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| Thu, 07-19-2007 - 2:09am |
I had sex on the day before I was suppose to ovulate. Didn’t realize it until after the fact. Anyway, we used a condom but it seemed as if a bit of semen spilled as he was pulling out. Well, about a week after we had sex, I started feeling funny. Specifically, slight pain behind my belly button. I ignored it as well as all the other symptoms that I was having. I ignored it because within the past few months, before my period I would have pregnancy symptoms. Nausea, aversion to food, nipple soreness, those were the main things. The new thing to me was the pain that felt like it was behind my belly button. It was very slight at first. By the second week, probably 3 days before I was suppose to start my period, the pain got a lot worse. The food aversion as also very bad. I didn’t feel like eating anything and the belly button pain was almost unbearable. After that day I’ve only felt slight pain behind my belly button, even less than when it first started. A couple of days later, my period started, a day early. My period always come every 27 days, no more and no less. (Sorry, this is the graphic part.) The first day, it started out brown like dried blood, I decided to check the status of my cervix and noticed that it was high and hard. Also, I noticed that my finger was clean, barely even a brown dried blood spot. The was very moist like when it is time for ovulation. Once I started bleeding, it was several hours later and not very heavy. I only needed one pad all day. Same thing the next day, I only had to use one pad. Today, 07/18/07, is day three and it has been even lighter than the other two days. I really haven’t even had cramps, mainly bleeding. The first day was the only day I was cramping. Yesterday and today I haven’t cramped at all. This is not at all like my normal periods. Usually, I have a period that last about 4 days. The flow is pretty moderate. I also have cramping badly. I’ve checked my cervix today and it is still hard. I tried to find out when the cervix changes during pregnancy but can’t find a clear answer to that question, so I don’t know about that.
I’ve said all of that to say this, I’m wondering if I am pregnant. I haven’t taken a home test, I think partly because I’m afraid of the outcome. I’ve researched the internet and see that many people bleed during pregnancy and go on to give birth to a health baby. Has anyone ever had a similar experience? If so, were you pregnant? What happened with you pregnancy? Did it continue fine?
I need some help. It’s been a very long two weeks with some many things happening to me that don’t normally take place.
Thanks so much for taking the time to read my long post and responding. I’ll be sure to post whatever I find out.
Could I Be Preg

Well it's definetely possible. I went thru IF treatments when we were ttc Scarlett so when I started spotting 11 DPO I thought for sure AF was going to show up. It was just a few pink spots though and then stopped that same day. I found out I was pregnant the next day! But about a week later I started spotting brown, old blood like what you've mentioned. Having experienced a loss before I went straight to the dr who found that I had a SCH (sub-chronic hemorage I think is what they call it) and was put on pelvic rest for the next 3 weeks (no sex, no excersize, etc). Well, you can tell by my siggy that my daughter is a perfectly happy, healthy little girl now! Go get yourself a test and find out for sure. If it's positive call your dr and schedule an appt so they can take a look at what's going on. Bleeding during pregnancy can be normal but you'll want to get it checked out.
Good luck! :)
it's also very possible that the bleeding was from implantation. from all of what I've read, your's seems to be a classic case of it. it can happen anywhere from 6-12 dpo which is perfect for you. if you are pg, you should (but not always) get a positive at 14 dpo which would be your day 30 but if you want to be certain, i'd wait until 16 dpo at day 32 like you said. Still, call the doctor, they can help you more if you are worried. Good luck.
Alaina
Thanks for all of the responses so far. I think I am going to wait a little while longer for a test. Maybe even until the next time my period should show up. I may change my mind if the symptoms become a bit more drastic. I haven’t really dealt with the nausea today, could be because I haven’t eaten though. But also, I’ve had no belly button pain at all, that is such a delight because it was very irritating. Last night I really wanted some breakfast in the middle of the night but didn’t want to go out so late. I’m still dealing with the aversions. I think really hard before I get something to eat. I’d really like to have some of my favorite summertime fruit but every time I go to eat it, it turns my stomach. (Pisses me off!!!! Just had to vent really quickly.) Maybe I’ll head out to get the breakfast I’ve been thinking about since last night as soon as the storm subsides.
Anyway, I checked my cervix today and it is very low and hard which leads me to believe that I’m not pregnant. But like I said if the symptoms persist, I will head directly to the store and pick me up a home pregnancy test. (I do wondering if it’s just that I don’t want to know.)
Like I said, I’ll keep you posted.
Could I Be Preg
I decided to take the test today. It came up negative. I’m really tripping’ out because the reason for me taking the test was because of how I feel today. Nauseas, head ache, nipple pain, frequent trips to the bathroom, the works. I’ll be calling the doctor in the morning to make an appointment. I feel miserable and need some kind of explanation.
Could I Be Preg
it's possible to have all the symptoms and be pg and still come up with a negative test, sometimes there just isn't enough hcg in the blood yet. I have many of the symptoms and am coming up negative and AF is due July 24th, tomorrow so I'm trying to wait until then or Wednesday because it's so hard to keep coming up with negatives even though I'm a bit on the obsessive side with taking tests. Good luck and hopefully your doctor can clue you in on what is going on. Maybe they'll do a blood test for you.
Alaina
Ok, it’s me again. This has been the longest couple of months I’ve ever lived through. My story still goes on. Well, I did get my period on July 15 and like I said, it was a day early and didn’t last very long. Well, I got my period again on August 10. Again, it was short and spotty. In between those 2 periods, at the end of July, I had sex again, this time without protection. Anyway, it’s time for my period again and it is now 3 days late. I took a pregnancy test and it came back negative. Throughout this time, my body has been acting crazy. I’ve still been experiencing pregnancy symptoms, nausea, hot flashes, frequent urination, food aversions, sensitive smell, sore nipples and entire breast, etc. Well, being that it’s time for my period again, every time I go to the bathroom, I check to see if there is any sight of blood, and still nothing. I’ve tried checking my cervix and it feels different to me. The best way I can describe it is, it feels small not at all like when it’s time for my period. Also, when I look at my finger I see clearish/whitish cm. What do you think? I’m kinda freaking out. I want to go to the doctor, but well, my insurance hasn’t kicked in yet so I’m trying to wait.
Thanks again.
Could I Be Preg
Oh Sweetie...
I'm so sorry to hear about all this period trouble.