4 days late, but BFN?

EmmyS27

This is my first time posting on this board, but I really need some advice!

My period is normally like clockwork, 27 or 28 day cycle.  I am now on day 32 and no period in sight!  I've taken four pregnancy tests in the last two days... first one invalid, next three all BFN (First Response brand).

So my question is, do you think I'm just late for some odd reason, should I keep testing, how long until I should call my doctor?  I've also lost some weight recently (about 20 lbs in the last 2 months), could that have affected my cycle?

Any advice would be really appreciated.  Thanks!! 

kaleyandjason

Have you bothered to scroll through any of the other posts on this board? This question gets asked a lot.

 

Are you temping/charting? If not then you have no way to know when you ovulated. You may have just ovulated later in your cycle than normal, therefore making your period late. People change so even if you have a cycle like clockwork for years, you can have a fluke cycle. Keep testing once a week until you hit 60 days, then call your doctor. Good luck! 

KdgTeacher

EmmyS27:

This is my first time posting on this board, but I really need some advice!

My period is normally like clockwork, 27 or 28 day cycle. Not anymore.  Clocks break  I am now on day 32 and no period in sight!  I've taken four pregnancy tests in the last two days... first one invalid, next three all BFN (First Response brand).

So my question is, do you think I'm just late for some odd reason You probably O'd later, should I keep testing 1x/wk, how long until I should call my doctor When you hit CD 60 with no period or HPT?  I've also lost some weight recently (about 20 lbs in the last 2 months), could that have affected my cycle?

 

Laurakat81

It is absolutely amazing to me that women who have gotten pregnant and given birth know nothing about their bodies and how they work.

Pregnancy tests do not lie. If it says BFN, then its a BFN. You are not "late" unless you know when you ovulated and you know your normal luteal phase length. Please go buy a copy of Taking Charge of Your Fertility.

KdgTeacher

Laurakat81:

It is absolutely amazing to me that women who have gotten pregnant and given birth know nothing about their bodies and how they work.

Pregnancy tests do not lie. If it says BFN, then its a BFN. You are not "late" unless you know when you ovulated and you know your normal luteal phase length. Please go buy a copy of Taking Charge of Your Fertility.

That isn't exactly a pre-req in order to get pregnant.  I've never been pregnant and I could probably teach my friends who have been pregnant and given birth a thing or two about their bodies. 

Laurakat81

KdgTeacher:

Laurakat81:

It is absolutely amazing to me that women who have gotten pregnant and given birth know nothing about their bodies and how they work.

Pregnancy tests do not lie. If it says BFN, then its a BFN. You are not "late" unless you know when you ovulated and you know your normal luteal phase length. Please go buy a copy of Taking Charge of Your Fertility.

That isn't exactly a pre-req in order to get pregnant.  I've never been pregnant and I could probably teach my friends who have been pregnant and given birth a thing or two about their bodies. 

That is exactly my point.

ksgsmu

I live in Frisco tx as well... welcome.

You are probably not pregnant just late, but you never know.... if you period doesn't show up in 60 days call your doctor.  You probably just ovulated late due to illness, stress or maybe just randomly.  So unless you know your ovulation date it is hard to know if you are late or pregnant.... I know you are probably frustrated and confused-sorry!  good luck!

ksgsmu

And if you lost weight quickly , yes it can mess with your cycle.... your body may be adjusting.

EmmyS27

ksgsmu:

I live in Frisco tx as well... welcome.

You are probably not pregnant just late, but you never know.... if you period doesn't show up in 60 days call your doctor.  You probably just ovulated late due to illness, stress or maybe just randomly.  So unless you know your ovulation date it is hard to know if you are late or pregnant.... I know you are probably frustrated and confused-sorry!  good luck!

Thanks for the welcome and thank you for being understanding!  I am frustrated and anxious and was looking for someone to listen and give me a straightforward response.  Thank you! 

mrsomelette

kaleyandjason:

Have you bothered to scroll through any of the other posts on this board? This question gets asked a lot.

