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What Causes Positive Pregnancy Test After Miscarriage?
Question: I had a miscarriage on July 18th, 2014, it was a blighted ovum pregnancy and I was almost 9 weeks along. I took a home pregnancy test on Aug 30th, 2014 and it came back positive. Can that just be residual hcg hormones from the pregnancy I lost 6wks ago, or can I be pregnant again?
Brief Answer:
please do a serial blood test for Hcg
Detailed Answer:
Dear member
Thanks for writing.
The urine pregnancy test can be positive due to the previous blighted ovum.
Its also possible that it can be a new pregnancy.
The right way to confirm is to do a blood test levels for serum beta hcg on two days.
If the levels are increasing then it's a new pregnancy.
If they are decreasing then the levels are due to the previous blighted ovum.
Hope this was helpful.
Please write back if you have any questions
Thanks
Dr XXXXXXX
please do a serial blood test for Hcg
Detailed Answer:
Dear member
Thanks for writing.
The urine pregnancy test can be positive due to the previous blighted ovum.
Its also possible that it can be a new pregnancy.
The right way to confirm is to do a blood test levels for serum beta hcg on two days.
If the levels are increasing then it's a new pregnancy.
If they are decreasing then the levels are due to the previous blighted ovum.
Hope this was helpful.
Please write back if you have any questions
Thanks
Dr XXXXXXX
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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