Positive Pregnancy Test, Inconclusive Blood Test

kayleenicolerichie

Hi, my bf and I have been trying to conceive for awhile now. On March 12, I took a Clear Blue digital test and it came back positive. I took a few more tests of different brands (ClinicalGuard test strips from Amazon and First Response) and those all came back positive as well. 

On March 17th I went for a blood test. It came back inconclusive with only 10 mIU/mL found in my blood. 

I took a few more pregnancy tests and they came back negative or very very faint positive. 

I am scheduling an appt with my OBGYN, but I still am curious if anyone has any idea as to  what could have caused this because I thought it takes weeks for HCG to leave your body? Could it really go down from 25 mIU/mL + (standard level for most pregnancy tests to show a positive) to a 10 mIU/mL in just 5 days? 

Thank you in advance for your help! 

inthewoods23

kayleenicolerichie said:

Hi, my bf and I have been trying to conceive for awhile now. On March 12, I took a Clear Blue digital test and it came back positive. I took a few more tests of different brands (ClinicalGuard test strips from Amazon and First Response) and those all came back positive as well. 

On March 17th I went for a blood test. It came back inconclusive with only 10 mIU/mL found in my blood. 

I took a few more pregnancy tests and they came back negative or very very faint positive. 

I am scheduling an appt with my OBGYN, but I still am curious if anyone has any idea as to  what could have caused this because I thought it takes weeks for HCG to leave your body? Could it really go down from 25 mIU/mL + (standard level for most pregnancy tests to show a positive) to a 10 mIU/mL in just 5 days? 

Thank you in advance for your help! 

QFP 🤦

kbrown2385

holly321

When it took weeks(well it ended up being months) for my HCG to leave my system.  It was cancer.  

But in your case, it sounds like a chemical pregnancy. I am sorry that whoever took your blood results didn’t tell you this.  Have you had any bleeding?

inthewoods23

"hey Google, what's a chemical pregnancy"

MJDsquared

kayleenicolerichie

Okay. Wow, some of you people are so rude! I genuinely just wanted to know if anyone had a similar experience and what happened to them. I’ve never been pregnant before so I obviously don’t know what to expect. Shame on you. 

ruby696

@kayleenicolerichie Like @holly321 said, it sounds like you had a chemical pregnancy. 10 miU/mL is still considered pregnant (5 or under is considered normal), but if your levels are decreasing that's indicative of a loss. It usually does not take hCG very long to leave your system when you're that early into a pregnancy. If you have other questions, you may want to introduce yourself over at the TTCAL board in the child loss section. 

ETA: I'm also sorry for your loss.

holly321

kayleenicolerichie said:

Okay. Wow, some of you people are so rude! I genuinely just wanted to know if anyone had a similar experience and what happened to them. I’ve never been pregnant before so I obviously don’t know what to expect. Shame on you. 

Qfp 

holly321

@kayleenicolerichie a lot of woman here haven’t been pregnant before.  And honestly no one knows what YOU should expect with YOUR body.  

Tw Tw I have been pregnant many times and dealt with several losses, all of which have been completely different than the one before.  My most recent was a chemical pregnancy, I had positive tests on Friday, blood work drawn on a monday and started bleeding on Wednesday.  My Monday level was a 7.  
But the time before that, my HCG was 16,000 a week after my d&c, dropped for about a month then I traumatically delivered a mass tumor out of the blue on the way to work and my levels rose.  No one saw that one coming. 

dpchickens

@kayleenicolerichie It sounds like you're experiencing a CP. I'm sorry for your loss if this is the case. I hope you get more definitive answers.  

I'm sure you're scared and anxious and feeling overwhelmed; however, this board has had a HUGE intake of drive-bys the past few days and we're on wits end with it. There are people on this board who have experienced and been through more than you can even imagine (dealing with many losses, cancer from TTC, not seeing a positive PG test after many years of trying and a ton of tests, etc.). Some of us are currently experiencing losses and grieving and/or experiencing the worst moments of our life right now. The last thing we need is a rash of people plopping in asking if they're PG, waving clearly PG results in our faces, and making us feel used like we're only here to answer your questions. We ALL have questions too. We are all here to give/get support. Join in and you'll find a great community. But you can't expect to use us like google and not have backlash... and we don't deserve to be 'shamed on' anymore... Trust me, walking around and seeing everyone with their babies/kids, knowing society is always putting "kids are the future" on EVERYTHING, families get discounts and special treatment, and knowing that I'm the poor lady with 5 miscarriages that's still expected to be happy and super excited about everyone ELSE's kids who just needs to 'get over' her losses is enough shame from the world for me on a daily basis...

Please intro on the Intro thread
Then join into the TTCAL threads

shamrocandroll

@dpchickens

marebear15

I'm sorry for your loss. It sounds like you are going through a CP. And yes, it is very possible for your HCG to drop that quickly. With my loss, my HCG was 1161 on Friday, and by Monday it was 129. 

rikiteacup

@dpchickens nailed it

Jyoung327

*lurking*

I believe the half life of hcg is something like 2 days...so if its 10,000, 2 days ish later it should be 5000, etc... it does go quickly, also know this from experience.