Chemical yesterday, hoping for BFP next month

@Welliedays @HollowayL30 @Mummy120494 thank you ladies, that's really reassuring and helpful. Keeping my fingers crossed for you all!!

@mummy120494 thank you for your positive story... Fingers crossed I can say the same soon 🤞🏻🤞🏻

@ganderousgoose I only track on my app too and it must have been around the dasm time for me. We dtd every evening bar one for 9 nights (it was also put honeymoon 🙈🤣) and it seems we got lucky it.. I had implantation bleeding last Thursday which if ovulation was when my app said had me at 8dpo...so definitely around the right time!

@GanderousGoose Hello! So sorry to hear this happened to you! I was the same last month, I put the day I bleed into Clue my app for tracking and the day it said I was due to ovulate was the correct day! I did use tesco ovulation sticks and there were really good, I don't normally use them but wanted to see if the app was right and how my body was after but all seems good! It was only on Friday and we pretty much DTD 4 days leading up and every day after 😂 hoping it's worked and this one sticks this time! Hope your feeling okay too as it's such a horrible feeling knowing you were pregnant than to be taken away so soon 💐

@GanderousGoose hi sorry to hear your loss , I believe I ovulated just a few days after my usual ovulation but I just tested with ovulation strips every day after the last day of bleeding so I didn't miss it ! Good luck x

Hi everyone - I had a chemical this month. BFP 4 Aug, Digi confirmed 5th Aug, negative by 7th Aug and AF arrived 8 Aug, right on cue. Those of you who had chemicals and then successfully conceived the next month, did you ovulate as normal? I'm assuming that since AF was right on time, my cycle should continue as before. I don't track with anything other than an app. Any advice would be great as I'm keen to try again this month. I'm 40 and time is probably running out for me...

Hi sorry to hear about your loss I no the feeling all to well the same thing happend to me I was about 5 weeks when I stared bleeding heavily :/ was such a shock as I'd given birth to a healthy baby boy 6 months prior ! So wasn't expecting to have a CP but i guess it just shows it can happen to anyone! Was pretty devastating but got straight back on it with OH haha and fortunately fell pregnant again just a month after ! I'm now currently 8 weeks have seen a heart beat and everything is looking promising so just a positive story for you to keep trying ! :)

@littlebee1990 @sophi123 ahh good luck to you both.... And I'm certainly not counting my chicken yet. AF isn't due until Thursday, but my bleed started a few days after AF was due last month, so I'll probably be slightly more relieved if we make it to Monday without anything happening 🤞🏻 felt pretty symptomless today... If it wasn't for the 10,000 trips to the loo and the current heartburn/nausea I'd say AF could easily be on her way!

Fingers crossed for you @welliedays! AF arrived for me today so not successful month after last chemical. Hopefully won't be too long until I see two lines again!

@Welliedays 🤞🏼😘 Still no BFP for me since my CP but hoping it’ll come this year x

Hopefully a bit of positivity

I TESTED!! But please don't say congrats yet, I'm too scared it will go wrong again! I only tested because last night I convinced myself I was making up symptoms so I wanted to test so I could mentally prepare for AF arriving. Still not going to count her out, but at least I know I'm not making up my symptoms!

For those who haven't read back to the start, I had a chemical last month. I counted the first day of the bleed as CD1, I don't track ovulation at all, other than on my flo app... So not exactly accurate, especially after a chemical. Me and the husband dtd every night bar one night from 1st - 9th August and then again on 12th for good measure incase ovulation was late (but I felt I had post ov symptoms anyway). I think I had spotting on Thursday afternoon so today really was a slightly risky move, as my hcg levels may not be that high yet.. Let's just hope it sticks, I'm more nervous now I know it's positive than if I'd got a negative

@Marmite133 Aww congratulations, this is so reassuring! I keep saying to my DH that I'm not going to test end of this month just for the fear of either not being or the same thing happening. It's crazy as this is our will be our fourth and we haven't ever had anything like this happen, to be fair I'd never even herd of a chemical.l to recently. We're all positive tho and if it doesn't happen by September we will try again next year as this one there planning around my brother wedding in Australia and going back there to see his family so I'm not fussed if it doesn't happen by then as we can try again next year 😀 x

I really feel your pain ladies, after a 10 weeks miscarriage in Feb I've had 2 chemical pregnancies. Deep down I knew something was up as the lines were faint, didn't appear til late on, didn't come up in the time frame etc etc. After the first one I swore I wouldn't test early but I did of course and went through it all again. Don't beat yourself up if you test regularly like I did! I always see people saying 'don't test til AF is late, you'll just stress yourself out' but the reality is your stressed anyway so 🤷‍♀️
Anyway I got a bfp last week at 9 dpo (month after my last chemical) and the lines are getting stronger, temp is high and AF hasn't appeared today so it's looking a lot more promising this time 🤞
Best of luck to you all.

