Hi all. This will be long and rambling and I am sorry…
I had a miscarriage at 10 weeks on 15th March, at the EPU I had a scan to confirm and it looked like the embryo had passed away a while back. Had blood test which had HCG of 12000. The following day I went back and the HCG had halved.
The bleeding stopped, I did a pregnancy test 3 weeks later which was a strong positive so I went back, they gave me another scan and confirmed retained product of 1cm (i think!!) so I opted for medical management. Had this on 10th April. Had a small amount of bleeding but not much, it was just brown spotting type bleeding (sorry TMI). They said wait 2 weeks and test again.
Fast forward two weeks, I was still getting positive tests so I went to the unit, who said I should have been told it is three weeks before testing but anyway…they took my bloods and said HCG was 65 so dropping well. Said all looks normal and just to wait for my next period. I am now over 4 weeks past this and I have done a test and still a clear positive with no period still. My cycles are like clockwork usually, I am getting so confused. I have phoned EPU and I am going back tomorrow for more blood tests. I am now over 8 weeks since the miscarriage and the tests are still clearly positive with no squinting required! I’ve not had a proper period yet. And nor have I had a negative pregnancy test yet since the miscarriage.
I do really want another baby and was gutted when I lost it so I haven’t been careful but I can’t see it being another pregnancy as I am 40 so know it’s not the easiest for someone of my age. I didn’t want to hang about and wait because of my age. I have three children already who are 11, 8 and 7. I’ve not had any trouble conceiving before and this was my first miscarriage. Has anyone been through something similar? They said that they will take more bloods tomorrow but won’t scan at this stage. Hoping someone can relate … :( xx thanks for reading x