Is this chemical…

[Boymamaxx]

Hi,

TTC no2

top test yesterday lunch time 10DPO
middle is SMU today 11DPO
bottom this tonight’s test on a 2 hour told

Ive had a chemical before my son, just notice tonight’s isn’t as dark. Yes I know 48 hours HCG but has anyone else has fainter in the evening and then gone on okay?

Great lines @Boymamaxx !
It's my first time in this situation and I know very little details on tests... I would imagine that the GP will pick up what needs to be done for GD straight away, as having it previously immediately puts you in the risk group.

Otherwise I'm feeling ok, a bit tired (but that might be from not sleeping well due to over excitement - woke up at 05:30 this morning, what's wrong with me!?).
I have period pains almost all the time, but I've had them for days now, so I'm not worried.
My boobs are so sore, they hurt when I go down the stairs (their natural size is S/M, now they're M) and I'm also suffering from constipation, which is terrible combination with the period pains.
I don't know if it's my uterus or if I need to pass gas (sorry for the details🙃)

@Hopinghonestly I was passing outside my GP surgery yesterday, said I had a positive pregnancy test and asked what to do and the receptionist gave me a website to fill in a form and the midwives will get in touch in due time. I guess like you said, probably in a couple of weeks

Congratulations ladies.

prev GDM usually requires retesting at 14ish weeks and your midwife will refer for that. Most places you can self refer online

SO happy with yesterday morning VS tonight’s test.. start of a dye stealer!

@Nina7 everything you said is absolutely the same for me!! Are you going to book an early scan?

I did an online form with GP and my prescription is waiting at the pharmacy for me for my folic acid! Once I’ve had an early scan I’ll contact midwife’s and in the mean time plan to check my blood sugar levels until I contact them!

Also got this Saturday evening!

Oh, amazing @Boymamaxx !!!
I only talked to the receptionist at the GP and she just gave me a contact for the midwives at our local hospital, which was an online form... I'm now waiting for them to contact me so that we can arrange the next appointments.

I've got no experience with what the pathway is. Is an early scan an extra thing you can book or is it the 12-week scan?

I've left quickly this morning so didn't have the time to get my cheapie dried out, but that was the progress until yesterday...
I might do a proper test for the pleasure of the dye catching ☺️

Lovely looking lines!! Did you do a more expensive test?

I contacted the midwife team yesterday, we have to just call here. They’ve booked in my booking in appointment for 20th October. Normally this is 8 weeks but I’ll be 9 weeks. They’ll take blood draw abs just run through family history/prev pregnancies!

I've then booked an early scan (these are private) at 6+6 which is 5th October. Hoping all goes well and suddenly very nervous again! With my first, I had private scans every 2 weeks until I could feel more regular movements.. hoping I’m not so anxious this time as they’re £75 a time!!

Oh, yesterday I got an appointment with the midwives also on the 20th of October!
It feels like it's aaaaages till then!

I haven't done another type of test, still doing my daily cheapie, lines are kind of getting darker but I think they're quite cheaply made so I don't think they'll ever go very very dark!
But they still reassure me.
I've ordered one from Amazon that's got different lines with different sensitivities for different weeks, so I'll do that when it arrives (I guess it's like the digital clear blue, but one you can see the different thresholds).

I also just looked up private early scans in my area, there is one just down the road, it's £97!😣
I feel that now I've got enough optimism to not be needing that, but we'll see how next week goes, we might end up booking it. (And maybe there are also less expensive ones).

I try not to worry, I'm passed the point where I had a chemical last time, so now I feel that I should be optimistic and send that baby my most positive energy, if I don't do it, noone else will! So I let others worry and I'm just enjoying that I'm actually pregnant 😍

I enjoy watching videos on embryo development, I think it helps me stay positive.
Our babies will have a nicely formed spinal tube soon! 🙂

The fancy test arrived! I'm quite pleased, it shows what I was hoping for.
Two good lines T1 and T2, therefore 4-5 weeks, I'm halfway through the 5th now.

And a faint T3 line, probably because I'm halfway through the 5th!
Yay!

I'll also try it with tomorrow's FMU to see if the results are the same (out of curiosity!)

Okay so, I can’t tell you how FAST I ran to Amazon and ordered one of those!!

