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If you had 2 hpts that came up with a faint line you were indeed pregnant although your numbers probably never got up very high. Depending on the test you used, most early tests detect hcg at 25-50 miu of hcg. A doctor's office usually considers anything above a 5 as positive (because some women carry numbers like 2 or so around naturally and are not pregnant. False positives on ONE test are rare, on two, not likely at all. It is still devastating--it's what is called a chemical pregnancy and I had 3 of them in the course of my ttc journey. It didn't hurt any less than the ones I lost a few weeks later. Hang in there and know you can keep trying right away. Don't worry too much about the tissue though. I know I was very concerned about this with myself and the dr. explained that the baby at that stage is smaller than a grain of rice (I think even at 6 weeks pregnant with a normally developing fetus and hcg in the thousands it is smaller than a grain of rice. Your lining just builds up a lot when you are pregnant even in the earliest of stages. Good luck to you in the future!!!

Bella, a faint line is still a line. I had a similar incident myself. I was a week late on AF, took 3 HPT and all faint positives. Clinic said same thing, I was approx 5wks along. 2wks later i began bleeding and went to ER....at ER my HCG was 140, went home...bled through the weekend and passed a clot. Went to Dr on sunday and my HCG was 10....it is possible for your hormone levels to drop so qwikly when your body has experienced a complete miscarriage (i refuse to use the work spontaneous abortion bc an abortion is a choice and none of us chose to have a m/c). If the tests said BFP, than they were.

I am sorry for your loss. I know the pain and although it does get somewhat easier with time, it never truely goes away. My m/c was 3mos ago and i still have my rought days.if you would ever like to talk please feel free.

I agree with the other ladies if you saw the lines, even if they were faint it is still a +, you were pregnant. it sounds like you might have had a chemical pregnany, which is a form of m/c.

About HCG levels I had a missed miscarriage on May 15, 2006 I should have been 11 weeks 1 day pregnant but the baby had passed around 6 weeks 6 days. My HCG May 15, 2006 was around 7000 2 days later it had dropped to around 2500. HCG levels can fall really fast.

I am very sorry for your lose.

Thank you everyone for your responses. I am feeling recovered physically and emotionally now but feel the need to pull myself together every time I see a baby - especially seeing men with babies or hearing new dads talk about their babies. It would have been my partners first child so I was really looking forward to it. I know its not over and we have only just began. I want to enjoy the whole journey and not just the reaching of the destination of that Baby Land. I dont want to rush it by being impatient so I know I need to hold myself together and compose myself for the next BFP could be a while away..

Anyway we are back on the TTC bandwagon this cycle so fingers crossed xx