MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'ectopic pregnancy'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:17:03 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4314075&cid=t_99726_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Findias-first-free-phone-service-for.html Malpani Infertility Clinic have just launched India's first free phone service to educate infertile couples about infertility.This innovative IVR ( interactive voice response) service called FertilityFactsFoneLine, powered by BolTell, walks patients through their treatment options, and helps to dispel many myths and misconceptions.Best of all, it's free !Try it out by dialling 08042658370 ! (Source: The Patient's Doctor) The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4314075 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:11:00 +0100 4314075 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4139433&cid=t_99726_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F11%2Fblinded-blurred-borne.html Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him.He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.My salvation and my honor depend on God;he is my mighty rock, my refuge.Trust in him at all times, O people;pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.Selah~ Psalm 62:5-8 ~I sat with my Bible open but blinded by tears. On my knees in new ways, my heart broken into a million new and tiny pieces when my baby died a year ago...the baby who was such a miracle that first day. Cousin-twins for a second time running, my sister and I burgeoning with babes at the same time, living an eighth of a mile apart, sharing every joy and wave of nausea, the unpacking of the baby clothes and the stocking of the nursery in expectation. Dreams awakened, not by my own ... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4139433 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 11:24:00 +0100 4139433 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4134160&cid=t_99726_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F11%2Fcarving-name.html I woke up to rain on a Saturdayit was a lullaby from the skybut I felt like the clouds, heavy and grayand I looked on your empty sideand criedsometimes I think soon I'll forget youThe saddest thing I ever had to dowas to leave youIt was to leave youThe rain is falling.Falling.Falling.Falling.~Woke Up to Rain, Sarabeth Geoghegan~Amy made an impromptu birthday cake with sand and an old tuna can while I carved stone. A year ago, I began to realize the "miracle baby" inside me wasn't growing in the right place. It felt right today to carve his stone. A year already. And still my whole body longs to hold a baby...that baby. Smell him and love him.I dulled three cold steel chisels on that piece of granite for you, Theodore. My arms ache. It feels good to have them ache for some other reason than... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4134160 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:45:00 +0100 4134160 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4027315&cid=t_99726_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F10%2Fyoure-missing.html A year ago, I started to wonder.  The missed period, the fatigue, the nausea every morning...I knew the signs.  Didn't really believe them, because I had a tubal, and who gets pregnant after a tubal?  It took me almost 4 weeks to take a pregnancy test...and then only by Aaron's urging.  Now, a year has passed.  A year you've spent in heaven, my little second son.  For almost a year now, we've mourned you.  Missed your nursing, and your night wakings, and the diapers, and unpacking the baby clothes...missed getting to know your personality, your own little quirks.  We've wondered if you'd have loved trains like Caleb.  We've thought about how different our lives would be with you in them.Today your Papa rolled a big stone up into Echo Woods onto ... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4027315 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:28:00 +0100 4027315 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3786179&cid=t_99726_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fblocked-fallopian-tubes-and-infertility.html Blocked fallopian tubes are one of the commonest causes of infertility. The fallopian tubes project out from each side of the body of the uterus and form the passages through which the egg is conducted from the ovary into the uterus. The fallopian tubes are about 10 cms long and the outer end of each tube is funnel shaped, ending in long fringes called fimbriae. The fimbriae catch the mature egg and channel it down into the fallopian tube when released by the ovary . The tube itself is a muscular highly movable structure capable of highly coordinated movement. The egg and sperm meet in the outer half of the fallopian tube, called the ampulla. Fertilization occurs here, after which the embryo continues down the tube toward the uterus. The uterine end of the tube, called the isthmus, acts li... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3786179 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:28:00 +0100 3786179 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3440884&cid=t_99726_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fectopic-pregnancy-time-bomb-in-tube.html (Source: The Patient's Doctor) The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3440884 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:49:00 +0100 3440884 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3399149&cid=t_99726_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Ftethered.html Tether. Rope. Just a tool. Infinitely less treasured and considered than whatever precious cargo it anchors. It's frayed ends continue to go unnoticed unless they split far enough to break, let loose the treasure.I never gave a thought to the thousands of tethers God formed inside me while I still slept inside my mother's womb. My frame was not hidden when You formed me in the secret place. One day in 2008, just after the birth of my son, a cascade of events started. Aaron and I pored over medical journals and came to the conclusion that we should at least try to be done having children. Sever the tether between ovaries and uterus. It was an odd decision to make, in the day of vasectomies. But that is what the two of us had peace with. So I went under surgeon's knife and closed a chapter i... