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Help! Help! Help! I'm Late!
I'm going to lay it out there straight up.
4 days late
Spotted (Light pink) today.
Slight cramps
Have been trying for almost 3 months now, but i feel like it never happens this fast! I got way to excited and took a test almost a week before my period was suppose to arrive (oops!) haha. Obviously it was negative. Now i'm late. How long should i wait to take a test. I hate getting my hopes up for disappointing news. So i'm trying to keep calm. I just need to know how i should go about this.
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Re: Help! Help! Help! I'm Late!
He's the single greatest thing I've done in my life and reminds me daily of how fun (and funny) life can be. He's turned out pretty swell for having such a heartless and evil mother.
I'd definitely take a test now!
He's the single greatest thing I've done in my life and reminds me daily of how fun (and funny) life can be. He's turned out pretty swell for having such a heartless and evil mother.
Period = "Oh great, it's my fricking period, better bust out the tampons"
As PP said, symptoms can change and periods can be different. Your mind does wonderfully evil things when you think you might be pregnant/are ttc. These include, but are not limited to: Cravings, aversions, gas, more-sore-than-normal boobs, not-nearly-as-sore boobs, tingly nipples, nausea, super-sensitive sense of smell, cramps from hell, no cramps at all, bloating, emotional outbursts, acne, greasy hair, dry hair and my favorite of all time: "Uterus-y smelling urine".
He's the single greatest thing I've done in my life and reminds me daily of how fun (and funny) life can be. He's turned out pretty swell for having such a heartless and evil mother.
Your tests have been negative. You started your period. You aren't pregnant. Deal with it. Quit trying to convince yourself otherwise and accept that you. are. not. pregnant.
How the heck do you know if she's pregnant or not? Only a test can tell her. Do you have extra speshul ute goggles? Bad "advice."
OP, when I first became pregnant, I had bleeding. I thought I had started my period, but the spotting continued. I never bled enough for a tampon, but the spotting contined for a few days. I finally took a test when I kept feeling nauseous and I turned it positive right away.
My doctor said that while bleeding during pregnancy is "common" it is not considered normal. Take a test and take @Ghostmonkey 's advice with a pound of salt and some soft pretzels. She doesn't know what she's talking about, clearly.
The OP said she started her period, IIRC and it just started off as spotting.
He's the single greatest thing I've done in my life and reminds me daily of how fun (and funny) life can be. He's turned out pretty swell for having such a heartless and evil mother.
@Smushiee1- So do you advise everyone who gets their period to take a test because they might be pregnant? I think the logical response to "I got my period" is "You're not pregnant, try again next month" not "Squee! Take a test, you might be pregnant."
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@Smushiee1- So do you advise everyone who gets their period to take a test because they might be pregnant? I think the logical response to "I got my period" is "You're not pregnant, try again next month" not "Squee! Take a test, you might be pregnant."
@Twinkie0612 you need to check your reading comprehension skills, yo. I never squeed, never once said you could get your period while you're pregnant, and never once told her she could be pregnant. In case you missed it, as you clearly did, I just offered my experience. Only a test can tell her of she's pregnant, no? I had bleeding and was almost positive it was my period, the spotting was that heavy. Bleeding occurs in about 30% of early pregnancies.
And you're right... Yes. Pregnancy test are totes expensive at the dollar store.
...eye roll...
And I still want to know where the hell in my post that I squeed and blew any rainbows up her butt. Because I clearly didn't and you just have a hard time reading, I'm assuming... Maybe get some help with that?
OP got her period, which is not the same thing as spotting. I bet if you do a poll of how many people had period like bleeding before their BFP, you won't find many.
As far as OP's symptoms, they were spotting before her period, nausea, and cramps. I've had all of those before and have never been pregnant. Heck I've had cramps and sore boobs for the last few days and I know for with 100% certainty that I am not pregnant. Those symptoms are from progesterone.
I'll admit you didn't squee (It was added for dramatic flare, thanks to the wine I was drinking), but I stand by my point that advising people who get their periods to take a HPT is dumb advice. Also even taking a dollar tree test is pissing away money in OP's situation, since last time I checked a dollar is still money.
Also I think it was implied that I thought taking a test was a dumb idea, but people do dumb things all the time.
TTC #1 since August 2011
My Blog
September 2012: Start IF testing
DH (32): SA is ok, slightly low morph, normal SCSA Me (32): Slightly low progesterone, hostile CM, carrier for CF, Moderately high NKC, High TNFa, heterozyogous mutated Factor XIII, and +APA
October 2012-May 2014: 4 failed IUIs, 3 failed IVFs, and 1 failed FETw/donor embryos
November 2014: IVF w/ICSI #4 Agonist/Antagonist with EPP and Prednisone, Baby Aspirin, Lovenox, and IVIG for immune issues. Converted to freeze all due to lining issues. 2 blasts frozen on day 6!
January 2015: FET #2 Cancelled due to lining issues
April 2015: FET #2.1
PAIF/SAIF Welcome!
OP got her period, which is not the same thing as spotting. I bet if you do a poll of how many people had period like bleeding before their BFP, you won't find many.
As far as OP's symptoms, they were spotting before her period, nausea, and cramps. I've had all of those before and have never been pregnant. Heck I've had cramps and sore boobs for the last few days and I know for with 100% certainty that I am not pregnant. Those symptoms are from progesterone.
I'll admit you didn't squee (It was added for dramatic flare, thanks to the wine I was drinking), but I stand by my point that advising people who get their periods to take a HPT is dumb advice. Also even taking a dollar tree test is pissing away money in OP's situation, since last time I checked a dollar is still money.
Also I think it was implied that I thought taking a test was a dumb idea, but people do dumb things all the time.
Some people call spotting their "period." I sure did when I wasn't trying for a baby, as I spotted usually for 2 or 3 days before AF really did her thing. I counted the spotting as CD1. I still spotted as though my period was coming on, so I was sure it was. A BFP followed shortly thereafter.Should everyone take a test when they start their "period"? No. But in my case, the spotting wasn't my period, and that is what I was talking about.
@Twinkie0612 do you normally just add things to what people say, misinterpret words and make weird assumptions just because of wine?!!
Guuuuurl, maybe you should handle your liquor a little better. Or not drink at all if it makes you act like that much of an asshat. Dramatic flare now equals making things up? Oh, okay.
Think I'll have a glass of wine now and go misinterpret things people say on TTGP just for funsies.
But thanks for assuming I don't know where I'm posting. Bless your heart.
He's the single greatest thing I've done in my life and reminds me daily of how fun (and funny) life can be. He's turned out pretty swell for having such a heartless and evil mother.