[Coleus]

ectopic pregnancies -  Web Site

Ectopic pregnancies do not all wind up in death for the child or the mother. Many can and do survive. JivinJehoshaphat

[unspun]

ectopic pregnancies - Web Site Ectopic pregnancies do not all wind up in death for the child or the mother. Many can and do survive. JivinJehoshaphat

Thank you. But, there is a difference between what you just stated and what the title stated. In a semantical and ontological war, we have to be careful not to over- or under-state what is real.

[retMD]

Ectopic pregnancies do not all wind up in death for the child or the mother.

The first site you link to has correct medical information - that some ectopic pregnancies resolve themselves, which does mean death of the embryo. The only, and very rare, cases where both mother and infant survive is when the ovum implants in the abdominal cavity and gets sufficient blood supply. These are very unusual situations, and even then the mortality rate after live births is high.

There isn't a way around this currently; an ectopic that doesn't self-resolve is a reason for either medical or surgical intervention.

[swmobuffalo]

"Ectopic pregnancies do not all wind up in death for the child or the mother. Many can and do survive."

Are you talking about the women surviving?

[Casio]

Ectopic pregnancies do not all wind up in death for the child or the mother. Many can and do survive.

This is not true! How can a fetus grow to full term in a 5-8cm long and few millimeter wide Fallopian tube without eventually rupturing it?

Gabor (who is an ob-gyn doctor for 27 years)