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Reply to Kellie "Please Help"

Hi Kellie......I'm a little behind in my reading and your story is a few pages back. Sorry this reply is coming so late. You asked if you had unprotected sex 5 weeks ago, would it make you 3 weeks pregnant? From what I understand, when they refer to pregnancies being 40 weeks, that starts from day one of your menstrual cycle. So, basically, if you have a normal 28-day cycle, you'll already have two weeks under your belt before you even ovulate. It takes a week to 10 days or so after conception before the pregnancy really occurs (when it implants in the uterus), and at the time you would normally have started your period, you'd already be four weeks along, just days after implantation. It's a strange way to count things, but I guess that's how it's done. So, at the time you wrote this when you said it was five weeks after unprotected sex, you were probably about seven weeks along by then. BTW.....when I got pregnant with my son, I was about seven weeks along when I had a negative HPT!! I didn't know I was pregnant until about eight weeks along at the doctor's office, then I finally had a positive HPT after that. I hope by the time you read this, you have gotten some good news, one way or the other!! :-)

Good luck!

Buffi R.

Am I pregnant? Anyone else experience this?

I am 3 days late getting my period. I almost always get a bad migraine the day I start my period. Well for 2 days I had a terrible migraine only at night and still no period. I have had a few cramps but nothing like my period would be. I even felt like I was going to start and there was nothing there. The headache is gone now but my period is not here. I am never late on my period. Its always 28 days. I don't really have any symptoms of being pregnant except my stomach looks rounder and bloated. One weird thing is I have more hair on my tummy and darker too. If I am pregnant I would be around 8 weeks but I did have a period last month. I have heard of women having a period and still be pregnant thats why i'm concerned. Anyone have any answers to help me out?

Crystal

Crystal

Finding the right Dr.

I called my primary care provider and found out he does not do prenatal care. He referred me to 2 Dr.'s in the same area. I called the one he felt was a good one. I called and made the appointment- they didn't have an opening until 5 weeks later, which I thought was a long time to wait for your first Dr. appointment. I was thinking I was about 9 weeks at the time.

During the time I was waiting on the Dr. appoinment to come up, I was having cramps. I was worried and called the prenatal Dr. They said they didn't have time to see me. They made me cry, the way they talked to me was like they didn't care about me or my baby. I immediatly called my primary care Dr. He got me in right away. Uh, turns out that it was really just a BM. Sick huh.

Anyway, I told my Dr. about my experience and he referred me to the other Dr. I walked right over to the other Dr. and they were the most friendly people. They got me in within the week for my first visit. I got my ultrasound done and found out that I was 14 weeks along already. If I would've waited and went to the other Dr. I would have already been about 19 weeks.

I am glad that I had the ordeal that I went through and found out the "true colors" about the Dr. I initially was going to go to. I urge you all to ask questions when picking a prenatal Dr. Ask them if they have emergency openings during the day, how do they deal with your questions when calling in? I recomend this because you will come up with a lot of questions that you won't want to wait till your next appointment for the answer.

Good Luck

Lisa

i was right

I posted about 2 mths ago regarding surprise no3...turns out i was right - I did fall pregnant. Sadly, this one ended at 9 weeks for unknown reasons, the baby just never had a heartbeat. I just wanted to let all those women out there with PCOS know, there is definately hope! I've had 4 pregnancies, resulting in 2 healthy gorgeous babies (no medical help) so it's definately possible to acheive and carry a baby to term when you have PCOS. i hope this gives anyone who reads this who has PCOS hope to keep on trying. Good luck!

kari

TTC and impatient

DH is 26 and I am 25. This is our 2nd month TTC and it is so hard to be patient!! I am so preoccupied with delightful thoughts of having a baby that I'm surfing the web for TTC resources all day long. Next month is my birthday and it will be a week after my next cycle is scheduled to begin. I would really love a BFP for my birthday!! I know that these things take time and patience, but I can't help but be excited right now!! Best of luck and lots of baby dust to all!

kari