Very curious....

[ravendancer1231]

When I found out I was pregnant (I was 5 weeks, now I'm 7 weeks), they did a ultrasound and I saw the little booger plainly in my uterus. But on my paper from the doc it says " Ectopic pregnancy cannot be fully excluded". Um isn't an ectopic pregnancy anywhere but the uterus? The embryo was clearly in the uterus , and my ovaries and tubes were

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[rebbyribs]

Maybe it can't be fully excluded because there could theoretically be another embryo in your fallopian tubes that they didn't see.

[lelah]

Ow ow ow. I had a cyst rupture on me twice now (not during pregnancy, though). I felt like I had been shot with exploding bullets.

[om_shakti]

The more pregnant you get & the more you research, the less trust you'll probably have for them. =\ Get used to doing the research yourself now, because you're best off if you continue to do so!

[truthbetold]

this, unfortunately.

[hilzarie]

ovarian cysts (at least one) are normal during early pregnancy. It's a corpus luteum cyst that produced hormones to maintain the pregnancy. and ectopic pregnancy can't be fully excluded, because it's possible to have a pregnancy inside your uterus and ALSO one outside, at the same time. it's called a heterotopic pregnancy. It's really rare, but it's possible.
I'm an ultrasound student so we have to know this stuff. The ovarian cysts usually go away by week 14-16. Hope that helps!

[fleckerbug]

IAWTC. Also, um, if if the pain was from it rupturing, they wouldn't have been finding it still there after all the pain happened. Corpus luteum cysts can be painful for some people, though. I had pain from mine until at least 10 weeks. I also got cervical pain/cramping whenever my cervix got irritated (usually from having a stool pressing against it). I also just had general pain and cramping, which is common in early pregnancy.

[pbslm515]

Radiologists (those who read the ultrasounds) always hedge their bets (I know, I work for them). They probably said "Ectopic can't be excluded" in order to avoid possible future litigation in the event that you did have an ectopic pregnancy. It could be really bad for them if they hadn't said anything in their report about possible ectopic, and then you had one. I wouldn't worry about it at all.