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Did I miscarry?

6 replies

KayKay3 · 28/04/2020 23:17

Hi everyone. Iv just signed up and looking for some advice.
I am currently trying to conceive with my husband and no luck so far. However since we started trying (about a year ago) I am late on my period every month by at least 10 days. Home pregnant tests are negative and after a few days my period arrives. It’s been a frustrating cycle like that for the past year. However, this past month I was 3 weeks over my period due date before I took a test. Again it was negative. I then took one every day for 4 days which were again all negative. During those days though I was having severe cramping and then started a very heavy clumpy bleed (sorry for the detail!)
What I want to know is, could I be miscarrying despite 4 home test saying I was not pregnant? Or am I just coincidently having the worst period of my life despite going over my period due date by 3.5 weeks??? I’m so confused please help

Thank you x

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sel2223 · 28/04/2020 23:25

Hi OP, this must be so frustrating but I think it's highly unlikely you are miscarrying every month for the last year. Pregnancy tests measure the hcg in your urine so even with a chemical or early miscarriage, you should still get a positive test.

It seems you are having irregular and long cycles which is something you should speak to a GP about, especially as you are TTC. It could be a medical is due of some sort, how old are you?

BernardsarenotalwaysSaints · 28/04/2020 23:32

It's unlikely to be miscarriage with 4 -hpt, it's likely it's so bad because you're quite late. I agree it might be an idea to see your gp about your cycles if they're irregular.

ConnieDoodle · 28/04/2020 23:33

Op, if it is every month it is more likely that is your cycle.

Did you chart your cycle before you started ttc?

KayKay3 · 28/04/2020 23:43

Thank you for the responses. I don’t believe any of the previous months were but this months felt a lot like a miscarriage. Unfortunately I have had 2 previous miscarriages in 2016 and This feels a lot like that.
Up until 8/9 months ago I was pretty regular. I use a cycle tracker which was very accurate usually to the exact predicted day. I’m 34 this July I wonder if that is affecting things? Unfortunately my GP is very unhelpful. I spoke to him a couple of months ago and just got a very cursory “don’t worry about it, it happens” response :(

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ConnieDoodle · 29/04/2020 04:29

Are you temping to pinpoint ovulation?

Thepigeonsarecoming · 29/04/2020 04:36

I would suggest you request a scan for PCOS due to your irregular periods, I had the same and also wondered about miscarriages. However it was simply late built up matter from irregular/delayed bleeding

After a few months on Metformin my cycle returned to normal though

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