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[windmill]

Hello, I had been trying for a baby for about 5 / 6 years before I became pregnant. I used to get really uset with every period and was afraid I was infertile but wouldn't see my GP about it in case he confirnmed my suspicions which I wouldn't have been able to cope with. So imagine my delight when I finally found out I was pregnant. However, I was convinced that as good things never happened to me I would miscarry or lose the baby to cot death or something like that. Anyway I went full term and now have a lovely 3 year old boy.

However, I had temporarily spilt up with my long-term partner and fell preganant with someone else so I then thought it was my ex-partner that was infertile. I got back with him a year ago and imagine my surprise when I became pregnant. But I had done two pregnancy tests that were negative before the chemist did a positive one so I bought another and it was very feint, whereas the one I'd done at an earlier date with my first pregnancy was really dark. I miscarried at 7 weeks.

In December I found out I did another test when I was a weeks late. I thought it was negative, then a few hours later I got it out the bin and it was a very faint positive; another test of a different kind a few days later was also a very feint positive. I had a miscarriage at 6 weeks.

I have heard that sometimes both a man and a couple can each produce babies that are carried to term but not by each other, although this is very rare. I am worried that this might be the case, in which case I don't know how my partner will feel. On the other hand, I am wondering if the cause was lack of pregnancy hormone which is common, especially as the dots or lines on the tests are always darker as pregnancy progresses because the hormone levels are higher later on. But if I have hormonal problems wouldn't they have caused a miscarriage with my first child?

Has anybody else had similar experiences or heard about similar cases?