how long did it take for your hormones to show negative

[fandabby]

Got my blood drawn this morning and am waiting for the nurse to call this afternoon. I had a little EWCM two days ago. I hope it means something. I usually get it when ovulating and sometimes before AF.

Got my fingers crossed for you, keep us posted.

 

[LeahLou]

I think I'm going to wait and only do wondfos for a couple days. The super faint not-sure-if-it's-there-or-I'm-crazy lines are driving me insane!! I have 2 store tests left, one blue dye and one FRER.

Hope you'll O soon fandabby!!

 

[slg76]

Hi ladies. The nurse called and said that my beta today was 7 Last week was 11 so it barely went down. As unlikely as it is now the back of my mind is wondering if HCG is on its' way back up now.

 

[klsltsp]

hmm sara that's confusing!!! so does this mean another beta next week? I think that's still a fairly good drop, droping 4 points when you started at 11 is significant enough isn't it? although sorry it wasn't either less than 5 or like 20 ;P next week to be sure I guess.... you should have af by then if you're not preggo right? ahhh.. I'm betting pregnant and it's on it's way up!!!

 

[slg76]

thanks Kim. Yes, I will do one more beta next week. I'm guessing the drop just slowed down. My level had been dropped by half every two or three days so by that I would have expected something between 1 and 3. I really have no idea where I am in my cycle or if I have Od since my mc. I couldn't even guess when I would be considered late. Time will tell I guess....

 

[LeahLou]

I'm sorry girl! I was at 7 last week. Lord knows where I am now haha.

I love/hated that there was no point in pulling out the frers because I already knew my number

 

[slg76]

Right? Feels weird to not need to take an HPT. I told my husband my HCG could be going back up. He says I'm incorrigible
I did play around with OPKs yesterday. Some months I get positives all month long. Not helpful. If I dilute my urine 10 fold I still get a faint line. I'm hoping if I do that every day I will see my surge. With non-diluted urine I just saturate the test everyday. Can't believe it took me this long to try it.

 

[Wanttomoveon]

Hi ladies. The nurse called and said that my beta today was 7 Last week was 11 so it barely went down. As unlikely as it is now the back of my mind is wondering if HCG is on its' way back up now.

I know how that feels slg! Sorry. I was paying attention to my rate of decline and freaked out when it went from 35% to 20% (went from 21.5 to just 17.2 in one week), and I could help but worry that it was a sign of it plateauing early. But then the next decline was 35% and the one after that 60+%. Your drop is around 35%, so that's good, even though it really sucks to have it drag out.

I guess what I learned is that one week's rate doesn't predict what next week's rate is going to be...but it's so annoying that there don't seem to be any 'norms' about declines. I have no idea what influences it. I worked out like crazy to speed up my metabolism during this, and it seemed to make absolutely no difference. Good luck with the next draw - it WILL be the last!!!

 

[Wanttomoveon]

Thanks : ))

Leahlou I agree with the others there may be a really faint line, how far into your cycle are you? Don't worry you're not insane lol, I have a problem doing them praying for a negative ATM.

So af arrived today.. yay!!! It's been 29 days since the last bleeding started so my body is getting back to normal. Maybe next cycle my hcg will be gone and we can try and make some more x

That's good news about af! (And mine is now ending, as well). Such a good feeling to feel "normal" after all this time. Looking forward to hearing about your soon-to-come negative hcg reading! Are you hanging in there okay?

 

[tootyfruity]

It's great to see everyone is near the end... or even possibly near the beginning of another : )
Slg - I would off been hoping for less than 5 if I were u too so understand u were dissapointed. but I'm sure your next one will be right down there.

Wantomoveon- glad yours is coming to an end, mine was slow to start and today quite painful and heavy but normal iykwim. I will test when I stop bleeding and hopefully get my negative, then I will be opking all the way to my bfp!!! (That's a very unusual optimistic statement from me, hoping it helps lol )

 

[LeahLou]

Be optimistic!! I love how supportive this thread is. We found ourselves some good ladies right here.

 

[Petzy]

I agree leah

Hope everyone is doing well today... FX for some O'ing for all! Followed by some sticky beans

Well we BD again last night (twice yesterday) lol so that's good, since my OPK was back to negative this morning. I am guessing I am O'ing now, or have already. Will try for another BD tonight, we will see!

