They “make up less than 2% of all pregnancies,” according toUC Davis Health.
Bush Hager said she didn’t know what it was when the doctors broke the news to her.
Finding community has been an important step in healing from the experience.

This shared experience deepened their bond.
“I went through it,” Bartolomeo told “Today.”
She was thrilled to find a positive result.

She ended up telling multiple people even though she had planned to keep it a secret.
“It was my first pregnancy,” she said.
Bush Hager was alone.

Her husband, Henry, had since gone out of town, and her sister was visiting Africa.
She had to go into emergency surgery to end the ectopic pregnancy without anyone by her side.
An isolating experience
Since her ectopic pregnancy, Jenna Bush Hager has welcomed three children.
Shefelt guilty about being pregnantagain with her third child while those around her werestruggling with infertility.
Now she’s determined to set an example of what health can look like for her children.
Together, they shared their stories and found a common goal: to find their core.
During another episode of “Today,” Bush Hager said her ectopic pregnancy was isolating.
She explained that, despite the pain, there was and is a silver lining.
“The point of this all is that there is joy and there is pain.