Did we sway for a girl without knowing?

[HopingForPigtails]

I asked Carole about this and she said it could actually happen - personally, I wouldn't bet on it and think it's much more likely that there was a second CL on the other ovary that the tech missed - but there is an ever-so-distant chance that it could occur. The human body is AMAZING!

Wow. That is bizarre. How does an egg migrate from one ovary to another without traveling through a Fallopian tube?? Does it somehow jump out of the ovary, into your body, sneak around the bladder, and back into the other ovary?? Makes no sense, but I guess anything is possible!!

[atomic sagebrush]

Wow. That is bizarre. How does an egg migrate from one ovary to another without traveling through a Fallopian tube?? Does it somehow jump out of the ovary, into your body, sneak around the bladder, and back into the other ovary?? Makes no sense, but I guess anything is possible!!

I was trying to envision how, and I came up with a notion that maybe without a Fallopian tube on the one side, it could be possible for the uterus to sort of depress and shift a bit, and that this could possibly pull the ovary closer to the other tube. So rather than having to make its way past ALL the organs, the egg might not have to go quite so far? I"m not entirely sure and would still place my money on double ovulation and the tech having missed the second CL but I do know that some crazy shenanigans can happen sometimes...

On Mystery Diagnosis I saw two separate episodes involving endometriosis, one woman ended up with the endo growing in her hip, and the other woman had it in her upper back and lungs!! The endometrial cells had traveled up and out of the uterus, thru the Fallopian tubes and managed to implant in parts of the body very far removed from the reproductive organs. Some peopel have even gotten endometriosis in the eye and brain! (then again, some MEN have gotten endometriosis too so no one is really quite 100% sure if the cells are really coming from the uterus or if something else is going on here.)

[mama27]

I have read that the tubes can shift in order to catch the egg but who knows. I was definitely told by my consultant after my op that it was possible for the egg to release on the tubeless side and still be caught by the remaining tube.

[atomic sagebrush]

I agree that it is possible but just not that likely and just that I think a missed CL is a lot MORE likely, KWIM?? When they talk about the tube shifting, that's just a little, not like across your abdomen or anything. Still, it could be that it occured just as your tech said which is awesome! Either way, baby is on the way!

It is irrelevant anyway, we just love to talk about the amazing workings of the human body and how miraculous it all it! Thanks for posting because I learned something new and I love that!

[mama27]

I love talking about the human body and how amazing it is. As you say doesn't matter how it happened I am just grateful that it did after trying for 12 months we were beginning to think there might be a problem! Only 6 days now until we find out or

[atomic sagebrush]

Me too! Very happy for you guys!

[hbcd123]

hey I know this is an old thread but i was interested in reading because i only have one tube but im not sure which one was removed when i had a ruptured twin ectopic in 2003 one baby grew in my womb and one in my tube. i mc and then 8 weeks later my tube ruptured the worts pain ever!! felt like i had been shot.... i had major internal bleeding and nearly died!! anyway the pain was all down my right side from shoulder to hips it happend after intercorse. so im guessing my right tube ruptured would anyone know this? also with regardes to ovulating from both sides i feel it in my right but never my left so i wish i know which tube i still had? i did see a woman on a programme a few years ago that couldnt get pregnant despit many ivf treatments she had both tubes removed due to PID when she was younger, then as if by magic she fell pregnant!! without ivf!! her doc told her it was soooooo rear but her egg had followed an imaginary tube and been fertilised and implated in her womb!! now that is a mirical!!

[atomic sagebrush]

It makes sense that it would be your right tube but internal pain can be very weird and be felt in places that you wouldn't always expect (such as, people having heart attacks can have pain in their wrist!).

Don't worry that you only feel pain on the one side, you can feel pain in either/both ovary every month regardless of where you ovulate from. In fact several of us have had worse pains in the ovary that didn't ovulate than the one that did, because ovulation can kind of relieve some of the swelling (eggs develop in both ovaries and only the biggest one-two is/are released.)

PS - I'm so sorry this happened to you but thank you for sharing your experience!!!

A lot of people feel some mild pain or cramping for weeks during early pg, and then get extremely worried they have an ectopic, but most of the time in a medical emergency, you will KNOW you have a dire situation going on - if you're wondering for days about some mild pain and googling stuff that is freaking you out, the odds are you are not experiencing an ectopic. If you're having severe and horrible pain, GET TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM even if you don't think you're pregnant. Of course there are exceptions where mild pain led to severe pain, my point is that 9 times out of 10 mild pain turns out to be nothing and severe pain should always be checked.

[hbcd123]

your welcome! its strange because i had a mc and i had to go to the doc for blood tests a few weeks later and they even told me my hcg levels were going up when they should be going down!! they kept asking me if i was in any pain i felt fine they then sent me to the hospital for an internal scan and the doc had a good look and he couldnt see anything in my tubes but did seem baffled because of my hcg levels i was not even worried at the time and just went on with life as you do then that same eve id been for a scan my OH and i had intercourse and we had to stop because i got very hot and sweaty and felt light headed and i could feel pain in my side. within a matter of seconds i couldnt move the pain was so bad and then it dawned on me.....ectopic!!!! OH called for an ambulance i had the paperwork with me that i had recived earlier from the hospital so they the ambulance crew new what it might be the journey was awfull i felt evey tiny bump!! i was left for ages though untill they finally decided to operate buy this time my tummy looked huge from the internal bleeding!! a scan cant always rule out NO ectopic especiallly if your HCG levels are going up!!! always get a second opinion! i consider myself very lucky to be here because i dont think the docs were in much of a rush to operatE on me and i had to have a very large blood transfution after!

[sweetpea]

Oh my goodness, how scary! I'm so glad that everything turned out alright in the end!