@Lille4 So sorry to hear that you had a chemical, I'm in the same boat.. we had a chemical last month and the excitement of haven't a 4th and final to then be taken away is the worst! However this month I've just got my ovulation peak yesterday which was only a day out from my app. So hopefully this month we get pregnant again and the little bean sticks. Are you guys going to be trying again soon? I was so worried that I need to have a proper period after but the midwife said that as long as we feel okay in trying straight away there is no harm! So good luck to you if you are, and looking forward to see your BFP 🥰

Yeah - another FRER this morning which was white as white :(. Ah well - now just need AF to come and move on to next cycle!

Ahh don't count yourself out just yet @Sophi123 remember implantation can be as late as day 12...and even if it was day 9 or 10 you levels might not be high enough yet even for frer. You're not out until AF shows up!! Keep positive

Thanks @welliedays for the optimism. Will try and leave it a few days to test, but I understand FRERs are pretty accurate at 11DPO so I think I should probably accept I'm out. No symptoms either. Just was so hopeful this month so really disappointed. Good luck to you all!

I wanted to give you some hopeful news! I had a chemical pregnancy last month and ovulated a bit later than usual (CD26). About a week ago I got my bfp and am now 6 weeks pregnant. Everything seems to be going okay so far and I have a midwifes appointment next week. Really hoping you all get your bfps soon!

@littlebee1990 ahh no, sorry to hear that.. But hopefully you're good to go now!! I do keep wondering if my spotting could be something to do with ovulation 🤷🏼‍♀️ but I do fee like I ovulated already so I'm really not sure!

I’m so sorry, it’s heartbreaking. I had a chemical pregnancy last month at 5 weeks and 3 days, it’s devastating. Be prepared for your cycle to either be normal or longer, mine just lasted 40 days and then AF got me, I am always usually 28 dahs and ovulate around CD16 but the cycle after the CP I didn’t ovulate until CD25! I was really hoping for a BFP after the chemical but hopefully this cycle will be my lucky one x

@Welliedays Thank you that actually makes a lot of sense x

@zippityzip a chemical pregnancy is classed as a very early pregnancy loss that happens when an egg is fertilized but never fully implants. They usually occur at around week four to five of your cycle (so usually around the time AF is due) so often go unnoticed as the bleeding can mimic a period - often, as the egg hasn't properly implanted you only see faint lines on pregnancy tests. There can't be a proper test to say you definitely had a egg trying to implant as ultrasound scans can't pick up heartbeats until 6 weeks (and in any case, it's unlikely that the fertilised egg would have a heartbeat as it's usually a bunch of cells at that stage). A miscarriage is once the fertilised egg has fully attached to your uterus and the placenta etc is all in place. Its kind of irrelevant what they are called I suppose as at the end of the say it is a loss following a positive pregnancy test, but I prefer saying chemical because as you say it sounds as though its not a real pregnancy, which to be honest I find easier to process. I hope this helps xx

I'm really sorry if this is insensitive or ignorant. What is the difference between a chemical pregnancy and miscarriage. I would have thought that 5 weeks is a miscarriage.
It feels as though the term CP makes it feel like "not a real pregnancy" when it was. Unless I'm completely mistaken.
Sorry for your loss OP I really hope your next BFP is sticky!

@mustbemad82 I don't think you can get to 15 or 16dpo 🤷🏼‍♀️ are you tracking ovulation? If not I'd say its maybe come later than you thought and it could be implantation. Implantation can last up to 3 or so days, so keep an eye on it.. If it was anything more I think it would already be alot heavier

@Welliedays started yesterday at lunch and maybe seen the discharge about 3/4 times since

I’m not overly sure about DPO- I’d say about 14/15/16 at a push