Hey there. I’m in the dark place of a failed round. It’s not truly failed as I had a faint pos on day 10 yesterday & same this morning (day 11, OTD). I called clinic expecting them to say re-test in 2 days but they said treat it as a positive & we’ll see you at 7 weeks for a scan. I asked re: HCG bloods but they say they don’t do them. Firstly, I don’t want to spend £400 on drugs & ALL the hope to go to a scan in 3 weeks which will prob be nothing, I think it’s almost irresponsible to do this (on my clinic, & on my body having unnecessary drugs) but also I’ve googled the entire internet & found zero positive outcomes with really faint lines at test day- everything says this is a chemical pregnancy. I also tested after work this afternoon & it looked neg (then I think an Evap line which I seem to get on every preg test).
My plan is to test again tomorrow & if still pos I’ll seek HCG bloods privately. But do you think the clinic are bonkers for thinking this could actually be a happy ending? I’ll attach my test from this morning. Thanks for reading. This is our last round. We have embryos in the freezer but my husband is DONE & im not sure my mental health can take much more (this is FET 11) xxx
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Hi, I think you should try to take each day as it comes. I saw the line and faint or not, it’s a positive line. I will suggest you should wait as your clinic suggests, continue with your medications to give yourself the very best help and I’m sure before your scan test, you would be sure you’re pregnant.
I don't want to offer false hope, as I know how toxic that can be, and I do really think 'trust your gut', but... I had faint, much fainter lines on the cheapy tests I usually use with my last pregnancy (a few weeks ago, we get pregnant but have recurrent losses). It didn't get to a 'definite' stage of darkness until my hcg was well over 100.
The tests had always been fine before, I think it was a bad batch.
Anyway, my suggestion would be to try FRER and take from there. I've always found those consistently reliable.
P.S. you can reliably test pee fir up to 24hrs after you peed (Google whether it needs fridge or not, I cannot remember).So, you could keep some morning pee to test later.
Just in case that helps with anxiety. I know each day feels approx 2 one million days long with faint tests.
I agree with the post saying take it one day at a time. Ask for meds for a week only and keep testing. My clinic is the same any postive they just book in the 8 week scan and don’t do HCG unless you are bleeding with a positive test. so I have had to track my chemicals myself. Extra meds though I just kept for the next round and saved my self some money the next time. I do t use those cheapie tests so I can’t guide on the strength of those but maybe a digital one with words on it would give you more of a straight up answer than squinting at lines or a pink dye one such a a a frer as someone else suggested. Thinking of you and hoping it’s just some dodgey tests! Xx
It’s so so hard but you just need to take each day as it comes. In all honesty it could go either way at this point - even if you had a dark line right now that would still be true.
This year I’ve had fainter lines and really dark lines on otd and unfortunately neither ended up working out. Some people get dark lines and it works, some people get fainter lines and it still works. I’ve also had rising hcg levels after bloods, encouraging and reassuring at the time but ultimately didn’t work out. It feels like a coin toss sometimes.
There are so many variables along the way and no guarantees so if you can, just try to think that today you are pregnant.
I know this feels like such a strange limbo phase like you should be happy but can’t properly feel it as doesn’t feel like it will last. But today everything says you’re pregnant until proven otherwise and the otherwise might never happen. And if it does that’s also out of your hands. There’s no person or no test that can tell you this is going to all work out. And I really mean that with kindness because I’ve been there. This whole thing completely messes with your head and you have to take so many leaps of faith to just keep going. It’s exhausting and awful and tough.
I think you have to follow their advice so you’ve done everything in your power to help things work but also try to protect your heart as much as you can. Wishing you lots of luck for the next few days.
I feel for you, I had a similar experience with my clinic and agree that it’s really unhelpful when they decline HCG bloods in situations like this.
My lines didn’t progress until day 13 by which time I got HCG bloods done myself and all was ok but I did experience an anembryonic pregnancy on the previous cycle and didn’t find out until the 7 week scan and felt like it had been a waste of time and money to wait. It would have shown as a non viable pregnancy on HCG bloods and I really wish this was standard practice.
I was fuming the second time as I’d paid my clinic £16,000 for the package and they refused to allow £50 worth of bloods 🙄🙄🙄
Your plan sounds sensible, good luck, I can relate to what a rough time it is xx
You are absolutely right about your clinic and they definitely need to be more careful about their procedures, it is not ok to treat people like that. Please don’t give up and keep fighting for your health and future baby, go get the pregnancy blood test done and then talk to your clinic about the results. Shame there’s no protection for women’s rights during this process.
thank you all. I got a 2-3 weeks on a clear blue digital this morning, for now that’s exactly where I should be so I am tentatively excited. Thanks all for your support xxx
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