pregnant after miscarriage?

I just miscarriage on halloween this year.  I had an ultrasound done because I started bleeding and this was at 11 weeks, but they told me that the baby stopped growing at 7 weeks.  because it was a friday and my doctors were gone the place doing the ultra sound sent me home.  so I had a natural miscarriage at home(awful) and then went to my doctor to make sure the I passed everything.  it was a complete miscarraige (miscarriage) so My husband and I waited for one cycle that was this month and then we tried again.  my first period after the miscarraige (miscarriage) was awful. it started out 12/22 very light almost just spotting and then became very heavy by thanksgiving.  I have taken pregancy test now and the lines are all very faint.  I think that is postive but I am not sure what date I should count from the 22 or thanksgiving.  I just want to know if I am pregnant or is something else going on.


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[sweetangel7]

I'd wait another week and test...although, a positive test is a positive test whether it is faint or not...and I am sure your doctors checked to make sure your hcg levels had dropped back to non-pregnant levels SOOO I don't think this would be residual hcg from the October mc.

Good luck, and you could always call your doctor to confirm the pregnancy with a blood test etc.

[alaysha]

You count for the first day of your last period so 11/22

[wendysculy]

thanks I took a blood test on friday and today the doctor told me that the hormone level was 17 which she said was very low so I had to re test today.

[wendysculy]

I retook my blood test on monday and the test said that my hormone level was 13. The doctor says that I am not pregnant or most likely not. A digital home pregnancy test says that I am. they say that it is left over from the october miscarriage or a second miscarriage. but my period still has not started and it has been a week. the lines on the home tests are all darker now. so did I miscarry again or our my hormones just very low and they go up and down. I have to retake the test next week, but this is to make sure my hormoes are at zero( because they think it is from my first miscarriage) AHH

[JoyRenee]

It sounds like your levels are still going down. It can take 6 weeks for your HCG levels to return to 0 after a miscarriage.

[sea_chelle]

I had a miscarriage two days before thanksgiving 2008.  I took a pregnancy test before Christmas and it tested positive three days later I had my first period.  I took another home pregnancy test three days after my period and it showed that I was not pregnant. I assumed that my hormone levels had dropped and I would ovulate we tried to concieve (conceive).  I just took another test Jan 19 and it was a strong positive.  Does this mean that I am pregnant again?  

[DDKAY]

I found out I was pregnant Dec 9, 2008.  I knew the pregnancy was not viable after two ultrasounds and four blood tests.  I began bleeding on January 21st and ended up getting an emergency D and C because I was hemorrhaging.  Now, I am waiting for my 2 week follow-up appointment.  I am wondering when I can expect my next period, when I can start trying again and if I can get progesterone supplements of some sort while we try to have another baby.  It has been a long 2 months and part of me is glad that it is finally over.  But I am very anxious to get pregnant again so that I do not feel so sad.  I also wanted my children closer together than 3 years.  I guess God had different plans.