Re: 2nd etopic in a row!!!!

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endometriosis, tubal infection in the past -- what the tubes look like on hte outside is no indication of what they are like on hte inside.

Could it be something with my >husbands sperm?

unlikely

We tried for 2 yrs before 1st pregnancy. What are the >chances of this happening again? Dr said wait 2 months try again but I'm
>very nervous about going through this again. Emotionally it's a huge
>toll.

previous ectopic pregnancies do increase the odds of a future ectopic -- the odds of recurrance are 7 - 15%, but to turn the numbers around, the odds of you having a normal pregnancy are 85 - 93%

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