Odd pregnancy test results: happened to anyone else?

[SchnitzelVonCrummsTum]

I'm 12dpo and just got these results from the same wee - anyone else got bfn on digital and bfp on another (this one us FRER)?

I have a history of recurrent loss and I'm now convinced it's a chemical pregnancy as my hcg can't be over 25 or the digi would have been positive.

I had this at 8dp 5 day embryo transfer, so 13dpo. I'm currently sat in my car on my drive as that embryo is 7 months old and asleep in his car seat. The FRER are much more sensitive than the digital tests, so don't give up hope yet.

That's a clear positive on Frer. You're not due yet and lots of people don't get positive on digitals until they're due. What matters isn't how high your HCG is now but whether it goes up.

Nobody can tell you now that it's NOT a chemical but I think you'd be a tad premature to conclude that it was. Of course if it helps you to be pessimistic in outlook until proven otherwise, I totally get that. Good luck.

Ps the HCG threshold for digitals is 50 - it's significantly lower than frer.

Congratulations you're pregnant!!! That's not confusing at all. Digital won't show a pregnant result until after you've missed AF, usually around week 4. 😊

Thanks @FlipperSkipper - hope the former embryo woke up cheerfully from his nap!

@TiramisuQueenoftheFaeries - thanks for understanding my 'defensive pessimism' with pregnancy . Better to be pleasantly surprised than the opposite, especially with a history of it going wrong.

@Mouselove - yes, I should have waited til 14dpo I think. My luteal phase is 12 days not 14 so I think that skews my perspective on things.

I'm seeing my GP tomorrow so will ask her to run quantitative bHCG tests tomorrow and Friday to get a clearer answer re: the prognosis for the pregnancy.

Thanks everyone for answering kindly rather than just telling me to stop peeing on sticks, which was my DH's (justified) response.

That's a definite positive!! I did the digital tests on all 3 of my pregnancies which gave me a not pregnant after getting a positive on first response! Congrats!!

@SchnitzelVonCrummsTum glad I've stumbled across this thread!

Also had an odd result here today too! From the same pack of frers (3 pack) I got a light bfp yesterday, a light bfp this morning then a almost bfn (very teeny hint of a line) this afternoon!! Couldn't believe it I was certain it will turn into a chemical pregnancy and was devastated also due to recurrent loss.

Went out to the shops, spent MORE bloody money on frers, very dilute urine after not long going, and got a clear (still light) bfp again. So I'm assuming it was a dodgy test! I've decided though until tomorrow morning when I'll test again (god I need help) I'm going to assume the possibility of a chemical too.

Got digis to take which will hold out on for a little while if I make it over the next few days as my bfps are not as clear as your frer!

@Fia256 - solidarity in stick squinting! Sorry that you are stressed about it too. Sometimes tests just have different amounts of dye...

Pregnancy after loss is such a horrible mental experience isn't it. If you would like a buddy in this scary early days part, then I would like it too. I hope the sticks are in your favour tomorrow morning.

Oh yes @SchnitzelVonCrummsTum that would be lovely! Sometimes I feel as though no one quite gets how I feel so it's nice when you come on here and find others in the same situation isn't it!

Just done another test, still took a while for the second line to show and still isn't as dark as the control line but it is a clear line. I'm seeing it that each day a line is there is a good thing. No sign of bleeding either!

Makes you realise how blissfully ignorant you are to things going wrong before anything has done for you doesn't it. I think I probably won't really relax the entire pregnancy this time due to the last one being much further in!

Let's hope we both have a very happy and healthy 9 months

Wishing you both a very boring and uneventful 9 months. I'm hopeful I'll be able to experience that one day after my loss in February. 😢

Ah @Mouse bless you, I can totally understand how you are feeling. It's been a long long road for us so far, and I probably won't feel safe until I hit the 24 week mark (if we are lucky enough to even get that far)

I hate to be so pessimistic over it all, but I've learnt after each loss it's the best way to be (for me anyway)

Xx

Hugs @Mouselove. My first loss was a decade ago and though I went on to have 2 more I think the first - with its loss of innocence - was the absolute worst. You find yourself doubting whether you'll ever have children, which just feels unthinkable.

It took me 8 months to conceive again, only to lose it again and then a few months later again. However, I then went on to have 3 healthy pregnancies (which I was convinced I was going to lose), and this pregnancy (whatever it turns out to be) is my 7th. I used to hate the cliche about 'if you're going through hell, keep going' but it turned out to be true for us.

@Fia256 - how's the test consumption been today? I find it very hard not to panic and take more tests but it often ends up being counterproductive.

At least the last few days have cemented my opinion on the quality of pregnancy test sticks. To summarise:

Rubbish = superdrug value 20 MIU, Clearblue digi ;)
Pretty bad = one-step 10 MIU
Decent = access diagnostics 10 MIU
Good = FRER

I had blood taken for a hcg measure this morning but results not back by close of play today. Do you have a compassionate GP you can talk to Fia - particularly after having a later loss you could do with some support in this? Hugs.

It was again a mixed bag yesterday that didn't end well.

Woke up, did both a frer and a clear blue digi. A good clear (still faint) line on the frer and a "pregnant 1-2" on digi. Felt relieved.

Tested in the afternoon. Their is an outside chance it's down to my urine being diluted but I think that's me being hopeful more than anything. Only a very very light bfp. Don't get me wrong you can see it without squinting and in a dark light etc but it is noticeably lighter than the morning one and evening before.

Then panicked so broke out the Superdrug early on I bought the other day. Literally squeezed out another wee 10 mins after doing the first test and this was absolutely stark white negative. Not even a hint of a line.

So now really I'm just waiting to bleed. I'm not going to test again, it's been up and down since I got my bfp and I feel exhausted already by it. I sobbed yesterday then afterwards just thought what good is it doing worrying I can't chance the result so whatever happens will happen 😞

Praying I can get in to the drs in the morning to ask about a blood test but also about investigations as it's obvious this is now going to be the 4th failed pregnancy in a row.

I just don't get why it's happening. We had two healthy successful pregnancies, both of them were surprises!!! Then after that, boom. Miscarriage after miscarriage. So fed up with it all.

If bleeding doesn't start in the next 3/4 days I will test again but I highly doubt I'll have to worry about that xx

Aaaargh, you poor thing. I know that feeling so, so well. I have a list of things that doctors sometimes check for with RPL if you want me to post it? I hope you can get in to see a good, sympathetic doctor. Just feeling listened to and helped can make a world of difference when everything else feels so incredibly out of control.

Will post more later but didn't want to read and run. xx