Pregnancy after miscarriage - worrying about line progression

[RebTeb]

Hi all,

I’ve just found out that I’m pregnant again after a missed miscarriage in July this year. I am as you can imagine INCREDIBLY anxious which has led me to over-testing and analysing line progression. I know it’s not healthy at all to do this but it’s the only way I feel I have control over the situation.

I am 14 dpo today, had my first faint bfp at 9 dpo but thought it was an indent. Since Sunday (11 dpo) I have been testing daily with the easy at home strips. This morning, my 14 dpo test was really light which really freaked me out. I ended up calling my gp to say I’m convinced I’m having another miscarriage. They have taken bloods and I’m waiting for those to come back tomorrow and will have a repeat test at the start of next week. I have to say my experience with the gp was awful, she spoke to me as if it was already confirmed that I had miscarried!

In the mean time though I went a bit over the top this afternoon and bought many different tests 😅 they are all showing really good positives. I also re-did my easy at home strip and this is now darker.

I’m getting myself worried because even though I’m getting positives I’m not sure the line on the easy at home strips is progressing very quickly and the faint one this morning has worried me. I guess what I’m looking for is a bit of reassurance?

Here is my easy at home line progression, clear blue ultra early progression and a pic of all the tests from this afternoon 😅

any thoughts would be really appreciated!

Thank you!

I think you need to take a step back and chill. I understand the worry of another miscarriage as I had a mmc in April. But you've rung the doctors over a light positive test. You could just have drunk more liquid the day before etc.
A darker test doesn't necessarily mean a healthy pregnancy.
Step away from the tests. You are pregnant and unless there's bleeding/clots or terrible pain you don't need to worry

Hi,

Thank you for coming back to me I appreciate it. I know how intense I’m being, I just can’t help it. When I read it back it seems ridiculous, it’s just to hard to relax.

The problem was, I contacted the gp because I wanted to get some reassurance, for them to say pretty much what you said to be honest. But instead she treated me as if I had already miscarried and was telling me what to expect over the next few days in terms of bleeding etc. so I came out of there just feeling awful and spiralled in the afternoon!

I am going to take a break on the tests though!

I find it very helpful to use the digital tests that say how many weeks and take them weekly to check the hcg levels are rising. Then go and pay for an early scan privately at 6 weeks

The gp called me today with my hcg results and told me my level was 152 and that she believes the pregnancy is not viable? I’m so confused.
I don’t know she can tell me that from one blood test with no comparison?! I have asked for an appointment at my local EPU and am going there tomorrow for a second blood test to see..

When was your last period? 152 is good if it doubles. Epu is much better than gp. Internal scan won't show anything unfortunately but they will defo take bloods xx

Internal scan will show something from 5weeks.

Hi, thanks for coming back to me. It was the 29th September so when they took the bloods from me I was 14dpo / 3 weeks and 5 days. Still so early. I just can’t believe she called me and said it wasn’t viable based on that?

I don’t know anything at all re hcg and blood tests but I would probably ignore what she says and get repeat bloods to see if there’s an increase in hcg - unless you’re willing to wait a week, which I can understand you’re not! Maybe she thought not viable as it’s so early? Have you taken a test this morning? Have you tried a digital one?

Morning, going to take a morning test shortly. Haven’t done any digital ones, but I will get the results from my bloods this morning back this afternoon so that should give me a good idea of what’s going on!

good luck

@coldsore that's not true. I've been 6 weeks from my last period and couldn't see my son. Also you can only see something on the scan if your hcg levels are over a certain amount.

152 is good for that range. Honestly try not to stress and she must of thought the levels were low but they aren't at all for your gestation I would defo see if the hcg doubles tho!

Please keep me updated. Good luck xx

Good luck. As.if she said that based on one blood test. You're GPs doesn't sound to be the greatest from what your saying. Hope your not stressing too much.

Hi all, thank you all so much for your advice and support. I’ve just had my bloods back now and hcg has risen to 332 so over double in 48hrs so really good news for today! They said they would like me to go back next Wednesday for another another draw and if the levels are high enough I can have a scan on the Thursday or Friday!

Hi @RebTeb, how did this work out for you? My tests are looking the same. They don’t seem too much darker than 2 days ago, so a little worried? Thanks

Hi @Aleo9977 - everything worked out fine in the end! I’m currently 30 weeks pregnant and due start of July! It’s so difficult not to obsess over the tests and lines but if I could go back now I’d tell myself not to get too hung up over them and definitely not take so many! How far along are you?

@RebTebhi how did it work out for you?

currently in the same situation with my tests 14dpo and no real change from 12dpo

Hi @Skyr1,

Sorry to hear you’re going through a similar stress. I gave an update on here at the end of April as someone else had asked the same thing and everything worked out fine!

I’m about to turn 37 weeks on Tuesday so am due in the next few weeks! I think I said in my previous post, but if I could give one bit of advice to myself now it would be to have not obsessed so much about line progression as I drove myself mad with it. I know that’s easier said than done though. If you can, try to take a bit of time off from the tests? Remember that 14 dpo is still so early so if your urine is more diluted from one day to the next it’s going to make a difference to the lines!

I hope this sort of helps and good luck!

@RebTeb thanks really glad it worked out well for you. All the best and good luck with your newest arrival :)

@Aleo9977 how did you get on?

I’m now nearly 11 weeks pregnant and just waiting for my scan which is in 10 days time. Honestly, as above, but try not to be so obsessive with line progression when it’s so so early. I drove myself mad in the first few days and ended up not testing for a while, once I did again I got dye stealers and could finally put my mind at rest. Since then everything has been fine and no other worrying symptoms. I know it’s so difficult but if you can try and lay off the testing for a few days and wait until your hcg has had a chance to rise enough that you will see a real noticeable difference on the tests. Hope everything works out for you xx