Ectopic pregnancy: 'I was doubled over with pain, but I was also so angry at the situation'

Pregnancies outside the womb are as final as miscarriages, but also a threat to the mother if a ruptured fallopian tube causes bleeding

Laura Guild who experienced an ectopic pregnancy. Picture: Moya Nolan

In Ireland, one in 80 pregnancies is ectopic (750-800 each year).

Ectopic pregnancies are often grouped with miscarriages, but the experience can be dramatically different, and sometimes life-threatening.