3 positive pregnancy tests ....

[bednobs]

hi, i am rubbish with dates, but got round to thinking yesterday that i hadn't had a period for a bit of time, so i did a pregnancy test and was completely stunned when it was positive. I did the other one in the packet and that also said positive. i just felt numb, because although i thought i always wanted to be a mum, this is really not the right time - i am on a lot of medication which is teratogenic and have a hip replacement booked in for 3 weeks time!
Anyway, i made an appt at the gp for tomorrorw. then last night there was a bit of blood when i wiped and again this morning and still now. I presumed that this was probably any possible pregnancy ending, so did another test today expecting it now to be negative, but no, still positive.
When can i expect a negative result if it is a misscarriage? And really, how reliable are tests anyway (it was a boots cheapish one)? do i need to be worrying more? i feel so ambivalent about being pregnant (aS does my husband) that i just think to myself if this is the pregnancy ending then that's just what is meant to be i suppose. Will i do my health any harm if i just sit and wait for it to happen?

[B00]

I think a pg test can still pick up the pregnancy hormone even if you've just miscarried, not that i'm saying that is what's happened.

I was always lead to believe that a pg test was pretty damn accurate too. It's entirely possible for them to say negative if in fact you are pregnant, but not the other way round.

Good luck with your GP tomorrow.

[ummmm]

No you won't do your health any harm.

If you have miscarried I believe it can take a while (days I think) for the pregnancy hormone to leave your system.

Sorry about your predicament bednobs....

[redcrx]

hi bednobs,
sorry to hear that you are getting such confusing results.
The bleed that you are experiencing could be a misscarriage but could also be an implantation bleed.
Only an early scan (possibly and internal one) will be able to tell and tbh i think that you should call your GP and request one if you are due the hip op.
A misscarriage may continue to show levels of the HCG hormone for a while after loss so a negative test would not come immediately.

call your GP for advice asap

[ummmm]

Should add...like BOO says. You can get a false negative but very very rarely a false positive.

[bednobs]

i knew you three lovely ladies wouldn't let me down, and was hoping for answers from you :) I think i will just see the gP tomorrow as planned - if i have more blood loss before then, then they can decide what to do, that's what they get paid for! I have not said yes to the hip date, but would absolutely presume that i couldn't have it if i am pregnant and i would need xrays etc.
i need my mum!

[B00]

Aww bless you bednobs. Hope the outcome from the docs tomorrow is one you want/expect or can cope with?

Let us know how you get on, again good luck :-)

[redcrx]

you could ask your GP if they can do blood tests instead of sending you for a scan maybe.
The HCG should increase dramatically at first so a few tests a couple of days apart for each should give an idea of whether the pregnancy is continuing or misscarrying.

all the best x

[ummmm]

They might send you for a pregnancy scan to make sure.

[tigwig]

I just echo what others have said really bednobs about seeing a GP but I also wanted to add I hope everything works out good for you in the end. Take care.

[bednobs]

thanks everyone for your kind thoughts - i'm not entirely sure what a good outcome would be :)

[sara3]

well hey, you're a competent woman and you'll deal with whatever happens. pregnancy hormones can take weeks to clear from your system. I suspect your GP will send you for a scan to be sure one way or the other. no doubt either result will trouble you! I'm sorry, best of luck and chin up x

[bednobs]

it just seems so unfair, i have for the last couple of yeasrs been coming to terms with the fact we won't be parents and it has been really hard at times. Have been to the fertility clinic a few years ago where tthey told me that i would be extremly unlikey to concieve owing to polycystic ovaries, thin womb lining and various other things and since then been adjusting to not having any kids, so now the timing just seems like one big cosmic joke :)

[redcrx]

how did you get on at GP?

[bednobs]

have just returned - have to have a blood test tomorrow (as a baseline hcg). If i carry on spotting i have to go back to the GP next week and have it done again. Possibly too early for a scan so no point, i have to stop taking some of the meds and she is talking to the obs department tomorrow for fourther advice re warfarin and alendronate. In the meantime, start taking folic acid and calcium.

[boxtops]

Oh good luck bednobs, thinking of you!

[ummmm]

Is it spotting and not actual bleeding?

[bednobs]

not sure - there is blood when i wipe and i have been wearing a pad today, but there only seems a small amount on it

[wolf63]

Best wishes - whatever the outcome.

When I get broody I get a new cat. ;-)

Susan

[redcrx]

sounds more like spotting at mo.

you can only wait now and see what happens.

good luck

[bednobs]

had more spotting and bleeding over the weekend and went to gp again today they have done another hcg and am now waiting for them to ring me with the results