 

Are you temping/charting? If not then you have no way to know when you ovulated. You may have just ovulated later in your cycle than normal, therefore making your period late. People change so even if you have a cycle like clockwork for years, you can have a fluke cycle. Keep testing once a week until you hit 60 days, then call your doctor. Good luck! 

THIS!

I think I have read 10 posts over the past couple of days that are all asking the same thing. Read before you post. If you got a BFN, then your NOT pregnant. You say your cycles are like clockwork, but truth is NO ONE has clockwork cycles everytime! I thought mine were regular for years, then starting about 3 years ago, I go 2-3 months without a period and then BAM! I get 3-4 weeks of bleeding.... Sometimes AF will show up on time, but I have begun to expect her to be fashionably late. How late? Well, I guess that depends on what mood she is on that particular day of the week. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read the newbie link before you post asking us questions we have already answered for someone else.

ksgsmu

krcmpbll:

kaleyandjason:

Have you bothered to scroll through any of the other posts on this board? This question gets asked a lot.

 

Are you temping/charting? If not then you have no way to know when you ovulated. You may have just ovulated later in your cycle than normal, therefore making your period late. People change so even if you have a cycle like clockwork for years, you can have a fluke cycle. Keep testing once a week until you hit 60 days, then call your doctor. Good luck! 

THIS!

I think I have read 10 posts over the past couple of days that are all asking the same thing. Read before you post. If you got a BFN, then your NOT pregnant. You say your cycles are like clockwork, but truth is NO ONE has clockwork cycles everytime! I thought mine were regular for years, then starting about 3 years ago, I go 2-3 months without a period and then BAM! I get 3-4 weeks of bleeding.... Sometimes AF will show up on time, but I have begun to expect her to be fashionably late. How late? Well, I guess that depends on what mood she is on that particular day of the week. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read the newbie link before you post asking us questions we have already answered for someone else.

 

 here is the link

 

https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/42877040.aspx

pgermain11

kaleyandjason:

Have you bothered to scroll through any of the other posts on this board? This question gets asked a lot.

 

Are you temping/charting? If not then you have no way to know when you ovulated. You may have just ovulated later in your cycle than normal, therefore making your period late. People change so even if you have a cycle like clockwork for years, you can have a fluke cycle. Keep testing once a week until you hit 60 days, then call your doctor. Good luck! 

THIS. Take a moment to read the newbie link if you haven't and a little lurking would of answered this question real quick.

 

sophie206

Just wanted to add that rapid weight loss or gain can mess with your cycle. Good luck

mama&baby

Go to CVS and get a bunch of digi pregnancy tests (if they are under $12/box you're getting the cheapies and they won't work properly-- go for the gold!). Take a pregnancy test every 30 minutes (break out the water on this one) until you have taken 8 tests. If you get 8 negatives they cancel each other out and you're pregnant! Congrats!

 

Oh and welcome to the board!

aml2137

Welcome Emmy! I totally understand where you are coming from because I am in a similar boat.  Although I'm pretty sure I'm not pregnant it can still be kind of scary not having your regular period show up on time.  Don't worry yourself too much yet...give it some time and if you still feel as though you may be pregnant and your cycle hasn't started than call you OB/GYN

 As for those of you who struggle with patience and empathy on this board (and specifically this thread) I would hope that you would take a step back and try to remember the value of these qualities, which I'm sure each of your parents tried to enstill in you.  TTC and the fears associated with it can be daunting.  Sometimes people need to ask these questions (even if they've been asked repeatedly) to hear someone say that it will be okay to them directly.  Remember that NONE of you have the right to judge and belittle someone's honest concerns and questions.  If you see someone ask a question that you think has been asked a million times, than that should probably serve as a sign that you are cruising this board way to much and need to get out more.  At the very least you could always learn to ignore the posts that you think are repetative rather than respond in a belittling, negative manner.