I’ve never used them before and looks nicer than the clear blue ones!

Im so pleased you’re enjoying it 🙏🏼 it will make it drag less! The 20th will come around so quickly, how funny we both have the appointments the same day!

I did the other one this morning, slightly thicker T3 line :) and a faint T4

Normal HCG levels vary so much week by week, that it's not exact science. But at least it shows HCG levels are high!

Symptoms still mild, tomorrow I'll have completed week 5 🤗

My Amazon man is one stop away so likely do tomorrow with SMU!

These are my 17,19 & 21 dpo tests and I’ve offically ran out (apart from the weeks ones arriving!)

My symptoms are tiredness (although not sure if that’s down to my 21 month old!?) and sore boobs! Last time my sickness started dead on week 6 so I’ve got another week left of feeling normal IF I get sickness again!

Amazing you’re now at 6 weeks ❤️ everyday is such an achievement in these early times!

Okay I couldn’t wait I was too excited!

Exactly 5 weeks today so pleased to see it hit that point!

ill do the second next weekend 🙏🏼

Excellent results!!
I'm actually 5 weeks as well (DD 25/5), I just have trouble counting the weeks! I get confused with when a week has been completed.
I complete week 6 (so I'll be 6weeks+0days) on Saturday 30/9 and I'm thinking of having an early scan the same day, £97 now seem worth it, if we are to exclude an ectopic, and maybe listen to a heartbeat 💓.
Did you have an early scan before? How many weeks?

Oh wow, my due date is 24/5!! ❤️

Yeah so I had an early scan at 5+6 with my son, saw his little heart beat but didn't get to listen until 17 weeks at the private place and then 16 weeks with NHS at midwife appointment.. it's the best sound 🥰 Im only having one a bit later this time due to childcare for my son, else I'd be there knocking on the doors on Friday 🤣

How are you feeling? Im starting to get nausea spells in the afternoon, I find Icelollies help as the feeling reminds me of the old hungover days and they used to be my go to 🤣🤣

Hi all
first post. I’m 43 . Been trying a year had a miscarriage at 8 weeks in June. Took 9 weeks for AF to return in between that had a faint positive which looking back now may have been chemical.
had another faint line this month on normal test followed by a negative on digital 2 days later. Waited 5 days then had negative on normal test. By then was 6 days late. AF has now started 8 days late.
looking for some inspiration from anyone who has gone through same. Hubby doesn’t know what to say to me. Feeling like time is running out fast.

@Oldandtrying23 , I'm really sorry to hear that, it's very difficult with miscarriages and chemical pregnancies... but if you look into threads either here or in the pregnancy section, there are amazing things that happen to women that had some very difficult times...
Maybe open a thread with a title summarising your experience, and I think you might get a lot of similar stories with very happy endings...

@Boymamaxx , I'll do again this multiple lines test towards the end of the week and if all lines are darker, I'll go for an ultrasound on Saturday (even writing this I get super excited!!).
I've read somewhere in the pregnancy forum that HCG has to be high enough to be able to see something... I've got no idea what my HCG levels are, but I guess that if all lines appear on this Accufast, it'll be high enough!

Ohhhh, so exciting!!

Symptoms-wise, I've got very little actually... only the sore boobs! Even the tiredness of last week went away, hopefully all is fine!
Now you've mentioned icelollies, I hope I get nausea to have the excuse for some 😃😃😍

Went for an early scan today - couldn't wait!

Should of been 5+6, measuring 5+2 with no heartbeat so could be 50/50 outcome but not feeling very positive!

Oh no, it's early for a heartbeat, no?
I'll go for a scan tomorrow morning, 6+0, and I'm a bit prepared on not seeing a heartbeat yet... at least that's what I'm reading in different places...

Heart develops during week 5 (I think so, tell me if you know better), so if it measures 5+2, maybe it's just some days behind, no?

I think I'd be very optimistic about it, considering everything was there and only few days behind...
How sure are you of the 5+6? I was doing the ovulation sticks, so I've got a spike there on the 2/9, but I'm not 100% sure how to count that... Because we were looking at IVF, I had a private scan maybe a week before the 2/9 in which the gynaecologist saw a huge follicle and said "you either just ovulated, or you'll ovulate any day now". Yet the ovulation sticks took another week to pick up a spike...

