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See you are all fine! That's excellent news, keep being positive and it will all pan out for you. I thought i would pa__s time, half a hour, as i have to ring the hospital with tonight hcgs...but nicely enough they called me just now and after scaring me again with the whole ectopic thing...they told me that my levels have doubled...and more. My last one was 144 and todays is 645. I asked if there's more than one just for a laugh, but nope just the one! I think that suites me fine. Kim...try to stay positive, i was feeling exactly like you were, upset, angry and hurt. I will tell you i'm still spotting 4 weeks into my pregnancy, haven't stopped and i still get cramps (the achy type) they move from side to side. The doc said it's all fine to get that. Be brave and my fingers are crossed for all you ladies. xx

just some advice for anyone who has had 2 or more misscaridges or low hcg, seek help from the docs asap, as you could need help with progestorone or anything, i know just because you have 1 misscarridge doesnt mean you will have another but i had 4 losses and now im getting the help i need im now ( nearly three months) ive never one over 8 weeks, so seek help if you are worried or unsure about anything, dont leave it to late.. good luck girls, ill be thinking of you all xxxxx

I'm so happy for you that things are going well so far. Hopefully, once you're officially over the 3 month "hump", you can relax that much more & truly enjoy this pregnancy!! I've been praying for you & your baby & will continue to do so until your sweet little one is in your arms...you are the silver lining on our dark clouds & your story gives us all the hope we are searching for...Thank You!! Hang in there girls...it will happen for all of us! Hopefully sooner than later, but I have faith it will because it just has to!

I am glad to hear that all is well, especially after what you have lost in the past. This pregnancy sounds like it will be a fantastic outcome and one well deerved. Rest up and try not to worry, the first 3 months is hard to enjoy as there's sooo much stress and worrying...but once it's past happy times will be ahead. I'm hoping that the 3 months will fly by for me...but it is hard. My fingers are crossed and i will be thinking of you all the way..let us all know how you go for your scan. I have a scan on thursday...they want to see if the sack and yolk are all in place...fingers crossed, so nervous. xx

I have been trying for 11 months but failed. in june my periods delayed but hpt showed neg, finally i got periods. my doc diagnosed me with polycystic ovaries (polycistic ovarian syndrome as all hormone levels were ok) then i resumed normal cycles 31-33 days. my last period was on 17 aug and ovulation predictor came positive on 1/9 but my doc said i didn't ovulate this month as my progestaron level was too low in blood test.now i have no signs of my periods coming, did 2 pregnancy test one on 19/9 came neg and sec on 26/9, a very faint line came. I called my doc and she suggested to start medication to bring periods. has any one of u have any idea wats going on in my body. is that possible that i have very low hcg or using a low sensitivity test. should i wait a few days more?

Hello, Sonia I would suggest you wait a few more days and take another pregnancy test. I wouldn't take any medication to bring on your period knowing you may be pregnant. Doctors are not always 100 % sure. I wish you luck and hope everything goes well. Keep us posted

aww thanks very much julie, and good luck.. just been for another scan today just to check he/she is still alive and all is well, lovely size, heart beat great, i cried, im just so nervous about coming of all my meds in 5 days, especially the progestorone, i feel really safe with it but it should be fine, fingers crossed, i will let yu all know if anything changes, does anyone have any really gorgeous boys names as we have the girls picked, my little boy is called reece so it has to go with that xxx

aww thanks very much julie and krissy, and good luck.. just been for another scan today just to check he/she is still alive and all is well, lovely size, heart beat great, i cried, im just so nervous about coming of all my meds in 5 days, especially the progestorone, i feel really safe with it but it should be fine, fingers crossed, i will let yu all know if anything changes, does anyone have any really gorgeous boys names as we have the girls picked, my little boy is called reece so it has to go with that xxx

Sonia, I would NOT take any meds if you had a faint positive hpt. This happened to a friend of mine, her period was "late" and doc put her on meds to bring her period on. it didn't work--turns out she was pregnant! thank goodness there was no harm to her baby. how alarming that a doctor would prescribe meds to bring on a period without first doing an hcg blood test to check for pregnancy. please keep us posted on what happens with you. thinking of you and wishing you all the best.

SONIA do not take any meds, as a faint line only shows up if your pregnant, it is very rare to get a positive unless you are on tablets that will interfere with your hcg, or you have a blood clot, crazy i know... ive done so much research on this, your gp is crazy to tell you to take meds to bring your period on, she should know what a positive test looks like regardless of how faint it is, sometimes i wonder how these people get there jobs, good luck and my fingers and toez are crossed for you xxxxx

thanks to u all for ur conerns. It really helped me a lot. Last night i couldn't even sleep properly due to all this going on. I will wait and take another hpt then see my dr in person to discuss everything in detail. I will keep u posting my updates. can any one tell me how faint a line can be to be considered as positive. thanks again