end vent. Have a wonderful evening.

alitavs

aml2137:

Welcome Emmy! I totally understand where you are coming from because I am in a similar boat.  Although I'm pretty sure I'm not pregnant it can still be kind of scary not having your regular period show up on time.  Don't worry yourself too much yet...give it some time and if you still feel as though you may be pregnant and your cycle hasn't started than call you OB/GYN

 As for those of you who struggle with patience and empathy on this board (and specifically this thread) I would hope that you would take a step back and try to remember the value of these qualities, which I'm sure each of your parents tried to enstill in you.  TTC and the fears associated with it can be daunting.  Sometimes people need to ask these questions (even if they've been asked repeatedly) to hear someone say that it will be okay to them directly.  Remember that NONE of you have the right to judge and belittle someone's honest concerns and questions.  If you see someone ask a question that you think has been asked a million times, than that should probably serve as a sign that you are cruising this board way to much and need to get out more.  At the very least you could always learn to ignore the posts that you think are repetative rather than respond in a belittling, negative manner.

end vent. Have a wonderful evening.

 

Diddo

Welcome to the board! Some of us are actually nice here!

kaleyandjason

alitavs:

aml2137:

Welcome Emmy! I totally understand where you are coming from because I am in a similar boat.  Although I'm pretty sure I'm not pregnant it can still be kind of scary not having your regular period show up on time.  Don't worry yourself too much yet...give it some time and if you still feel as though you may be pregnant and your cycle hasn't started than call you OB/GYN

 As for those of you who struggle with patience and empathy on this board (and specifically this thread) I would hope that you would take a step back and try to remember the value of these qualities, which I'm sure each of your parents tried to enstill in you.  TTC and the fears associated with it can be daunting.  Sometimes people need to ask these questions (even if they've been asked repeatedly) to hear someone say that it will be okay to them directly.  Remember that NONE of you have the right to judge and belittle someone's honest concerns and questions.  If you see someone ask a question that you think has been asked a million times, than that should probably serve as a sign that you are cruising this board way to much and need to get out more.  At the very least you could always learn to ignore the posts that you think are repetative rather than respond in a belittling, negative manner.

end vent. Have a wonderful evening.

 

Diddo

Welcome to the board! Some of us are actually nice here!

I think you mean ditto.

And just because I said that her question gets posted all the time doesn't mean I didn't give advice, too. Oh well.

mama&baby

aml2137:

Welcome Emmy! I totally understand where you are coming from because I am in a similar boat.  Although I'm pretty sure I'm not pregnant it can still be kind of scary not having your regular period show up on time.  Don't worry yourself too much yet...give it some time and if you still feel as though you may be pregnant and your cycle hasn't started than call you OB/GYN

 As for those of you who struggle with patience and empathy on this board (and specifically this thread) I would hope that you would take a step back and try to remember the value of these qualities, which I'm sure each of your parents tried to enstill in you.  TTC and the fears associated with it can be daunting.  Sometimes people need to ask these questions (even if they've been asked repeatedly) to hear someone say that it will be okay to them directly.  Remember that NONE of you have the right to judge and belittle someone's honest concerns and questions.  If you see someone ask a question that you think has been asked a million times, than that should probably serve as a sign that you are cruising this board way to much and need to get out more.  At the very least you could always learn to ignore the posts that you think are repetative rather than respond in a belittling, negative manner.

end vent. Have a wonderful evening.

