Soooooo… my period is late and yet all the pregnancy tests I’ve taken say negative. For a while there I kind of felt some really early pregnancy symptoms but then right around the time the egg is supposed to embed the symptoms stopped, so I figured "OK, that one probably didn’t take". Then I started to feel like my period was about to start… except it didn’t. And I, despite being hyperthyroid, am clockwork girl when it comes to periods. A friend told me to "wait a week" but I’ve very rarely ever had to wait so… I’m not good with the waiting. If anything my periods seem to be getting gradually shorter (27-25 days) as my eggs wear out. So, of course, I google a few queries… all of which made me feel like shit, because they all had something to do with "failing pregnancies". I actually didn’t feel too stressed before I did the googling.
Now, I’m starting to really feel stressed out. (Which, I know, doesn’t help.)
Here are my questions for you:
Does anyone have experience with this?
If the egg fertilizes but doesn’t embed will it delay my period? You’d think that somewhere, somehow, there’d be some sort of answer to that question but I couldn’t find it.
What can I do to relax here?
Please someone, make me laugh. Thanks. – wg
ok, my advice is to call your OB and tell him you’re trying and ask for a blood test. I had a couple faulty tests, and finally had to go to the doc, because if I wasn’t pregnant, something was wrong with me. The blood tests don’t lie. That was with Anya.
Or you could wait, but that sucks.
Those home tests aren’t as reliable if it’s too soon after fertilization.
Get a blood test, girl.
Thanks! I figure I’ll give it through the weekend and then see my OB. I actually have the paperwork for a blood test from my other doctor, my endocrinologist, but I think he’d be a little peeved if I took it without at least getting a positive home test. He’s really swamped.
I have a friend where even the blood test didn’t show her pregnancy; they had to do an ultrasound to find out what was going on. But she also got pregnant while implanted with an IUD, so her case was odd! (Of course, she is the same woman who went into labor on Dec. 24th and “didn’t want to ruin Christmas” so she just didn’t tell anyone and suffered through labor until the morning AFTER Christmas before she went to the doctor. She’s a tough one, that chickie.)
I took a home test three days after I was technically late (even accounting for a couple wonky cycles) and the second line BARELY showed up. Those home tests aren’t as reliable as they tout themselves to be.
I third the blood test.
Thanks Andrea!