An ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy that implants abnormally outside the uterus usually in the fallopian tube.
An ectopic pregnancy occurs when the fertilized egg latches outside the uterus, for example to a fallopian tube wall, the ovary, or other organs instead of the inside wall of the uterus.
The odds of having an ectopic pregnancy, a pregnancy outside the uterus, depend on many doifferent factors.