possible cornual ectopic....

Over the past 4 years of dealing with infertility, I've relied heavily on reading others infertility related blogs and frequenting message boards where women who are involved in the IVF process come together. I don't know what I'd do without the internet. Being able to make contact with others going through the same struggles has largely kept me sane (well, relatively sane anyway).

I finally decided today to start my own blog. If nothing else, it may help me vent. Ideally, it will help others going through this to feel less alone.

I'm also finding myself in one of the most stressful situations I've ended up in throughout this whole journey. After 5 fresh cycles and 4 frozen, my husband and I finally had success. Growth is on target and there is a heartbeat. Right now, I'm 7 weeks, 3 days. Yet, there is concern about where the embryo implanted. I always thought a pregnancy was either ectopic (bad) or intrauterine (good) but apparently there's a type of ectopic pregnancy called a cornual or insterstitial ectopic which can be in the uterus but up in the extreme corner in front of the tube. This type of pregnancy will also eventually rupture but usually when one is further along because there is more room for growth in that area. When one of these ruptures, blood loss is severe. According to what I've read, most women who die from ectopic pregnancies die from this type. Lovely.

Well, my first u/s (done at 5wks 4 days) indicated that a cornual implantation was a possibility. I was told to wait a week and hopefully things would look more clear. The 2nd u/s basically showed the same result. The technician was not willing to say it was a cornual pregnancy but couldn't say it wasn't either.

At that point, my OB suggested a MRI for better visualization but I was hesitant to do a MRI in the first trimester since so many things warn against it. We ended up deciding to hold off
for one more week (after I got a warning about the possibility of rupture....although even the OB agreed it would be early for this type to rupture). I'll be having an u/s done with a high risk OB on Tues. I'll be 7 weeks 5 days at that point. I have never been so anxious about anything in my life. I could potentially get the most horrible news of my life on Tues. or the best.