pregnancy test ?????

[leighanne143]

hi ladies,

i am probably just freaking myself out.  well i have had 2 MC's and found out that i am pregnant again, about 5 weesk4 day along.  so when i first tested i used the clear blue digitals.

me and hubby went to wal-mart today and i want one of the regular line tests so that i could keep and the positive would still be on there.  so i bought a cheesey equate wal mart brand kind.  i am downed a decaf iced coffee and came home and peed on the stick.  the plus sign came up immediately but the positive line across was very light.

so i am freaking myself out thinking that my hcg levels dropped, when they were more than doubling, i had them checked 4 times at the RE office.  could it just be that brand or the fact i had just had lots of liquids?

after 2 MC's your mind can play crazy tricks on you.

thanks,

leigh

[leighanne143]

ladies,

i am so silly.  i re-looked at the test today and i was reading the wrong line.  the horizontal line was faint, but that is not the line to worry about.  my vertical line, the line i should have been looking at, was wicked dark.  i am just so nervous that i had things backwards. sorry for the confusion but thanks for all your support during my time of psychosis.

[leighanne143]

thanks.  i am hoping it is just the brand of test

[SolusChristus]

Hey, I took the same exact test, and it turned out the same way yours did....the doctor confirmed it a couple of days later, and everything seems to be going ok with the pregnancy. I'm pretty sure everything is fine....possibly just the walmart brand that's so crappy? If I have another child eventually, I'm definitely going with the "pregnant" or "not pregnant" test, no more stupid lines!!!!!!!!!!

[leighanne143]

congrats on the twins.  i am just so nervous but what you said makes sense.  i just need to relax.  i might call the doctor monday and talk to them, since i myself am also at the specialist doctor until i get past the 12 week mark where i will then go back to my OB.  i am also periodically having small cramps in one specific area of my lower right pelvic area, so of course i am thinking eptocpic but it seems to happen after i do things like walk, or hold my 7 months old baby cousin who is more than 22 pounds, yes she is a biggun.

[sadiesmommy]

I agree, trying to remain calm during pregnancy after m/c can almost seem like a joke at times but I don't think you have much to worry about. Liquids can dilute the hormone in your urine and that is why they will suggest that you "hold it" for four hours without a lot of liquid intake before testing. You have had your levels tested and since they are not checking them continuously everything must look satisfactory and I know it is hard to trust them at times but you have to. I have had two m/c and am now pregnant. I only had my levels drawn once and I was freaked because they never checked to see if they were doubling. My fears were eased a little bit because I had an u/s the day after testing (we are getting twins) but then after that nothing until a repeat us/ just this past wednesday and I will tell you it was the longest and worst two week wait I have ever had so far. But everything turned out great. Now we are going back to my regular ob/gyn and I have a feeling no more u/s until week 18 and while it totally freaks me out I have to trust that they know what they are doing. I also need to trust myself that if something is out of sorts I need to pick up the phone and ask some questions ( I have never been that type of person and I know it needs to change but I always felt I was 'annoying' them but the truth is that is there job, to answer your questions and make you feel better). I think your docotor would completely understand how you feel having had two m/c. As much as it is  a nice keepsake to have you can drive yourself nuts over the darkness of lightness of each line. I used to take test after test with each of my pregnancies and this time I have only taken one and thats it. It is in my dresser somewhere and I have no idea if the positive line is still there or not but I am not gonna check either. I did take a picture of it right away and you might want to consider doing that instead. That way you can use a digital and you'll always have the picture of it at least. Wow okay I am done now, hang in there!!