I am raising money for the Ectopic Pregnancy Trust (EPT) as my wife and I suffered an ectopic pregnancy in April 2019. Our experience is unfortunately not as uncommon as you would hope. 

Our initial tears of happiness and joy when finding out that my wife was pregnant, quickly turned into tears of pain. After being told that the pregnancy had failed and that we were having a miscarriage, we were just sent on our way without being told about the risks or symptoms of an ectopic pregnancy. A week had gone by and the symptoms were only getting worse so in the end, my wife decided to go to hospital as we were fearing that it was an ectopic pregnancy. Within 20 minutes of seeing a doctor, she was taken into the operating theatre to have emergency surgery. If my wife hadn’t researched online at the ectopic pregnancy trust, we would not have been aware of the risks and quite likely, she would have died as her Fallopian tube had burst by the time she made it to hospital.

Having gone through this traumatic experience, I want to raise money to help  provide information and support to those affected by ectopic pregnancies to hopefully avoid similar situations in the future.

The Ectopic Pregnancy Trust strives to provide information, education and support to those affected by early pregnancy complications and to the health professionals who care for them. Ectopic pregnancy is a common, life-threatening condition that is the leading cause of maternal death in the first trimester of early pregnancy. The condition affects 1 in 80 pregnancies in the UK and occurs when an embryo grows outside of the womb. The EPT believes that the deaths and trauma associated with ectopic pregnancy should be prevented. The EPT seek to relieve the distress associated with the experience and provide ongoing support through their treatment and beyond.