Postive test after miscarriage

[Stayls89]

Hi all,hoping for someone to talk to, I had a miscarriage in April tested 12th May and I got a negative bleeding had stopped and all the symptoms had gone. I had planned to do a brunch this weekend so out of fear I did a test to make sure I wasn’t… I got a strong line saying I was. Half of me thinks the test is lieing and that I should buy more, then I think is it possible after a miscarriage for levels to go back to non pregnant and then jump back up? I don’t know what to think but I’m very scared. This is my 5th time being pregnant, I have one beautiful son and the other two was pregnancy of unknown location and the last one a miscarriage. I just can’t see it being a happy ending so I’m trying to ignore it for as long as I can. I don’t want to talk to family or friends as it’s so soon after the last loss.

@Stayls89 I believe it's highly unlikely to get a positive from your miscarriage once you've got a negative. I'd definitely test again and see. Do the timings make sense for you to be pregnant again in terms of ovulation, when you had sex etc?

I don’t really know when I ovulated I think it could have been around the 25th-28th May just down to discharge etc and yeah we did have sex round then was on holiday and wasn’t really thinking, don’t really know if to get excited, I’ll get another test to see as I heard you can get false positives, thank you for replying

@Stayls89 sounds like a sensible plan :) once you've got another positive, then you can go to your doctor and if you want you could ask for a blood test to confirm (some doctors don't, but some will!). I got a home blood test through a company called Medichecks (cost £55) because I wanted to get an HCG number as well as confirmation I was pregnant.

Hi. I also had a miscarriage in April. I had a negative test 3 weeks later and I tested on Friday due to sore boobs and get a positive. I'm talking this as a new pregnancy. We have been trying often since the miscarriage and iv not had a period so no idea when I actually ovulated
Iv read online that you use the date your bleeding started from MC as your LMP to date the pregnancy. I booked in with the midwife and they have booked me in without batting an eyelid at the fact iv no idea of dates and have had a MC recently.

@moosey89 thank you, I know the hospital will test for bloods but not sure I wanne go through having so many bloods again to make sure hcg is rising correctly etc might hold off a while and just get a scan. I got a clear blue test and it shows I’m more than 5 weeks. Just gonna keep try block it out for a while

Sounds exactly the same, best of luck for your appointment when is it? I darent ring up the hospital yet just dreading the worst, but I think after a miscarriage that’s normal just hope the time flies by

@Stayls89 I can understand that - I'm a stats girl, so I'd rather have the tests and know, than not know, if that makes sense. I had a missed miscarriage before so I'll be getting more regular scans too, as the thought of that happening again is too much for me to bear for more than a week at a time!
Praying for a sticking little bub for you this time x

@moosey89 thanks for you reply, did you go onto have a healthy pregnancy after your miscarriage? I’ve got a beautiful little boy so he does give me hope but it’s so scary. I rang the hospital and they have told me I must come for bloods, so going tomorrow morning, thanks so much I pray it’s all ok

@Stayls89 unfortunately that was my only pregnancy to date - it was with my now ex-husband, and did show me that he wasn't the right person to have a family with though (also took 3 years to get pregnant with him, which compounded the loss)! It was a missed miscarriage at 10+4.

This new pregnancy is with a new partner who is wonderful, just hoping it sticks, but also appreciate it's early days so trying not to get my hopes up xx

@moosey89 best of luck to you, it’s very scary and worrying time. How many weeks are you? I suppose it’s best to stay postive.. I just wish the time away when it comes to things like this. I’m sorry to hear of your loss it’s never easy to deal with

@Stayls89 thank you - not even 6 weeks yet, which is why I find the idea of a successful pregnancy difficult to even imagine. Just got to keep hoping, and keeping myself as healthy as I can. xx

Yes definitely, really hope it goes well for you, what’s the next steps for you? Do you have a scan booked in? Have you told anyone?

@Stayls89 thank you, you too. So I've got a booking appointment which was for 6 July but I'm away with work (typical!) - hopefully they'll be able to rearrange for not too long after. Really pleased it isn't too far away, there's been some ladies in here waiting until week 10/11 for booking. I've not booked in for a scan yet, but if I get to 6+4 I'll book for 7 weeks. How about you?

@moosey89 hey how are you getting on? I’ve got a scan tomorrow and scared doesn’t come
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@Stayls89 Ah I'll be thinking of you tomorrow! Really hope it's all good news.

I'm in a wierd headspace - I desperately want the pregnancy to succeed, but at the same time just can't imagine that happening. Like, I can't imagine having a bump let alone having a baby!

Just a few more days for me and I'll feel ok to book a scan in. I want to be mid 7th week in case I ovulated slightly late x

hey I went and had the scan, baby is in the right place (had an ectopic before) and they could faintly see the yolk sac, but it’s still early days they said I’m between 5-6 weeks they took my hcg again and it’s just over 34,000 they want to see me next Wednesday to check for heartbeat etc. I thought as that hcg you would see more but I don’t really understand it.

im the same as you! I can’t imagine this working I’m just fearing the worst that baby won’t develop like last time, can’t really focus at work it’s an awful waiting game

@Stayls89 ah when you're between 5-6 they say you might see anything from basically nothing through to a heartbeat, just depends on how the embyro is developing! It's why I've left my private scan to the middle of 7 weeks as you're out of the grey area of will you/won't you see anything. Keeping everything crossed that next week brings good news, the waiting is so hard xx

Best of luck to you as well. I wish I waited longer tbh, let me know how you get on :)

Hey how are you getting on? Hope everything is going well