Am I having a miscarriage?

[soapy27]

I had a missed miscarriage in August last year, it was pretty devastating and I've been struggling with depression and anxiety since. We've been trying again for five months and its been pretty emotional so you can imagine our joy when i had a BFP on a digital clear blue test on the Tuesday just gone. About 2.30 this morning i woke up with a belly ache and went to the loo to find i was bleeding. Went to A and E and they did a HCG test and said the level was five and while i was there the bleeding stopped. I was starting to get hopeful but it started again not long after leaving the hospital and has been going ever since. Its not heavy at all and I have a mild stomach ache but its not even as bad as a normal period.

I think a HCG level of 5 is really low and i think it would have had to be higher than that to be detected on the clearblue test on tuesday so i think that must mean my levels are dropping which points to a miscarriage? Anyone agree or disagree with my reasoning?

I'm going to try and get into EPAC for a scan on Monday but they're closed over the weekend. Just want to know if theres any hope or not as I'm feeling pretty hopeless and devastated, is it possible that I'm not miscarrying??? Or should i protect myself and not get my hopes up that everything is going to be okay?

Big hugs.

Prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
Nag them til they see you. I'm sure I read if a woman has miscarried before the very new nice guidelines say they should be prescribed something (aspirin/ progesterone) when they are pregnant again.
I will stand corrected if someone knows more however I wouldn't be writing it on here if I wasn't 98% sure.

It really could be either way but maybe check out what can be done so they can't fob you off.

Has it slowed or stopped?
What colour is it?

I’m so sorry. I have been where you are and I understand. My obstetrician told me she has seen hcg numbers not doing what they are supposed to, several times and things worked out ok. She had a huge amount of experience and was telling me the truth but I just knew myself deep down that it wasn’t to be.

It’s very hard on you after what you have been through.

I’m sorry you are going through this and just wanted to wish you well x

@Ellie5341 thank you for replying!! Can aspirin or progesterone potentially stop a miscarriage? It's kind of been the same rate all day but then maybe slowed down a bit this evening? It's been red today and there was some dark red on friday night with tiny little bits. I haven't passed a clot or anything yet and from what I've read that should happen if you're misscarrying? I did another digital pregnancy test this morning and it said not pregnant so I kind of decided i must have miscarried.

Hi @3luckystars thank you for your comment. Sounds like there is a little hope from what your obstetrician says. Like Ellie says I feel pretty well prepared for the worse tomorrow as my partner and I have been grieving pretty much all weekend as we didn't feel like there was any hope at all with all the bleeding and low hcg numbers. But maybe there is, I will let you know what EPAC say tomorrow. Thank you again x

@soapy27 sorry about the test, it sounds like sad news, sorry to hear this.

After my mmc I researched so much and there are lots of people who have Mc but on this. If I'm lucky enough to get pregnant again I wanted to 'do something' to help and this is what kept coming up for lots of women.

Let us know how it goes tomorrow.

Hi everyone, thought I'd post an update as I know I've found reading threads like this pretty useful. Had a phonecall from EPAC this morning, they said that they treat a HCG level of 5 as negative for pregnancy and coupled with my negative digital test yesterday that pretty much confirms a miscarriage. They said if I start bleeding in the next pregnancy I can get progesterone prescribed by my GP she also said there's no point in doing any fertility tests but I could get some basic blood tests done through my GP to test for thyroid function etc so I think I will do that. She couldn't tell me why it happened and she said it doesn't mean I can't have children and that the next pregnancy might be completely fine. Can't really decide if I'm okay or not, I've just spent a lot of money on conception supplements and have been researching how to make my progesterone levels higher. I just wish I knew what I could do to prevent this happening again.

Thank you for speaking to me ladies, its really helpful being able to speak to people in similar situations. @Ellie5341 sorry to hear about your MMC and good luck to you for getting pregnant again.

The obstetrician told me that progesterone will hold things if you are low in progesterone, but they won’t hold a pregnancy that isn’t meant to succeed (like chromosome issues) if that makes sense. I would have the progesterone ready to take if you decide to get pregnant again.

I’m so sorry I know what you are going though, it’s so hard x