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Is this just me seeing what I want to see.....positive??

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Thebean123 · 11/07/2016 21:35

Sorry to be another crazy "am I pregnant" person but I just don't know wether I'm seeing something that isn't there.......can anyone else see the extremely faint line that looks darker at the top and bottom or is it just me??? Please help! And thanks in advance for honesty :)

Is this just me seeing what I want to see.....positive??
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AWaspOnAWindowInAHeatwave · 25/07/2016 19:49

Keeping fingers, toes and everything crossed for you OP. Been through this twice and I know how much it hurts Flowers but if it gives you any hope, I've also had two successful pregnancies straight after. Let us know how you get on - look after yourself tonight x

trumpybum1 · 25/07/2016 19:44

I have everything crossed for you.

Gardencentregroupie · 25/07/2016 19:37

Keeping my fingers crossed for you

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Thebean123 · 25/07/2016 19:30

Just a little update.....the week wait from hell was over thismorning and I went into the Drs for more blood testing. Dr said she will call me tomorrow and discuss the results. Worst case scenario will be low levels no growth and a trip to the EPU for induced miscarriage.

I have resigned myself to the fact that my pregnancy is not viable but either way now I just want to know. It's the unknown that's the worst x

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NervyBuyer2016 · 23/07/2016 21:54

Op, faint tests are so normal. My faint tests for ds looked the same as my prior mc and ectopic.

I'm going to cross everything for you and come back to check in.

Thinking of you, but I think she's given you unnecessary worry. And I genuinely mean that. When I knew I was on the cusp of miscarriage I poured over the Internet to find hope. Any tiny shred, and I led myself down a hurtful path. Even though I should have known better- my levels were falling. There was pain and blood and scans, but still i hoped.

From the information you gave I really think you've nothing to worry about at all. Best of luck Flowers

Jodie1982 · 23/07/2016 21:49

Sorry I don't have any advice but I just want to wish you all the best wishes Bean.

FlowersChocolate

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Thebean123 · 23/07/2016 21:20

Well I won't know anything until Tuesday afternoon so wish me luck.....and until then I will stay level headed and prepare for the worst and hope for the best :) x

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DownstairsMixUp · 23/07/2016 21:19

I had the light tests and I had something called a blighted ovum BUT taking that negative story away, my friend had something very very similar and she'd just got the ovulation dates wrong and she is now VERY pregnant and all is well. I know it's hard (especially from me, where it went tits up) But there ARE plenty of happy stories from this. Thanks

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Thebean123 · 23/07/2016 21:14

Oh sorry......she said she doesn't know why she jumped straight to blood tests.....she must have had an inkling or a feeling things weren't right based on how faint my home pregnancy kits were.

I would love to still have some hope but I feel like I have way less "pregnancy symptoms" now too. My boobs feel less sore, I'm not as tired etc. But all of that may be psychosomatic and in my head.

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Gardencentregroupie · 23/07/2016 21:11

FREE has a sensitivity of about 15. A hcg of 25 the next day is a decent and normal rise. A hcg of 42 2 days later is a decent and normal rise. I would go with the first doctors opinion for now. I see no cause for alarm based on the blood tests.

It's very odd to do bloods so early because the normal range is so wide. Hopefully by Tuesday you'll be a bit reassured. Flowers

NervyBuyer2016 · 23/07/2016 21:11

Sorry, I meant why did she take bloods in the first place? X

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Thebean123 · 23/07/2016 21:05

Well she took my blood the day after 2 positive frer tests (Wednesday) and it was 25. Took it again on Friday to check it was rising and it was 42. I was told by a different dr at the surgery that it was fine. The original and MY dr then called me this Monday and said it wasn't fine and she was expecting to see results in the 1000's. She then said she would take more blood in a weeks time so that is this coming Monday. To see the levels getting lower like she has predicted I guess x

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NervyBuyer2016 · 23/07/2016 21:02

Op, I don't know what your doctor is playing at- it is far too early with those results to call it just like that.

I may have missed it but why are you having bloods taken?

Please let us know how you get on this coming week, I really think there is SO much hope left, please don't think it's over yet xx

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Thebean123 · 23/07/2016 21:01

See I keep getting and reading conflicting "normal" hgc ranges. I wish this bloody nightmare would stop I really do. This being in limbo is literally killing me. I feel like the last few days I have come to terms with the fact that I will be losing a baby I very much want and crave......and now I have a sneaky hope that this all could just be a nightmare for no reason.

Roll on f***g Tuesday!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Gardencentregroupie · 23/07/2016 20:56

Wtf??? Is this your gp? How weird that she's talking medical management for a very early pregnancy with utterly normal hormone levels. Honestly the range of normal hcg levels is massive:

3 weeks
0 to 5

4 weeks
5 to 426

5 weeks
18 to 7,340

6 weeks
1,080 to 56,500

trumpybum1 · 23/07/2016 20:55

Keeping everything croseed for you and hoping for good news xxx

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Thebean123 · 23/07/2016 20:53

Thanks ilikegin :)

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Thebean123 · 23/07/2016 20:53

Yes gardencentregroupie......I'm in the uk. Thing is I got the impression that my dr has already decided this pregnancy is doomed. I asked her when I was to expect the mc bleed and she said if it doesn't occur naturally then she will refer me on to be medically managed and induced into mc. If the levels aren't in the 1000's I feel like she wants to take that next step

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Ilikegin · 23/07/2016 20:52

Sorry I jumped the gun a bit I didn't see some posts! I hope it works out for you OP! Flowers

Ilikegin · 23/07/2016 20:49

Mine looked like that after two weeks conception OP I went out and about a digital one which said 1-2 weeks pregnant rather than trying to see the very faint line! I then dos another two just to be sure!!! Grin

Gardencentregroupie · 23/07/2016 20:46

Tbh your hcg levels could still be below 1000 on Monday if they're doubling every 72 hours, which would be perfectly normal. Do you mind if I ask whether you're in the UK?

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Thebean123 · 23/07/2016 20:40

I so hope that you're right and that by some miracle by Tuesday afternoon (when I have mondays hgc test results back) they have jumped into the thousands and all is well. But if not I just want to get this mc or bleed over and done with. I can't stand the waiting and not knowing. Surely I should have miscarried by now??????

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Elllicam · 23/07/2016 20:39

I don't think all is lost either, will keep everything crossed for you.

Gardencentregroupie · 23/07/2016 20:37

Your hcg would be in the thousands if you were several weeks pregnant. I'm guessing the doctor was going by your last period. However you only had the faintest of faint lines a couple of days before the test so I would guess you had a strange cycle and ovulate much later than normal, so you are only in the very early stages going by ovulation date. Dating by period is a bit useless for cycles that aren't exactly 28 days. I'm not promising anything but going by your dates and numbers I definitely don't think all is lost yet.