Hello again everyone. Thanks so much for being so caring and making me feel somewhat better. I went today and had my hcg test done again, and it came back not even close to what the one nurse said it should have been. The first one was 113, 2nd one 2 days later was 198, third one (today) was only 353 and that was a three day span instead of the two because of Sunday. The nurse told me she thought for a good sign, the numbers should have been about 500-600 at least. And when the dr. called me tonight, she said it went up which is good, but not like it really should have. She wants to repeat it again in two more days and hope that it doubles or more now. She said that she is worried that if it doesn't double, that we may have to check for an etopic pregnancy. I can't do this all over again. This entire thing since finding out we finally got pregnant again is ending up the same way as 7 months ago when we had the miscarriage. Every single day I try to be more possitive, but everyday things go along like the sheer hell that we went through then. I asked my dr. to take another bloodtest and check my progesterone, and she did, but it isn't done yet. She told me that there isn't any real link to that and miscarriages??? I don't know what to believe anymore! The nurse telling me that we needed numbers of 500-600 for today, and the dr. calling with the numbers and saying that it's ok for now that it's only 353 and lets hope they go up in two days. I hate this being in limbo thing again too. I cannot believe this is happening again! The last time they checked for the etopic pregnancy and the baby was in the right spot, heartbeat and all on the ultrasound. I have two pictures of the baby I lost, and I just can't do it again. I can't even type about this without crying...this is crazy! I don't think I can try anymore after this pregnancy. I can't deal with this pain anymore. What do we ever do to deserve this c___p??? I know way too many people that don't deserve even one baby, and they have like 5! Well, I'll let you know what my new numbers are on Wed. night, and where we are going from there. Oh, and the dr. said that I should only be about three weeks now or so, so I guess they don't go by the extra 2 week thing added to that?? Who knows...noone I guess~ Good night for now everyone...kisses, and best of wishes to you all....

Sonia, any faint line that appears in the time period specified in the instructions on the hpt you are using should be considered a positive result. if it is after the time period specified in the the test instructions then do not consider that positive because your body does have a low level of hcg that naturally occurs. i tested very, very early (about a week before my period was due) and got a very, very faint line. so faint that my husband wasn't sure he could even see it, but i definitely could (and obviously it was not just wishful thinking because i really am pregnant!) also, just to let you know, i have heard of evaporation lines on hpt's and found some useful info, including photos of different hpt's at www.peeonastick.com. when i wasn't sure about my hpt result I looked at the info on this site (amazed to see someone has dedicated such time to collecting this info). hope this helps a little.

Kim, I totally understand where you're coming from and your post really hits home for me too. I too feel like I just CANNOT go through losing another baby and that i don't know if i could try again if i lost this baby. please hang in there though and try not to get so caught up in the nitty gritty of the numbers and what they may or may not mean. i know that's easier said than done, as i obsesss over the numbers myself! but I think i've learned my lesson though after last week. the nurse at my ob's office had me completely freaked out, thinking my progesterone and hcg were both way lower than they "should be". being as scared as i am about the numbers, i truly believed i was going to be facing another miscarriage. when i saw my doctor a few days later, he looked at my numbers (hcg didn't quite double in 2 days) and said they were probably right where they should be given i was only 4.3 weeks pregnant. what i wanted to say (but didn't) was that they should teach their nurses more about what are "normal" numbers and explain that everyone can be different. also hcg "should" double in 2-3 days, so if you are having blood drawn at 2 days (instead of 3) and the numbers are a bit less than double, then perhaps enough time hasn't gone by. and also everyone's numbers are different, as i learned by comparing notes with a pregnant girlfriend of mine. at 4 weeks her hcg was 57 and mine was 88, yet both of us are being told we have good numbers. i think nurses working in ob offices either shouldn't be allowed to disclose numbers from hcg tests, or they need to better educated at interpreting them and discussing with a patient what they mean--and if they don't know they should have the doctor call you. i think what they may not realize is that their patients hang on every word they say about the numbers when delivering the news! as for low progesterone having nothing to do with miscarriage, that is most certainly incorrect. the progesterone hormone is essential in keeping the lining of the uterus intact and not shedding prematurely. obviously the lining of your uterus is essential in pregnancy, so progesterone is extremely important. i had low progesterone (probably due to the fact I only have one ovary) and my ob has me on Prometrium (progesterone supplement) as a precautionary measure. i have heard that low progesterone is not a direct CAUSE of miscarriage, however it *could* be an effect of a pregnancy that isn't doing well. notice i said COULD be--there are other reasons a woman may be low progesterone. i have read extensively on the low progesterone topic and it is a known fact that women with history of miscarriage can sometimes have the reason traced back to being low progesterone and once this is discovered and progesterone supplemented they go on to have normal pregnancies with healthy babies. please hang in there and try to overcome the feeling that your pregnancy is doomed. i know it is hard, we are all scared of the trauma, hurt and failure that is felt when a miscarriage happens. part of taking care of yourself while pregnant includes taking care of yourself emotionally and mentally too, not just physically. try to keep positive thoughts about this baby and know that there are people here supporting you and hoping and praying for you and your baby. thinking good thoughts for you....(:

my hcg-quant range is 2.04 is normal or not

a faint line on a test can be as faint as anything, i didnt believe i was pregnant with this one as the line was so faint i had to hold it up to the light just to see it, it was so light because my hcg was very low, sometimes there low when you have found out in the early stages that your pregnant, what test did you use, do not get worked up about this as we all know stress is not good for you ( or the baby) there is no reason why you would have a positive result with out been pregnant, let the gp do a blood test. good luck xxx