Pregnant again after miscarriage - don't know my dates!

[Chris1989]

Hi everyone :) I found out I was pregnant back on the 23rd of January (my LMP (last menstrual period) before was the 24th of December), but unfortunately I miscarried naturally on the 8th of February. The Early Pregnancy Unit did advise to wait for a period but said it won't cause a problem if I don't, so we went straight back to trying.

I've been doing OPK's every night since and I had a positive OPK (ovulation predictor kit) on the 25th of February, the next day it went back to being negative so I'm guessing the day I ovulated was the night of the 25th or morning of the 26th maybe.

This would put me at 16/17dpo today, and I did a FRER and was so happy to see a very strong positive :) however the problem is because I've had no period since before my miscarriage, the doctors are very confused as to how far along I am. Back in August I had an ectopic pregnancy, and they want to see me at 6 weeks in future pregnancies to confirm it's not ectopic. However they have no idea when to see me now!

How far along would you say I am? I guess I'm something like 2 weeks from conception, but they want the usual 'LMP' date

Sorry about your miscarriage OP.
If your positive OPK was the 25th Feb indicating that you were approaching ovulation then it would suggest you're just over 4 weeks pregnant.

Surely this isn't difficult for the doctors to figure out? How can you give them a LMP date when you haven't had a period?
Wishing you best of luck!

I would say that for a usual 28 day cycle, most women ovulate roughly 14 days later and then expect their next period 14 days after that.
So if you know you ovulated on the 25th Feb, you’d be 2 and a half weeks from conception so just add 2 more week to that. So roughly 4 and a half weeks.
Obviously when the doctors say we’re, for example, 6 weeks pregnant. It’s actually only been 4 weeks since conception.
That’s going by a regular 28 day cycle ofcorse. Like the PP said, that shouldn’t be too hard for the Doctors to work out.
Hope this helps x

I had an early miscarriage at 6 weeks and got pregnant again in the same cycle. When I explained to the midwife, she said my LMP would have been the date of my miscarriage. This seemed to match up at my dating scan. Good luck!