Hi, I know nobody can diagnose anything here or give medical advice, but I think I just need someone to talk to whilst I wait to find out what’s going on.....
I recently had a natural FET and transferred 1 embryo. I got nice early positives but I spotted light brown from implantation and it never stopped. Didn’t worry me too much. At 5+3 I got deep lower back pain and started bleeding fresh red. I thought ok this is an early miscarriage, I did an HPT 25ml sensitivity and got the faintest bfp so I knew it was over.
I decided to test each day to watch it go completely negative so we can plan another transfer. But the tests have got slightly darker each day and my nausea picked back up. I’ve had 2 previous ectopics, 1 treated with Methotrexate and 1 ruptured at 6.5 weeks and I had emergency surgery to remove my tube. So I still have one tube that’s blocked with scar tissue.
Because the tests are getting darker even though I’m still bleeding fresh red, I thought I better have a scan to check for ectopic. Scanned me yesterday (6+1 weeks) and couldn’t see a thing, told me miscarriage was complete. No fluid or mass anywhere and lining reduced to 5.5mm. They weren’t particularly concerned.
Did another test today and it’s darker again. I’ve stopped bleeding now and have no spotting. I have no pain. But I’m nauseous.
This is all very different from my previous ectopics where I had slight pain but nothing major and I had that prune coloured bleeding. I had early positive tests but they didn’t lighten then darken they just stayed the same until diagnosis.
I’m scared of another rupture, and I really just want this to be a miscarriage (I’m sorry I know that’s an awful thing to say) so I guess I’m wondering if it’s normal to have tests get darker after miscarriage? Will they eventually just get lighter again? Has anyone who’s had an ectopic had positive hpt, then a drop in hcg and a bleed, then a rise again?
I’m having another scan tomorrow and I’m guessing they’ll start beta draws. I definitely haven’t conceived again because we have abstained for like 2 months now.
I’ll try and attach pics of my tests, they are all taken with SMU one day apart from when the bleeding started. I know you can’t use test lines as an indicator of hcg levels but it’s just a bit weird that they’re consistently getting darker. They also aren’t dark enough to be a viable pregnancy at 6+ weeks and my dates can’t be off because it’s IVF.
Thanks for reading my essay!!