 dp5dt and feel same, after 5 months ago I felt same and ended with ectopic and loosing burst tube 🙁

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