Thanks for the speech. How are you liking your 5th post?

aml2137

I love it...and make it 6! Have a great night

beachbum4304

aml2137:

Welcome Emmy! I totally understand where you are coming from because I am in a similar boat.  Although I'm pretty sure I'm not pregnant it can still be kind of scary not having your regular period show up on time.  Don't worry yourself too much yet...give it some time and if you still feel as though you may be pregnant and your cycle hasn't started than call you OB/GYN

 As for those of you who struggle with patience and empathy on this board (and specifically this thread) I would hope that you would take a step back and try to remember the value of these qualities, which I'm sure each of your parents tried to enstill in you.  TTC and the fears associated with it can be daunting.  Sometimes people need to ask these questions (even if they've been asked repeatedly) to hear someone say that it will be okay to them directly.  Remember that NONE of you have the right to judge and belittle someone's honest concerns and questions.  If you see someone ask a question that you think has been asked a million times, than that should probably serve as a sign that you are cruising this board way to much and need to get out more.  At the very least you could always learn to ignore the posts that you think are repetative rather than respond in a belittling, negative manner.

end vent. Have a wonderful evening.

 

But if they would just READ previous posts or the newbie link they would answer their own question and avoid our snark. It doesn't matter how much y'all complain the snark will continue. Keep whining we will keep snarking.

mama&baby

beachbum4304:

aml2137:

Welcome Emmy! I totally understand where you are coming from because I am in a similar boat.  Although I'm pretty sure I'm not pregnant it can still be kind of scary not having your regular period show up on time.  Don't worry yourself too much yet...give it some time and if you still feel as though you may be pregnant and your cycle hasn't started than call you OB/GYN

 As for those of you who struggle with patience and empathy on this board (and specifically this thread) I would hope that you would take a step back and try to remember the value of these qualities, which I'm sure each of your parents tried to enstill in you.  TTC and the fears associated with it can be daunting.  Sometimes people need to ask these questions (even if they've been asked repeatedly) to hear someone say that it will be okay to them directly.  Remember that NONE of you have the right to judge and belittle someone's honest concerns and questions.  If you see someone ask a question that you think has been asked a million times, than that should probably serve as a sign that you are cruising this board way to much and need to get out more.  At the very least you could always learn to ignore the posts that you think are repetative rather than respond in a belittling, negative manner.

end vent. Have a wonderful evening.

 

But if they would just READ previous posts or the newbie link they would answer their own question and avoid our snark. It doesn't matter how much y'all complain the snark will continue. Keep whining we will keep snarking.

Evil grin* this is getting to be fun...

alitavs

kaleyandjason:

alitavs:

aml2137:

Welcome Emmy! I totally understand where you are coming from because I am in a similar boat.  Although I'm pretty sure I'm not pregnant it can still be kind of scary not having your regular period show up on time.  Don't worry yourself too much yet...give it some time and if you still feel as though you may be pregnant and your cycle hasn't started than call you OB/GYN

 As for those of you who struggle with patience and empathy on this board (and specifically this thread) I would hope that you would take a step back and try to remember the value of these qualities, which I'm sure each of your parents tried to enstill in you.  TTC and the fears associated with it can be daunting.  Sometimes people need to ask these questions (even if they've been asked repeatedly) to hear someone say that it will be okay to them directly.  Remember that NONE of you have the right to judge and belittle someone's honest concerns and questions.  If you see someone ask a question that you think has been asked a million times, than that should probably serve as a sign that you are cruising this board way to much and need to get out more.  At the very least you could always learn to ignore the posts that you think are repetative rather than respond in a belittling, negative manner.

end vent. Have a wonderful evening.

 

Diddo

Welcome to the board! Some of us are actually nice here!

I think you mean ditto.

And just because I said that her question gets posted all the time doesn't mean I didn't give advice, too. Oh well.

 

I wasn?t talking about you

Thanks for the correction, english isn?t my first language !

TabithaAs

Wow these mommies or mommies to be are not nice at all! I know this is an older post but I couldn't help to point out how many people I know not only have gotten a bfn at 4 days late and still been pregnate, but I know people who have been 6 weeks preggo until they got their bfp. Unfortunately a variety of things can happen to the test that can make it inaccurate. My best advice would be to go get a blood test done. But since this was posted 6 months ago I am sure you know by now for sure. I wish you the best of luck. 

spacepotatoes

TabithaAs:

Wow these mommies or mommies to be are not nice at all! I know this is an older post but I couldn't help to point out how many people I know not only have gotten a bfn at 4 days late and still been pregnate, but I know people who have been 6 weeks preggo until they got their bfp. Unfortunately a variety of things can happen to the test that can make it inaccurate. My best advice would be to go get a blood test done. But since this was posted 6 months ago I am sure you know by now for sure. I wish you the best of luck. 

