Trying to understand

Hi Myndie K

Sometimes, the egg from the left tube can travel across your tummy and enter the right tube, this does but not always happens. The succion that the right tube creates (from it's fimbriae (finger like projections at the end))believe it or not is enough sometimes to pull the egg from the other side into the tube. Once it enters the right tube, then the sperm that are there will be happily awaiting it's arrival for fertilization.

There isn't much of a problem if you ovulate from the right ovary and egg enters the tube on the right.

However, since you had an ectopic on your left tube, your right tube may not also be "functioning" properly as well. You are at high risk for developing an ectopic here also, and as soon as find out your pregnant, need to be under the care of a doc.

Thanks for the advice and info. Would it be a good idea to take the eggs from my left ovary and freeze them? or however that works for future use? I would hate for them to go to waste..lol

I was told that my right tube is not blocked and looks fine. I do however wish to do IVF when we decide to start a family. I would hate to go through another ectopic. Although, I've been reading this website and what I read it looks like I can still get an ectopic through IVF. Is that true?

Thanks,

Myndie

Yes Myndie,

Even with IVF, for some reason people who have had ectopics before, even after IVF have a slightly higher risk of another. You know, we speculate that since maybe in some of these people, the tubes weren't working properly....say tubes are pushing in the wrong direction, away from the uterus. So, even if we put the embryos in the uterine cavity after IVF, in some cases, this counterpusing the tube may be creating may be just enough to pull the embryo into the tube. Don't be scared though, as we still believe your overall ectopic rate after IVF is still lower than if you were to try and get pregnant on your own.