Question about Late AF

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Registered: 08-02-2003
Question about Late AF
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Fri, 08-29-2003 - 9:22am
I just went off BCP at the beginning of August. DH and I have been BDing every other day since then. I was supposed to get AF on 8/26. That day and the day before I had AF cramps and I thought she would show up but she never did. Which is unusual for me b/c I never get cramps without AF. I took at HPT on Wed. 8/27 and it was negative. It is now Friday 8/29 and still no AF. Is there a chance I could be pregnant? I hope since we have been BDing every other day it is a possibility. I have also been really mood and have had to pee more than normal. It is the cramps I had that make me think I could be pregnant, since I have never had cramps without AF before. I am going to test again tomorrow. Should I call my doctor if I don't get it soon and still get a BFN?

Jen

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Fri, 08-29-2003 - 10:16am
The months after bcp can be irregular. You've definitely optimized your chances of gettin gpg by bd'ing every other day but there's just no way to know when you ovulated... so you could be pg or your cycle could just be longer than normal. Test again tomorrow and then give your doctor a call next week. Good luck!

di

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Registered: 05-11-2003
Fri, 08-29-2003 - 10:32am
Im in the same boat as you, i got off BC pills on july 31st when i was taking my placebos and was on my period. My period was due yesterday morning on the 28th. I too normally have cramps then when i go to the bathroom AF has started. I had cramps all morning yesterday but no AF and today, no AF as well.

Weve bd every night though, i know that weakens the sperm numbers but were just happy we can bd without protection!

Anyway, im a day late right now as well, im not sure if its pregnancy or just hormones, im guessing hormones because i took an EPT a few days ago and it took 10 minutes to see a HINT of a second line which was im pretty sure to be an evaporation line because i took another test day before yesterday with answer early and it was negative too:(

I stil have hope though, even though my temps are low, af still hasnt gotten to me!

Im just trying to wait it out. Hopefully if this truely isnt our month she will hurry up and come so we can try again next month.

Id love to be 15-20 weeks pregnant around christmas, finding out the sex and maybe feeling a baby move inside of me would be the best christmas present ever!

Good luck!!
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Registered: 08-02-2003
Fri, 08-29-2003 - 11:15am
Thanks for your input. If I haven't gotten a positive or AF by next week I will call my doctor.
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Fri, 08-29-2003 - 1:18pm
Hey girls. How are you? Well don't want to burst your bubble (don't mean to sound harsh at all) this happened to me though, I came off bcp pills way back in March this year and had AF's anywhere from 29-34 days each month and now they've seemed to settle at 32-34 days for the past couple of months.

Anyways, I had my last AF on July 19th and was unsure when I would get my next af (I do not think I ov last month, even though I had AF which is possible, I had no signs at all of ov, no mucus, cervix felt hard and low all month etc.) so I waited until I though I was due for AF to come (over 30 days still no sign) so I took a hpt when I was about 4 days late and bfn of course but a week before af came, all kinds of cramping, sore nipples, heart burn etc. so I knew if af was not coming I had to be pg so after all those signs, about 5 more days went by and still no AF so that is what made me think, what the hell is going on and maybe I's skip this months AF but not shortly after I thought that I got af on 8-22 (at cd 34) so now I know I am having af's 32-34 days each month and not to test until I am about 38-40 days out. So usually if you have the norm cramps, moodiness etc. that you'd normally get before af, it usually means she's on her way, I thought I'd miss her to this month (glad she came or I might not have a chance to ov this month) but needless to say, it still sucks to see her each month right? Right now am cd 8 and have the Clearblue Fertility Monitor which shows low fertility of course just coming off AF but if I do have say a 34 day cycle that means I would most likely not ov until cd 21 or maybe a few days sooner, but just in case that is why I purchased the monitor to let me know exactly when instead of guessing. This is our first "real" month trying #1 so I know I have a long way too go before really worrying but I want to be ahead of the game and get testing thyroid, horomone etc. which all came back fine last week, I should ov this month but if not, my doc said I could try Clomid and she said I may not be ov'ing just b/c I was on the pills for 11 yrs. and it could of stopped ov even though I bleed each month. Our bodies are strange, don't you agree.

Good luck to both of you though regardless, and please let me know when AF comes, I'd be curious to know. Take care.

Julie