I assume you are not expecting your period for another week or two, since you just had one August 13th.
Pregnancy tests do not detect the pregnancy hormone until the time you would be expecting your period. This is because it takes a while to even become pregnant. Since you are trying to conceive, and you likely know when your most fertile time is (when you are ovulating), it takes 10-14 days from the time an egg is released, fertilized, travels through fallopian tubes, into uterus, implants in uterus, then signals to the body to release the "pregnancy hormones". This is the reason the home pregnancy test doesn't detect the hormones yet---10-14 days after ovulation is about the time your period would be expected. So, you do not have an actual viable pregnancy until the fertilized egg is implanted in your uterus.
With that said, the symptoms you are experiencing could be hormone-related, but you may/may not be pregnant. And, unfortunately, you won't be able to know if you are pregnant or not until you miss your period (or take a pregnancy test when you expect your period). The same symptoms of pregnancy are the exact same as pre-menstrual syndrome: sore breasts, acne, headaches, lower back pain, cramping, moodiness, etc. (which makes sense, since they are both hormone-related).
I know it's frustrating to be trying to conceive for so long. It really does take many couples up to a year to conceive...and this is perfectly normal. Did you know that most women have "only" a 20% chance of conceiving each cycle?
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I assume you are not expecting your period for another week or two, since you just had one August 13th.
Pregnancy tests do not detect the pregnancy hormone until the time you would be expecting your period. This is because it takes a while to even become pregnant. Since you are trying to conceive, and you likely know when your most fertile time is (when you are ovulating), it takes 10-14 days from the time an egg is released, fertilized, travels through fallopian tubes, into uterus, implants in uterus, then signals to the body to release the "pregnancy hormones". This is the reason the home pregnancy test doesn't detect the hormones yet---10-14 days after ovulation is about the time your period would be expected. So, you do not have an actual viable pregnancy until the fertilized egg is implanted in your uterus.
With that said, the symptoms you are experiencing could be hormone-related, but you may/may not be pregnant. And, unfortunately, you won't be able to know if you are pregnant or not until you miss your period (or take a pregnancy test when you expect your period). The same symptoms of pregnancy are the exact same as pre-menstrual syndrome: sore breasts, acne, headaches, lower back pain, cramping, moodiness, etc. (which makes sense, since they are both hormone-related).
I know it's frustrating to be trying to conceive for so long. It really does take many couples up to a year to conceive...and this is perfectly normal. Did you know that most women have "only" a 20% chance of conceiving each cycle?
Does this information help?
August 25, 2009 - 3:33pmThis Comment
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