David and I have recently lost a baby due to having a false positive diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy meaning that the hospital diagnosed me as having an ectopic pregnancy and treated me for it when all along our pregnancy was healthy and normal. The consultant incompetently gave me a lethal injection to terminate my healthy pregnancy. This is an extremely rare circumstance and a very negligent one on the part of the hospital in our case. More needs to be done to make sure these incidents don't happen. Although we didn't have an ectopic pregnancy we believe that raising money to fund important research and resources for diagnosing and supporting ectopic and early pregnancy will also help couples in positions like ours.

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On 5th August 2022 at 5 weeks 3 days pregnant I woke up in the night with really bad right side abdominal pain. David was working away so his mum picked me up and took me to hospital. We got there for 2am. It took them until 7am to get me up to Gynaecology ward. I was a suspected ectopic pregnancy. I was told by the registrar that my bloods look good, it could be a cyst or constipation etc they just need to scan me and have a look. He then went off shift. I went for a scan at 10am. The sonographer said they were suspicious of ectopic but there was a gestational sac in my uterus. Then a consultant comes to see me with the scan notes and says it looks like I have an ectopic pregnancy. I have 2 options, to wait 48 hours and monitor or have the methotrexate injection. The injection is a form of chemo, it stops cells from dividing and growing and works so that the cells just get reabsorbed into your blood. I chose the 48 hours. He wasn't happy with my choice and explained that my HCG levels were at 4000 and if they go over 5000 in 48 hours I can't have the injection and would need surgery, meaning I might need to have a tube removed. I spoke to my loved ones and they agreed I should have the injection because he was saying it was ectopic and I didn't want to risk my life or future fertility. So we went through the emotion of losing the baby. For ectopic you have to return on the 4th and 7th day after the injection to check your HCG levels are coming down. I went on the 4th day and they called me back to say my HCG levels had doubled over 100%. This was very unusual and they wanted me back in for another scan on the 6th day. I went for the scan and met a different consultant. She told us that the pregnancy was not ectopic, the right sided pain had been due to a cyst and I shouldn't have had the injection. I collapsed in her arms crying and David was angry. They couldn't tell me the chances of our baby surviving because this doesn't happen to anyone. Never in their hospital during their time working there. They put me on increased folic acid and weekly scans. Scans revealed an embryo growth in the sac but growing too slowly and eventually no heartbeat found and I miscarried about 4 weeks after the injection. That first consultant killed our baby. I've since asked for hospital policies. They say methotrexate shouldn't be given for suspected ovarian ectopic which mine was and not where a gestational sac is present because it hasn't ruled out intrauterine pregnancy. He was a locum doctor and didn't follow policy. He didn't get me to sign a consent form and some of the notes are missing. The hospital is investigating my case and labelled it as serious harm.