Female Infertility: I have had an ectopic pregnancy. Could this affect my fertility?

A history of ectopic pregnancy would increase your chance of infertility in the future. If you do conceive there is a one in thirty chance of another ectopic pregnancy. It would be advisable for you to have a series of ultrasound scans in your next pregnancy to check that this time the pregnancy is within the uterus.

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