Making Babies with Lunchtime Live
Jul 8, 2026 · 11 min · 10 segments
Every Wednesday afternoon, we’ll be talking Making Babies. Andrea will be joined by Professor Shane Higgins, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, to cover every area of trying to have a baby…
Shane HigginsGuest
Andrea GilliganHost
Well, an ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy that develops anywhere but in the uterus and in the body of the uterus, the main part of the uterus.
And that means it's situated anywhere from the cervix to a scar that might be present in the uterus, to the fallopian tube, to the ovary, to somewhere in the abdomen.
But a pregnancy that develops anywhere other than the body of the uterus is called an ectopic pregnancy.
Well, the egg fertilizes in the fallopian tube and then it's meant to drift down into the body of the uterus and attach itself to the wall of the uterus, something called implantation.
If it drifts too far or goes back in the opposite direction, then it implants somewhere where it's not meant to be.
And the most common place an ectopic pregnancy occurs is in the fallopian tube.
The problem with that is the fallopian tube is a very delicate structure with a very good blood supply.
And as the pregnancy implants into the wall of the fallopian tube, it can erode into blood vessels, it can erode through the fallopian tube wall, and it can lead to a very, very serious, sometimes life-threatening bleed in the patient.
I've heard, you know, just even anecdotally of more people I know or just more women having it Is it that there's more cases of it?
Well, an ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy that develops anywhere but in the uterus and in the body of the uterus, the main part of the uterus.
And that means it's situated anywhere from the cervix to a scar that might be present in the uterus, to the fallopian tube, to the ovary, to somewhere in the abdomen.
But a pregnancy that develops anywhere other than the body of the uterus is called an ectopic pregnancy.
Well, the egg fertilizes in the fallopian tube and then it's meant to drift down into the body of the uterus and attach itself to the wall of the uterus, something called implantation.
If it drifts too far or goes back in the opposite direction, then it implants somewhere where it's not meant to be.
And the most common place an ectopic pregnancy occurs is in the fallopian tube.
The problem with that is the fallopian tube is a very delicate structure with a very good blood supply.
And as the pregnancy implants into the wall of the fallopian tube, it can erode into blood vessels, it can erode through the fallopian tube wall, and it can lead to a very, very serious, sometimes life-threatening bleed in the patient.
I've heard, you know, just even anecdotally of more people I know or just more women having it Is it that there's more cases of it?
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