ectopic
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Singer Florence Welch has revealed she underwent life-saving emergency surgery after experiencing an ectopic pregnancy in August 2023.
From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025
In another, a woman in pain went to the emergency room and was found to have an ectopic pregnancy — a pregnancy growing outside of her uterus, endangering her life and future fertility.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025
The preview text of those emails carried a harsh and consistent reminder: “Pregnancy: ectopic, UNVIABLE.”
From Slate • Jan. 2, 2025
In an interview with Women's Wear Daily Fox also revealed that she'd experienced an ectopic pregnancy on a different occasion.
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2024
Illnesses have always run through his family—his father died years ago after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, his aunt died from a ruptured ectopic pregnancy, and so on—but Vin believed he was better, stronger.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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