Hi. I am still in the recovery portion of an ectopic pregnancy. I am 25 years old and my pregnancy was unplanned. I was 5.5 weeks when I found out that I was pregnant. I was a little thrown off by my positive pregnancy test results because I was having what I thought were normal period cramps. The only exception were that my cramps were only on my left side. My cramps were also accompanied by the chills and cold sweats. I allowed this to carry on until a week later when my cramps became so sever that I left home from work. I could not even stand up straight and I was short of breath. I was going to drive straight over the the ER room but I waited incase I was just over reacting. When I finally arrived home (15 minutes later) I had to call my roommate out to my car by using my cell phone because my pains were so intense I could not pull myself up or even motion to get out on my own. We he walked me in I could not sit or lay down. There was no comfortable position to be in. I had my roommate start to look up conditions of a miscarriage online when I began to throw up. Even with all the pain I was in I knew I needed to make it to the bathroom because I was now having to use the toilate. I tried to stand but then only passed out. This happened 3 more times as I tried to go to the bathroom. I finally hit my head on the hallway wall where I layed until the ambulance arrived. I layed in the hospital for 3 hours while nurses tried to find a vein to put an IV in me and find a specialist to perform an ultasound to find the real problem. It turns out my falopean tube (sp) had burst open and I began to bleed internally. After the surgeon arrived and they performed emergency surgery they found that I had lost 80 percent of my blood supply and my left tube was removed. I spent the next 4 days recovering in the hospital. I am now out and back to work. My recovery is still in progress. I have pain on my left side where they went through my ab muscle and tenderness in my pelvic area. Aside from all of that I'm emotionally and physically drained. I am very lucky to be writing this posting. I'm writing because this is a very risky condition if it goes untreated. So if you have any doubt see your doctor. I really wish I wouldn't have waited it out. Best of luck. Aundria