Hi,
It is confusing, but when you have menstrual bleeding, it means that you would not have a viable pregnancy. Some women may have very slight bleeding, or spotting, as a "period" when they are pregnant, but the vast majority do not...there are just always exceptions.
No, you can not get pregnant on the 24th and then have a period on the 26th. It would have been possible to become pregnant earlier (like on the 14th), and have slight spotting on the 26th.
Are you and your husband having unprotected sex? Are you trying to conceive? Are you sure you did not have sex anytime between your period on August 26th and September 21st? Have you taken a home pregnancy test, just to be sure?
You are right that during your period you shed the lining of your uterus, and that is the reason you would not have a "viable pregnancy"; technically, you could have a fertilized egg, but it is not a "pregnancy" until the fertilized egg is implanted into your uterus; and this is not possible when you shed the lining. And, even if two eggs were released during ovulation, one can not be viable as a pregnancy as the entire uterus lining is shed...not just part of the lining.
Women's cycles can become irregular for no apparent reason one month, and this can be perfectly normal. Cycles can range from 21-35 days to be considered "normal", and there is fluctuation even beyond those days. Some women even miss a period one month, and this can be OK. Your next steps can be: take a home pregnancy test, and/or call your GYN if your period has not started within another week. (They may not need to see you until you have missed a certain number of periods, it is that common! Amenorrhea, a medical condition for the absence of periods, is only a "condition" once a woman has missed her period for 3 months).
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Hi,
It is confusing, but when you have menstrual bleeding, it means that you would not have a viable pregnancy. Some women may have very slight bleeding, or spotting, as a "period" when they are pregnant, but the vast majority do not...there are just always exceptions.
No, you can not get pregnant on the 24th and then have a period on the 26th. It would have been possible to become pregnant earlier (like on the 14th), and have slight spotting on the 26th.
Are you and your husband having unprotected sex? Are you trying to conceive? Are you sure you did not have sex anytime between your period on August 26th and September 21st? Have you taken a home pregnancy test, just to be sure?
You are right that during your period you shed the lining of your uterus, and that is the reason you would not have a "viable pregnancy"; technically, you could have a fertilized egg, but it is not a "pregnancy" until the fertilized egg is implanted into your uterus; and this is not possible when you shed the lining. And, even if two eggs were released during ovulation, one can not be viable as a pregnancy as the entire uterus lining is shed...not just part of the lining.
Women's cycles can become irregular for no apparent reason one month, and this can be perfectly normal. Cycles can range from 21-35 days to be considered "normal", and there is fluctuation even beyond those days. Some women even miss a period one month, and this can be OK. Your next steps can be: take a home pregnancy test, and/or call your GYN if your period has not started within another week. (They may not need to see you until you have missed a certain number of periods, it is that common! Amenorrhea, a medical condition for the absence of periods, is only a "condition" once a woman has missed her period for 3 months).
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