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I know I have stuff that I need to reply to, but I have a VERY important question that I need some advice on.
My period is three days late. I chart my period religiously, and I am VERY regular. I haven't been especially stressed out (and stress has never messed with my cycle anyhow), and I haven't worked out hard, or any of the other signs that are supposed to 'scare' your period away. I had mild cramping on Sunday night, but aside from that, I haven't had any symptoms of my period.
Now, before anyone assumes that I am pregnant, I have taken three pregnancy tests in the last few days and all of them have been negative.
I'm just sort of confused by this. Could I still somehow be pregnant, even with the negative tests? Chris and I have had a few 'irresponsible' moments in the last month, both of which took place during my fertile window. He 'pulled out' (sorry if this is TMI for people!), but I know that isn't really a fool-proof method of birth control. :P That was on the 6th and 7th. On the 8th, I started to feel some crampiness in my tummy. Then, on the 15th, I started to feel nauseated, I had more crampiness, and that is when I started to feel very fatigued. The fatugue has mostly gone away, but it still has lingered.
I know that I was given a urine test at the hospital for pregnancy, and it was negative. On the other hand, it was over a week ago, and it would have been WAY too early to detect pregnancy with a urine test, and I know for a fact that urine tests at the hospitals aren't any stronger than say First Response or something. They didn't check my blood for pregnancy hormones because of the urine test, as far as I know.
Anyone care to shed some light on this for me? I'm kind of not sure what to do. I don't want to jump the gun and call my OB, but I DO know if for some reason I am pregnant and the hormones or not showing up, that could be a sign of problems in the pregnancy.
So anyhow...help? :)
My period is three days late. I chart my period religiously, and I am VERY regular. I haven't been especially stressed out (and stress has never messed with my cycle anyhow), and I haven't worked out hard, or any of the other signs that are supposed to 'scare' your period away. I had mild cramping on Sunday night, but aside from that, I haven't had any symptoms of my period.
Now, before anyone assumes that I am pregnant, I have taken three pregnancy tests in the last few days and all of them have been negative.
I'm just sort of confused by this. Could I still somehow be pregnant, even with the negative tests? Chris and I have had a few 'irresponsible' moments in the last month, both of which took place during my fertile window. He 'pulled out' (sorry if this is TMI for people!), but I know that isn't really a fool-proof method of birth control. :P That was on the 6th and 7th. On the 8th, I started to feel some crampiness in my tummy. Then, on the 15th, I started to feel nauseated, I had more crampiness, and that is when I started to feel very fatigued. The fatugue has mostly gone away, but it still has lingered.
I know that I was given a urine test at the hospital for pregnancy, and it was negative. On the other hand, it was over a week ago, and it would have been WAY too early to detect pregnancy with a urine test, and I know for a fact that urine tests at the hospitals aren't any stronger than say First Response or something. They didn't check my blood for pregnancy hormones because of the urine test, as far as I know.
Anyone care to shed some light on this for me? I'm kind of not sure what to do. I don't want to jump the gun and call my OB, but I DO know if for some reason I am pregnant and the hormones or not showing up, that could be a sign of problems in the pregnancy.
So anyhow...help? :)