"Ectopic pregnancy"

I came into ED with sharp lower abdomen pains and PV spotting. I was laying there for about two hours and had not been seen to by my ED Dr. Briefly, for about 30 seconds, I saw them when I came in.

I had asked the nurse after 2 hours of laying in ED if the Dr will see me or do blood tests, ultrasound, anything? The nurse did ask the Dr and they came to see me shortly after. I recall the Dr said to me, it’s definitely not ectopic, without doing an ultrasound. They definitely ruled out that it was ectopic as, in my understanding, I never had a history of this before.

I recall the Dr said, I can’t do an ultrasound unless you're bleeding heavily and soiling pads within the hour, and you're not. They said I can take some pain medication for now and if that makes it better that’s great. They then sent me home again a few hours later, and had only done an HCG test and found out my blood group type.

I then came back to ED 5 days later with more persistent lower abdominal pain and the pain had gotten worse. I was still having minimal spotting at the time. The DR I had seen that day requested an ultrasound straight away and they found out I had a 2.5cm embryo growing in my right Fallopian tube. I went to have emergency surgery later that evening. I was lucky my Fallopian tube did not rupture yet.

I felt really upset that they didn’t do something the first time I was in ED at Joondalup Health Campus, Perth. WA.