How do you know if your pregnant?

by Valentina
(El Paso, TX)

How do you know if your pregnant for sure?

I have been feeling uneasy about whether I am pregnant or not. I had minor surgery in September a few weeks before my period was due. I guess my body was thrown out of whack because my normal menstrual cycle is about every 30 days or so. But 30 days came and with no period. I had quite a few days of extra vaginal discharge, but still no cycle. Then on day 53 it comes.

My flow was about the same as usual, but it only lasted like 3 days and it usually lasts for 5. Since it took so long to come I had already taken a home pregnancy test at day 42 and 49 and it came up negative both times. So I am pretty sure I'm not pregnant at this point. December comes around and my period comes at 31 days, which is normal. Regular flow that lasts 5 days.

But now here we are in the middle of January. It has been 41 days since my last period. But tonight I felt spasms in my lower abdomen. I have been pregnant before and I know what the first "quickenings" feel like. Was this just my food digesting, or an upset stomach? When I put pressure on the area to see if I could really feel anything it stopped. As soon as I let go it started again. I am so confused.

So how do you know if your pregnant if your period is all out of whack? Please help!

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How do you know if your pregnant?

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I hate my body NEW
by: Anonoymous

I hate my body. It does the same thing to me as yours does to you. Right now my period is late t0o. It is about 8 days late right now. I am not having an of the early signs of pregnancy beside mood swings. I am crying at the littlest things and it's getting under my nerves. I am having an increase in vaginal discharge too, but that happens when I ovulate also. So I don't know what to think right now.

My HPT was negative, so what is happening? I have looked at a few pregnancy websites but none of them can give me an exact answer, and really how could they? We are all so different and so many factors go on to our monthly cycles that one answer will never fit all. Oh well, I guess I will just have to qait and see.
Take another Home pregancy test NEW
by: Anonymous

I say take another home pregnancy test. Maybe you did get pregnant some time between September and November. It can't hurt anything. Some women with low hormone levels or other hormonal issues will get a negative HPT even after they know that they are indeed pregnant. It's funny how the body of a woman could be so complicated. Doctors say that things like this don't happen, until they do.

But if you continue to feel the quickenings or flutters, your period doesn't come, and you experience any other pregnancy symptoms I say go to the doctor. They can draw a blood test to check your HCG levels. Ask them to do it twice at least 5 days apart. If you are pregnant, even if your HCG levels are low they will increase as the pregnancy progresses. And that's what they should be checking for. He or she can even do an ultrasound. That's when you will definitely know if your pregnant or not.

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