Joined: 27 July 2007 United Kingdom Posts: 20 Gender: Not Specified
Posted: 02 August 2007 at 2:55pm | IP Logged
Hi. Had a suspected miscarriage, slowly over the past wk. HCG levels fell and the EPAU told me 2 do a pregnancy test in a wk. Couldnt wait and did 1 2day. It came up positive, just looked on the net and it says u may get a positive result for wks after, due 2 hormones. Anybody aware of this?
Joined: 29 June 2005 United Kingdom Posts: 2235 Gender: Female
Posted: 02 August 2007 at 3:47pm | IP Logged
im not certain but yes i suspect this will be the case,your hormone levels will be allover the place,you will prob have to try again in a couple of weeks xxxx
Joined: 12 June 2005 United Kingdom Posts: 5851 Gender: Female
Posted: 02 August 2007 at 4:43pm | IP Logged
I had a miscarriage in April and still had a positive pregnancy test 4 weeks later. I'd give the EPAU a call and talk to them - have they done an ultrasound?
I know you said that you'd had bleeding and cramps, but as I understood it, they'd do an ultrasound to see if you had any retained products or not.
Joined: 17 June 2005 United Kingdom Posts: 4822 Gender: Female
Posted: 02 August 2007 at 8:28pm | IP Logged
I agree with Diz, you need an scan to see either way, if they havent already done one. I mc 20 months ago and i had an internal scan to see if there was anything there and then had to have a d&c.
But you can continue to get a positive test result upto 4 weeks later because of the hcg hormone left over if indeed yo have mc.
Joined: 22 August 2007 United Kingdom Posts: 236 Gender: Female
Posted: 23 August 2007 at 8:34pm | IP Logged
hi is there an update to your situation only i am going through the same thing. waiting to have a blood test done tomorrow because i am still showing positive. would be greatful to hear form you
Joined: 11 June 2005 United Kingdom Posts: 5766 Gender: Female
Posted: 23 August 2007 at 8:57pm | IP Logged
With my last mc I still had positive tests 3 wks afterwards. You can still ovulate though even with have a positive hpt after a mc. The hormones will be declining but it takes a few weeks to leave your blood stream. It doesn't mean anything is wrong it's quite normal. The only time it would be something to keep an eye on is if the hormone levels in your blood weren't dropping or they started to increase this could only be monitored with a blood test.
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