Pregnancy Test Showing Positive After Bleeding With History Of Recent Terminated Pregnancy. Any Thoughts?
Hi, I ad a medical termination for health reasons at six weeks gestation. I saw the pregnancy sac following expulsion. I have since not had sex. Last night I lost some heavy freh red blood and for some reason took a pregnancy test. It told me I was 1-2 weeks pregnant please can you help?
Hello. Thanks for writing to us. The recent termination of pregnancy can cause a weakly positive test for many days after the termination. The hormone levels in the body take 3-4 weeks to reduce back to undetectable levels. I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you. Regards, Dr. Rakhi Tayal , drrakhitayal@gmail.com
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Pregnancy Test Showing Positive After Bleeding With History Of Recent Terminated Pregnancy. Any Thoughts?
Hello. Thanks for writing to us. The recent termination of pregnancy can cause a weakly positive test for many days after the termination. The hormone levels in the body take 3-4 weeks to reduce back to undetectable levels. I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you. Regards, Dr. Rakhi Tayal , drrakhitayal@gmail.com