How long will it take a HPT to show negative?

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As you probably know, I had my ERPC yesterday. I went to the pound shop today and bought a test and just did it and it still shows positive. How long will it take to show negative? It seems weird to actually want a BFN!!
 
It took me a week to get a BFN, I know what you mean about it being wierd to actually want this.
 
Mine took about 1-2 weeks. Thinking of you hun:hugs:
 
I got one the same day i went for the scan to see what was going on, they took a urine sample at the end and it was BFN
 
Up to a month but usually it'll be negative within a week or two. No point torturing yourself and wasting money though babe. Just wait a few weeks:hugs:
 
Thanks. It came with 2 tests so I'll take the other before we start TTC again xxx
 
I was told after my first miscarriage (completed) to test after 10 days. It was negative.

Rumps x
 
It depends what your hcg levels were when you had the d&c, the earlier in pg your baby died, the lower it will probably be and the quicker you will get a bfn.

If any help my baby was measuring about 6+1 and I have got a bfn today 5 full days after the baby passed out from me. However, my hcg levels were already fairly low.
 
My baby died at 7 weeks 2 days so hopefully it won't take too long. The strange thing throughout my pregnancy was my lines kept getting stronger and stronger, even though my baby had already died. Don't know why I kept testing, think I just had some ICs left over so maybe my levels were quite high. I'll test again in a week or so. I just want my BFN so i know that if and when I get my next BFP, I will know it's real and not my hormones.
 
My baby died at 7 weeks 2 days so hopefully it won't take too long. The strange thing throughout my pregnancy was my lines kept getting stronger and stronger, even though my baby had already died. Don't know why I kept testing, think I just had some ICs left over so maybe my levels were quite high. I'll test again in a week or so. I just want my BFN so i know that if and when I get my next BFP, I will know it's real and not my hormones.

Weird thing for me Susan is that when I was 12 weeks, I was still growing a bump even though LO had died 4 weeks previous and my symptoms had gone - weird eh?
 
I'm sorry you had to go through this... After my mc my doctor followed my HCG levels by doing a blood test every week and it took 6 weeks for the blood test to come back negative...
 
my LO's heart stopped beat at around 6 weeks 5 days and it's taken 2 full weeks for the test to show negative.

Good Luck Hun sxx
 
My baby died at 7 weeks 2 days so hopefully it won't take too long. The strange thing throughout my pregnancy was my lines kept getting stronger and stronger, even though my baby had already died. Don't know why I kept testing, think I just had some ICs left over so maybe my levels were quite high. I'll test again in a week or so. I just want my BFN so i know that if and when I get my next BFP, I will know it's real and not my hormones.

Weird thing for me Susan is that when I was 12 weeks, I was still growing a bump even though LO had died 4 weeks previous and my symptoms had gone - weird eh?

With my first mc in may 08 i had a missed miscarriage. My bebe's heartbeat stopped at 8+5 but i didnt find out til 3 days before my 12 week scan when i started to bleed. The hospital told me that your placenter stills sends out pregnancy hormones so you keeping getting symptoms. They said that you have no way of knowing other then if you start bleeding or at your scan.

My first mc because i had a erpc they said that i would get positive for one or two weeks. With my other 3 mc's that were early stages, i got a negative after about 3 days.

:hug:
 
My baby died at 7 weeks 2 days so hopefully it won't take too long. The strange thing throughout my pregnancy was my lines kept getting stronger and stronger, even though my baby had already died. Don't know why I kept testing, think I just had some ICs left over so maybe my levels were quite high. I'll test again in a week or so. I just want my BFN so i know that if and when I get my next BFP, I will know it's real and not my hormones.

I was very similar to you sweetie, my LO died around 7 weeks, and I had my ERPC at 10. The surgeon explained that my uterus was the size of 10 weeks, and the sac too, everything about my body carried on apart from my baby.

I had a negative test 10 days after the ERPC. I tested every day and they faded to that point.
 
Me too. I had my erpc dec 16th and did a test sunday before christmas, 21 dec and still a bfp. I did another one this sunday 28th and it was bfn. At my last mc it was about a week for me to get a bfn (also a d&c).

You're right though..its the only bfn i'll ever be happy to see :)

For most people with an ercp/c&d things get back to normal quicker i believe.Take care and most likely you will get there too, albeit as some have mentioned it can be a very individual thing.

All the best, Omi xxx
 
I had an erpc at 12wks, fetus only 7wks -hpt was about between 2 and 3wks.
 
I think they say that it takes a week to 10 days to sort your hormones out. Took about 5 days for my pregnancy symptoms to go after my ERPC. It was a bit sad actually. But try and relax, enjoy new years eve, have a few drinks and try another test in a week or so.
Thinking of you
x
 
yep, I'm going to concentrate on enjoying the rest of xmas and I'll take another test next week to check. Roll on my BFN!
 
i took one today i had my erpc 14 days ago it came up negative, give it 10 days then check again.

good luck hun
 
After my miscarriage, the doctor took blood tests every week (bHCG). It took a month before I was below five again.
 

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