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[windmill]

I have already posted part of this message on the miscarriage board but thought it might be posting it again as I feel I am pregnant again.

I got pregnant when my son was 6 / 7 months old. However, I had done two pregnancy tests that were negative before the chemist did a positive one so I bought another and it was positive but very feint, whereas the one I'd done at an earlier date with my first pregnancy was really dark. I later miscarried at 7 weeks.

In December I found out I was pregnant again. I did another test when I was a week late. I thought it was negative, then a few hours later I got it out the bin and it was a very faint positive. It was a Predictor test; you can keep the result, it doesn't change. I then did another test of a different kind a few days later was also a very feint positive. I had a miscarriage at 6 weeks.

My son was conceived with a different partner. The two miscarriages have been with my present husband. I know 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? With my first pregnancy I took a Predictor test when I was 5 days later and it was a very dark dot, as if the hormones were much higher in that pregnancy.

Are there any midwives out there who have any idea whether a feint positive means I am more likely to miscarry? I don't want to another test in case the result is very feint again and I will then panic convinced my hormonelevels are not high enough to maintain this pregnancy.