someone please respond this time!

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Registered: 07-16-2003
someone please respond this time!
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Wed, 09-24-2003 - 3:48pm
i posted about this a couple days ago and didn't get any responses. i'd really like some input/advice on the matter. also, this is going to be long and i'll apologize for that right now!

i've been on yasmin for a almost a year (started to regulate my period). i became sexually active in mid-july (i got married :^) i'm so proud of myself for managing to wait!). i started to feel really tired about the second week of august, and my eyes started to feel like they have too much fluid in them. i even left work early one day because i felt such a horrible combination of fatigue and nasuea, and my manager (who has 3 children) told me i was probably pregnant.

i was mildly concerned, but i got my period august 20th and it seemed about normal (lasted about 6 days, normal pattern), though it may have been slightly lighter than usual. the fatigue has continued, and i've been nasueated enough since then to have actually thrown up a little a couple of times (i rarely throw up even when i'm sick).

i did get my period again, on time, september 17th, but this one was kind of odd. there was only one day that was heavy at all (normally, i have one super heavy day or two that are still heavier than this was) and it was partially a kind of clear goo (for lack of better words) for that heavy day. the second thing was that it only lasted 4 days.

other things that are making me concerned are that, even though i've been working out lately and my diet hasn't changed much, my more form-fitting jeans seem to be getting a little tight. not too bad, but bad enough that they aren't comfortable for more than a couple hours at a time. i almost think my boobs are spilling out of their cups a little more than usual, but they're already big. not enough of a difference there for my husband to have said anything, although i'm not sure he'd notice anyway *silly boy*. also, within the last week or so i've started to seriously have to pee all the time. plus i still have the fatigue, slightly painful eyes, and occasional nasea.

i'm half convinced that i'm stressing myself into this or seeing things that aren't there, but i'm still worried. i'm a little afraid to test because i want my husband there when i do it cuz i know i'll fall apart if i find out i'm pregnant and can't get ahold of him for hours to tell him. plus i want to feel like i really have a reason for doing it other than being paranoid before i tell him i'm taking a test, especially since i haven't missed a period.

we do want children, but we had intended to wait a couple years. i was considering going off the pill, and his comment to that was that "then we'd have to use condoms all the time or maybe have a baby, but babies cost too much." i asked him a couple days ago what he'd say if i told him i was pregnant, and he said he'd probably just kiss me. any suggestions or ideas or thoughts or WHATEVER are more than welcome!!! thanx for reading my whole post!!!!

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Registered: 07-16-2003
Thu, 09-25-2003 - 3:23pm
yeah, i definatly want to know what's going on with you!

as for me, my husband doesn't want me to take a test (at least not buy one). i'm not sure if he just thinks i'm being paranoid or if he's afraid i might actually be pregnant. but anyway, if i don't start feeling better, i'll probably go to campus health services when i get a chance and see about getting a free test done. whether it comes up + or -, i'm intending to see a doctor in the near future, even if i have to get on medicaid to do it. i'm becoming quite sure that, if i'm not pregnant, i either have mono for a second time (rare, i know) or else i really need to switch to a different form of birth control. i had "pregnancy" symptoms when i first started taking yasmin, but this is the first time i've felt like this for more than a day or two since way back then. thanx for all the feedback guys! i really appreciate it!

o yeah, i came up with a plan to monitor my cycle better (maybe it'll help me not freak out). i'm going to mark my pill packets with when i had bleeding (circle around the whole pill for heavy, shorter lines for lighter days), when i took a pill more than an hour early or late, and with when i had sex. so that'll give me a better idea of what might be going on (i hope). anyway, next AF isn't due until somewhere between 10/13 & 10/15.

thanx again and i'll definatly let you guys know if/when i get a test done and what the results are.

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Registered: 09-14-2003
Thu, 09-25-2003 - 3:48pm
I went to the doctor this morning, not all of the tests have come back yet, but the two that did are completely normal. I am supposed to go back tomorrow for the other results.

The Campus health center is where I have been going to get all of my stuff done. (No way was I going to go to the family doctor, they still send my parents all my stuff, I dont know if they dont realize i am 18 now or what). The first blood test was only 5 dollars and I had the results within an hour. The others have cost me quite a bit more though but they are for more complex things.

Good Luck With your stuff, and I will write back with more information when I get it

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Registered: 09-14-2003
Fri, 09-26-2003 - 8:24pm
Okay.....

So I go to the doctor today and they finally have all my test results back in and all of my levels are perfectly fine. My Doctor has no idea what is going on and would like to send me to a neurologist now. (And I told my mom, that was scary, but she didnt flip out like i thought). Told her exactly what i have been going through for the past month or so and she just straight out asked me if I was pregnant (although the test said no) its the same thing everyone else has been asking me. My best friend was looking at me while we were walkign to class today and I was just like either I am pregnant, or im just getting really fat in my stomach (I started wearing looser clothes the past few weeks so it wasnt really noticeable). She looked today and put her hand on my stomach to see how big it has really gotten and she straight out told me, "You need another test!"

So, I know this doesnt help you any, because it sure doesnt help me any. Maybe you will have better luck than I did. Im still debating on whether I really wanna waste time and Money on a neurologist, I guess we will jsut wait and see what I feel like next week!

THIS SUCKS!

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Registered: 07-16-2003
Sat, 09-27-2003 - 4:23pm
that kinda sucks. i think i hope your pregnant and not really sick or something. i would think that, if you're starting to look like you're pregnant, they'd do an ultrasound on you since the tests aren't showing you to be pregnant to see if they can actually see anything that looks like a baby or anything else instead of just saying, "o, you should go see a specialist." but some doctors are dumb. good luck!

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Registered: 07-16-2003
Sat, 09-27-2003 - 4:27pm
o yeah, i forgot - i found an article here that said that sometimes women who get pregnant on the pill can keep having a "period" due to the drop in estrogen levels during the "period" week. i have started to feel more like myself overall so i really don't think i'm pregnant, but if my next af seems as not-normal as my last one did, i'm showing my husband the article and telling him i'm taking a test dammit! *hehe*

*anna~rae*

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Registered: 09-14-2003
Sun, 09-28-2003 - 8:46pm
Well, I went back home over the weekend (away for college) and saw another doctor while i was there because I really dont want to have to go see a neurologist if I dont have to. He told me I was either pregnant, or it could even be depression. So they took more blood (I almost hit the chick that did it, I have never had it hurt soooo bad before. I almost cried.) But I am supposed to get the results on that one tuesday or wednesday. Im honestly not sure what to think anymore, maybe im just having a really weird few months. I think after this I am going to chill and relax for a while and go for a few more weeks and see if anything changes before I agree on the neurologist thing.

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