Joined: 21 Jan 2007 Posts: 7 Location: Dallas, Texas
Could I Be Pregnant? Help. Posted: 01-21-07 00:11am
Ok well my partner and I are trying to
concieve...We had sex on sunday and I was
supposed to recieve my period this week.
Instead of a period I got light
pinkish/brownish spotting with very very
very light cramps. This started friday
morning..It is now saturday night....Could
I be pregnant?
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 01-21-07 00:20am
It's possible that you could be - but you
probably had sex a little too late in your
cycle. Let me explain:
you typically ovulate 14 days before your
period is due. It's advisable to have sex
during your most fertile time, so I would
suggest tracking your periods. Write down
the first day of your period for a few
months to see what kind of cycle you're
on. A lot of women have a 28 day cycle.
Begin having sex on day 10 - day 1 being
the first day of your period. Have sex
every day for a week or so. This will
ensure that there is some sperm present
when your egg releases and will increase
your chances of conceiving.
Assuming your timing is right, you will
have a 25% chance of conceiving. Follow
these steps, and you'll probably conceive
before the year is out.
In the meantime, take a pregnancy test
first thing in the morning with your full
bladder. If you're pregnant the pregnancy
hormone will be most concentrated then,
rather than later in the day. Good luck!
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Benevolent
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Joined: 21 Jan 2007 Posts: 7 Location: Dallas, Texas
Posted: 01-21-07 00:24am
ayamiyaki
wrote:
it's possible that you could
be - but you probably had sex a little too
late in your cycle. Let me explain:
you typically ovulate 14 days before your
period is due. It's advisable to have
sex during your most fertile time, so I
would suggest tracking your periods.
Write down the first day of your period
for a few months to see what kind of cycle
you're on. A lot of women have a 28 day
cycle.
Begin having sex on day 10 - day 1 being
the first day of your period. Have sex
every day for a week or so. This will
ensure that there is some sperm present
when your egg releases and will increase
your chances of conceiving.
Assuming your timing is right, you will
have a 25% chance of conceiving. Follow
these steps, and you'll probably conceive
before the year is out.
In the meantime, take a pregnancy test
first thing in the morning with your full
bladder. If you're pregnant the
pregnancy hormone will be most
concentrated then, rather than later in
the day. Good
luck!
thank you so much for the information. If
I took a pregnancy test tommorow that
wouldnt be too early? And which ones do
you recommend?
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 01-21-07 00:34am
If you have already missed your period, it
is not too early to test. At this point
any test should be fine - but if you think
your period could still be a few days
away, you might want to buy an early
detection test, such as .First .Response.
These are a bit pricey though, so I would
only recommend buying one if you think
your period might not be "late".
I would recommend buying a "pack" of them.
Some tests come with multiple sticks. If
you're not pregnant this cycle, you'll be
testing again in the future, so they won't
go to waste. Store-brand tests seem to
work just as well as name-brand, so really
any brand should be fine.
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lil_blaze2004
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Posted: 01-21-07 07:04am
We have a new "am I pregnant" forum, so I
will move this over there.
I would test today since you have "missed"
a period. Good luck!
