Slow rising HCG/clearblue digital stuck 1-2

[kitty1013]

I had a positive OPK on 3/1 and tested positive on a first response on 15/1. That same day I got 1-2 weeks on a Clearblue digital.
I am still getting 1-2 weeks on a digital. When I'm sure I should be ticking over into 2-3 weeks.
My first responses are getting stronger lines so that's good.(see the photo)
But I'm 44, and my last two pregnancies had slow rising betas (clear blue digitals very slow to change) and I miscarried both at 8 weeks. I had a successful pregnancy when I was 41 but I think since then my eggs have just got old :(
I don't know how to distract myself from obsessing about whether this pregnancy will last.
I am meant to be training for a half marathon and feel so conflicted about whether to carry on running or not.....
Any words of advice welcomed!!

Because it’s only three days since you got 1-2 weeks? (Sorry). Leave it a week after you took the first one and try again. Their ranges for determining 1-2, 2-3 and 4+ weeks are published, but also assumes a very average hcg doubling time - many women have shorter and longer doubling times hence why the accuracy isn’t perfect or a science

I agree, I'd overestimate when you are 2-3 weeks by a good few days and then test again. They are both not an exact science but also, have a very specific tipping point into the next well predictor! So a frustrating combination. Take it with a pinch of salt and give them a good margin of error. Your FRERs look strong. Hope it all goes well.

Sorry, I know I'm being impatient/over anxious. I wasn't like this before my miscarriages, I promise!
I'm 15 DPO that's why I'm worried it hasn't changed yet. But yes I will stop testing ...or try to!
Thank you both for answering.
Kxx

I didn't get above 2-3 weeks even when testing at 7 weeks. The tests are notoriously unreliable in relation to HCG levels. I'm now 14 weeks & all is well!

Thank you alwaysthinking xx

And is the consensus that I should give up running?(fingers crossed!!)

Definitely stop running if you feel conflicted about it, there's nothing wrong with nurturing yourself & sometimes that means cutting out stressful things!

I agree, if you've been running for a while it'll not cause any harm, but if you'll only worry about it I would just stop, even if just for the next 6 weeks or so.

Don't give up running. I played netball weekly until 12 weeks and ran a half marathon at 16 weeks.

Agghhh I know you are right Desmond but I just feel so unsure. At 44 I cant think I'm going to have many more opportunities to have a baby so I should be as careful as I can, especially after two miscarriages at 8 weeks (although I'm sure they were caused by genetic problems not exercise). However I have worked really hard to get my fitness up and don't want to lose it. But if I pick one I pick the baby. So difficult. Xxx

A healthy baby will stick whatever you do (within reason lol). It doesn't feel like that but it's honestly true. If a woman was to miscarry the day after a run or a netball match then they would have lost that baby even if they'd been on bed rest. Being fit and relaxed is the best thing you can do for your baby.

How about a compromise: keep running but don’t push yourself over long distances/up hills, just stick to gentle jogging - or switch to cycling/swimming for a few weeks so that you keep your fitness up.

The advise now is to continue with whatever exercise you are used to. Certainly no need to give up running if you enjoy it. Better for mum and baby and in the long term it makes labour easier if.

Thank you all for advice on exercise. I didn't make it out for a run today but I will tomorrow . I'll just take it slowly.

And my clearblue digital went up to 2-3 weeks this afternoon ! so I'm very very happy about that :) and so is my DH who had to go through a vasectomy reversal to get us to this point!!

Thank you all
Kitty xxx

Please keep us updated x

Kitty - so sorry for your losses but congratulations on this one. You’ve given me hope as I’m ttc #3 at age 41.5 and am struggling. How long have you been ttc in total?
With regards to the running, I know the general advice is to continue any exercise that you were doing before but personally I’d feel uncomfortable with running. Especially marathon training. Chinese medicine warns against it in early pregnancy as it exerts such a downward pressure on your body. Can you switch to swimming or even cycling?

Congratulations!

Running will be fine, but take it easy if you feel uncomfortable or unwell

Remember that the digital dating thing is a marketing / “bit of fun” feature - it is not a diagnostic test other than of the fact that you are pregnant. It causes so much stress when the dates don’t switch as you would expect by your own dates, but it is not supposed to be definitive

Desmond- thank you for being interested! I will update. The fact that I only got 2-3 at 16DPO will hopefully be reassuring to others if things progress ok. But I will keep away from the Clearblue digitals for a week, for my own sanity.

It's been cold, it's been raining....good excuses not to run quite apart from baby considerations!!

Sorry , posted too soon.
Little mimosa I've not been ttc too long- my husband had a vasectomy reversal in October, so since then. But I had two MCs at 8 weeks in 2016. And after that my husband had a vasectomy (during which I cried- I knew it was the wrong thing to do!)

I started quite late, had unsuccessful IUI and IVF in UK then had iVF in turkey which resulted in my first child when I was 35. Then I was lucky to have 4 further "natural " babies, the last of which I was 41.5!
So we are extremely lucky.
It's my husband who is now very keen on one more! (I am too but it's unusual for him!!)

I have a friend who had her two at 44 and 47. And another friend who had her last at 47.
Are you ttc your first? Xxx

Just wanted to check - you know that 2-3 weeks on a digital means 2-3 weeks from conception? So it equates to 4-5 weeks from the start of your last period? Hence it seems to be dating you dead on if you’re 16dpo

Wow a vasectomy then reversal. What a trooper he is:)
I’m ttc#3. Had my first two at 35 and 37 and a miscarriage in between them. Not proving so easy now.

Foreverlong- yes I know, I just thought I'd go up to 2-3 by 14dpo- maybe I was expecting a bit too much of its accuracy !

Good luck mimosa, how long have you been ttc #3? Xx

Kitty - about 18 months but not every cycle. So about 12 cycles.
Any tips and tricks for me?!

Littlemosa- sorry I don't have any great words of wisdom! I had my youngest when I was 42.5 and that was straightforward. It's only since then I can't get past 8.5 weeks.

Just keep going, you are younger than me. It might take longer and involve some trauma along the way , but you will get there in the end . I remember reading in a book somewhere a midwife saying getting pregnant in your 40s is a more difficult , but not impossible, road. Or something like that.

And my husbands vasectomy reversal surgeon said the fact I'd been pregnant successfully before meant I was much more likely to get pregnant again.

So basically all I have is hearsay, no facts! When I first had ivf as a mere 33yo I went crazy on all the supplements and I just haven't gone through that again I don't feel confident enough that it makes a difference (beyond usual preconception vitamins) But that's just me,!
Kxx

Can I ask how this turned out? I suspect I have slow rising HCG due to tests not getting darker for days on end. I’ve just had my blood test and I’m waiting for results.