I guess the countdown is on for me , weird to be back in the 2ww but glad at the same time right?

Calling clinic today to see when I should start my progesterone...

xx

 

[LeahLou]

Isn't it a weird switch to go from desperately testing to 0 to then hoping they rise?!

Afm, I am currently sitting in front of the toilet trying not to be sick.. That was my first sign before any positive test this last pregnancy...

Here's my test from this morning. Bottom is 3 weeks ago when my level was 14, middle was last night (looked better wet), and top is this morning. Not sure what to think! I color corrected it and that's what it looked like.

 

[Petzy]

Isn't it a weird switch to go from desperately testing to 0 to then hoping they rise?!

Afm, I am currently sitting in front of the toilet trying not to be sick.. That was my first sign before any positive test this last pregnancy...

Here's my test from this morning. Bottom is 3 weeks ago when my level was 14, middle was last night (looked better wet), and top is this morning. Not sure what to think! I color corrected it and that's what it looked like.
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Well the top one is definitely more visible than the middle one from last night.. that is a good indication..

Plus the nausea is also exciting lol

How many DPO are you? When is AF due?

 

[LeahLou]

It is!

It's exciting but gross too... Haha

Well I'm guesstimating 10-12 dpo. I didn't get a positive till 13 dpo so I'm not too worried

 

[fandabby]

I agree leah

Hope everyone is doing well today... FX for some O'ing for all! Followed by some sticky beans

Well we BD again last night (twice yesterday) lol so that's good, since my OPK was back to negative this morning. I am guessing I am O'ing now, or have already. Will try for another BD tonight, we will see!

I guess the countdown is on for me , weird to be back in the 2ww but glad at the same time right?

Calling clinic today to see when I should start my progesterone...

xx

Good luck with your wait, keep us posted.

Interesting about the progesterone. When I mentioned it to my midwife she said they don't look at that. Is that a UK thing not checking progesterone levels?

Baby dust to you and everyone TTC....

 

[fandabby]

Isn't it a weird switch to go from desperately testing to 0 to then hoping they rise?!

Afm, I am currently sitting in front of the toilet trying not to be sick.. That was my first sign before any positive test this last pregnancy...

Here's my test from this morning. Bottom is 3 weeks ago when my level was 14, middle was last night (looked better wet), and top is this morning. Not sure what to think! I color corrected it and that's what it looked like.
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I see a squinter on the top one, can't see anything on middle.

When are you going to test again?

The waiting is the hardest isn't it. Baby dust to you...

 

[slg76]

Good morning Leah. I think I see a little something on this mornings test but the picture is pixilated so its hard to say for sure. Nausea sounds promising . And the waiting continues.

 

[tootyfruity]

Petzy sounds like you probably are. Ovulating now so 'keep calm and carry on bd'ing' lol

Leah I see faint line on the top one, excited to see what the next few days are like.

I do love the support on this thread so while I'm here ill tell u about my day.I will warn you now, tmi alert!!! ..... so this morning I've had bad period pains, I already posted today saying how normal this af feels (how wrong was i!!!). On my way to work they are quite strong I get out the car and start walking and I feel something come out of my vagina It feels like a clot. I carry on walking but worried that I might leak before I get to work, when I get to work I go to the toilet and I feel something come out, at the bottom of the toilet is what I believe to be the sac of the pregnancy that started in July!!!! it was a mixture of colours from dark red,light red clear bit and pale bits and was quite solid it was about 3inches x 2inches. It was definitely something, I didn't want to flush the toilet I felt sad. I wasn't expecting it as the last scan did not show a sac. Maybe after all this time this is what my body has been waiting to pass.

 

[slg76]

Oh tooty I'm sorry. That is not a nice way to start your day. I wonder if it really could have been the sac? Hopefully, whatever it was, your body will be better without it. Maybe that's way your hormones have been dropping slowly? About a week after my "clean out" procedure I passed some tissue that looked suspiciously like a sac with cord. I know logically it probably wasn't but I still couldn't just flush it. I just felt like it was part of my pregnancy. It's so hard to have to keep letting go