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12 days late..
So long story short: I'm 18 years old and sexually active. I always use protection, as in condoms. 2 months ago I went to a doctor to get birth control. I wasn't supposed to start taking it util this month when I got my period. But it's 12 days late. I haven't had sex since the end of October, and I've taken 4 pregnancy tests a couple days apart. All of them came back negative. So I'm really not sure if I'm pregnant, or what could cause my period to be so late. Going to my doctor or telling my parents is not really an option.So thats's why I'm asking for some advicce. But if I don't get it inn the next week or so, I will try and make an appointment to get looked at from a doctor. Anything would certaainly help a lot.
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I have to disagree with another user's advice. In high school I knew a girl named Melissa. She was having sex with her boyfriend, and using the pull-out method, and then her period missed in 11th grade. Pregnancy test after pregnancy test showed a negative. She ended up going to the doctor to see what was going on and she was very much pregnant.
So, out of curiosity, we all convinced her to keep taking the pregnancy tests to see when it would show positive. It seemed logical to us--we'd finally figure out WHEN positives started showing. So, once every few weeks we'd chip in for another test and she'd go in the bathroom after school...and we'd wait around to see when the first positive would show up.
Her belly grew huge. The pregnancy tests never, ever showed positive. Not even a faint positive line. Always negative. Always. We're talking about, her waddling around at 8 or 9 months with a "negative" test result. She gave birth to a healthy little boy, but if she had only trusted the home pregnancy tests then she wasn't pregnant at all. ;)
So, for some reason, it IS very possible to be pregnant and no over the counter pregnancy test pick it up. I would assume that, for some reason, Melissa's hCG pregnancy hormones just weren't accumulating as they should have.
Is it common or likely to happen? Probably not.
It IS possible to get your period after becoming pregnant, too. A lot of women get a period for a month or two after getting pregnant--this is why some women have no idea they are pregnant until they start showing other symptoms.
Stress, diet, exercise, etc. they all do affect your period, too, of course. Ovarian cysts, uterine fibroids, and cancerous cells, STDs, and STIs can all cause your periods to change, too. This is why it is very important to get checked out if your periods become strange.
I'm just saying, it isn't impossible that you're pregnant. I definitely would not go as far as to make a statement of: "You are not pregnant."
I would say, it's not likely you are pregnant because:
It's been long enough since the last time you've had sex that a pregnancy test SHOULD show an accurate result.
You used condoms, which have about an 88% success rate in preventing pregnancy.
So, if I were you, I'd do my best to just RELAX about the whole situation. In the worst case scenario, you're pregnant. That's not the end of the world, right? Life would go on. So, relax. :)
Take a pregnancy test only once a week. There's no reason to waste more money than that, really. Once a week should be just fine while you're waiting for an appointment.
Call your doctor. Even if you aren't pregnant, there could be something going on in your body that should be checked out. A doctor can also run a blood pregnancy test, which are more accurate than the over the counter tests you can buy.
Don't take your pills until your period begins. Do exactly as the doctor recommended. I know you don't want to wait, but it's important to take them just how the doctor said to.
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Assuming that one of the pregnancy tests was taken within the last week to week and a half, God only knows why it hasn't come but pregnancy is almost certainly not the reason.
Stress (it is the end of the semester) or diet or any of several other reasons could be the issue, but if you had sex at the end of October and got pregnant it would have shown up by the end of November without a doubt. After fertilization implantation takes a max of I think 6 days. Once an egg implants on your uterine wall you usually can test positive within like 48 hours.
You ain't knocked up. If you miss your period for a month consider calling your gyno to figure out what else might be the issue.
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Well keep trying the pregnancy tests, and by the end of two weeks or so, make a doctor appointment just to make sure
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