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Help needed! Positive test after miscarriage

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Bexsta101 · 19/06/2020 08:47

Hi,

Just looking for advice, I had a D&C 4 nearly 5 weeks ago. I was never told to take a pregnancy test afterwards but since reading on here I feel it might be best especially as we are trying again before I even get my period back. I've just taken one and it says pregnant 1-2 weeks. I've heard it can take a long time to get a negative result but just wondering how long it does take to get a negative result and is this a false positive. I guess the only way I can really tell is by taking another one next week but I think I will be stressing out for a whole week! We had sex again two weeks ago, how possible is it that a pregnancy test would show the results that early?

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Poppy10121 · 19/06/2020 10:41

Hi @Bexsta101 I really hope it's a new positive for you!

I had a miscarriage in April and I still got a positive pregnancy test for 4 weeks after, but it was a very faint positive by that point. I didn't use the digital tests that tell you a number of weeks but could see it wasn't a strong line, you could try a cheap style test to see how strong it is. Or as the dr said, just wait and see if it goes up next week - and hopefully it does!

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Bexsta101 · 19/06/2020 10:06

Thank you @Daffodil21 and @MrsTD88 for your advice. I rang the drs and they said it's unlikely to have any hormones left in my body but to check next week to see if it will change to 2-3 weeks. This is going to be the longest most anxious weeks ever! Luckily I'm still working so that is something to distract me.

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MrsTD88 · 19/06/2020 09:31

@Bexsta101 sorry you had to go through such a horrific experience. If I remember rightly back to when I had missed miscarriage and D&C it took about 2 weeks for my tests to turn negative. Then in 2015 when I had a very early miscarriage I fell pregnant with my daughter on the cycle straight after, I didn't believe it until my clearblue digital jumped from 1-2 to 2-3 a week later. My daughter will be 4 on Sunday! 💝 I would reccomend contacting EPU or GP to verify. Good luck 🤞🏻

Daffodil21 · 19/06/2020 09:00

Hi, firstly I am sorry for your loss. MC is such a shitty thing to go through so be kind to yourself.

I was told to take to a pregnancy test 2 weeks after my MC. If it was positive I needed to call the EPU so they could check everything had passed (it was negative). Mine passed at home though so maybe that's why I was told to take a test.

I then ovulated a week later than usual afterwards (so 4 weeks after instead of 3 - I have a longer cycle). I got pregnant on the cycle straight after my MC, so yes it is absolutely likely that you could have a positive test because you are pregnant again 5 weeks later. It could say 2-3 weeks because those digital tests are from when you conceived. If you ovulated 2-3 weeks ago, which would have been 2-3 weeks after your D&C, then it would show was 2-3 weeks.

I would probably call the EPU again and see what they suggest - good luck!

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