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12-07-2012 at 10:50 PM
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Anyone Else Experience This?

I was wondering if anyone could give me any insight on my situation. My period is 20 days late. I have taken a few HPT's and they have all been negative. I have been nauseous the last week and a half. I have also been EXTREMELY moody. I have had cramping, lower back pain, and severe headaches. Is there a chance I could be pregnant? I have a doctor's appointment on the 18th but I don't want to look crazy thinking I could be pregnant and then not be. Does anyone have any advice on this topic?
 
12-07-2012 at 10:54 PM
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Rule of TTC: If you're pregnant enough for symptoms, you're pregnant enough to turn up a positive test.

And PMS symptoms are very much the same as pregnancy symptoms. 

 

The cycle before TTC I "skipped" my AF. Instead of a 28 day cycle on the pill, I had a 56 day cycle...and since then it's every where. I've noticed "symptoms" around ovulation and in the wait up to my AF. Never been pregnant.


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12-07-2012 at 10:59 PM
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You won't look crazy for thinking you might be pregnant when it turns out you aren't. That happens all the time.

If you are testing negative, whatever sptoms you are having are likely not pregnancy related. A lot of things can cause nausea, cramps, whatever.

What's more, no matter how regular your cycles usually are, anyone can have an off cycle at any time. The only way to truly know if you're late is to track your basal body temp to know when you ovulated. Likely you ovulated later than usual this time around.

Edit: there is a lot of good information in the newbie link. It's a great resource.

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12-07-2012 at 10:59 PM
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Thank you for the advice. I have never been this late. A day or two yes but 20! My mom also had really low levels of hcg so I wasn't sure if that could be my problem.
 
12-07-2012 at 11:13 PM
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SarahNCaleb2012:
Thank you for the advice. I have never been this late. A day or two yes but 20! My mom also had really low levels of hcg so I wasn't sure if that could be my problem.


If you were legit twenty days late and pregnant, I'd think it really unlikely you were testing negative. And as the first reply says, if there is enough hormone in your body to cause symptoms, there should be enough for a positive test.

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12-07-2012 at 11:42 PM
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How do you know you are 20 days late? Are you temping to pinpoint when you ovulate, which would put you beyond 20dpo at this point (since I don't know what your average luteal phase I don't know how many dpo you actually are)? You may be having a wacky cycle which means you ovulated later than you think, or it is too early to test.

Your symptoms could be early pregnancy or period symptoms, no way to tell unless you get a +HPT or your period shows up.


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12-08-2012 at 12:51 AM
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I track my cycle. Have done this since high school. It has always been the same. I may just be having an off month.
 
12-08-2012 at 5:33 AM
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My cycles range from 28 days to 45....and it hasnt always been this way. 
12-08-2012 at 5:53 AM
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SarahNCaleb2012:
I track my cycle. Have done this since high school. It has always been the same. I may just be having an off month.

Tracking cycles isn't what Cole was asking about. Charting dates doesn't really help. Are you charting your CM and basal temperature to confirm when you actually ovulate? That's the only way to know if you are truly 20 days late. You could have just ovulated much later than usual, which would result in a much later period.

Keep testing once a week until you get a BFP, your period, or hit CD60. If you get to CD60, call your doctor.

12-08-2012 at 6:42 AM
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As you grow older, your body changes, therefore so do your cycles. I used to have and average of  35 day cycles. Now I have average of 50 day cycles. Major shock when first TTC and I realized my cycle changed. Good luck.


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12-08-2012 at 1:50 PM
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If repeated pregnancy tests say you are not pregnant then you are not pregnant.

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