Very positive tests following chemical

[MrsBP15]

Hi everyone

Looking for either reassurance or reality checks but please go easy on the tough love…I have had the most ridiculously anxious two weeks!

I had my first FET on 7th November. Had some spotting a few days before I was due to test, cue first round of grieving as I’d assumed it hadn’t worked. On my test day (Friday 22nd Nov) got lots of lovely extremely positive tests, cue much happiness! Dr prescribed Lubion injections as I was still spotting a little. Cut to Tuesday 26th Nov when I had bleeding in the morning. It died out in the afternoon and then came back briefly on Wednesday 27th when I also passed a small clot. Cue grieving once again for the rest of the week. Our doctor is away and we are due to see her on Thursday for what would have been our scan. She asked us to test on Tuesday (tomorrow) as that will have been a week since bleeding. As I’m normally rushing in the morning to leave the house by 7am to get to work I thought it would be good to do one tonight to take the sting out of it and one in the morning would be less heartbreaking. Pink dye test is just as strong as all the others. Clear blue is still just as strong and cane up straight away. Digital is saying 3+.

I know tests can show as positive for a while afterwards but there is literally no change. Is there a chance? I know the only way to really know is a blood test or scan but I’ve never been in this position before with this being our first round so I’m very much a rookie. I’m also slightly losing my mind! Please be kind! Thank you 🙏🏻

Hopeful bump!

Sorry to hear about the anxiety you are going through. Don't be hard on yourself, bleeding is scary even though it is quite common. Did you ever get the beta HCG done? That's of course the best way to monitor, and if your clinic doesn't do them you can get it done privately.

What was your progesterone level before transfer? Ask your doctor to check it again and adjust the amount again if necessary.

From my experience, if the lines are still strong then hopefully it is holding up. I had an early miscarriage at 6 weeks and my first clue was the fading lines, which later a blood test confirmed.

Wishing you all the best 🍀

Thank you for replying @Serendipity24 i really appreciate it. I wasn’t offered HCG but wonder if Dr might do it when we see them on Thursday. We are with a very small, private satellite clinic which makes it a little less expensive (I believe) they don’t cut corners as such but it’s not like one of these big private clinics where it’s very belt and braces. I know deep down that I just have to wait until Thursday but I’m just feeling a bit all over the place with it! I think I’ve just been expecting to see at least a bit of fading on the tests, not necessarily stark negative but there’s no change at all and it’s been a week. I think having nothing to compare it to is tricky . I’ve been feeling a little nauseous when I wake up but I don’t know if that’s stress/tiredness. I don’t have sore boobs or anything but I know that’s not always a symptom for people. Not sure about progesterone but will certainly ask. Sigh! Sorry I’m just letting it all out at this point….Thursday feels like it’s v far away!

I had a FET and bled heavily one day and thought it was all over, fresh red blood! This was after getting positives and a private hcg but before the clinic scan. Got the scan and there he was flickering away, but I bled again randomly and the stopped. Bleeding in pregnancy is quite common but always worth getting it checked out, in my case they never found a subchorionic haematoma or any reason , but my son is 16 months old now :)

For me the only thing that gave reassurance was getting private hcgs, I spent way too much on those before the scan then private scan's before 12 weeks worrying about the baby 😅

If you're still getting strong positives despite a bit of bleeding it might just be what I had, keep doing those lubion injections to maintain progesterone (I had to have them too) and fingers crossed for you!

To add as ivf is anxiety ridden enough then the much wanted positive test brings new anxiety, look up something called the hook effect. It's when hcg gets too high and the tests can't cope so they look fainter. I had that and thought I was losing the baby and thankfully found threads about the hook effect, diluted my urine with half water and the strong lines were back! So just in case you're a serial tester like me and face this in a few weeks 😅

I don't want to give false hope but I'd be surprised if you were still getting positives a week after chemical, so its definitely a possibility it wasn't one and the bleeding is something else

Hi @MrsBP15 (I remember you from other thread) it may not have been a chemical. Bleeding is common in early pregnancy and especially IVF. The strong tests are a good sign as my experience with a chemical was they were light and never really got the dark and then just went negative! It's a pity your doc doesn't do HCG tests as that would give you a definite answer x

Thank you @Imisscoffee2021 thats really helpful. I think it’s the fact that it was just two short bursts rather than a few days of bleeding. The clot made me think it was definitely over but it seems that clots can happen if you’re pregnant. Thankfully I’ve kept up with all my meds including the Lubion injections as I asked if it mattered if I took them anyway and they said no and I think I just felt like deep down it’s not over till it’s over if that makes sense. I’ll see what happens on Thursday and will book HGC if one not offered.

Thank you @wateringcanface it’s so hard not to have a little bit of hope and as my husband says if we don’t have some hope why are we doing it at all? I’ve been surprised to learn how common heavy bleeding can be. My friend bled heavily for a week and I’m now godmother to her two year old son!

Hi @Daniki how are you? Yes the tests have been very strongly positive this whole time, we haven’t had any squinters. I don’t know that doc doesn’t do HCG she’s just away and not back till Thursday so we’re just having to wait. It’s a very small satellite clinic so we don’t really have the option to be seen by someone else. That being said it would have saved me some sleepless nights! I just cannot believe how up and down the last ten days have been, I’m exhausted!

@MrsBP15 oh I can imagine, it's so stressful! The waiting is insane too. Hopefully comes round quick for you and get good news but sounds very positive to me! I'm good, had an appointment with the miscarriage clinic so have more meds to add, going to try naturally and if no joy will do another FET in the new year! Best of luck 🤞🏻

Thank you @Daniki I’m feeling a little better today as I had a good night sleep last night and I just have to wait until tomorrow to get answers. That’s good you had an appointment and they are trying something else. Also good that you’ve got the option of FET if it doesn’t work out. Sending you much love and lots of baby dust ✨

Thanks @MrsBP15 and let us know how you get on! 🥰🤞🏻

@MrsBP15 how did you get on today? 🤞🏻

Hi @Daniki well we had a scan and it turns out I’m 6 weeks pregnant! It’s totally nuts! There is some blood still around the embryonic sac so we’re not out of the woods just yet. They said theres a 70% chance it will be ok, the embryo just needs to keep growing and fight the blood away. There was a tiny heartbeat 💓 so I feel like that’s a sign they are strong 💪🏻 got another scan in two weeks so just crossing everything until then and trying to enjoy the moment x

@MrsBP15 ah that's great 🥰 is that sub chronic haematoma then? Take to easy and I hope it all works out well that is great odds tho 🥰 xx

@Daniki thank you. I have absolutely no idea, what even is sub chronic haematoma? They just showed us where the blood was and measured it 🤷🏼‍♀️

Awwwww @MrsBP15 so pleased for you! Amazing news 🥰 xxx

Congratulations xx

Wonderful news!

Thank you all so much and thank you for your kind supportive words earlier in the week. I really do appreciate it so much and am so grateful to this community when I’m feeling lost 💕

@MrsBP15 im pretty sure as soon is there is a heartbeat you have a really good chance of everything being ok ❤️🥰

That’s really great news OP! Just to let you know I has a similar thing (sub chronic hematoma) and it turned out ok, there was a little pouch of blood, bled for about a day and it never happened again so keeping everything crossed for you x

Thank you @Cosyseason1234 the dr certainly seemed really positive about the fact there was a heartbeat 💓 so that’s something!

Aw thank you @Frenchie86 thats really reassuring. Did you get any spotting? I’m still getting a tiny bit of brown spotting every now and again but it really is minimal. I’m feeling super nauseous today so I’m hoping that’s just regular pregnancy stuff…