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3399149 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +0100 3399149 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3391047&cid=t_99726_177_f&fid=38133&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FTubalReversalBlog%2F%7E3%2FTr7Wr0N8vX0%2Ffirst-pregnancy-after-ligation-reversal-georgia-peach-is-pregnant.html The personal story about trying to conceive after ligation reversal is continued in this blog submission by tubal reversal patient Georgia Peach. Within 10 months of having her tubes untied she becomes pregnant and describes the stress of the uncertainty of an early pregnancy after ligation reversal. (Source: Tubal Reversal Blog) Tubal Reversal Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3391047 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:06:17 +0100 3391047 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3008373&cid=t_99726_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Femerging-again-from-shadow-of-valley.html Seven. I have four children here now, a constant source of joy. And three in heaven, just a dream and prayer when they went home to Jesus. After phone call after phone call yesterday, I finally found a doctor who shared my beliefs about stopping the beating heart of my own child. That doctor was able to reassure me that my baby had stopped developing weeks ago, and probably never had a beating heart at all. Which meant another on my rather short list of worst fears was coming true: I had a persistent ectopic pregnancy consisting only of placental tissue that my own body could not get rid of. Growing inside me and causing the 8-9 out of 10 pain I suffered for almost 24 hours.The girls and I sat cross-legged on the front room floor as I explained to them that our baby - the miracle baby we w... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3008373 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:14:00 +0100 3008373 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2977542&cid=t_99726_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Flight-in-darkness.html Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness. Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider your wondrous works, they did not remember the abundance of your steadfast love, but rebelled by the Sea. Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his mighty power. Psalm 106:6-8My hormone levels dropped again today. I guess that means my "miracle baby" has died already. This is a blessing, and something to be mourned. God is giving me one miracle: a natural miscarriage, lifting from my shoulders the burden to watch over my own health for signs of bleeding and to safeguard the life of my baby from those who would sooner kill it "just to be safe". Yet on the other hand, another miracle was denied: I prayed against statistics ... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2977542 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:44:00 +0100 2977542 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2977543&cid=t_99726_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fwalking-balance-beam.html "Methotrexate is a chemotherapy drug that targets rapidly dividing cells. Which is all the placenta is, really."Really?Call me old-fashioned - I thought it was a divinely perfect organ for the nourishment of a tiny, helpless human being a few cells this side of oblivion, on it's way to all that loveliness we call baby. When I heard the obstetrician talk in this way about the baby growing inside me, something seriously snapped. I am struggling with anger, distrust, and sarcasm as I deal with our care providers in Eau Claire - from the midwives who hung me out to dry on the abortion issue, to the physicians who missed Amelia's encephalitis for weeks on end. It is such a struggle to balance acceptance, submission, a quiet spirit, humility, my belief in a cursed world and a loving Jesus...wit... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2977543 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:14:00 +0100 2977543 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2974180&cid=t_99726_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Ffinding-comfort-in-numbers.html It's pretty unexpected when the abortion debate lands solidly in your own lap after giving birth to four healthy children and having a tubal to prevent more. Just to clarify, Aaron and I chose the tubal sterilization surgery because I had such complications with Caleb's pregnancy. We felt further pregnancies may risk my life, and didn't feel that was a route God intended us to take at the time. However, any "mistakes" that might happen in the future would be gladly welcomed with much rejoicing! I know countless Christians who have made similar decisions about limiting family size...and wait, regardless, for another "mistake" to come their way.So here is the "mistake". I still can't wrap my head around why God would allow a pregnancy, a miraculous one that defies medical logic, only to allo... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2974180 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:07:00 +0100 2974180 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2972031&cid=t_99726_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fbaby-is-not-where-it-should-be.html Yesterday afternoon, I was diagnosed with an ectopic pregnancy (the baby implanted in my Fallopian tube, or possibly elsewhere in my abdomen). I was offered two different treatments: methotrexate, a chemotherapy drug that targets rapidly dividing cells; or surgical removal of the tube and the baby. I chose instead "expectant management", meaning I am hoping my body miscarries the pregnancy without intervention. I chose this because I am completely and totally anti-abortion. It's not necessarily an "easy" decision, because it involves risks for me: bleeding, hemorrhage, and even death. There is some free fluid behind my uterus on the ultrasound that indicates abdominal bleeding, and I am also having pain that indicates that. I continue to have some mild external bleeding. My pregnancy hormo... