My oh wants to wait till August ? so I guess we're waiting... again....

My Dr told me there was no evidence to.suggest pregnancies after mc lead to another mc. I'm now 37 weeks pregnant, and it's been a very healthy pregnancy.

It's whenever you feel ready to try again x

Foulkybaby my 3rd and 5th were conceived straight after MCs and they are now a very healthy 5yo and 2yo so you can definitely have a healthy pregnancy straight after a Mc. I know there is other factors that you need to consider but when you feel ready to start trying I think you should go ahead, it's what feels right for you xx

Thank you lovely ladies. Your kind words mean so much. Xxxx

There is no rush to start trying again, you and your body and your partner have just been through a horrible thing and sometimes is doesn't hit you straight away even if you think you feel okay.. there is no time limit on grieving! I know for myself it took so weeks if not months to process. Have a lovely Christmas and new year and use that time to let yourself heal physically and emotionally and what's meant to be will find a way, you will know when you feel ready. Wishing you strength through this difficult time xx

I'm so sorry I was hoping for better news for you. Our hospital urine tests are 50 and we have to be very strict about the 3 minute time and then throw it out. Even at my second bhcg of 9 I was still getting faint positives on early tests and it took a few days to go negative. I suspect you have had an early miscarriage like you say and even though the pregnancy wasn't planned still allow yourself time to grieve. Only you can make the decision on when to try again and it sounds like getting pregnant shouldn't be an issue when you decide to try. There's no reason to delay trying again doctors used to say wait 3 months but there's no evidence I'm aware of that shows you are more likely to miscarry if you get pregnant straight away. Just go for it whenever you are ready x

Thank you. I have come to terms with it now. Just wondering when I should start trying again?

My backstory: my oh and I initially said we'd start ttc once lo turns 2. Then it kept being pushed back. We decided to go for the extension (we are in the process of building an extension right now) so were not trying. The pull out method failed. We were both shocked to find out we were pregnant. When I lost it oh said we would try straight away since we did expect an arrival sooner than expected. But I'm unsure when to start trying. I've been dizzy today so I hope I don't have any remains in me. I also read somewhere that a back to back pregnancy can raise the likelihood of another miscarriage. I'm so confused. Financially speaking I'd be better off waiting... I just don't know.

I'm really sorry to hear your update x

Sorry to read this today. X

Hope you're as ok as you can be hun. Big hugs xxx

Thanks for your kind words. Xx

Oh so sorry Hun ? x

I'm sorry to hear that xx

I had a Mc April 5th this year, and as I had stopped breastfeeding last December my 5th I didn't think anything of my period not returning (I don't have periods till I finish breastfeeding) as I breastfed this time for 20mths until my hubby asked me at about end of Feb start of march to take a test and it came up positive, did another 3 that week and still came up positive, went to my doctor's (a few days later) and just before going I did another hpt and it came out negative, so at GPS it was negative too, my Dr took my blood and said I should know by next week, we were going to Tenerife for a fortnight so wouldn't find out till I got back so near the end of march, went to my docs when I got back to be told my hcg would be too low to viable and if I hadn't started bleeding when I went back the following week for more blood results I would need a scan, I went back the following week and that day I started bleeding clots and a grey red mass, my Dr said my second blood test only showed an hcg level of 7 which meant my body only rejected the pregnancy when my body's hcg level went back to normal ? so my hcg level was normal really quickly, we are still ttc our rainbow. I have 5 healthy kids and have had 4 miscarriages and this is the first time in my life I feel so out of control xx

Joeline. Hcg levels double every 48 hrs. How far along were you? I was very very early in my pregnancy. Otherwise, yes I would still be getting positives now.

having recently had a miss carriage, my hcg levels on the Wednesday after (lost it Tuesday) they were 8000 on the Friday they were 2600 and on the following Monday 357. I was told to test in 3 weeks as would be 4 weeks after if positive to go by if not then it's all done.x

Oh I'm so sorry. This is a horrid situation, like PP said, try again as soon as you feel ready as your body will most likely fall again very easily. Sending you a hug x

This happened to me in April... I got a few positives on cheap tests, they never got darker but I didn't think anytjing of it as I was just so happy, took a FRER at 4+6 and it was definitely positive like yours. I was so happy. Then I started bleeding an hour later and it got heavier and heavier ans more painful. I like in UK, so I booked in with out of hours Dr as it was Saturday ans he was quite rude at first because their test (which take a lot more hcg) was negative (it was late afternoon, I'd drunk a lot and tbh most of the cup of urine was blood).. Tried to make it seem like I was being silly over a period until I showed him all my home tests ans then he went really nice. When I got home there was a grey sac on my pad waiting for me so I knew I had definitely miscarried.

I bled for another day or so and then it stopped. Saw my own family Gp on the Monday who was lovely and said to her it was definitely a miscarriage and encouraged me to try again straight away. I tested the following day and it was definitely negative. We started trying again on the Thursday (despite feeling rather guilty and still obviously upset).

I found out i was pregnant again 3 weeks after I started bleeding.

You were definitely pregnant, home tests don't give false positives like the nurse implied, and your test is definitely positive. Dr's tests always take more hcg to show positive than home tests.

Sorry for your loss and good luck.

Me too. I'm not going crazy in thinking that then??

I think you were def pregnant but lost it very early on x

Here's the weird thing. I took two tests myself today and both were negative. I must have lost the baby very early post ovulation and that I just about picked up the hcg on the hpt as it was dropping back down a week ago today...

Either that or I wasn't pregnant at all ?????????

What does everyone think???

Oh I'm sorry you are going through this, that most definitely is a positive, I would probably go and get a test and redo it to see how that one comes out not to give myself hope but to see for myself if the hormones are dropping x

It is isn't it?

Oh I don't know what i would do.

I can only go by what happened to my friend.

That test is def positive x

Ok. So do you think their tests need to have a much higher hcg than a standard pregnancy test? If so, then I may still get positives for the next couple of weeks. Hmm do I want to confuse myself?? Should I have a drink at xmas or not?? Because I got a negative they wouldn't scan me .

It can take up to a month for the hcg to go from your body.

I would keep testing every few days (if you have test) I got £land tests.

If you keep getting positive tests I would go back for another scan maybe @ 6-7 weeks x

I knew it! I know my body too. I was most certainly pregnant. I was late. My boobs hurt. This 'period' isn't a period. Not for me. It had a grey blob in it. We weren't trying so were shocked but even my oh knew I was pregnant before I took my test. We know we want one more but I'm scared now. I'll just won't test at all till I have a bump!

UPDATE ??????????

I went to the Early Pregnancy Unit today because I had been bleeding at 19dpo (4weeks 5days) and had a scan booked. They took my urine today at 21dpo (5 weeks) and it was negative.

The woman tried to suggest that I hadn't miscarried because 'it takes 2 weeks for hcg levels to go away'.

I took this test and another (in my previous post) at 14dpo. Both positive. She tried to suggest that she doesn't like home pregnancy tests because they give false positives???

I'm not in the field myself but here's what I think... I did, in fact, conceive and probably lost the baby around around 7dpo.. considering my hcg levels aren't going to be high at this stage my home pregnancy test picked up the last of the hcg at 14dpo and now at 21dpo they have gone back down to below 20 (the baseline of their test) to give a negative reading.

What do you guys think?? Do these tests look positive???

Rant aside: I am no longer pregnant ?????