Laura Cox describes her ectopic pregnancy as “the worst thing that’s ever happened” to her, saying that what would have been a difficult experience was made more traumatic by a delayed diagnosis and a lack of compassion in her treatment.
Cox, 33, who lives in Denton, Greater Manchester, attended her hospital’s early pregnancy unit (EPU) in February 2018 after a positive pregnancy test. She was being monitored due to a previous miscarriage, and a blood test showed that her levels of HCG, a hormone that rises rapidly in early pregnancy, had fallen. She was also experiencing some spotting and cramping. “I was told it was an early miscarriage,” she says.
