Possibly Pregnant...and going insane

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Registered: 09-14-2003
Possibly Pregnant...and going insane
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Sun, 09-14-2003 - 1:58am
Okay, I haven't been keeping a close eye on my normal monthly schedule but I know my last period started on August 21st and in the past my cycle has been about 25 days long I had sex on the 29th of August and I believe I ovulated on the 31st of August, I originaly thought that I wouln't ovulate that early so I wasn't too concerned. However on September 7th I experienced some spotting (if you would even call it that just a small amount of blood on the toliet paper) I have never experienced this before but have now learned it could have been implantation bleeding. Since then I have been extremely tired (sleeping on average an extra six to eight hours a day). I have taken many HP Test and they have all come up negative but if my cycle is 25 days I don't expect my period until Monday. These test say they can work up to 5 days before your missed period. Could I still be pregnant? Would I have any symptoms if the hormones haven't even changed enough for the test to work? I am going insane with curiousity, even though this is not the most ideal time to become pregnant, I think I will be disapointed and relieved if I am not. It would be a lot easier to emotionaly prepare myself if I knew for sure. I keep thinking that the pregnancy symptoms are just due to stress but I can't explain the spotting. Any suggestions?
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Registered: 09-10-2003
Sun, 09-14-2003 - 3:18am
I understand what's it's like to feel like you are going insane about this subject! I am 10 days late, and have had 6 negative HPTs. I'm normally like clockwork. I was on the mini-pill for a month as an experiment, stopped, got my period on time, and now I am 10 days late. My SO and I have been using the "withdrawal" method for months - so we have been playing Russian roulette, and even though the tests have been negative so far...I am convinced that I'm pregnant. My breasts are unbelievaby sore and getting bigger, I am exhausted beyond belief, have slight abdominal cramping, am peeing more frequently, am experiencing mood swings, etc. I'm not nauseated, but I do have this bizarre metallic taste in my mouth that never goes away.

Each woman produces HCG (the pregnancy hormone) at a different rate and the HPTs are all different in terms of their sensitivity to the HCG level in your body. I have decided to wait until I am 14 days late to test again. Even though the waiting is driving me insane,I know there's no point in continuing to test every other day. Some women who are pregnant don't get a positive HPT before they are 2-5 weeks late, and other women get a positive even before their period is due - it just depends on your system.

I would wait and see if you are late, and take it from there. Just remember that HPTs are not necessarily the final answer to your question. The only way that I am not totally freaking out is by pretending that my period isn't late. I want to be pregnant and these negative HPTs are so frustrating, so I have to trick myself into not even thinking there's a possibility. Then I can be calm and wait 4 more days to test again.

I hope you get the answer you want!