I am sorry Ciara you must feel really upset and confused.
A quantative BHCG will give you a value of the hormone level in your blood. If that is 2 that is classed as not pregnant by most labs.
If you are still getting positive urine tests I am not really sure what is going on there. The depth of the line is not important - tests getting darker do not necessarily indicate a viable pregnancy - just as feint lines do not necessarily indicate a non viable pregnancy.
I am a little bit dumbfounded as to why you have positve tests - the tests routinely used in a drs surgery are usually about 50miu which is why some people using early response tests at home will get a negative at the doctors. Simply because often home tests are more sensitive. This is because the rate of "chemical" pregnancy is high - & these preganancies typically are lost around or just after a period would have been due.
If I were you. I would go to another doctor. I would tell them what happened and demand a repeat quantatative Bhcg. This will give you a figure. If that again says 2 - I suggest that something else is going on. It is very rare for HCG to be present chemically without pregnancy.
So, go to the Docs again tomorrow and ask for it to be urgent. That way you'll get the result tomorrow.
Just a thought. When did you have the bloods taken for this test???
If it was a few days ago it's possible that the little cells hadn't implanted yet and thus your body had not begun to produce HCG...
thanks for the responses. My doc told me to wait another 4 weeks to get blood test again. I don't know... i'm not sure if i should get another doctor to order tests tomorrow.. or wait the 4 weeks and see if AF comes... I'm just so confused and sad.
i have been doing a search on a web search engine and found other forums from other places where women have had similar experiences and found out a few days or weeks later' that they were in fact pregnant and have since had their healthy babies... I'm hoping so much that's me... but i think i might be clutching at straws here.
You're probably right Inanna.. I probably do need to get these results back asap with another test.
Thanks for the responses... sorry i just don't know how to respond.. i'm still in shock and denial.
Jodi, i'm hoping it was a mix up! But i'm not confident that would have happened either..
MM - i might be joining you in the ttc forum again soon, i guess... I don't know... I guess there's only one way to figure this out.. and that's another blood test isn't it?
Dont know about you but for me waiting another 4 weeks would be a nightmare. Maybe give it another week and do another urine test/see if your period arrives?? I've just been through this myself and the waiting to know one way or another is horrible
i had a similar thing happen to me with the hcg levels dropping.
At 4 weeks and 4 days (Tuesday this week) I woke up and had no symptoms like the day previous, i just knew something was up so i did a pee test and it was there but feint. I freaked and thought it should have been a darker line so i waited until later in the day and peed again and it was even more feint, like nearly a BFN but not quite. That was Tuesday and now its been 24 hrs and i just began to bleed now. I knew yesterday in my heart that it was gone even though i had a blood result of >42 hcg on monday.
Since your symptoms are still strong and you still have a BFP, you must still be producing high levels of hcg, im totally baffled.
Perhaps go and see another doctor tomorrow.
My doctor sent me to an ultrasound today to see if there was a gestational sac but i didnt go, i know mine is gone.
I think its the only way you will be able to know whats going on is if you have an ultrasound and see if theres a sac. They apparently can tell whether the pregnancy is viable at 4 weeks but you cant see much else. Just the tiny circle of the sac and whether its growing something.
Good luck hun, I will keep you in my prayers and im here to chat anytime. xox
I can totally relate to your situation in fact I have posted the a thread with the same name more than once. Sadly my pregancies turned out to be what the dr's call chemical pregnancy. It's where the egg fertilises but doesn't implant properly so you are technically pregnant with all the signs and symptoms ( i found this was the worst) but its not viable. I had this happen 9 times before I was blessed with this pregnancy.
With all my chemical pregnancies I would make it to roughly 5 weeks then miscarry. I would always have multiple positive urine pregnancy tests, always light but definately there. Even the dr's urine tests came back positive. but blood tests were always at 2 or 3.
I have heard of this happening to many women and they go on to have beautiful healthy babies. So don't give up hope. But I hope you don't mind me sharing my story with you.
I had a similar thing happen but unfotunately for me it turned out to eb a chemical pregnancy. I even had a postive hpt at the Dr but my bt came back -tive. Big for you as i understand how frustrating it is not knowing for sure what's happening. I sincerly hope that your little sticks x
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks