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Oh bollocks. Can you see a line?

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Hurr1cane · 26/01/2015 10:05

Tell me this is some sort of false shit line please? I have been having regular periods, my last was around the 11th, but I've been slowly putting on weight around my stomach but I thought it must be because of christmas binging.

Anyway on Friday night I had a horrific pain in my stomach and it's all massive and bloated, I posted here about it and people asked if it was possible I could be pregnant and I said no.

I went to the emergency doctor who also asked this and I said no. I'm on the mini pill but do throw up a lot, but we don't DTD that often and we haven't been caught in over 3 years of being together so I just thought it must be fine.

But being a paranoid human I went and bought a cheap test from savers today 'clear and simple' and have just taken the test and thought it was fine but I looked closer and I saw this faint line. It appeared after 2 minutes.

It's very faint. Tell me theres other explanations for this? Please?

Oh bollocks. Can you see a line?
Oh bollocks. Can you see a line?
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ChatEnOeuf · 27/01/2015 10:34

Just found your thread - your HCG could well be in keeping with a normal, early pregnancy. Lots of things cause women to jump when they are examined, ectopic is certainly one of them so have a very low threshold for going straight back to A&E.

Don't worry about the drinking or the laxatives, very little passes to the baby at this early stage. Morphine is safe to give in pregnancy, but not liked as the baby can become hooked on it if it's taken regularly. A one off for someone in severe pain will not harm.

Bloating and constipation and feeling crappy are all the miserable hallmarks of early pregnancy...good luck Flowers

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Hurr1cane · 27/01/2015 11:01

Do you think so chat? I took another test this morning (I know I shouldn't have) and it was more pale than yesterday's. That said, the second test I took the day after I discovered I was pregnant with DS was barely visible at all even though the first one was taken in the afternoon and the second in the morning.

I need to try and put it out of my mind until tomorrow but I'm shit at doing nothing. I'm bored stiff and climbing the walls. I'm about to go for the second bath of the day.

DP won't let me go with him to get DS from school and I've only escaped out of the bed because he's fallen asleep after staying up with DS all night.

Apparently DS didn't care a jot about me not taking him to school and is taking it all in his stride.

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ChippingInLatteLover · 27/01/2015 11:27

Well, it's good news DS was fine with DP taking him to school! Long may that last.

DP is doing right not letting you go with him for pick up. You should be in a hospital bed, if you aren't going to be admitted then you need to do everything you can to look after yourself.

If it's not a pregnancy or if it's ectopic then you have every 'right' to be sad. Saying you don't because it wasn't planned is bonkers. You've got/had the possibility if a baby, which you never thought you'd have, either way, this situation is going to take it out of you emotionally and you need to be kind to yourself, DP needs to to understand and not just brush it under the carpet and you need to talk to someone.

Now, behave!!

KneeQuestion · 27/01/2015 11:29

Hi OP.

I hope this all works out for the best for you.

I don't really have practical advice, but I just wanted to offer support and say that i have a little understanding of the situation you are in from an emotional perspective.

Last october I found that I was very unexpectedly pregnant, like you I also have a disabled child and was not trying to conceive for practical reasons that you too, I imagine are aware of. Two days later I unfortuanately had a miscarriage. I think I can get the emotional ride you have been on, from thinking 'oh fuck' and thinking how you will cope, to acceptance, then the worry of your current situation. I understand your point about not feeling entitled to be upset, I felt like that too, but try not to suppress how you feel, you are living this and there is no right or wrong way. I think I brushed it all off too easily and still now struggle to get my head round it all.

Not trying to make this is about my experience, just wanted to say I 'get' where you are coming from.

On another note, my second pregnancy [which resulted in my now 15 year old!] was difficult from the start, I had bleeding from about 5 weeks which continued on and off, lots of pain, but in the end was all ok.

Fingers crossed for you Flowers and be kind to yourself.

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Hurr1cane · 27/01/2015 11:48

Thanks knee and everyone. I just need to get out of my head but it's impossible to do while just doing nothing. Probably easier being at home than at hospital though

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Tranquilitybaby · 27/01/2015 14:03

You'll know the shoulder pain if you get it. It'll be sharp and right at the tip where your arm joins your shoulder. You only get that if you rupture. Twinges aren't it so don't worry.

