A week and a half ago, you would have just been around day 30 or 31, correct? In a person with an irregular cycle, that might have been too early to tell if you were pregnant or not.
Most pregnancy tests don't require morning urine, but the concentration of HCG would be higher after you've been asleep for several hours. And yes, it's possible to become pregnant even if your partner pulled out; all that has to happen is for a tiny bit of sperm to be deposited outside the vagina. (A doctor's web site tells me that there can be 100 million sperm in 1/4 teaspoon of semen, and that 25% of couples using withdrawal as their only birth control will get pregnant in the course of a year.) Also, the pre-ejaculate fluid released by your partner before he ejaculates does contain some sperm.
Early symptoms of pregnancy, besides being late for your period, are slightly tender or swollen breasts, some extra fatigue, and having to urinate more often than usual. A little later on you might experience nausea, dizziness, food cravings, heartburn or sensitivity to smells. Are any of these the things you're experiencing?
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A week and a half ago, you would have just been around day 30 or 31, correct? In a person with an irregular cycle, that might have been too early to tell if you were pregnant or not.
Most pregnancy tests don't require morning urine, but the concentration of HCG would be higher after you've been asleep for several hours. And yes, it's possible to become pregnant even if your partner pulled out; all that has to happen is for a tiny bit of sperm to be deposited outside the vagina. (A doctor's web site tells me that there can be 100 million sperm in 1/4 teaspoon of semen, and that 25% of couples using withdrawal as their only birth control will get pregnant in the course of a year.) Also, the pre-ejaculate fluid released by your partner before he ejaculates does contain some sperm.
Early symptoms of pregnancy, besides being late for your period, are slightly tender or swollen breasts, some extra fatigue, and having to urinate more often than usual. A little later on you might experience nausea, dizziness, food cravings, heartburn or sensitivity to smells. Are any of these the things you're experiencing?
March 26, 2009 - 10:24amThis Comment
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