
Ectopic Pregnancy – Are You at Risk?
Have you ever heard of ectopic pregnancy? In a normal pregnancy, the egg is fertilized by the sperm in a fallopian tube. The fertilized egg then travels through the fallopian tubes to the uterus, over the course of three or four days. The fertilized egg implants in the uterus and grows, over time, into a baby.
In one to two percent of all conceptions, the fertilized egg will implant outside the uterus, sometimes in a fallopian tube, more rarely in the cervix, ovary or even in the abdomen. This is an ectopic pregnancy, and is extremely dangerous for the woman. It isn’t possible to carry a baby outside the uterus in almost all cases, and is never possible when the egg implants in a fallopian tube.What causes an ectopic pregnancy? Are you at risk? What are the symptoms?

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