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Hurr1cane · 27/01/2015 14:21

Thanks tranquility. That's reassuring. Just have to wait till tomorrow and then I'll have the blood tests and go home to wait for them.

So, if the HCG has doubled, does that mean it isn't ectopic?

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SoonToBeSix · 27/01/2015 15:19

Your hcg is low for ectopic one of the things they look for as evidence of ectopic is very high hcg levels.

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Hurr1cane · 27/01/2015 15:39

Really? She said if it didn't double by tomorrow then it was evidence of ectopic

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Cadastre · 27/01/2015 15:41

SoonToBe my hcg levels weren't very high at all so that's not accurate.

What they'll look for is slow rising hcg. Mine went from 270 to 285 in 24 hours so they took me for surgery.

OP I know this is a worrying time and you just want answers. I've had two ectopics and lost both tubes. The second time I chose to stay in the hospital because I didn't want a repeat of the first time where I had a ruptured ectopic and DH had to drive me to the hospital. I kept passing out and couldn't sit down. I was bleeding heavily internally.

Once you have your bloods result you'll know more. I hope that it's just a cyst and that your little bean is in the right place. Just mind yourself.

willitbe · 27/01/2015 15:41

soontobesix - hcg levels in ectopics can be low, and fluctuate, and even give negative pregnancy tests.

Hurr1cane - sorry you are going through this, if the HCG has doubled they will assume that it is ok. It is very hard being in the place of not knowing what you are dealing with. Generally the hcg level needs to be around 1000 for the scan to show anything, so even if your levels have doubled tomorrow they might not scan you.

Cadastre · 27/01/2015 15:42

Sorry 48 hours not 24.

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Hurr1cane · 27/01/2015 15:44

So basically, tomorrow if my HCG levels have doubled, theoretically all should be well, and if they haven't, theoretically all is shit?

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Hurr1cane · 27/01/2015 15:46

She did say she would prefer the HCG levels to be 1500 before a scan but would scan at 1000 but anything lower than that she wouldn't see anything

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WrappedInABlankie · 27/01/2015 15:47

My hospital look for a rise at about 60% anything less then they say it's highly likely unviable

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Hurr1cane · 27/01/2015 15:47

DP has been shopping, made me some food, picked DS up from school, started the washing machine and is now doing the dishes.

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InanimateCarbonRod · 27/01/2015 15:51

Not exactly doubled but 60-70% increase is acceptable.

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Hurr1cane · 27/01/2015 15:56

Why did she say doubled then? Why are the goal posts moving? SadShock

Putting my body under pressure. I've been putting all my efforts into doubling it

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curiousgeorgie · 27/01/2015 16:00

I just wanted to say that I had this... A very low HGC, lots of pain, some bleeding... They said they wouldn't be able to see anything on a scan and to wait 48 hours to see if my levels had doubled...

They went up about 60%... So I was still worried and went in for a scan 2 days later.

Everything was fine and she's 18 months old now!

Fingers crossed for you... Xx

curiousgeorgie · 27/01/2015 16:02

And don't agonise over the colour on a pregnancy test... I used to take them all the bloody time and hardly ever got a dark line (or any line sometimes!!)

SoonToBeSix · 27/01/2015 16:06

Sorry didn't mean to give wrong info I was obviously misinformed when I had a suspected ectopic .

InanimateCarbonRod · 27/01/2015 16:07

They say doubled as a rough estimate.

How are you feeling? Has the pain subsided at all?

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Hurr1cane · 27/01/2015 16:10

Yes the pain has subsided a lot Smile still very tender but nothing like it was. Swelling seems to have reduced a lot as well. That said I also haven't been allowed to move all day.

Will I definitely find out the results tomorrow at some point then? I'm having the blood test at 11.

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Number3cometome · 27/01/2015 16:25

Depends - where is the blood test? Do you have to report to EPAU first?

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Hurr1cane · 27/01/2015 16:25

I don't know what EPAU is Confused

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