And after 4 negative pregnancy tests, what exactly do you think a blood test is going to say? Generally, we do not advise people to waste their doctors' time and resources on unecessary tests. What we do try to tell people, though they don't seem to like hearing it, to learn about how their bodies work so that this kind of confusion can be avoided in the future.

JBeauty

Some of you lady's are EXTREMELY RUDE. It's disgusting.

AmandaLeeBest

I didn't realize at first that this was old. I was wondering why all the pregnant peoples were lurking/answering in TTGP...

MusicFanatic

haha.. I was all "why are all these charts not updated, the format all messed up.. and who are some of these people?"  .. that took me a sec.

gscoville

JBeauty said:

Some of you lady's are EXTREMELY RUDE. It's disgusting.

Well aren't you somethin' speshul, digging up a two year old post and chewing out a bunch of ladies who aren't even here anymore.  But really, if you don't like this board, fucking leave.  It's easy, you just click on the 'x' in the corner.  Buh bye!!

gscoville

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mommy2C

KawaiiKitsune said:

JBeauty said:

Some of you lady's are EXTREMELY RUDE. It's disgusting.

Why in the Davey Jones did you necro a 2 year old post?


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Yeah! If you want to call us bitches there are plenty of new posts for that. No need to drag up one from forever ago. Sheesh....some people.

12chachacha

This was very confusing! How do you even find a two year old post?

janda426

12chachacha said:

This was very confusing! How do you even find a two year old post?

Very likely she was googling the same question OP had and came across this thread, didn't like the answers OP got cause it likely means she's not pregnant either, and thus this meant the ladies in this thread from 2 years ago are disgusting.

12chachacha

ah google.

although while I was reading it I was thinking those ladies were actually being very nice! 

ngolimento

AaaaaaaAaaaaaaah! The zombie invasion has begun! *climbs into apocolypse bunker with the chickens*

8411mommy

I opened it up waiting for snark but saw* that all the answers that were given weren't snarky at all. Just nice ladies giving good advice.

Edited for my dumb grammar mistakes.

8411mommy

Sassmaster33 said:

8411mommy said:

I opened it up waiting for snark but seen that all the answers that were given weren't snarky at all. Just nice ladies giving good advice.

*shiver* It's saw, not seen.  Sorry...

lol, It seems like I can never get it right. A different post I switched them and was told it should be seen. I give up. 
But I will work on this, promise.

peggels24

@8411mommy - ONLY because you said that you wanted to work on it and not because I care if you typed it incorrectly at all.  However, if it helps:  "I saw" and "I have seen" - when it doubt, add the subject again "I opened it up waiting for snark but I saw".  You wouldn't say "but I seen".  Hope that helps - if not, ignore me

8411mommy

Thank you @peggels24

AmandaLeeBest

jefa621 said:

And WTF @margokendall You love the fact that she called us disgusting??  You can GTFO too.

I noticed this too and made a mental note of the name in case she goes GBCB.

8411mommy

Sassmaster33 said:

8411mommy said:

Sassmaster33 said:

8411mommy said:

I opened it up waiting for snark but seen that all the answers that were given weren't snarky at all. Just nice ladies giving good advice.

*shiver* It's saw, not seen.  Sorry...

lol, It seems like I can never get it right. A different post I switched them and was told it should be seen. I give up. 
But I will work on this, promise.

I should have explained it like @peggels24 did (thank you!).  Hope you don't feel picked on, and if it makes you feel any better, I correct my husband when he says it occasionally as well!

I don't feel picked on at all. I just like explanation of the proper use so I am not left guessing how to fix it.