Worried about possible ectopic

[Smallie21]

Hi,
I’m sorry for bothering anyone, but I have just been feeling so strange and I’ll this last few days, I mentioned to a friend and she said it sounds like it could be a possible ectopic.
We have been trying to conceive, absolutely my period was due today. I took an early pregnancy test on Saturday because I was incredibly moody and emotional, which was the first symptom of my last pregnancy. It was negative, and then I started to experience this extremely strange shoulder pain on Saturday afternoon out of nowhere, at the front of my shoulder in the ball of the joint. It was so bad that I couldn’t work all weekend as my job is quite physical.
It has been accompanied by light headed ness, dizziness and awful nausea, I can barely eat.
The only thing that is confusing me is the negative pregnancy test, and I got my period on Saturday night, but it is extremely heavy, has went through clothes, and I have an unusual amount of clots, some very large.
It could be possible that it is all unrelated, but I just feel so awful I’m now getting paranoid that there is something wrong.
Also - I’m from the north or Ireland so we don’t have NHS111 and getting a GP apt is like 2 week waiting list, and I don’t want to waste A&E time if I don’t have to.
Thank you all xx

[Madamesophie]

Hi Smallie21
I cannot tell you if it is ectopic or not, even if I sincerely hope for you it is not. But what I would suggest you is to go to see a doctor who can tell you. Trust your instinct if it is telling you something is different and ask a doctor who can understand your sympthoms. I'm telling you this because I ignored my sympthoms because of 3 (!) negative tests which convinced me I was not pregnant and I ended up in hospital anyway. It might not be your case, as I said I cannot tell, but if you feel something is odd is better to just ask the doctor asap (A&E if it is the quickest way). Wishing you all the luck xxx Anna

[Kazshuker39]

Hi, I would ring your GP and ask for a telephone consultation if you have to wait weeks for an appointment or even go to a and e, it really isnt wasting their time if you feel like something could be wrong. I had a period at the beginning of july and it was a 'normal' period for me. A week later i had pain in my right hand side and some spotting. I too rang the doc and couldnt get an appointment for over a week so i have no idea what made me do one as id had my period but i did a pregnancy test which was positive! Unfortunately following scans and blood tests to measure hcg levels i was diagnosed with an ectopic pregnancy. I opted to have the methotrexate injection rather than surgery and was monitored for 4 weeks, unfortunately when i went i last Thurs for my routine hcg level check i happened to mention that i'd had some pain the last few days and was particularly worried as my hcg levels had dropped to 11 and i thought the nightmare was nearly over ..... as soon as i mentioned the pain, they whipped me in for a scan and found i had ruptured and was bleeding internally. I was in surgery within 2 hrs and ended up having my right tube removed. I am 6 days post surgery and feel emotionally and physically battered. Sorry to go on but if you think something isnt right then dont be afraid to mention it, better to be investigated than to leave it!