Question about chemical BFP?

What exactly does this mean? Is it a mistake with the test? Or is it just a very early miscarriage?
If so, do you just get your period like normal or do you need to see a Dr?
Sorry for all of the questions.
Thanks

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I would like to know about this as well...I feel so bad for any one who went through this!

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I think its considered a very early miscarriage.
Im not 100% possitive tho, I could be wrong.

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A chemical bfp is a real bfp, it is just that it is sooo early in a pregnancy, that it doesn't stick... it is like a very very early miscarriage.

A lot of times a woman would get her period, maybe a little bit late, and not even know that she was pregnant if she wasn't testing. That's the downside to early pregnancy tests... while it is fun to find out so early that you are PG, it can also be sooo early that it doesn't stick, which happens to a lot of women. From what I understand, it is very common to have super early pregnancies like that, that end in early miscarriages. You only know about it bc you were testing.

I don't think you really NEED to go to the dr.s, but if you feel like you want to then I think that's always a good idea.

hope that helps!

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Thank you. I thought this was what it meant, but I wasnt sure.
To anyone dealing with this

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"A chemical pregnancy occurs when a fertilized egg does not implant into the uterine wall. If a pregnancy test is taken just at the right time it will be positive, however, when a repeat test is taken several days later it will be negative."

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Posted by hidingout

"A chemical pregnancy occurs when a fertilized egg does not implant into the uterine wall. If a pregnancy test is taken just at the right time it will be positive, however, when a repeat test is taken several days later it will be negative."

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Posted by hidingout

"A chemical pregnancy occurs when a fertilized egg does not implant into the uterine wall. If a pregnancy test is taken just at the right time it will be positive, however, when a repeat test is taken several days later it will be negative."

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A chemical pregnancy is a very early miscarriage. Either the fertilized egg does not implant, or it begins to implant and is then for some reason or another not sustained by the uterus.



This is precisely why I was SO nervous after getting my BFP (especially since I got it so early) and why I tested every single day for the two weeks after I got it.

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OB told me it's technically a PG that was not "diagnosed" by ultrasound (typically before 6 weeks). I've had two of them where I got BFPs at 11 & 9 DPO and MC by 14DPO so I would not have known I had them. That said, I'm extremely glad I tested early as it led me to discover I have a progesterone issue and was able to see an RE more quickly than if I had not known about those PGs and get on progesterone supplements to prevent it from continuing to happen...

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I had a chemical.. but i didn't even get a BFP because i didn't test before AF showed up.

I only knew i even had a chemical because it was the first time i was going to my RE and they took tons of blood - they called me to tell me the pregnancy hormone was detected (i thought i had gotten AF, i had major spotting and i was on CD 25). they continued to take blood for the next few days and monitor me - then on cd 28 the hormone levels dropped and i got AF the next day.

If i hadn't gone to the RE for bloodwork, i never would've known about the chemical.

Honestly, i think this is one of the reasons i'm not into testing so early like everyone else is. I prefer to wait until AF is supposed to show.
If i had actually tested and gotten a BFP, i would've been crushed to find out that it was really a chemical. This was sad to find out, but it had already happened and so i was able to put it behind me and move on. If i had gotten the BFP, i would've had a completely different reaction.

As for going to the dr - i don't think its necessary, although i think it may depend on how long it's been before you have it.