- Pregnancy
- Baby & Toddler
- Parents
- Getting Pregnant
- Baby Names
- Product Reviews
-
Registry
- Community
-
More
Want a personalized experience?
Download the free app
January 2011 Moms
POAS question
I feel like I'm in first tri but whateve's.
I came off BC July 17th and got AF the 23, 6 days late. With BC it was always 3 weeks on BC, 1 week off with AF. So I am assuming I was due for another period again Sunday but it's still not here and I'm showing no signs. We had sex the 5th or 6th and DH didn't pull out. I POAS (a Dollar Tree stick because I'm klassy like that) yesterday and it was negative. I know periods are crazy irregular PP but I'm anxious and I honestly don't even know when my period would be due so I don't know when I should really be testing.
Sorry this is everywhere! Thoughts?
Warning
No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
This discussion has been closed.
Re: POAS question
This. I would keep checking to be sure..when I was pregnant with my son it didn't show up on a test until I was like 8 weeks along..I'm not kidding..we were TTc and I was peeing on a stick every week, sometimes every day..lol..So keep POAS until AF shows up..
i agree with everyone, just keep POAS until you either get a BFP or AF. If after a few weeks you are worried, go to the doctor and take a test there. i think their tests are more sensitive.
If you had unprotected sex the 5th or 6th, it's probably too early to get a BFP by now. If you had sex on the 6th/ovulated on the 9th and actually conceived, you most likely wouldnt be pregnant enough for a BFP.
I'd wait another 10 days and test. If you dont get a BFP, you can be fairly certain that you're not pregnant. Wait another week and test again if you still don't see AF.
If you go 60 days w/o a period, that's when I'd call and make an appointment with the dr.
GL!
My periods were always really irregular when I wasnt on BC. Unfortunately unless you know for sure when you ovulated, you really have no way of knowing where in your cycle you are. There is a chance that maybe you didn't even O yet. Cheapie tests are your friend. I got like 25 "wondfo" tests on amazon for like 6 bucks with shipping. Saves you having to run out to the $store all the time.
good luck and keep us posted. I hope you get the answer that you want.
We came off because we wanted to TTC in a few months but I wanted to be off BC for a few months to let it kind of get out of my system but we suck at pulling out so now we're "letting nature decide" as DH puts it
I wasn't off BC long enough before I got pregnant to see how my cycle would be. I came off in January, got pregnant in February, miscarried in March, had a period beginning of April and got pregnant in April. I might have to check out amazon for those tests! Thanks so much!
OMG how did I miss the first time I read?!?! Hope it turns out the way you want.
Definitely don't stress yet!
You have to remember that when you're on BC, it's not a 'real' period, it's just a withdrawal bleed since the 4th week pills don't have hormones in them (and most importantly, it keeps you from ovulating in the first place, so there is no egg).
So now that you are off the pill, your body is adjusting to a real cycle because you probably are going to ovulate again, like normal. So you aren't necessarily going to follow the nice exact timing you had while on the pill. If you ovulated later than you expected to, you're not necessarily even 'late' yet. I'd wait awhile before testing again.
Also those klassy dollar tree tests work, so don't buy the name brand, lol. My BFP was a dollar tree test