Am I pregnant? Need Input from mommies!

Hepsuba

My husband and I have not been TTC. I am SO ready for a baby, he is not. So I am on nuvaring but I accidentally left it out for 17 days. We were together two nights in a row during that extra week an a half of no BC. Because we haven't been TTC I don't regularly track whether I'm ovulating. My periods are almost always regular, though. Still unsure whether I am supposed to ovulate on nuvaring to begin with! Okay, all of that said, now to the real question:

I have had a few other pregnancy "scares" where I exhibited many of the early signs (huge, super sensitive breasts, nausea, etc.), but always tested negative and got my period either on time, or just after testing. But this time is different. I am nauseated (randomly threw up before bed two nights ago, had no idea why!), I have really bad acne, I've had some weird sleeping problems (I already have insomnia, but my issues have been different over the last week), I am definitely bloated, urinating a lot, weird food cravings at weird times, and I have a HORRIBLE cold that will not go away! Last night I got a canker sore and my gums started to really hurt - they recently began hurting again today. 

My boobs, however, are unusually small and definitely not hurting (I think they got smaller because of the extra time off nuvaring) and some other early signs of pregnancy are not happening. Since I started the new nuvaring late, my period will come later than it usually does. Normally it would appear around the 19th but this month I'm "planning" on it showing up closer to the 26th. So I don't know when I should test, or if I should?? 

Jags8

Pee on a stick. That is the only way to know. If you are far enough along to have symptoms, you are far enough along to get two lines.

Jags8

Hepsuba said:

My periods are almost always regular, though. Still unsure whether I am supposed to ovulate on nuvaring to begin with!  

And no, you should not be ovulating on NuvaRing.

wishiwaspreggo

Does your CM smell like refried beans?  I heard that's one of the first signs of pregnancy.

TikiTurtle

How the hell do you "forget" your bc for 17 days? Sounds to me like you're trying to trick your husband into knocking you up. FYI, not a good way to treat your marriage or start a family. Go pee on a stick and pray you're either not pregnant or your husband is very forgiving.

DebateThis

Sounds like you need an IUD if you've had this many pregnancy scares and forgot your ring for 17 days.

TikiTurtle

I can't tell if this is MUD or just stupidity, so I have capture the most rare and elusive creature of all to cure her either way.

bugandbibs

::walks out::

24karat

TikiTurtle said:

How the hell do you "forget" your bc for 17 days? Sounds to me like you're trying to trick your husband into knocking you up. FYI, not a good way to treat your marriage or start a family. Go pee on a stick and pray you're either not pregnant or your husband is very forgiving.

I'm fairly certain that crossed most of our minds while reading the OP...especially given the past "scares" mentioned.

OP: take a test. If your symptoms are truly pregnancy-related you should be able to get a BFP. Either way I'd have a honest chat with your husband as well so he knows what happened, accident or intention it doesn't matter. He needs to know you haven't been consistent with your BC so he can take precautions if he's not ready to start a family.

laurenstar18

Please tell me this is fake...

normandyn7

Did you "accidentally" leave it out or purposely leave it out? And did your husband know you left it out? Hopefully your husband is forgiving if you are pregnant because it might not go over well especially since you said he doesn't want kids right now. But if you are far enough along to haves symptoms then you're far enough along to get a positive test. Wish I could be a fly on the wall during that convo....

MrsRustyGriswold

How does one forget their bc for several days, but also count the days?  If you can count, then remember the bc.

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Jenniebug7

I would forget my pills constantly, so I set an alarm on my phone everyday to remind me. It was only fair to XH to set that reminder since he wasn't ready! Then once that was done, no more pills, just implanon, no more alarms...ahhh. So not to sure about how you can forget for a half a month, sounds like you are being selfish since you do have baby fever and DH does not. Good luck to you on your convo with DH

missnacholover

Hepsuba said:

My husband and I have not been TTC. I am SO ready for a baby, he is not. So I am on nuvaring but I accidentally left it out for 17 days. We were together two nights in a row during that extra week an a half of no BC. Because we haven't been TTC I don't regularly track whether I'm ovulating. My periods are almost always regular, though. Still unsure whether I am supposed to ovulate on nuvaring to begin with! Okay, all of that said, now to the real question:

I have had a few other pregnancy "scares" where I exhibited many of the early signs (huge, super sensitive breasts, nausea, etc.), but always tested negative and got my period either on time, or just after testing. But this time is different. I am nauseated (randomly threw up before bed two nights ago, had no idea why!), I have really bad acne, I've had some weird sleeping problems (I already have insomnia, but my issues have been different over the last week), I am definitely bloated, urinating a lot, weird food cravings at weird times, and I have a HORRIBLE cold that will not go away! Last night I got a canker sore and my gums started to really hurt - they recently began hurting again today. 

My boobs, however, are unusually small and definitely not hurting (I think they got smaller because of the extra time off nuvaring) and some other early signs of pregnancy are not happening. Since I started the new nuvaring late, my period will come later than it usually does. Normally it would appear around the 19th but this month I'm "planning" on it showing up closer to the 26th. So I don't know when I should test, or if I should?? 

If your husband isn't ready for a baby, may I strongly suggest you don't "accidentally" leave your nuvaring out for 17 days?  FFS.