Faint positive after miscarriage....pregnant again?

[weebleswillwobble]

I very sadly had a missed miscarriage at the and of May (started miscarrying on my Birthday of all days), miscarriage 'completed', for want of a better word, on Monday 3rd June, and by the Wednesday I had stopped bleeding. I took a pregnancy test on Friday 7th and got BFN. We DTD a few times since, and also taken pg tests since (I think to get myself to accept that the miscarriage had happened. Silly really), and both times got a negative.

On Saturday I felt a very strong wave of nausea. Did a test on Saturday morning on a cheapo pregnancy strip, and got a very very faint BFP! It was barely visible. Of course, completely freaked out and took 4 more (!) - all the same. Incredibly faint, but there. Convinced myself they must be evap lines, but took a first response this morning and without a doubt, although still faint, two lines. Took two more cheapo ones too, and the line does seem to be marginally darker than yesterday's.

I couldn't be, could I?

It must be residual hcg, mustn't it?? Is it even possible to get pregnant so soon after mc?

Any wisdom / rational thinking / experience would be gratefully received. I've whipped myself up into a frenzy over this - the not knowing is making me crazy. Seems particularly cruel since it was only the other day I was in the am I / aren't I miscarrying limbo. Serves me right for obsessive testing I suppose.

Hi

Going by what you have said about your MC (so sorry for your sad loss) and your BFN s after it had all ended...if you are now getting BFP (however faint etc) you are now newly pregnant! Congrats and get yourself a GP appointment as you will undoubtedly have some questions and worries and may want an early scan reassurance referral!

I have had 9MCs and I have never gotten a BFN and then weeks later BFP with any of them. If you get BFN it is because you have too little HCG in your system for a HPT to pick it up. Now you are getting BFP as the HCG levels are rising...that can only happen in pregnancy!

Hi Weebles, sounds like congratulations are in order!
I ovulated and conceived 14 days after the start of an early miscarriage at 6 weeks last year so it's certainly possible.

I would say it absolutely sounds like you are pregnant! Many women who have a MC find they catch again almost straight away because their body is all geared up for pregnancy already.

Congratulations!!

Thank you so much for the responses

Marbles I'm so sorry for your losses. Gosh you've really been through the mill. I really admire your strength to have gone through 9 mc and still are able to offer support on here.

That's really reassuring Irish, but so sorry to hear of your loss too. Looking at the dates I wasn't sure it could be possible, it's good to hear from someone who has been in the same position. How soon after you miscarried did you find out about the pregnancy?

Well, the latest development is that I took a cheapo HPT and a First Response at a reasonable time this morning 5am and got another two faint positives. First response was the same line as yesterday, if not slightly clearer. The cheap test is definitely clearer - still extremely faint, but this time barely visible in normal light, whereas the weekend tests need to be held by the window to be seen.

I'm trying very hard not to get carried away (both with the idea that I just might be pregnant, and with obsessive testing). It's so HARD though! I NEEEED to know!! Might try a digital today - nothing beats seeing it spelled out, but I can't shake the residual hormones counter argument in my head. It's never like this on films, is it?

I hope so happypinkpanther - this (possible) pregnancy would be totally impractical really, not impossible, but not ideal - but my heart is saying 'I WANT IT!!!'.

I'd risk it and go digital if I were you :)

Just to say like others, I had a faint positive 19 days after 1st day of miscarriage no. 3. I am currently holding my 3 week old son in my arms as a result of that line!

Right - digital test has been risked happy and got a 'Pregnant 1-2', which on the face of it should be a yey! but...

Can't quite shake the feeling that it could be hcg from the miscarried pregnancy. The pregnancy test post-mc I just sort of looked at but didn't study at great length - just, 'oh it's a -ive' and threw away. Could I have had a faint +ive that I didn't notice and it's still hanging around? The last HCG bloods I had done were on the 30th May, and were at 7060. The mmc was at c 5 weeks However stories like yours Yellow give me real, if tentative, hope! Congrats!

I tried to get through to GPs today for an appointment but the soonest they can offer is 2 weeks, so rang the epu who were absolutely lovely as always and suggested I pop in tomorrow morning for a blood test, then repeat bloods on Thursday. So I suppose by the end of the week I'll know either way.