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2972031 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:47:00 +0100 2972031 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2609136&cid=t_99726_46_f&fid=38792&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmsf.ca%2Fblogs%2FWendyL%2F2009%2F02%2Fday-7-2%2F It’s our last day of running two hospitals. Activity at Solidarité has now surpassed activity at Jude Anne. We rounded on eleven inpatients at Solidarité this morning. There were three babies in Pediatrics. Jude Anne held only two patients, of which one was to be discharged after normal delivery, and the other, I decided to transfer to Solidarité. (She was the one operated for ruptured ectopic pregnancy the other day.) The registers said, 11 consultations yesterday at Jude Anne, and 25 at Solidarité. It’s a bit of a miracle to me that our planned “cross-taper” of activity has worked. And, the biggest improvement, now that rounds are at Solidarité: it’s quiet. Our discussion doesn’t have to compete with trucks in the intersection, or the generator of... MSF Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2609136 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:32:54 +0100 2609136 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1977327&cid=t_99726_177_f&fid=38133&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FTubalReversalBlog%2F%7E3%2F459051213%2Ffallopian-tube-repair.html Dr. Gary Berger and Dr. Charles Monteith, the tubal reversal doctors at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center, are specialists in fallopian tube repair. Although most patients come to Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center for tubal ligation reversal, others come for fallopian tube repair following a tubal infection or pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), ectopic pregnancy, or previous surgery involving the fallopian tubes. (Source: Tubal Reversal Blog) Tubal Reversal Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1977327 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:33:37 +0100 1977327 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1909253&cid=t_99726_177_f&fid=38132&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyinfertilityblog.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F08%2F26%2Fmy-fertility-reading-diet-is-now-over%2F It amazes me how much we all read as we make our way through fertility challenges. At the beginning I read masses of information about how to optimize chances of conception. And then I read masses about reproductive technologies and what to expect. I even went offline (gasp!) and got books from the local library. And then I just stopped. I figured I’d consumed as much information as I could and I just had to think about something besides fertility for awhile. In the few days after I had surgery to remove an ectopic pregnancy I was feeling so lost and sad that I turned back to online resources. I joined a support group and read about others experiences. I read about the odds of having another ectopic pregnancy. I consumed information like when I first realized conceiving wasn’t ... My (in)fertility blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1909253 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:33:12 +0100 1909253 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1909254&cid=t_99726_177_f&fid=38132&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyinfertilityblog.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F08%2F22%2Fno-im-not-pregnant-yet%2F It has been months since I’ve posted here on this blog. Life got crazy and busy and I ran out of energy for writing. But today I logged into my account and noticed this comment: love your sense of humor. I am hoping you have been able to concieve. Please blog an update if you are indeed successful. Thank you rom an unknown older woman who ran across your post with the google question, “how long can sperm survive. Maybe because it’s Friday or maybe because for the first time in months I’m hormone free (more on that later) but I felt like writing a post. So here it is. The post to say I’m still here and I’m still not pregnant. Since March I’ve done another 2 IUIs and finally in June we decided it was time to try IVF. It worked and for one short week I wa... My (in)fertility blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1909254 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:26:57 +0100 1909254 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1909207&cid=t_99726_177_f&fid=38133&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FTubalReversalBlog%2F%7E3%2F286469498%2Ftubal-reversal-information-2.html Tubal reversal information provided on the Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center is complete, accurate, and authoritative. Anyone seeking information about tubal ligation reversal should study this source of information in detail. (Source: Tubal Reversal Blog) Tubal Reversal Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1909207 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:29:41 +0100 1909207 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1909220&cid=t_99726_177_f&fid=38133&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FTubalReversalBlog%2F%7E3%2F286469515%2Fpregnancy-after-tubal-reversal.html Women come from all over the world to Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center for tubal reversal surgery. It is natural, and appropriate, for them to ask what their chances will be for pregnancy after a tubal reversal procedure performed by Dr. Berger. This important question about the anticipated [...] (Source: Tubal Reversal Blog) Tubal Reversal Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1909220 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:38:03 +0100 1909220 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1909223&cid=t_99726_177_f&fid=38133&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FTubalReversalBlog%2F%7E3%2F286469519%2Fectopic-pregnancy-tubal-rupture.html I recently received an email from a patient who had an ectopic pregnancy subsequent to her tubal reversal. Unfortunately, the pregnancy continued to the point of tubal rupture with the loss of the fallopian tube. Patient’s History I was hoping you could help me understand why my ectopic pregnancy was not detected early enough to prevent the [...] (Source: Tubal Reversal Blog) Tubal Reversal Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1909223 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:00:49 +0100 1909223 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=462641&cid=t_99726_115_f&fid=34671&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcochinblogs.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F11%2Frole-of-ultrasound-in-ectopic-pregnancy.html Sonographic diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy:Ectopic pregnancy is a condition, wherein, the embryo (the baby in its earliest stage), is implanted outside the uterine cavity. The commonest location is inside the fallopian tube. As the fallopian tube cannot support the growing fetus, there is a danger of the sac (containing the embryo), rupturing with bleeding into the abdomen. Ectopic pregnancy is thus a potentially lethal condition. It should be suspected in any sexually active woman who complains of missed periods, pain in the lower abdomen (usually towards one side), and unexplained bleeding per vagina. Any such patient should immediately undergo serum -HCG and an ultrasound scan. Ultrasound diagnosis of ectopic is based on 1)absence of a gestation sac in the uterine cavity 2) presence of ... cochinblogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=462641 Sat, 11 Nov 2006 10:21:00 +0100 462641