Advice from mums: Am I pregnant?

Hi ladies

I'm just looking for advice.

I've never had a regular period per se and whilst my husband and I aren't actively trying for a baby w rely on the 'pull out' method - we just want things to happen more or less naturally.

My last period was roughly in the beginning of September and its roughly around the beginning of each month give or take a couple of days. This month my period was a week late and when it did arrive it was only for a day before it stopped.

For the past three weeks or so I have been experiencing a few symptoms of pregnancy. I've been feeling sick/throwing up, craving weird food (I only wanted eggs at one stage) or when I get food that I thought I wanted I don't want it anymore - even the sight of it is enough to make me feel queasy. I also have a loss of apetite. I've been getting increasingly tired and the past couple of days especially my lower back has been aching.

I've also had a lot of gas/indigestion which isn't like me, and constipation which isn't like me either. I've done 4 htps now and all of them are negative, which should be a pretty good indicator but for some odd reason I just don't trust the results. I feel fvery heavy in my abdoment and really bloated, and I just know that something isn't quite right. I strongly suspect that I am pregnant. I've booked in with the Doc but he can't get me in for another few days.

I was just wanting to get a few opinions in the interim. Have any of you had hpts that have been negative when you were pregnant? I have done all 4 first thing in the morning and habve even bought one that is supposedly more sensitive than the others. If I am pregnant I would think I'd be about 6-7 weeks along.

Thanks for any replies and advice.

Hmmm it's a hard one to tell best advice I can give is to get a blood test done by your Gp, those symptons could be signs of POS or another number of things that mess with your body particulary your menstral cycle, it isn't always a pregnancy!

Hope this helps,
Best of luck!
Snoopea

I would go out and buy a hpt and test first thing in the morning!

Hmmmm, well you could be. The symptoms seem good, except for AF... I would have thought a HPT would show a positive by now BUT some woman dont get a positive at all (SIL got negatives when she was pregnant).

I would go to the dr for a blood test if you think you are pregnant :)

It would be unlikely to have a negative at 6 or 7 weeks, but it could also be possible that you ovulated late and aren't as far as long as you think. Or there could be another explanation for your symptoms. There are a lot of tummy bugs going around. So really, without a blood test, there is no way to know. Out of interest, how are your breasts? Any discomfort, tingling etc? That can also be an early sign.

Fingers crossed hun that you get the result that you want.

Wow thanks for the responses ladies.

I'm already booked in with the doc (I hate needles BOOHOO) but not for a couple days.

It's really good just to get other people's perspectives.

Leasha - its refreshing to know that your SIL got neg results too. Maybe I'm normal after all lol.

Thanks again. :)

Manta - My breasts are a little sore today but nothing unbearable. I dont normally get any discomfort with them even with AF.

loutopia.. im in your position as well! ive got the same symptoms as well as very bright urine! pimples.. and im nearly 2 weeks over due.

no AF yet. saw my DR yest and she did a HPT and it was neg. but that was a during the day time tho too. she said if i still dont have my AF in another two weeks to come back and she will do some blood tests to determine what is going on..

apparently you can ovulate late even though the guide line is 14 days after the first day of your AF.. but who knows and whos to say every ones body is the same!

good luck i hope you get the results your after. .. im just praying for my AF soon so i can rule it out either way!

Amsta - I know what you mean!

I would be happy to be pregnant, but if I'm not then its okay too. I just want to know either way. LOL. Thanks for the response, seems to me this happens to a lot of people!

Hi Loutopia
just wondering how you're going?
have u seen the doc yet?
hope you get some answers!!

Hi guys

Recently got the results of my BT back and apparently it was negative.

I'm not very convinced to be honest, and I'm not very happy with my doctor. He didn't even want to ask me my symptoms or anything - did a dip test and then referred me for the BT right away. I actually felt like I was wasting his time. Ugh. Meanwhile when he FINALLY called me about my test results he asked when my next aF was due. I told him at the beginning of November. He said to wait, and if it doesn't come to call him back!

I think I will wait now (what else can I do?) and then if no AF I will go to a woman doctor who might know what she's doing. LOL. Thanks very much for all the support, ladies. :)

Just wondering if any of you have had negative BTs and then still been carrying?

Well I'd have thought since you are so late that at the very least a BT would have picked it up. I would say that the very light bleeding was probably just a light AF, it can happen sometimes for a lot of reasons. :hug:

I hope you conceive soon!

Thank you. :)

hey there lou.. how are you going???

sounds like you need a second oppinion.. i am not an expert.. athough my hpt are neg.. i spotted but didnt bleed.. and think i ovulated bout 2.5 weeks ago.. got tingly boobs.. and cramps in bellie.. dr asked for bt.. get results today.. it is frustrating i know..
hang in there.. hopefully you will receive your answer soon.
how far over due are you now? any new symptoms?

Hey Amsta. :)

I'm nearly 4 weeks late now (if you don't count the 1 day I had a mysterious AF on 2 October).

