Concern for Tubal Pregnancy?
Question
My husband and I were trying to get pregnant in July to have an April baby. My LMP was July 11, so we were trying between July 16 and July 26 almost every day. It’s been 43 days since LMP, but I tested negative. About two days ago I started having mild stabbing pains in right lower abdomen. I have one child by C-section (age two) and the Dr. said I have a fibroid on my uterus. Went to ER about seven yrs ago for appendix but they said it’s not that, it might be a cyst on my ovary, also on the right side. Have I concern for tubal pregnancy?
Answer
Last Updated: July 22, 2013
Missed periods and pelvic pain can be the signs of a tubal pregnancy, among other things, such as an ovarian cyst. Although the pregnancy tests are usually very sensitive, I would repeat the pregnancy test. If the test is positive, or if the pain increases, I would recommend that you be evaluated by your doctor.
Dr. Lynn Keenan
Dr. Lynn Keenan
Answered By:
Lynn Keenan, MD
Lynn Keenan, MD, Immediate Past President of the CANFP Executive Board, is a Clinical Professor at the UCSF/Fresno Internal Medicine Residency Program (now retired), Board Certified in Sleep and Internal Medicine, and Vice President of the International Institute for Restorative Reproductive Medicine. She earned her BSN at UCLA, her MD at Temple University School of Medicine, and completed her Residency in Internal Medicine at UCSF/Fresno. Dr. Keenan served on the Executive Board of CANFP since 2004, as President of CANFP since 2010, and graciously agreed to continue her service to CANFP on the Advisory Board at the beginning of 2019, upon her retirement from the Executive Board of CANFP
