Making your decision
Follow the team’s schedule for testing, support medication and activity. Symptoms or their absence do not show the outcome. Do not stop prescribed medication yourself; severe pain, heavy bleeding, fainting or breathlessness need urgent assessment.
Do you need to stay in bed after transfer?
Prolonged bed rest is not a routine requirement. Discuss everyday movement according to your clinical circumstances. Use support medication as prescribed. If pain or bleeding occurs, contact the team rather than increasing, stopping or reducing medicines yourself. Your personalised discharge instructions take priority over general internet advice.
Can symptoms reveal the result?
Mild cramps, breast tenderness or no symptoms at all do not reliably predict success. Medication can cause pregnancy-like symptoms. Take the blood test on the recommended date and ask how results will be followed up. Severe abdominal pain, fainting, significant breathlessness or heavy bleeding require urgent assessment.
Ask at your consultation
When should I test, who receives the result and when is medication reviewed?
Preparing for your first appointmentSources and further reading
General information does not replace an individual diagnosis or treatment plan. Outcomes vary.