I hate waiting and not knowing one way or the other. Symptoms I currently have include:

- subsiding morning (all day lol) sickness
- bigger tingly boobs with darkened nipples
- peeing all the time
- constipation
- excess saliva in my mouth
- swollen hands/feet
- weird cravings
- insomnia
- lower back pain
- indigestion/heartburn/gas

Ugh. I think I will wait and see if AF comes along in November and if not I will go to a women's clinic.

Good luck with your BT results, Amsta - post back here and let me know!!! :hug:

Oh, bugger about feeling so rotten! If you are pregnant you're pretty unlucky to get all those symptoms at once! Good luck. I hope you aren't in suspense for too much longer.

what date in nov would you approx b due?

yeh i kno what u mean i have:
insomnia
lower back pain
cramps
missed period
bigger boobs.. fuller.. tingly (dark nipples.. i thort it was the area around the nipple that got darker.. if thats not the case.. my nipples are darker.. so i have another symptom!)
excess saliva..
sometimes diorreah.. some times constipated..
peeing more frequent.. bright yellow wee! no matter how much water i drink!
gas!

who knows.. begining to think im over thinking thigns!

if your not due until late nov.. id just keep testing.. would this be your first??
ive never been pregnant so i have no idea!

I"m due a the beginning (first week) of November. It's my first pregnancy (if I am lol) so I will have to wait and see.

I was talking to my mum about it. She's a registered nurse and worked in maternity and ante-natal care for years and she says that if I'm not pregnant she will be very much suprised. She also had very unusual pregnancies and tested very late with low HCG levels ll the way through her pregnancies apparently, so maybe I just take after her. LOL!

I have to eat more eggs now. I must admit, it's weird to crave something so much but feel sick of eating it at the same time. LOL!

hahahah i would follow your mums advise as well.. my mum said that she was always neg with HPT and needs BT to show pregnancy..
she also had to have some kind of a procedure (cant remember what she called it) and they had to stop because they discovered she was pregnant.. werid!

keep me posted..

careful thos eggs dont constipate you more!!!

cant wait for a result this arvo so i kno so i can wait for my AF or something!!! xoxoxo best wishes.. keep me posted

I think it's highly unlikely that you could be that far along and get a negative BT but still be pregnant.

In the early stages it is definately possible but not later on. If you were only newly pregnant you would not be getting all those symptoms.

Even at 4 w 1 d my HCG was in the 400's and you only need 25 to be considered pregnant. By the stage you would be at now I was something like 75,000. There's no way a blood test wouldn't detect that kind of number.

I guess anything is possible, but I just think it's pretty unlikely.

Some women get "pregnancy symptoms" when they are not pregnant. I know I did a couple of times on unsuccessful cycles (but never missed a period). The ones where I conceived I didn't get any traditional early pregnancy symptoms until after I got a + HPT & + BT.

i havent got a blood test back yet.. like i said once you start thinking about your symptoms.. i think you can talk yourself into it! (meaning my situation.. ) i think i just need an answer then ill know more.. the unknown makes u read into things way too much which is even more frustrating.

thanks for your kind thoughts tho and helpful advise satya.. you are very experienced.. sound like you have some medical back ground??.. then again you have had experience.. im a virgin when it comes to all this.. first timer.. first month.. hopefully i can become as knowledgable as you one day :)
being on the pill for so long you dont need to read your body so to speak.. been off it for about 4 months now.. just have to wait and see.. again thank you :)

Amsta - no medical background here (have worked in a hossy & an eye surgery but both were admin jobs). Just many many years of unsuccessful TTC until my little man arrived. You end up learning a little along the way.

I very much doubt you are pg. By the time most of the symptoms you mention you are feeling come along there would be no doubt a blood test would pick up a pg and more than likely a HPT as well. I had no symptoms at all other than a missed period until I was about 6 weeks along, but the HPT came up straight away two days after my period was due (would have been just over 4 weeks). Even with an irregular cycle a blood test would definitely have detected a pg.

:hug: hope it happens for you soon.

thank you for your knowledge and advise :)

Hey guys!

Got my AF today, so it looks like I am definitely not pregnant. Nevermind, there is plenty of time to try and I think I will like the whole planning process! Thanks to all who offered advice and support, it's very much appreciated. :)

Amsta, would love to know how you went! :)

At least AF arrived and you know where you're at now.. I'd suggest trying to chart.. I know you're not actively trying, but it would be good to do to try and track your cycle. Fertility Friend (Google them) is a great place to get a chart

Loutopia very happy for you that you have you AF.. now you get get back on the ban waggon so to speak! heheehehe

nothing yet from my end of things.. i know i can go and get injections or something to bring on my AF but if its not comming then maybe its for a reason.. i dont think that im pregnant its just a matter of waiting.. if it gets way out of hand ill be back to the dr soon.
i am studying for my end of year semester and want to get that out of the way so kinda focused on that at the moment.. im sur it will come when its ready..
in the mean time just keep belly dancing!!

LizJessie: Yep joined up to them last night. I think \it will be good to help me see how regular I am and to know my body better so I don't get confused in future.

Amsta: Sorry you don't know yet. I hope you get the result you're after! Take care!

My DH and I have now decided we want to start trying, so I will chart my cycle and post back when I have more info. Good luck and best wishes to all! <3