tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post6677581768464930999..comments2024-03-28T06:32:27.436+13:00Comments on No Kidding in NZ: Ectopic Pregnancies, including with IVFMalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03928262526502319303noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-732264849382310372015-12-01T13:18:36.843+13:002015-12-01T13:18:36.843+13:00I'm impressed by your detailed knowledge of t...I'm impressed by your detailed knowledge of this topic -- thanks for sharing it with us! :) loribethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-16227800843593271132015-11-24T21:02:37.657+13:002015-11-24T21:02:37.657+13:00I'm sorry, I honestly don't know. I haven&...I'm sorry, I honestly don't know. I haven't heard of embryo glue. Only an ectopic/IVF expert could comment on that. I wouldn't entirely trust an IVF Dr alone!Malihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928262526502319303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-77082518934170687142015-11-24T03:18:51.851+13:002015-11-24T03:18:51.851+13:00Do you think using embryo glue during transfer cou...Do you think using embryo glue during transfer could help reduce risk of an ectopic pregnancy? dubliner in Deutschlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531838540641364420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-55139339481494620882015-11-22T17:33:29.305+13:002015-11-22T17:33:29.305+13:00IUDs are a bit complicated. If you do get pregnant...IUDs are a bit complicated. If you do get pregnant whilst using an IUD, then your pregnancy is much more likely to be ectopic, simply because they prevent pregnancy (very well) in the uterus, but not anywhere else. So you're right, women should be aware of this if using IUDs.Malihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928262526502319303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-15080306331718477872015-11-22T14:51:42.224+13:002015-11-22T14:51:42.224+13:00This is so informative! Thanks!
I do remember my...This is so informative! Thanks!<br /><br />I do remember my doctor letting me know that an ectopic pregnancy with an IUD was possible, but that the risk was still very low. Though, for me, my chance of getting pregnant in the first place was so low that any increased risk due to the IUD was negligible. BentNotBrokenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10151724076659555122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-69243714738409721312015-11-22T10:10:08.111+13:002015-11-22T10:10:08.111+13:00Thanks, Mali! So to clarify, they surgically remov...Thanks, Mali! So to clarify, they surgically removed my tube and did a pathology report on it. I'm not sure if my tube could have been saved, but I made the decision and it was backed up in surgery with the state of things that it was okay to do so. We were never going to conceive without IVF, and in my mind if there was a chance my tube was defective I wanted it GONE. Also, I'm not sure that they said for certain that the cilia was essentially sucking the embryo up the tube or just that that was one of many tubal malfunction possibilities, all involving the cilia being messed up (for lack of a precise medical term). So that inaccuracy might be on me, because I'm not so sure that they definitively said that was THE reason, just ONE of the possible reasons. Maybe the balding makes more sense... They did get to examine my tube and the products of conception pretty closely when removed, and I saw a gross but interesting picture of my tube on the metal tray, outside my body. Very surreal. <br /><br />Thank you for this incredibly detailed post, it gives a lot more information than I feel was shared with me, unless I suppressed a lot of it because of pain and grief and the fog of anesthesia. Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15868505568965284742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-57089212768400478262015-11-22T09:38:02.402+13:002015-11-22T09:38:02.402+13:00A wonderful and resourceful post. Am bookmarking.
...A wonderful and resourceful post. Am bookmarking.<br /><br />Couple of thoughts:<br />1) as far as cilia beating in reverse direction, they only way I know to observe this is using high-focus microscopy and using dyes. Unless they somehow got a microscope up into her tube, I'm baffled at how they would give this diagnosis. I'm not saying it's not possible, but where is the data? <br /><br />2) There's been a push for IUDs in this country. The data shows they are far more effective at preventing pregnancy than other forms of birth control. That said, I don't remember being told of the increase risk for ectopics. And this is something women should be aware of.Cristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317873211902543387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-9525627477070466582015-11-22T07:04:38.715+13:002015-11-22T07:04:38.715+13:00Beautifully explained!Beautifully explained!The Barrenesshttp://www.the-barreness.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725106142359702200.post-982471352792131612015-11-22T06:45:53.317+13:002015-11-22T06:45:53.317+13:00Thank you for writing this, for infomation-sake, a...Thank you for writing this, for infomation-sake, and thank you for writing this: <br /><br />"When an embryo is transferred into our uterus, it doesn't implant immediately (if, of course, it is going to implant at all), which is why I am always doubly annoyed when the media uses "implants" instead of 'transfers'."<br /><br />Because it also drives me crazy. I think it reinforces the idea that IVF always works when, in fact, it doesn't.Lollipop Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.com