Hello
I have recently had methotrexate and am bleeding quite heavily at the moment and still having blood tests done. Work starts again tomorrow and I’ve already said I am not in tomorrow due to me having hospital appointment. I feel totally in shock, exhausted a whole host of things and I can’t quite process that this has happened to me. I only found I was pregnant 24 hours prior to receiving news it was ectopic and something I never thought would happen to me. Has anyone got any advice for me as my partner goes back to work tomorrow and feeling a bit lost at the moment
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methotrexate and going back to work
Re: methotrexate and going back to work
Hi, I am really sorry for your loss and everything you've been through. I am in a similar position as I had methotrexate last week and am still going for blood tests and am back to work tomorrow! It is a horrid time 
I am one of the unlucky people who have had multiple ectopic pregnancies (this was our third, second time of methotrexate) so I have a little bit of experience having been through it before. I would say you should go with your gut feeling: if you don't feel ready to go back to work then ask the doctor to sign you off and give yourself time to properly recover. On the other hand, I like my job so I found being back at work was actually a good thing because it gave me something else to focus on and a good reason to get up and put makeup on and get out of the house - because I find myself really struggling if I stay at home too much (which is basically all I have done the last 2 weeks 
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I hope you feel a bit better soon and your HCG levels come down quickly. xx
PS please don't take my experience of 3 ectopic pregnancies as the norm because if this is the first one your chances of having a healthy pregnancy are really good and I am just unlucky I think
I am one of the unlucky people who have had multiple ectopic pregnancies (this was our third, second time of methotrexate) so I have a little bit of experience having been through it before. I would say you should go with your gut feeling: if you don't feel ready to go back to work then ask the doctor to sign you off and give yourself time to properly recover. On the other hand, I like my job so I found being back at work was actually a good thing because it gave me something else to focus on and a good reason to get up and put makeup on and get out of the house - because I find myself really struggling if I stay at home too much (which is basically all I have done the last 2 weeks )I hope you feel a bit better soon and your HCG levels come down quickly. xx
PS please don't take my experience of 3 ectopic pregnancies as the norm because if this is the first one your chances of having a healthy pregnancy are really good and I am just unlucky I think
Re: methotrexate and going back to work
Thanks
I just am so so tired and have a demanding job working with children in a school as a teacher so at the moment I don’t think I can and think I would just end up in tears but feel very guilty I am off
I just am so so tired and have a demanding job working with children in a school as a teacher so at the moment I don’t think I can and think I would just end up in tears but feel very guilty I am off
