False Pregnancy? Kinda long!

[penguingrl81]

Ok so I dunno if this is the right forum to post this in and if not please relocate me! Ok with that said heres my story and I'm really interested if any of my cysters have experienced this?!

New Years of 2005, I was sick as a dog! And my BF, DH now and I had only been together since 08/04. Anywho, one night while he was at work my best friend came over w/ a couple of HPT's. So I took the first one........waited 3 min or whatever it took, mean while, I dunno ever since I was young I always prayed that the test would come back positive, I guess because I've always wanted kids so bad. So the 1st test came back positive, I was ecstatic and not believing it at the same time, thank goodness my bff brought 2 tests. I immediately took the 2nd one, waited again and I'll be danged if it didnt come back positive too. So when my then B/F of 5 months (eek!), came home from work that nite, 1st he asked me why I was up so late. I told him I knew why I had been so sick the last week. He had brought home Del Taco to eat keep in mind. I told him about the HPT's being + and he happened to be standing in the kitchen eating over the sink, and his immediate reaction was to throw up the 2 tacos he had just eaten! Ok so I just had to tell that part because it was funny! Long story short I go into the gyno they take a urine test and a blood test both of which come back positive. So Dr. comes in does the u/s, he then turns on the lights and looked at me and said I dunno if I have good news or bad news. WTF??? He goes on to tell me that I have had a false pregnancy and that I basically had the hormones like I was pg but there was no baby! Again, WTF??? So he called it a false pg?! Anywho, thats always really bothered me because I didnt understand really what a False Pregnancy was and now I find out this year that I have PCOS. I always was absoulutely devasted, I know there was no baby there but the thought that I was finally gonna be a mom and I knew I was going to marry my now DH, I wasnt really worried. It absolutely broke my heart! Sorry I know I'm rambling on and prolly not making much sense but I've always been curious if anyone else ever experienced this and or felt the same way!

Thanks for reading and please let me know if you've heard of it and if you think I'm crazy for being so upset about it.

[queenbuzz]

Okay, here's what I think. I think you most likely had a "blighted ovum" which your doctor should have explained better. With all those positive tests, you were definitely pregnant!!!

[mom2amy]

It sounds more like a chemical pregnancy (not a blighted ovum-that is when you see a sac and placenta and just no baby) . It is when your body makes the hormones but the baby never implanted in your uterus for whatever reason.
I have had 3 of these and it is just as hard as when I had a bighted ovum pregnancy.
I am here if you need to talk about whatever! I have since had another miracle after having 4 back to back losses. I just never gave up in my heart!
I normally don't leave my siggy, but I want you to see that I have over came alot to get my two miracles! Feel free to read my baby's site as well, I posted in my journal about trying for a baby with everything we had to go thru.

[uwalcott]

Yes, I would agree that it was either one or the other-- I don't think there is any such thing as a false pregnancy.

[SheriKCMO]

I'm very sorry for your loss. The doctor didn't explain it well. The tests were right, you conceived a child, then something didn't go well. Exactly what that was, we don't know because he didn't specify. The first and second responses gave some strong possibilities, and those are very frequent problems for cysters. I seriously hope you don't have to go through this again before realizing your dreams of a family. To us in this forum, though, you are already a mother. (((Hugs)))

[penguingrl81]

Thank you all for your responses! I've always felt very sad and confused about what had happened. I'm glad I could get this off of my chest and have so much support from all of you! This forum is a blessing to all of us!

[rainyangl]

Penguingrl - That happened to me back in 2003. I didn't understand what was going on because I had pos. pregnancy tests except my beta came back really low and the dr. said it wasn't a viable pregnancy. I had a heavy period about 3 weeks later. Unfortunately it happens. I had another chem. pregnancy in Sept. of 07. It sucks. I am glad you got a chance to get this off your chest and hopefully gain some closure. I pretty much denied for a few years that the pregnancy in 2003 even happened. Until I had my second chem pregnancy, I hadn't really faced what happened.

[southie]

There is such a thing as false pregnancy, see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_pregnancy

However, as far as I know, it doesn't cause you to have positive pg tests.

[uwalcott]

Oh wow very interesting. I wonder if this false pregnancy thing can happen o a woman who miscarries and then still feels like she is pg after it happens. Does it count if you feel like you are pregnant or do you have to believe it?

I ask this because after I lost my baby last year, on my due date, I experienced intense stomach pains which felt amazingly like contractions. Not being crazy of course I knew the entire time that I was not pregnant, but nevertheless my body did it just the same.