HCG levels after a miscarriage

[dorcas111]

Can someone please tell me how long it will take to get a negative on a pregnancy test after a miscarriage? I lost the baby on Sunday , and am still bleeding. I've had a scan and there is nothing left, but I just did a pregnancy test and it was positive. I just want this to be over so I can try again.

I am so sorry.

I think it very much depends on how pg you were when the miscarriage happened. Very early miscarriages resolve quite quickly but later on and it obviously takes that bit longer.

As terrible as it sounds, the fact that the scan can confirm everything has gone is a good thing as your body is taking care of this naturally.

It's such a difficult and horrible time for you.

Try to be kind to yourself and take it easy.

Thank you. I was six weeks and four days. I should probably have left it a bit longer to test, getting the positive result when I know I'm not felt terrible. I just feel desperate to be pregnant again, its unbearable.

I had a miscarriage at a similar time. Tests were negative a week later and I ovulated a week or so after that.

I remember that feeling of just wanting to be pg again. It had taken me so long to get pg in the first place that I was convinced it would take that long again.

We went away on holiday to recover from it all and a few short weeks later I was pg again. She's nearly 3 years old now!

It's such an isolating, emotional time. It's normal to swing from cross to disappointed to heartbroken. Remember you're grieving not just for the 6 weeks but for the life you planned for your baby. It takes time.

Perhaps test again in a week and do whatever you feel like between now and then. Keep busy or hole up in a cocoon for a while.

Take care.

Mine are abnormally long in coming down again - up to 3 mo... But I think this is quite unusual.

Sorry for your loss

Dear dorcas
you poor poor thing having experienced such a horrific act of nature - I had a miscarriage which was only discovered at the 12 week scan. It was just before Christmas 2007. I had the operation to remove everything, but had quite a bit of bleeding and clots for a couple of weeks afterwards. The best thing you can do is not do a pregnancy test. If you are worried that everything might not have come out go and see your GP.

I recommend getting some serious pampering in - go for a massage/facial or anything that you really enjoy. In my experience the less you think about getting pregnant again, the more likely it will happen quickly. I got pregnant again 6 weeks after the miscarriage - I had 1 period and then got pregnant, but I wasn't really trying. I now have 2 children under 17 months!

Having said all of this, I know how all consuming getting pregnant can become and also expensive with all the tests. I discovered this fantastic website that supplies ovulation and pregnancy tests to the NHS. They are mega cheap - the website is www.homehealth-uk.com You get 25 tests for £3.99!! The ovulation tests are particularly good - at least then you can see when your cycle is getting back to normal.

The only consolation for a miscarriage I think is if you imagine that the baby had three heads or something - ie wouldn't have survived in real life.

Hi Dorcas,

Sorry to hear about your miscarriage. I think it can take a little time for the levels to go down far enough for the test to be negative. I got a negative about three weeks after when I mc'd, so maybe give it another week or so.

The first few weeks I found really hard, so keep coming back here for support if you like. I can say (and not sure if it helps or not) that it does get easier with time, although I'm three months on now and I still think about it lots.

Hope you are getting lots of support in RL too. I'm sorry you're going through this

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Thank you everyone, I think I am not dealing with this as well as I thought, I've started another thread.