Faint lines, positive digital, late period and history of eptopic.

[Sunflowerbby]

Hi all,

What a long title ? I know!!

I guess I'm after any kind of reassurance from anybody as I'm going insane.

Here's the scene -

So my period is regular and averages 29 day cycles each month. I've been tracking to avoid pregnancy for years.

I have had an eptopic pregnancy many years ago and did not lose my tube. Details are limited as I. I don't know how far along I was etc but I had faint positives.

I have gone on to have two healthy children since then. Both times strong positives before a missed period.

So here I find myself wondering what is happened. I am currently on cycle day 33. I tested for pregnancy on cycle day 28 and got a very faint positive, I retested on cycle day 29 and was negative. I wondered if I was having an early miscarriage. Both time I used first response.

On cycle day 30 I tested again and got a faint positive again like on day 28. So I took a digital test and it came back negative.

Cycle day 31 I took another first response and got a faint line still. (I know I sound crazy testing daily but I feel crazy). Later this day I took another digital and it came back yes+ so I took a clear blue digital and got a 1-2 weeks pregnant.

I did not test on cycle day 32. But I have had constant cramps on my left side and very low abdomen.
I feel like something isn't right so I book an appointment for Monday to see what's going on.

Today - cycle day 33. I take another test to get only a very faint positive again.

Given my history and the fact my tests aren't getting darker I feel like surely this isn't going to have a good outcome.

I guess I'm here because I feel alone and anxious as I wait for the drs appointment also knowing I'll be sent for bloods and at 4+4 weeks I doubt a scan will even determine the location of this little bean yet.

Has anybody experienced this and it not been a miscarry or a eptopic ?

I got strong lines with my ectopic - usually with ectopics your hcg is higher than a pregnancy in the right place- so faint positives wouldn't necessarily suggest ectopic. In fact might suggest the opposite.
Part of the problem might be testing so frequently with different brands of tests. Especially if you were doing them at different times of the day. Hcg doubles every 48 hours and is the levels vary in your urine depending on how dilute it is.
A scan would be unlikely to see anything so early. My EPU said a scan at 6 weeks to determine location of any future pregnancy.

Interesting my previous eptopic was also faint lined tests.

I have used only first response tests and then of course the clear blue digital.

I was also reading faint lined tests are common in eptopic because you actually do have lower levels of HCG.

I should also note that all my tests have been first morning except my positive digitals I did late AM. I collected sample in a cup and used the same sample for both of those.

I've always been the type to say a line is a line congrats. But something feels very different about this time for me compared to my two successful pregnancies. I also got early scans with both of those because of my history and I wasn't the slightest bit concerned for either.

Hopefully this won't have to drag out as long as the first time I went through this because I'm not sure my heart can handle the trauma.

I will come back to update I guess in case anybody reads my thread.

Thanks

Fingers crossed for you. I have to say with my losses I just knew something wasn't right. There is something to be said for instinct.

@Sunflowerbby so sorry you're going through this and sorry for your previous ectopic 💕
I really hope this one isn't but definitely with your history best to get checked!
I've had a few early losses where I had faint lines that didn't get darker then started to fade and then I started bleeding but it could also be fine and just that the hormone hasn't had time to double yet.
For a moment I thought I'd posted this (morning brain) it until I saw history of ectopic in the title as I'm massively overthinking my faint lines bleeding and (sorry tmi) diarrhoea atm 🙈
I really hope you have a good outcome, is there anyone you can speak to or see today? To check and out your mind at rest? 🤞🏻

@Literaryseed ive been looking at symptoms of ectopic this morning coincidentally and everywhere stated low or slow rising hcg can be a sign of ectopic but some can rise normally so seems quite common for it to be low I think. Sorry about your ectopic 💕

@Literaryseed thank you! I'm on a strict testing ban and leaving it to the drs from here onwards. I hope that this is just something different and new and that it's going to be a positive outcome but I think you're right sometimes our intuition is just spot on.

@firsttimemummy321
I have an appointment after work tomorrow at about 3.30pm. It was the earliest I could get in to see my gp. I will see what they think!
Yes my first thought was that I had caught a chemical pregnancy and I expected to see my faint line disappear followed by bleeding. This hasn't happened yet. I was just chatting to my DH and mentioned I feel like something is off and then it occurred to me perhaps this is another eptopic and I guess I am grateful that there's time to intervene before things get really scary!!

Also I sorry for both of your losses