Thank you all for your kind hand holding :)

That's brilliant that they are doing a blood test. I know you are anxious its left over hcg but I really think it sounds promising. My sister had a mc (8 wks but only detected at 12). She was preg again the next month and now has a beautiful boy xx

Well, the lovely nurse at epu phoned this afternoon with the results of the first blood test: HGC currently stands at 16. Unfortunately this doesn't sound good to me, since I got a BFP on Saturday - so the levels must have been above 10 then to get a positive result, meaning they have no where near doubled as they should have for a new pregnancy. I fear by testing so soon after mc I have whipped up this whole drama over nothing and now feel absolutely deflated. I suppose the results on Thursday will confirm

Sorry to hear that Weebles, fingers crossed for you x

Oh dear. I was thinking it sounded really positive... But keep your fingers crossed - the internet is full of people who've had experiences of things that 'shouldn't' or 'aren't meant to' happen...and they obviously do. There's a lady on here who said to me, when I asked something similar, that her levels NEVER doubled at any point, but she had a healthy pg and birth/baby. It's possible. I'd avoid getting your hopes up as you don't want to crash too far down if it's bad news, but keep those fingers crossed anyway; stranger things have happened.

Thanks for your kind words . Just got to wait it out until Thursday now. The waiting is agonising!

Horrible, isn't it. I hate that there's nothing they can do to find out. Got my fingers crossed for you. Tomorrow is Thursday, so you're getting there! Let us know if you can.

To all who have lost pregnancy I sympathise with u so much at this moment. I was 7+1 weeks on the15th June and lost my pregnancy 1 week later hpt were negative I was with a fertility consultant yesterday who done an internal scan and was able to tell me everything is healthy womb and ovaries free from any cysts fibroids positioned correctly however I have some polysistic ovaries -free from syndrome though so this will not affect fertility. It was so great to have someone tell me that now I just want to get trying again . God bless you all I know this has been the hardest time of my life.

Oh Sarah I'm so sorry for your loss. I completely empathise with what you say about it being the hardest time of your life. Just heartbreaking. Wishing you all the luck and sticky baby vibes for when you try again.

Just to update that I've had my 2nd bloods done this morning, but may have to wait until tomorrow for the results, as the EPU hold afternoon clinic on a Thursday so no them to phone results through to patients.

Didn't test this morning because I was absolutely fed up with all the line darkness comparing and fretting, but regretted it a bit later. So went out after bloodtests and got another digi, which came back Not Pregnant . So not looking good. Then again, it didn't use FMU, urine was very dilute after 2 glasses of squash, 2 coffees and half glass of water too, so maybe there's a glint of hope yet.

How pg would you be now, Weebles ? I'm hoping against hope that everything is ok for you as I know how hideously awful an MC is, but this is starting to sound very like mine, what with the faint +ves then turning to -ve. I too hoped that it was because of diluted urine as I'd drunk a lot (water!) the night before, but it just wasn't the case for me. Have you had any diarrhoea? Sorry to be so nosy, but it's just that was the first indication for me that something was wrong - I'm 24 and had never had diarrhoea in my life; I just don't get problems in that area, and yet all of a sudden I had it and it stayed for days. Confusingly, this can happen in early pg anyway, but it's also a symptom of mc, though obviously not all women get it.

Hope it all ends well for you x

Well, had the blood results which unfortunately had dropped to 13 indicating that this was not a new pregnancy but the HGC from my previous pregnancy hanging around. It all just seems a bit cruel, I sort of feel like I've lost this baby twice in a way. But got to look for the positives in that hopefully we will try again and be successful in our next pregnancy. But again, thanks to everyone who took time to write kind words. It really helped being able to get all my worries and hopes and fears out on here.

Aww hun :-( That's crap. Really sorry to hear your news and hope you're ok. It's awful, and I totally understand you saying you feel like you've lost the baby twice....but I think it's better this way than losing a NEW pregnancy right now if you know what I mean. Take care.

i understand what you mean about feeling like you've lost the pg twice.

I hope your body and you recover to normal soon. xx

Really sorry :( I hope things improve xxx