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Q: Feel pregnant
asked by: Bigmoney123 on January 26th, 2009
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Ok so. Where do it start?
Hmm. So it started when I had unprotected sex with my boyfriend on December 30th. I had some spotting on the 14th of Janurary and lasted on 3 days. I had cramps b4 that also. Which dosent usually happen for me. And might I add that I have dismenerea (sorry don't know how to spell) and my periods are VERY HEAVY and last up to 7 days. So this was completely not normal for me. So then I began to get symptoms such as nausea, loss of appitite, but eating a lot. I never feel full. Ever. And also Im always lazy and tired. My chest feels heavy and I've had a ridiculous amount of discharge in my panties, and I've been really constipated lately. Its really weird. I've never felt this way b4. and so I head to CVS for some pregnancy tests. I take one of them a day or two after the spotting stops and its negative. And then I take one a couple days later and its positive! So I set up a doctor's appointment and they do a urine test on me and it comes out negative? How is that possible? P.S. The little circle that they put the pee in was microscopic. I mean I feel pregnant. There has to be an explanation for how I feel. What should I do. Has this ever happened to anybody else?
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motherofhighspiritedones
replied on January 26th, 2009
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Go back to your doctor and request a BLOOD pregnancy test. Urine tests can fail. Even the ones doctors use.
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proudmama
replied on January 26th, 2009
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I have had this problem as well, and I read something like this....



Every pregnancy test looks for the pregnancy hormone in the blood or urine, and these hormones are only present when the woman is pregnant, this hormone is the human chronic gonadotropin (hcg). The urine and blood test look for the presence of hcg. The reason why your blood test might have shown negative is because there are two types of tests that the lab could have used to determine whether or not you are pregnant, one is the quantitative blood test and the other is the qualitative blood test. The qualitative hcg blood test is like the urine test as all it will give is a simple yes or no answer. A quantitative hcg blood test measures the exact amount of hcg in the blood and can pick up very small amounts of hcg, this makes it a very accurate test, and is much more accurate than the urine test and the qualitative blood test, so your blood test could have been the qualitative test and that is why it came back negative. What you need to do is another pregnancy test as you may indeed be pregnant, the spotting could be a implantation bleed that happens when the fertilized egg attaches itself to the lining of the uterus.

When are you due for a period again?
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Bigmoney123
replied on January 26th, 2009
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thanks guys for taking the time out and replying to my post out the millions already posted lol.

I will definitely take your advice and request a blood test.

wish me luck, and baby dust.
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proudmama
replied on January 26th, 2009
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I am wishing you luck and lots of baby dust lol!
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detroit313
replied on January 27th, 2009
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is she or not
my girlfriend had her period around the 4th of january and she isnt supossed ta have her period till the beging of febuary and about a week ago she had a discharge for he vigina and it only happined that one time and for a while now shes been getting sick about a half hour after she wakes up and never has an apitite but is always eating and shes been geting heart burn lately to and said her chest felt hevy how much of a posibility of her being pregnt is there and is it to erly to be moring sickness or am i just worring to much please help
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proudmama
replied on January 28th, 2009
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Re: is she or not
detroit313 wrote:
my girlfriend had her period around the 4th of january and she isnt supossed ta have her period till the beging of febuary and about a week ago she had a discharge for he vigina and it only happined that one time and for a while now shes been getting sick about a half hour after she wakes up and never has an apitite but is always eating and shes been geting heart burn lately to and said her chest felt hevy how much of a posibility of her being pregnt is there and is it to erly to be moring sickness or am i just worring to much please help


although, symptoms can be a key factor in telling that you are pregnant, nothing is more accurate than a HPT or seeing a doctor. So what she can do is wait to see if she misses her period and then take a HPT, or make a dr's appt. Hope all works out, best wishes to you!

~Katie~
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blm8906
replied on February 25th, 2009
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i have a question??
ok well i was 3 days late on my period and although i thought i was pregnant bc i was having many symptoms and the fact that my husband and i use the pull out method..lol but then i started spotting the first day with no cramping then bled normal the second day with normal cramps then didnt hardly bleed for the next 2 days! thats only 3 days of actual bleeding and my periods are always 7 days and very heavy with awful cramps! could i be pregnant and if so what would the bleeding have been?? and i know take a hpt but i was just wondering if it was a weird period or what it could be ya know???
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ProudMommyof2008
replied on February 25th, 2009
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some women get implantation bleeding, they have a pinkish or light blood spotting when the embryo implants itself to the uters walls.
maybe that is why you had that bleeding.
take a pregnancy test or go to the doctors for a blood test to find out.
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blm8906
replied on February 25th, 2009
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yeah i thought that but ive read that implantation bleeding only lasts like 2 days the bleeding i had lasted 4? and i cramped normal the second day could it still have been implantation bleeding?? by the way thank you for all your help! =)
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blm8906
replied on February 25th, 2009
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oh but i only cramped the one day
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ProudMommyof2008
replied on February 25th, 2009
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well i think you should take a test or see your doctor.
its the only way you'll know for sure whether you are or not. and the stress of wondering am i and arent i, does not help the situation.
so go see your doctor or take an at home test.
it is the only way you will know for sure and get a clear answer to this question.
good luck.
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