What Are the Signs and Symptoms of an Abdominal Pregnancy?
An abdominal pregnancy is a type of ectopic pregnancy, which means that the embryo has implanted somewhere outside the uterus. Abdominal pregnancies occur infrequently, unlike tubal pregnancies, with the embryo implanting in the fallopian tube. In an abdominal pregnancy, the embryo implants in the abdomen itself, usually attaching to the intestines, which offer an adequate blood supply needed for the placenta. Fetal death occurs in 40 to 95 percent of cases, TheFetus.net reports. Signs of abdominal pregnancy may differ little from those of a uterine pregnancy, making diagnosis difficult without magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI.
