TTC after miscarriage - still testing positive

[Forest27]

Hi all!

I miscarried 2 weeks ago at 8 weeks after seeing a baby and a heartbeat on the scan 😩 the baby was measuring behind, my HCG levels weren’t doubling and I spotted throughout so it was expected but still so heartbreaking when it happened.

Does a test need to be negative before you can TTC again? I’m still testing really faintly positive which is really frustrating as with my previous miscarriage I tested negative quite early! I’m probably being really impatient but it’s so hard, I feel like I can’t close this chapter until I’ve had a negative test and really want to start trying again 😩

Is anyone else in this boat or had similar?

@ttcthoughts so sorry to hear this! It’s incredibly painful to keep seeing the positives. It felt like the longest time for me but in the end took just over 2 weeks. Started miscarrying on the 11th and negative 27th. Think I ovulated pretty much straight after as well x

@Forest27 thank you so much for sharing with me. It is soo incredibly painful today was the first time I re tested. On cd16 now and I don’t think I have ovulated I was debating to go back and track for a month xx

@ttcthoughts no worries at all, happy to talk about whatever you want to know if it helps ☺️

how dark are your tests? Mine were so faint for a while but it felt like ages so I really feel your pain, it’s awful. really hope you get a negative test soon so you can move on. It feels like you can’t move forward doesn’t it x