Joy Behar Reveals She 'Almost Died' From Ectopic Pregnancy in 1979
justjared.comJoy Behar is looking back at suffering at ectopic pregnancy. On Wednesday (August 3), the 79-year-old TV personality and her The View co-hosts discussed Kansas voters preserving abortion rights, along with the ongoing national debate after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v.
Wade in June. During their discussion, Joy revealed she nearly “died” while suffering an ectopic pregnancy. Click inside to read more… “In 1979 I had an ectopic pregnancy,” Joy said. “I almost died.” Joy went on to explain an ectopic pregnancy occurs when “the fetus is growing in the fallopian tube.” Mayo Clinic also notes that an ectopic pregnancy occur “in other areas of the body, such as the ovary, abdominal cavity or the lower part of the uterus (cervix).” “There’s nowhere to go from that,” Joy continued. “You can’t give birth from your fallopian tube and the fetus will not grow.
It grows, but not to full term. So it will grow just enough to make the tube burst. What happens then, you bleed internally and then you die.” Joy then recalled being “rushed to the hospital” before a doctor told the next day, “We almost lost you.” “I was in a situation where I could go to Beth Israel Hospital and they took care of it there,” Joy added. Joy later clarified that she did not have an abortion or a miscarriage.
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