Chemical Pregnancy and Missed Miscarriages

I had a chemical pregnancy first, I was knowingly pregnant for 3 days. 2 positive tests and then the worst most painful period life, but at the time I just put it down to dodgy tests as my ‘period’ was only like 5 days late. It was only went I was going through a missed miscarriage that I realised it was a chemical pregnancy. With my missed miscarriage, I knew before it was going to happen. I went to a private ultrasound at 10 weeks on the dot because I’d been feeling so so shit and my nhs scan wasn’t until nearly 13 weeks, I opted to wait for my body to do it naturally and it did it at 11w 6day. But based off measurements they stopped growing around 7/8 weeks so my body took 3/4 weeks to realise it was no longer growing, but my body was showing all the signs of pregnancy in those 2 weeks where I knew it wasn’t viable anymore, and that was shit.

Thanks for your reply. Helps a little. It's all so confusing. I've had 2 negative tests, but no period and the "jelly" I mentioned. So I'm not sure if I was pregnant at all, or just an irregular period. I also don't know whether to just leave it and wait for it to happen naturally, but if it is there and gone I dont want it making me sick.

Definitely confusing, the ultrasound will tell you what is most likely going on, it’s crap when all you can do is wait. I opted for naturally because I’d been wanting a baby for 2 years and I it had finally happened but I’d ’failed’ at it and I wanted to feel the pain. It took me 6 months to even think about being physically and mentally ready to start trying again after as we had been trying for over a year. I’ve just had a baby and the missed miscarriage did ruin pregnancy as a whole for me, I was never able to enjoy it and constantly thinking ‘what if’. We had lots of extra ultrasound to make sure she was still doing ok in there tho and it helped massively. Try not to be too hard on ourself so early on, Even just trying for a baby is so mentally and physically taxing and not talked about enough in society.

Have you restested? I’ve had two chemicals and both times the tests gradually got lighter and eventually got negatives and then bleeding. Your CM actually increases with pregnancy, so I don’t think you can go off this alone?

I had a missed miscarriage last June. I had no signs. I found out at my 12 week scan. Baby had stopped growing at around 5 to 6 weeks. So 6 to 7 weeks I went unknowing. I eventually started trying again in March this year and got pregnant and am currently 7 months pregnant.

The only way you can confirm it was in fact a chemical pregnancy is through a pregnancy test or blood test. If it’s negative, you are not pregnant and probably an irregular period. I had a missed miscarriage (at 10 weeks). My symptoms before were brown spotting and severe lower back pain. I had a normal period then a chemical pregnancy at 5 weeks. This was confirmed by a pregnancy test that gradually got lighter and a blood test until it was negative then started spotting/had what was like a very heavy period. The jelly like discharge could be completely normal and not indicate pregnancy at all. If you are having spotting and cramping, those are more common signs of miscarriage.