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Firstly I don't want sympathy, I want more awareness on the signs and symptoms of an Ectopic Pregnancy. This isn't spoken about enough and some people don't even know what an Ectopic Pregnancy is. I was one of those people. The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust are raising awareness as much as they can and are an amazing support to so many women and men but they need funds to do this.

My Story...

On 28th June last year, my whole world got turned upside down when I found out I was having an ectopic pregnancy. I had no idea this was happening and to be honest didn't really know what an ectopic pregnancy was. 

I had had some spotting but nothing too much that seemed anything to worry about and was told this was normal during early pregnancy. I was sent for a scan just to be sure everything was ok.

As the sonographer scanned me I was so excited to look for a heartbeat. She was very quiet and then told me to go and empty my bladder again. I knew there was something wrong, I had already emptied my bladder, why did I need to do it again. She then re-scanned me and told me my baby was growing in my fallopian tube. What did this mean? I was having an Ectopic Pregnancy. My fallopian tube had ruptured and I was internally bleeding...alot, so needed to go straight for surgery.

I had no time to think about what was happening and all I concerned myself with was that the gardner was at our house for his first day and I had told him I would be home by 1pm. And also that we should have been looking after my mums dog that weekend. What I did do though is call my daughter at Nursery. I needed to tell her I loved her. I really had no clue what was going to happen and the words 'surgery', 'dieing', 'removing this baby' was all just a blur. I didn't know what else I should be worried about aparty from telling my daughter I loved her and the most ridiculous things I could think of when I look back now.

So that was it...I lost my baby, my fallopian tube and very nearly lost my life all in the space of a couple of hours.

I had to come to terms with not only losing my baby but also half of my reproductive system. And the realization of being so close to dying is something I can't explain.

It took me a while physically to recover and I was in lots of pain but emotionally it has been the hardest thing I have ever had to deal with.

I was lucky enough to find The Ectopic Pregancy Trust.

I will be doing the EPT1000 mile challenge where I will run, walk and cycle 1000 miles over 12 months. The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust really helped me and continue to do so in my recovery so I really want to give something back and raise as much as I can for this wonderful charity because without them I dont know where I would be.

Please sponsor me and help raise awareness for Ectopic Pregnancies and this wonderful charity. Ectopic Pregnancy affects 1 on 80 pregnancies, it is a life threatening condition that is the leading cause of death in early pregnancy.

This is my Ectopic Pregnancy Journey

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