A message to those naughty people who test too early and its negative then they fish test out of the bin the next day and its positive......

[Thandeka]

Yes I am one of those people. (Bad Thandeka!)

But this "positive" is a really obvious purple line not a faint one, and it is the right colour not a white evaporation line.

So my question is this:

If any of you have ever found yourself in same boat how many of you later went on to test properly positive or was it truly a false positive from reading it way too late!

(Am 32 days post an MMC so it may even be something annoying like residual HCG in system- although I was testing -ve from 14 days- but then I didn't fish those tests out of the bin)

Those ebay cheapie sticks never give me dark line until around 7 weeks pregnant! I think they are really bad things to use now, and wont be using them next month!

As yours are getting darker (slowly) its a very good sign, as that is what they do more than any other test.

Maybe crack open the big guns, then go docs to arrange things

Congratulations again xx

Thandeka CONGRATULATIONS again! Personally I'm holding out until 8 - 10 weeks before my first doctor's appointment. I figure there's precious little he can do to go against nature if 'things' do not go according to plan. (There, I managed to not pronounce the dreaded word!) Furthermore since after 8 weeks of viable pregnancy the risk drops to 2% .... I figure I might get an appointment for around week 10 (fingers crossed, of course).

What are you gonna do?

Interesting that I am not the only one having the "when to see the doctor dilemma"...Last time when I mc'd made an appointment for around 8 weeks and got an early scan and saw the heartbeat,etc. (we live overseas so early scans etc. are normal).
I sent my doctor a message to ask when I should come in, she said that I should come in when I am just over 6 weeks. The thing is ... I am nervous as anything about making the appointment, but if I want to get an early scan etc. I will have to see her
Here's to the beginning continual worrying! oh joy!

Because mine was a missed miscarriage at 10 weeks and potentially I was carrying a dead embryo inside me for 4 weeks (had a viable pregnancy scan at 6.3 weeks saw heartbeat and everything) I think I need to have a reassurance scan at at least 8 weeks to check there is a heartbeat(no earlier- past experience tells me no point and like Jardins said my risk massively reduces- although once you see a heartbeat on a scan (as I did) your risk is also supposed to be reduced but not by so much at 6-7weeks) In a way I was "lucky" in that actually started to miscarry naturally at the 10 weeks- went to A and E and was told emby had died up to 4 weeks before- at least I didn't have to have a D&C but I suppose if it happens again and there is no heartbeat discovered in an early scan I suppose they may decide to do a D&C which I don't really don't want but then the thought of knowing you are carrying a dead emby round in you and waiting for natural miscarriage is too much to bear either.

Oh crap that was a really gloomy graphic post. Sorry!

Basically I too want an early scan and will have to self refer to my hospital asap if that is to be the case as past experience says they need at least 2 weeks notice! So I think will maybe self refer at 5 weeks and hopefully get a scan at 8-9 weeks. May phone my doctor today though (she's lovely) and just let her know so at least it is on my records- am thinking if I have an early MC this time I at least want the medical proffesionals to know so my records support investigations or whatever if neccessary. If that makes sense.

Blimey I am proper looking on the negative side today! Think it is because I was so badly burned from my positive frame of mind last pregnancy - I was convinced I wouldn't miscarry because "bad things don't happen to me". Ha!

I understand all those emotions. It is nerve-wracking. I had a mmc too in March, I discovered it at the 13 week scan and I went on to mc naturally the same week. I had an early scan at 8 weeks which was a healthy strong heartbeat. The baby stopped growing at just over 9 weeks apparently, I think it was what you call a "slow mc" so the baby may not have actually stopped growing until much later but just was growing slowly IYSWIM.

I am going to ask my doctor about progesterone and baby aspirin when we go and see her. She said that we could talk about it once we see a heartbeat. She is very supportive and I trust her totally. Like you I also want a record if it isn't a positive outcome this is mc number 3 for me.

I think I have to remain in a positive frame of mind otherwise I will go crazy. Although we have decided not to mention this pregnancy to anyone until we have to.

Lots of virtual handholding over the next few weeks months. It will be fine (please!)

oh dear, just re-read my message.. I didn't mean to frighten you about having a scan at 8 weeks. The majority of people go on to have healthy pregnancies, it's just the very very unlucky few who don't.

Happybump don't worry I get it. It's all blimming statistics isn't it and whether you get to be one of the "lucky" ones. Some studies say a scan with heartbeat and your MC risks drop to 5% - so from that both of us were in the unlucky 5% (regardless of what week you were). So basically I figure the outcome is already pretty much decided in the ball of cells growing inside me- there is nothing I or anyone else can do to change it (well obviously not counting things like car accidents or whatever) so I am going to forget about the dumb assed statistics and just concentrate on relaxing and keeping the ball of cells growing and differentiating into something (when I say something I don't mean a kitten or a monkey- boy that would freak DH out- but also don't want to say what it will potentially grow into as not mentioning the B word at the mo.
Hence I always try and say embryo- as that isn't a B just a potential B. Nargh not making much sense today but is defo helping to blather on here!
x

Hi

I'm new to this forum.
This may be a case of so called evaporation line - once the test dried there appears a line where the positive line would be. That's why the manufacturers ask to disregard any results showing on the test after 10-15 minutes. Wait another day and test again.

IDS

Crack open the big guy, then call your EPU, think you can self refer, not sure though.

Hi IDS thanks but we are on positive tests in the timeline now-

Big guy may get cracked with FMU tommorrow.

YEY Thandeka, thats great news,
by the way not sure what the cheapy ones on e-bay are but DIVVY etc if you want a few in for lots of tests next month, I got cheapy ones from my chemist called 'am I?'
and theres another set in around same price range, can't remember what they're called, but my friend says these are the ones the chemist and the docs use when you go to them for a pregnancy test!

What did the big guy say?

Haven't broken the big guy out yet. Think I may do it as a special treat on the weekend I am 5 and a half weeks. Then it may tell me HCG is going up okay. But then again I read it can be wrong and that would worry me!

Oh and what annoys me about CB conception indicator is the battery doesn't last long enough for you to treasure your test forever like I do with all my other wee sticks (as you do!) as it goes blank after a day!

Good, try to keep positive