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How long for pregnancy test to be negative after miscarriage?

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TinyPaws · 25/05/2018 11:53

Interested to hear from you all, how long did it take you to get a negative pregnancy test after miscarriage? How far along were you when you miscarried?

I'm 25 days post medically managed miscarriage. I was 9+5 but embryo only grew to 6+0 - it was a silent miscarriage. I'm still testing positive on HPT, got another faint positive when I checked this morning. There is no chance I could be pregnant again. I had a scan to check for retained products 3 days ago and nothing was found.

Thanks in advance for your replies :)

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edinbeezer · 25/05/2018 16:39

I'm 36 days past my surgery and still getting very faint positives. Had my HCG levels checked and they are dropping but very slowly. I just want a negative test and my period! This limbo is hellish. Hope you're doing OK, op.

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edinbeezer · 25/05/2018 16:41

Oh, I was almost 9 weeks but development had stopped at 6.

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Ithinkthatsenough · 25/05/2018 19:45

Hi i was over 12 weeks when i found out my baby had died. I had surgery and was told to test 3 weeks after, it was negative and i had my period a week later x

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MagicalCreatures · 25/05/2018 20:39

They told me I shouldn’t be getting positives 3 weeks later and I was still getting then at 4 weeks after my miscarriage. Turns out I did have some pregnancy tissue left and they missed it when they originally scanned me. Maybe give them a call x

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LilacIris · 25/05/2018 20:46

I have for more than five weeks after surgical management. I didn’t test after my last natural miscarriage but conceived three weeks after I first started bleeding, so it couldn’t have been very long.

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BlueThroughandThrough · 27/05/2018 20:38

Natural miscarriage at 8 weeks (measuring 6 weeks). Negative 8 days later. Emotionally harrowing but physically I’ve got off lightly (fingers crossed it’s largely over now).

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53rdWay · 28/05/2018 16:24

First miscarriage, natural m/c at 8 weeks, negative test 16 days after the bleeding started (two days after it stopped).

Recently had surgical management for another miscarriage at 9 weeks, and got a negative test a few days ago 12 days after the surgery.

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TinyPaws · 29/05/2018 07:55

Thanks for the responses! It's been 29 days now and still testing positive, it's very faint now though. Going to phone EPAU later.

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edinbeezer · 30/05/2018 13:04

@tinypaws how did you get on when you called the unit?

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Rikalaily · 30/05/2018 13:15

It was about 4-5 weeks. At 3 weeks my postives were still super full on strong then they suddenly faded to nothing after another week or so. I was 10.5w at ERPC, development stopped at 7w.

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TinyPaws · 30/05/2018 14:48

I went in to EPAU and they did a blood test, HCG was 27 and progesterone was 2.6, they said as my levels are so low they are not worried about retained products and discharged me.

But today I started to get cramps then passed a load of really watery brown stuff with little brown clots in. I stopped bleeding nearly 3 weeks ago so no idea what is happening?!

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edinbeezer · 30/05/2018 15:23

@tinypaws That's interesting about them not wanting to test for retained products due to the hcg levels. Last Thursday mine were at 26 but I haven't had them tested since. Today I took a test and could barely make out the line so guess the levels have fallen a bit more. Still no period though and that's 6 weeks tomorrow since my surgery. I'll give it another week maybe and if still nothing then I'll go to the GP.

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BadBadBeans · 03/06/2018 12:12

I was 9 weeks but the pregnancy was only measuring six. I bled for 2.5 weeks, then took a test two weeks after that as recommended by hospital. It was negative. So, 4.5 weeks in total. x

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TinyPaws · 04/06/2018 13:22

Just an update, I finally got a negative test today, 5 weeks exactly after my miscarriage.

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BadBadBeans · 04/06/2018 19:35

@TinyPaws so glad to hear that. Hope this means you can start moving on with everything, and that you and your partner are both feeling positive about the future x

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TinyPaws · 06/06/2018 10:26

Spoke too soon! It turned into a faint positive! Been back to EPAU today for another urine test (also faint positive) and a blood test (results pending).

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BadBadBeans · 08/06/2018 07:20

Oh no @TinyPaws. That is so frustrating. Do update when you know more. I'm thinking of you.

My period is 4 days 'late' now but I guess anything goes in the first few cycles after miscarriage. Pregnancy tests coming up white as white can be. Ugh!

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TinyPaws · 14/06/2018 21:30

Finally negative! 6 weeks 3 days post miscarriage.

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ApplesTheHare · 14/06/2018 21:34

So sorry you're going through this. It took 3 months for me to get a negative last year. I went back for 4 scans in the end and they never found any reason but kept saying it could take up to 6 months. It's awful and a horrible reminder you just don't need.

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