I mean to say that dating must be very confusing, so don't lose your hope!! Everything is going well 🤞🤞🤞

Aww hope all goes well 🥰🥰

I've done tests today like they suggest and still very positive and 3+!

I did some looking back and I counted I ovulated 1st sept, in fact that was my positive test opk day! So would of been 24-48 hours after that so may well have been 3rd sept - which puts me 6 weeks on Sunday. Then have to allow for sperm to meet egg etc so it may all be okay or it may not be! After reading online and looking at the scan photo, I'm hopeful!

I got last minute anxiety and booked when I should of known to hold off!

Please update on your scan tomorrow, I've got a good feeling for you!!

Hi @Boymamaxx ,
I did the scan and all is fine! In the uterus, saw a pole and a yolk sac and a tiiiiiiiny heart beat. I could barely see it, I saw it for a split second. The sonographer and my husband saw it better. It was a belly scan though, not transvaginal.
No other fluids or blood around, so I'm very happy about that!

The pole measured 3.4mm which brings me to 5+ weeks, but I think that's normal, as you say, after the LH peaks, it takes a while for the actual ovulation, then the fertilisation etc etc. 5+ is almost a week behind my 6+2 (based on period), so I don't think it's worrying.

I think you shouldn't worry either, in some days you'll also be able to see a heartbeat. Do they offer a free rescan if they don't see one? I think that where I went,they would offer that if they didn't see one. (Which makes me think it's also why she tried so hard to find this tiny one, so that we get it done :) )

Aww yay ❤️❤️
So SO happy for you!! I remember that first scan with my son making it so much more real!!

What date are you? I was 5+2 on mine. I'm feeling hopeful! I've been VERY nauseas yesterday and today, was very sick lasts night and that's what happened with my son and feel the same so hopefully all okay. No cramps or spotting (yet!)

So so pleased you saw a HB. Mine charges to go back and both me & my partner are sure we saw a flicker of one!

Yes, it was such a relief to see that everything is there and at the right place! And a big bonus to see a HB!

If you think you saw one, then it must have been there! Ours had to persevere a bit and I had to hold my breath to see it (else my movement was moving the scan).

In the report she wrote 5w0days (based on the 3.4mm measurement). I don't think that's a reason to worry...

It's possible that as they wouldn't offer a free rescan at yours, they didn't persevere that much!

So very lovely news overall!!! Despite your sickness 😬, all is going as it should!! 💕

I bet, such a good feeling isn't it and hoping we get that reassurance again Thursday.

The scan place we went to don't actually use certified sonographers, I went when pregnant with my son and felt it was just not run properly but they'd moved location to a new building and only place with an appointment so thought sod it, let's go must be better.

When I thought I saw the heartbeat, the sonographer stopped speaking funnily enough and then carried on. I don't think it was continuous enough to say viable. Me and my partner walked out and he said 'when he stopped speaking, im sure I saw a flicker' and we looked at my sons video at 6 weeks when we saw his HB and it was the exact same motion! Of course it may have not been but something just tells me i was correct in what I saw!

Mine tests are still dye stealers and a 3+ so 🤞🏻

Have you got anymore scans booked in? Or wait until 12 weeks now?

My test Thursday and yesterday and then my scan photo!

I think that as you say, there might have been something a bit dodgy with the sonographer...

Because if there is a heartbeat, there is a heartbeat, it doesn't matter how long you can see it for, no?
In these early weeks when things are so tiny it's impossible to get still enough views to notice the tiny dot flickering. I only managed to see it for a split second, the sonographer that I think is very experienced is the one the first noticed it and pointed it out, and then (after she pointed it out), my husband saw it.
I had to hold my breath for the probe not to move and concentrate in order to see it.

It's very sad that there might be some personal financial interests in private healthcare... and enthusiastic or worried mums, with money to spare on an early ultrasound can seem like an easy catch for some more money. It makes it so hard to trust people :(

I think everything will go great for you, well for both of us. Of course, I know very little about pregnancies, but is there really anything worrying? Everything is where it's supposed to be, no bleeding, no terrible pains... signs that everything is going well.

I don't think I'll do any other scans until the NHS at 12 weeks now...