ask: Hi I had my period last month 2/9 and ended 2/14. It's now 3/18 and no period, am I pregnant?
Hi, I am 26 years old and am irregular with my periods. However I usually get them around the end of the month or beginning of the next. I would say within the first two weeks of the month at the latest.
Anyway, I had my last period 2/9 and ended 2/14. I had sex with my bf several times between the 14th and 20th. After that we still had sex however he would not cum inside me. However once or twice he may have accidently allowed a small amount to get in but I would urinate right after. Is it possible to push all the sperm out by urinating?
It's now 3/18 and no period. My breasts are a little sensitive, however I do not feel fatigue or cramps which I usually get before my period.
I have been stressing and so I took 3 pregnancy tests and they came back positive. Am I definately pregnant? Is it possible that it can show positive bc I am stressing and not really pregnant? How can I tell for sure?
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Hi, Anon, and welcome to Empowher. So glad you found us, and thank you for your question!
First, let's do a little work with the calendar. If your last period began Feb. 9, I count 37 days since that happened. Even with an irregular cycle, 37 days is a fairly lengthy time between cycles.
In a regular, 28-day cycle, you would have been most fertile from about the 22nd to the 28th, but sperm can live for between 3 to 5 days inside a woman's body. If you had sex on the 19th and/or the 20th, and ovulated around the 22nd, 23rd or 24th, it would have been possible for the sperm to fertilize the egg and for you to be pregnant.
And because you asked, no, urinating can not push sperm out; the openings to the urethra (where you urinate) and your vagina are different. If sperm enters the vagina, urinating will not affect it.
Here's how home pregnancy tests work: They detect the presence in your urine of something called HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin), a hormone produced by the placenta shortly after fertilization of an egg. If the hormone is there, the pregnancy test turns positive. If the hormone is not there, the test is negative. You can't simply produce this hormone with stress.
While it is possible for a pregnancy test to have false results, it would be more common for a negative test to be false by not sensing the HCG hormone yet (when a woman takes the test too early, for example). False-positive tests happen more when a woman is taking fertility medicine, and I am assuming you aren't. Since you have had three tests turn positive, I would say that odds are very good that you are pregnant.
Here are more details about how home pregnancy tests work:
http://health.howstuffworks.com/how-pregnancy-tests-work.htm
The only way to know for sure is to make an appointment with a doctor and have them do a pregnancy test in the office. Can you do this? Do you have a doctor you can visit?
March 18, 2009 - 10:21amThis Comment
Hi Anon
I have to second Diane's advice - false positives are rare in pregnancy tests - many of the home pregnancy tests are now as sensitive as the ones in doctor's offices.
My advice is like Diane's - get a blood test done at the doctor's office but I think it's very likely that you are indeed pregnant. I've never heard of three false positive pregnancy tests although I'm not saying it can't happen - it's just highly unlikely.
Are you ok with being pregnant? Is there anything we can help you with?
March 18, 2009 - 1:16pmI agree with the other women who commeneted. It seems pretty obvious that you are pregnant. A women can get pregnant if she is not using adequate protection and sperm enters her, even if it isn't all the ejaculate. If you didn't use protection and didn't take the morning after pill and your period doesn't come, then it seems that it all adds up rather easily to pregnancy.
March 19, 2009 - 11:14amHi,
How are you doing? I wanted to follow-up on Susan C's question to see what your thoughts are about being pregnant, and please let us know if there is anything we can do to help you; whether you have an unwanted or surprise pregnancy or not.
take care,
March 19, 2009 - 12:42pmAlison B
my period comes the end of every month and it would cum like february 28 or 27 and go right into march and my period been going like this for a while now my period didnt come the end of march whats wrong?
March 31, 2009 - 1:48amhi anon,
I am replying to your message on April 16th (I did not see this question, as it was not its own ASK, but was a response to another question).
When you wrote, your period had not started and it was day 31 (assuming your LMP was February 28; remember it was a short month). You did not indicate if your cycle is the "textbook" 28-day cycle, but a period 3 days late is not uncommon.
Has your period started by now? If not, have you taken a pregnancy test or called your doctor?
April 16, 2009 - 1:57pmhi new to this,
been ttc for a year after 2 miscarriages. Last m/c was dec 18 2008. periods went back to being normal. now i had a period on march 14th 2009, which was a week early. now it is april 15th and according to period last time i am 4 days overdue. i have taken tests but they have been negative. what i need to know is, would my period be a week late this month to compensate for the week early last month trying to kind of balance things out? or the other dilemma is, the tests i have been taking are too early because i wouldnt have been due on till this week? dilemma yes i know!!! HELP??? thanks ladies
Bea x
April 15, 2009 - 3:38amBea,
Late periods can be from so many different causes: pregnancy, stress, medications, and more. I doubt that your body would compensate one period being early, for a previous period being late. Each cycle is its own cycle, with the average being 28-days, although each woman can vary greatly from cycle-to-cycle. Some women are "textbook" 28-days each cycle; other women have cycles that are 26-days one time, and 31-days the next time.
A factor could also depend on when you ovulate, and since you are trying to conceive (I assume that's what ttc means), I assume you are keeping track of when you ovulate? If so, that can provide another piece to the puzzle (if you ovulate on day 14, or 18, or 11...this information can help you determine when you are most likely to begin menstruation). The average day of cycle women ovulate is day 14, so if it's "later" (say, day 18), then perhaps your period may start "later" than day 28.
If your LMP was March 14th, then it is now day 34 of your cycle, correct? According to Women's Health.Gov, "The average menstrual cycle is 28 days long. Cycles can range anywhere from 21 to 35 days in adults and from 21 to 45 days in young teens."
Can you call your doctor's office and ask a question over the phone to a nurse, to inquire their typical protocol regarding: "how long is too long for a missed period and negative pregnancy test, before you should see the doctor?". Are you able to do this?
Also, do you have any usual signs when you know your period is coming (breast tenderness, different emotions, spotting, cramping, etc). Have you had any of these signs?
I am sorry to hear about your miscarriages. How are you doing?
April 16, 2009 - 1:52pmHi alison,
thankyou for your reply. It is now Thursday 23rd and still period is a no show! have made arrangements to see my doctor tomorrow, Friday 24th April to have my bloods taken. I do use ovulation kits and it did show a surge on day 15 of my cycle. Now of course everyoneis telling me, 'oo that happened to my sisters friends auntie, and she was pregnant! but test did not register pos until she was nearly 4 months gone!'
I myself cannot believe that could happen, how could such a sensitive test such as clear blue and first response be wrong? they have the ability to register a positive from 4 days before you are due on your period.
Well, I shall inform you when my results are back. Personally I think age could be a major facotr, i am 42, but have been at fertility clinic for my misses last year. All tests from that came back clear, eggs viable, fsh 14, chromosome tests fine thyroid tests fine and all the fancy named tests fine!! They told me it was just bad luck i was not keeping hold of my pregnancies.
Once again, thank you for replying, needless to say i am going out of my mind right now, but only a week to wait until i get results.
Bea x
April 24, 2009 - 3:38pmHey I am trying to have my second baby. I had my son 15 months ago and ever since then I've been having irregular periods. The last time I had my period or so I thought it was a period was March 27th but before that it was March 3. I only get my period for like 1 to 2 days then I'm none till I get my next period. I want to have another baby really bad someone please help me??
April 22, 2009 - 5:05pm