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Recent miscarriage, after advice

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Ellecm17 · 26/12/2023 15:00

Hi,
I found out I was pregnant on 11/12/23, I had an extremely faint line which I didn’t believe at first. I took a digital test that day which showed negative. I tested again on the 13/12/23 and got a darker pink dye line and also a positive digital test which said 1-2 weeks. I didn’t test again after this.

Going off my last period 7/11/2023 I would have been 6 weeks pregnant exactly on the 19/12/2023 which is when I started spotting. Obviously I was quite alarmed by this but thought it was just implantation bleeding or spotting which I experienced with my first pregnancy. As the days went on the bleeding got heavier and heavier and on 21/12 I phoned the doctors who referred me to the early pregnancy unit the following day where they did a pregnancy test which came back negative and they told me I had miscarried.

I’ve really struggled over Christmas to come to terms with this loss but I’ve put on a brave face for my almost 2 year old but I can’t seem to shake all these questions I’ve got. How could the test at the hospital come back negative when I’d tested positive on the 13th, I thought the pregnancy hormones stayed in your system for a while even after miscarrying. Was I ever actually pregnant or was all those tests I took false readings. In total I had 5 positive tests so I highly doubt that! Did I miscarry or was it a chemical pregnancy? Just so many questions 😢

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TheWeatherOutsideIs · 26/12/2023 15:02

I’m sorry for your loss OP.

a chemical pregnancy is deemed as one that was lost prior to 5 weeks. It can often be like a delayed period.

it depends when the loss actually happened as to the level of hcg in your blood and therefore positive / negative tests and their sensitivity.

you absolutely were pregnant and I’m sorry for your miscarriage.

Leannej1986 · 26/12/2023 21:27

I tested positive 1-2 weeks on the 18th December, and took a test every morning till the 22nd, all positive, I spotted on the 23rd and bled like a period yesterday 24th, went to a&e they did a test was negative said I'd miscarriaged. I'm still bleeding today, but still have all the symptoms of pregnancy nausea, sore breasts, I have a 4yr old so have had to put on a smile the last 2 days for his sake, but inside I'm crushed. So sorry for your loss too 😢

Ellecm17 · 27/12/2023 01:31

I’m so sorry you’re going through this too, it really is awful. Have you taken a home pregnancy test since? I’ve been told they’re more sensitive than the ones in the hospital.

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Leannej1986 · 27/12/2023 07:38

@Ellecm17 yes I did my own test just to confirm I wasn't and it was negative 😔

Riochinadog01 · 29/12/2023 16:47

Good evening I have just finished around of ivf which I got tow really good eggs. They put one back in and after 5 days which was the 12/12 . Then you have to wait 12 days to see if you are pregnant. on 24/12 I took a pregnancy test and it was negative I am truly devastated. Then I started bleeding on the 27/12 I kept taken test as I could not understand why I was not pregnant. since I have been bleeding I have had a horrible headache feeling sick and back pain. Could this be all the hormones I have been on making me feel like this?

if anyone has experience this it would pit my mind at rest.

thank you in advance 😊

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