Help determining if I ovulated 6 weeks post D&C

[KittyFantastica]

Hi all,

I had a chemical back in January and my cycle immediately went back to normal. I conceived again straight away and lost that baby at 9 weeks, had a D&C for MMC at 10 weeks.

We've not been in the mindset to try again yet, but it's been six weeks since my D&C and I'm still getting faint positive pregnancy tests. I've been scanned twice - no retained products, no bleeding and no pain since receiving antibiotics for a uterine infection afterward. I had hcg 48 hour blood tests two weeks ago and the results were 327 and then 224 48 hours later.

I can't work out why the tests aren't negative by now. The NHS don't give out hcg blood tests easily and they've already shown the levels were coming down so they won't repeat. There's no chance it's a new pregnancy because we've both been unwell, and husband has been away for work three times, so we've only had sex a few times and we used protection. The last time was unprotected but it would be too soon for a new pregnancy.

I know my period won't return until the tests are negative and I wondered if I could ovulate while it's still positive, so I tested over a few days and got these results. There was no peak detected, however, I've missed peaks before because I seem to have a very sudden surge and I couldn't test throughout the day, only twice in the morning.

Do you think it's possible I could have ovulated?
I'm so desperate to have some closure. The not knowing is affecting my mental health and I feel time ticking by without even being able to make a choice about whether to continue TTC.

@KittyFantastica Hi I’ve seen you on a thread before sorry you’re going through this. It is possible you could of ovulated but it’s also possible that since your getting faint positives and if there is hcg remaining it would be interfering with your ovulation tests

Hi @Nbaby, hope you're doing okay.

Thank you, yeah initially it was obvious because I did a few LH tests to see if they coincided with the HCG positives I was getting. Both tests were due stealers, so I knew they were totally unreliable.

Any LH tests I've done since the HCG tests started getting lighter have been faint except the two where it says 'High' and then they came back down again. My positive HCGs have been squinter for over a week and a half now, so I thought the LH tests might coincide. Less HCG so fainter LH tests too, except for the rise that happened the other day.

I never thought I'd say it, but I've never been so desperate for a period to arrive in my life!