Could I be pregnant? Worried!!
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| Fri, 06-16-2006 - 8:33pm |
It's a bit of a long post so please bear with me, I wanted to give as much info as I could. Some of this may be a little too TMI, I'm sorry!!
My SO has been living LDistance for a while and I went off Mircette back in April because we didn't think we'd see eachother for a while, and I seem to be experiencing weight gain from them; he came down to visit on an emergency because I got into a car accident and well things led to another. I'm going on the pill soon before he moves here entirely as to avoid another situation like this....
My past AF was on May 5th and lasted till about the 9th. My cycles are normally 28-34 days long so they do range a bit but are fairly normal. May 16th my SO and I had protected sex (male condom I am currently off the pill). Following, we again spent more intimate time together on May 18th, 19th, and 20th, using the same method. (no tears or rips, he checked)
Using a calculator I ovulated around the 19th...
I'm a bit of a worry wart, to be safe I took EC pills, (Plan B) on May 18th.
My AF (supposedly) hit on June 2nd, (29 day cycle, right about time) My AF this time around seemed about normal, except it usually lasts about 6 days. I had prior pains in my sides (always happens a few days prior, with some cramping, moodiness and sugar cravings) It lasted more like 4 this time, with some spotting on the 5th day. Day 1 started light and went to medium, Day 2 and 3 were heavy. Day 4 went to abnormally light for me, while Day 5 was pretty much light spotting. I did have quite a bit of clotting till about the afternoon of Day 4, the color during the entire time was from pink to dark shades of red. I have to change the pad more than several times.(Sorry I know that's TMI!!!) I'm worried that it could be implantation bleeding; I've done a lot of research and it ranges quite a bit it seems.
The reasons I am worried, is because I'm having some pains on my right and left sides like I normally do before AF hits.. Why would I be having them now? I'm also have some light cramping. :( Not to mention I got a pimple on my face a couple days ago, also a symptom, and I'm a bit moody. (I'm also under a ton of stress!! :( ) Also because my SO and I had some prior contact before he put on the condom, is mainly why I took the EC pills. He didn't ejaculate w/o the condom on, but I know of pre-ejac and even though he says he didn't I'm still being safe, which is why I took Plan B.
I realize Plan B can have some effects on the body, so that probably is why my AF was different..(Usually doesn't go to a light flow till the 5th day) Could these side effects (pains) be occuring because of Plan B? Or should I be worried? Could my AF possibly have been implantation bleeding? I didn't take any HPT's because I thought it was my AF for sure. I'm only unsure now because of the pain and reading how implantation bleeding can be so varied. Shall I get one to be sure?
Thank you Ladies, sorry for all the TMI's again! I'm probably just being paranoid, I took Plan B after all.
Hunnysky
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Hope everything works out for you!
Thanks for your prompt reply; I went ahead and got a HPT and took it this morning right after I woke, it came up negative. :) (Not ready for children yet!) I'm wondering though, I'm having a lot of PMS symptoms right now and I know a lot of them could be preg symptoms as well.
Can Plan B really cause them? I took it on May 18th and it's almost June 18th, so it's pretty much been a month. I didn't realize it could have so many after effects. Abdominal pain, side cramping, moodiness, broke out too.
BTW, I know I'm being really paranoid but what are the chances the HPT could fail at this point? It was a First Response test. I believe it really was my AF but like I said the effects are throwing me off. If I hadn't of gotten my AF by now, I would of been late by June 12th.
Sorry for all the questions, and thank you!
I know I seem really paranoid. Just reminds me that I will be back on the pill asap to avoid future worries!
Well, there is always a chance that the HPT could come up negative and you could still be pg...but I don't think that is very common. By now, if you didn't have AF, you would already be about a week late and you would have most likely gotten a postive HPT. I know it is scary to think you might be pg when you really aren't ready (I've been there myself!) I would feel pretty confident that you aren't pg, since you took EC AND you had a negative HPT.
I'm not too sure about all of the side effects of the EC, but you might want to check it out with your clinic, I have found that the nurses are normally pretty happy to answer any questions about these kinds of things.
If you are still worried, get a few HPTs (buy the cheap ones, they sell them at the Dollar Store) and just test again in a few days to ease your mind.