| There are few things more exciting in the world than | | | | rupture. |
| finding out you're pregnant. Seeing those two lines on | | | | Many women are able to take a particular medication |
| the home pregnancy test can be a thrilling time to | | | | if the pregnancy is in the earliest stages. However, if |
| say the least. However, some women find out a | | | | it goes too far then surgery will be required and the |
| couple of weeks later that their pregnancy is not | | | | woman may lose one of her fallopian tubes. Losing |
| viable because it is an ectopic pregnancy. This can be | | | | a fallopian tube means her chances of getting |
| a devastating blow to women who have been trying | | | | pregnant in the future are reduced as she now only |
| to get pregnant. | | | | has the opportunity to get pregnant every two |
| An ectopic pregnancy is not a viable one as said | | | | months. |
| earlier. In fact, it can present great danger to the | | | | If the embryo happens to have implanted in the |
| mother because it can cause her fallopian tube to | | | | wrong location, it can be a more dangerous situation. |
| burst or excessive internal bleeding to happen. | | | | For example, if the ectopic pregnancy has implanted |
| An ectopic pregnancy is when the embryo does not | | | | in the abdomen then the placenta may have |
| implant in the right place. Instead of traveling down | | | | attached itself to major organs. Left untreated, a |
| the fallopian tube and implanting on the uterine wall as | | | | woman would have to have surgery to remove the |
| it should, these pregnancies will either implant inside of | | | | fetus and could experience hemorrhagic bleeding. This |
| the fallopian tube itself or in another area such as the | | | | is because the placenta would have to be removed |
| abdomen or cervix. Whenever this happens, there is | | | | from those major organs. |
| no chance of survival for the embryo. | | | | No matter what the case, if a woman believes that |
| It's important that women take action as soon as | | | | she is experiencing an ectopic pregnancy then she |
| they find out they have an ectopic pregnancy. This is | | | | needs to see her doctor immediately. In the early |
| because the larger the embryo grows, the more | | | | stages, a woman's tubes can be saved to preserve |
| harm it will put on the mother's life. If the embryo | | | | future fertility. |
| grows larger, it can cause the fallopian tube to | | | | |