21dpo, 9 days late - faint lines, cramps - chemical pregancy?

[lje85]

Hi

I'm 28, 21dpo, 9 days late (latest I've ever been is 2 days).

Not actively trying to conceive, was using family planning method to avoid pregnancy and for medical reasons could not take contraceptive pill.

On Friday (1 week late, 19dpo) I took 1 test - totally negative
On Saturday (8days late, 18dpo) I took 4 tests. 2 first repsonse showed very faint positive, 1 superdrug own showed very faint positive. clearblue digital said not pregnant.
Today (9 days late, 21dpo) I took 3 tests again. First repsonse showed faint positive but darker than before, superdrug was the same and clearblue digital said no pregnant again.

I've been having sporadic cramps the past 4 days, thinking my period was going to start, a couple of headaches too. I've read that being a good bit late and getting faint positives with cramps could be a sign the pregnancy could be chemical and miscarry. Also my HcG is not strong enough to be picked up by the digital monitor. I want to know either way so I can accept pregnancy and plan with fiance or prepare for loss.

Photos are attached, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
thank you in advance!

Lou xx

 

[kmr1763]

Definitely looks positive. Your dates up there don't add up (dpos that you mentioned), but if your first positive was yesterday, and today's was darker, there is no reason to suspect it's a chemical pregnancy. The digital tests are not as sensitive as a first response, getting a negative doesn't mean those first responses are wrong.

It could be that you are off with dpo. How do you know when you ovulate? Basically, unless you do temperature charting, there is no way to be certain when ovulation occurred. So unless you do, dpo could be way off.

Personally, I wouldn't worry. I would get to the doctor in the morning, verify pregnancy, etc. let them know what you have posted here, and see what they say. At this point I don't see any reason for you to be concerned about chemical. Cramps are normal. No bleeding is good.

 

[lje85]

Thanks for your reply! Sorry my head's away with it at the moment. today is 21dpo, sat 20dpo and friday 19dpo. I have been temperature charting, and for the past couple of months I've been getting multiple temperature shifts really close together every month (at the same time as peak results on clearblue digital ovulation).

But I'm pretty sure that this month I ovulated between 15-16dpo as I got peak results, steep temperature shift and lots of eggwhite lube, plus bad skin breakout etc. We used the pull out method too, the night of 15dpo so it makes more sense we could have conceived then. I always add a day on after I think I ovulated for safe measure.

Thanks for your advice, I'll go to doctors in the morning and get it verified! xx

 

[quail]

those tests are deffo positive but as someone else said digis are notorius for being innaccurate i bet if you test again with a digi it will be positive and cramps are a really good sign of a healthy pregnancy with my misscarriages i never had cramps but with all my healthy pregnancys i did,good luck will be stalking for an update.xx

 

[MissingBubs]

Definite BFP, the digis don't pick up the lower levels of hcg like the super drug and FRER.

 

[kit603]

It certainly looks like a BFP - it's not totally unheard of for people not to get their BFP until after AF is due, and it could be that you ovulated/implanted late (or even both). The FRER is definitely darker which would seem to indicate a rise in HCG, if you tried a digi again in a couple of days you'd probably get a positive.

It's worth a visit to the doctor to confirm your pregnancy and put your mind at rest - they should be able to do beta HCGs over a couple of days to check your levels are rising as expected

 

[dan-o]

NO idea why the digi tests are negative because your normal ones are clearly positive and getting darker! Fingers crossed, when will you test again?

 

[ricschick]

Bfp those digis arnt sensitive at all congrats x

 

[lje85]

Hi All

I went to doctors on monday (22dpo) 5 weeks, 2 days late. He took my bloods.
Today at 26dpo, 6 weeks late I went for a private scan. It showed nothing. They took a pregnancy test too - negative, and their tests are more sensitive than the GPs. The gp doctor phoned me back and said my hcg levels were 33 and that i had to come back on monday for a repeat test. my private doctor said it is 99% that i had a chemical pregnancy.

I'm ok about it, just one of those things.

I do have a question though and forgive me if this sounds silly, but because my OH and I thought we were pregnant, we had unprotected sex this week. There's no chance is there that we could get pregnant from that? I haven't had AF yet, no blood yet but private doctor told me it would take a while for my hormones to get back to normal. i just want to check so i don't spend time preoccupied with that thought, i'd rather things get back to normal first.

thanks all for your help

xx

 

[kit603]

Hi All

I went to doctors on monday (22dpo) 5 weeks, 2 days late. He took my bloods.
Today at 26dpo, 6 weeks late I went for a private scan. It showed nothing. They took a pregnancy test too - negative, and their tests are more sensitive than the GPs. The gp doctor phoned me back and said my hcg levels were 33 and that i had to come back on monday for a repeat test. my private doctor said it is 99% that i had a chemical pregnancy.

I'm ok about it, just one of those things.

I do have a question though and forgive me if this sounds silly, but because my OH and I thought we were pregnant, we had unprotected sex this week. There's no chance is there that we could get pregnant from that? I haven't had AF yet, no blood yet but private doctor told me it would take a while for my hormones to get back to normal. i just want to check so i don't spend time preoccupied with that thought, i'd rather things get back to normal first.

thanks all for your help

xx

Sorry to hear that you might have had a chemical hun A HCG level over 5 is considered pregnant, so the repeat blood will tell you if it's going up or coming back down - if it's coming back down and you've had a chemical then it can take a little while and you may still get faint lines on a pregnancy test till it goes back to 0.

Depending where you were in your cycle, you could have gotten pregnant from the unprotected sex. I know people who have gotten pregnant again a week or two after miscarriage

 

[lje85]

thanks for your reply, when we had sex i was getting stronger positive lines (even thought still faint). Today the doctors test says completely negative and my hpt shows the faintest pink line so should i take it that I was pregnant this week and still haven physically miscarriaged because the bleeding hasn't started?

 

[callmedan]

sorry about your chemical

 

[bettybee1]

Maybe you ovulated a lot later than you thought? X