Positive pregnancy test after miscarriage

[Controlfreak1000]

Hello everyone, I would really appreciate hearing your guidance and experiences as I am losing my mind with this!

I had a miscarriage on 7th March (missed miscarriage, horrible shock). I had about 36 hours of heavy bleeding and passing tissue. I had a follow-up scan 5 days later which confirmed that most of the pregnancy had gone, and that there was a little bit of tissue left that would pass naturally - although if I still got a positive pregnancy test 2 weeks later I should come in for another scan.

2 weeks after the miscarriage I had continued to have on/off bleeding but very lightly, and mostly brown in colour, and when I did a pregnancy test I got a negative result! I also decided to do an ovulation test and it came up really strongly positive. So naturally I texted my husband to tell him to come home - let’s try again! I had positive ovulation tests for a couple of days after that and we gave it a good go.

3 weeks after the miscarriage I woke up to bright red, watery blood. It stopped after an hour or so, but continued over the following week - I’d have bleeding briefly but quite heavily, and then absolutely nothing for the rest of the day. I thought maybe that was implantation bleeding (optimistic I know). It seemed to tail off over the week.

4 weeks after the miscarriage I woke up feeling really rubbish - light headed and crampy. I had heavy bleeding again and then later that morning I bled a lot and it felt as if I’d lost some tissue. This must’ve been way they saw on the scan, even though I had thought I’d already lost it through the bleeding I had after the miscarriage and before the negative pregnancy test.

5 and a half weeks after the miscarriage, and 3ish weeks after ovulation, I now feel rubbish. My boobs are sore and I feel a bit sick and my food tastes a bit off. I did a pregnancy test this morning and got a faint line. Could I be pregnant? Even with the heavy bleeding just over a week ago? Shouldn’t the line be stronger if I ovulated 3 weeks ago? I would love to hear any similar experiences or advice - as I said, I am going mad with the uncertainty 😔

Hi OP, sorry you've had, and are having, such a confusing time. That test looks flooded....I would get another test and check. To be honest, after so many weeks of bleeding and symptoms etc, I'd be contacting the EPU or Gyn or whoever scanned you.

Hi Uphighseesky and so sorry for taking ages to reply to you. I think you're right that the test was flooded - I did a couple more which were both negative. The saga continues, though: I got positive ovulation tests 2 weeks ago (7 weeks after miscarriage) and had sex with my husband, feeling optimistic, before unexpectedly getting my period 5 days later on 3rd May. And it was definitely a period (heavy, bright red, clots) rather than implantation bleeding.

But yesterday I noticed that I'm leaking droplets of milk from my nipples which I've never done outside of pregnancy before. And I have other pregnancy symptoms including sore boobs, acne and feeling unwell/tired. I've read other forums where women say that they had period-like bleeding during otherwise healthy pregnancies but I've also read that it can be a sign of ectopic pregnancy...

Before anyone says anything, I have contacted my GP and am waiting to hear back from them - hoping for blood tests and even an ultrasound depending on what they think. But has anyone else ever had leaking milk like this when they haven't been pregnant?