Im currently 5 days late, my test yesterday morning was negative and I've read some women don't get a positive test for one or two weeks after their missed period. How common is that, how long did it take before you received a positive result?
Also, the last few night when I try to sleep i experience slight cramping only on my left side. My nipples have been tender since yesterday, everytime I take even a sip of water I pee 20 minutes later. I've been constipated but yet gassy all week. Should I be getting my hopes up?? And if you are using pregnancy acronyms can you please spell them out, I'm new to this. Ex: ttc (trying to conceive)
Re: Negative Tests
With my chemical pregnancies in the past, I tested BFP around cd 25-26, but it was usually bfn by cd 30. AF usually showed a week late. It's possible that something like that is happening if your are sure about your dates.
Cycles are not predictable unless you are temping. No need to see a doctor yet.
Having a late period is very common and very normal. I can't imagine that doctors would have time to do anything else if women came in every time they had a late period. Also, I don't really think it's in good form to make someone think they had a miscarriage just because their period is late. Her period is late because she ovulated later. Without a positive pregnancy test, there is no reason to scare her into thinking she had a miscarriage.
Instead of going to the doctor for a late period, she should learn to chart her temps. That will tell her if she is having chemical pregnancies because she'll see her luteal phase is long and know when to test.
Op, if your tests are negative, your symptoms are not related to pregnancy. Truth.
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Of course, this all depends on whether or not you are reliably charting your BBT (not just calendar counting or relying on body symptoms or CM) to confirm ovulation.
If you are guessing by calendar you are shooting in the dark. Therefore, you could have ovulated later, missed your window or not ovulated at all.
The best thing you can do is test once a week:
-- use first morning urine
-- use pink dye
-- follow directions very closely
If you reach 60 days without your period or a positive, then contact your doctor for further investigation.
• BBT -- Basal Body Temperature
• CM -- cervical mucus
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Unless you are temping, you don't know when you should expect your period. OPKs predict ovulation, but because you can have multiple LH surges in a cycle, they are not reliable.
Your test is negative, so you're not pregnant at this time. It's that simple...
Unfortunately that's not enough information to know that you are late. An LH surge can happen at any time in your cycle without O actually following it. You need to temp to confirm that ovulation happened. OPKs are great for letting you know you may be about to ovulate, but without combining them with temping, you just can't know 100% that you did ovulate.
LH surges don't confirm ovulation (OPK). They just tell you that you are hearing up to release an egg. So that positive OPK (LH) strip means you could have ovulated within 12-24 hours after the positive strip. Only tracking your waking temp can actually confirm you ovulated between March 9th to March 11th. You can have a surge without releasing an egg. That actually happens many times through out the average cycle.
So-- I would test at will & keep doing so until you get either a positive HPT or your period. Good luck @BrittanyP316
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