What could this be?!?

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Registered: 09-29-2003
What could this be?!?
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Mon, 09-29-2003 - 12:52am
I think either my hormones are messed up or i'm pregnant...or something. Here is my details....

My last period was on August 14..it only lasted a few hours. The two prior to this was the same, my last normal one was in May. This month I didn't get one at all. I felt pregnant from the start of this, had all the typical symptoms. But all the home tests have been negative so far. I have now gained 10 lbs. my pants don't fit me anymore, I have a bit of a bulge in the lower belly now. When I lay down on my belly I can feel something there, and I can only lay there a minute and I start to get sharp pains. I keep getting a achy crampy feeling in my belly also, feels like period cramps, and I usually have to take something to help it. And in the past few weeks I have noticed major changes in my breasts. I have darkening/reddning of nipples. (the edges look like ther is reddish veins/broken blood vessels) The areola is getting bigger, the center of nipple looks whitish, and they have gotton majorly heavy, all withing the past weeks. But today, I noticed some dark hairs on my chin...I notice a small patch that grows under my chin for about a year, but never on my lower chin...which makes me wonder if my hormones are messed up. I just don't know what to think of it. Some days I swear I am pregnant, and others I think no way. Especially since the tests are all negative. But there have been a few occasions that I though I felt movement...but I put it off as gas, every night for some reason I have so much gas rolling in my belly I think thats all it was.
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Registered: 09-26-2003
Mon, 09-29-2003 - 1:35am
Are the nipples being whitish a sign? My breasts have not gotten swollen or achy yet, but I have noticed a huge blue visible vein (its almost so prominent I can feel a raise in my skin where it is, if that makes sense what I am trying to say) I don't think was there before and my nipples have that whitish look, whereas they are usually pink. I thought you might know if this was a symptom since you brought htis up in your post.

Thanks

Rhonda

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Registered: 09-29-2003
Mon, 09-29-2003 - 1:42am
I don't know if it is a sign or not...the whole nipple itself isn't white, just a little in the very center, where the glands are..I guess thats how you would describe it.
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Registered: 09-26-2003
Mon, 09-29-2003 - 1:47am
Yeah that's how mine are too, kind of like raised and whitish, centered around the middle. I just wondered if it WAS a sign, since you'd mentioned it as something that was gong on with you and you'd had previous pregnancies.

Thanks though :)

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Registered: 09-29-2003
Mon, 09-29-2003 - 1:58pm
Anyone got an opinion? Oh and before its said...cause I know it will. LOL I finally made an appointment and its for this Wed. so I hope I will know for sure what is going on...but with no insurance i'm only going to Planned Parenthood, and besides confirming weather i'm pregnant or not, I don't think they will look into it much if i'm not.