Am I Pregnant Again?

I enjoy all caps, because I am used to not getting heard! But she is right, they consider it shouting. If you turn out to not be pregnant, consider the Depo-Provera shot... it is very free of side effects and makes birth control easier, with you only needing to remember to visit the Dr.'s office once every three months. Nursing can definitely throw off your cycle and keep you from having a period, but so can stress and having too many children close together, and undernourishment. So, make a checklist. Are you getting high-quality supplementation? Is nursing going very well, or draining you? Did you feel relatively like yourself before the Three-month mark? Your system is more likely to follow the pattern of your previous schedule until the cycle is broken by some intervention, so it may expect to get PREGNANT, and even simulate a pregnancy. The Blood test will relieve your mind sooner, but rest is the best medicine for where you are at now.

This hasn't happened to me... but not being on the pill and just having given birth, I have heard/seems that you have a greater chance of being pregnant (unless you have been nursing 100% and even then it's not 100% effective - but what is). Even if your husband was careful the two non-protected times.. it could be just enough. It could be that your cycle could still be straightening itself out. I just saw advertised... maybe First Response - that is able to predict conception 5 days before your period so maybe try that closer to end of month. Good luck to you!

nicole

The same thing happened to me with my last pregnancy. At six weeks I had what I thought was my peroid, and then nothing until my daughter was exactly five months old...Been regular ever since (two months now). For me it turned out I had had an infection...which made me feel like I was preggers, peeing all the time, nauseated, etc. Once the infection was found and cleared up my period returned. Hope this helps.

Brenda,

Are you breastfeeding 100%? If so, that greatly reduces the chance of getting pregnant. If not, the fact that your period has returned (in January) and you had unprotected sex...you very well could be pregnant. Even if your partner is "careful", he can't control it 100%. The problem is that our cycles are so irregular after giving birth that it would be hard to tell when you were ovulating.

You can request a blood test from your doctor and the blood test can pick up HCG about 8-10 days past ovulation, so sooner than the urine tests. If your doctor won't do it, I think there are clinics that will do it, but you may have to pay for the test out of pocket...not sure how much that is though.

Good luck.

T.

I would sit tight and not worry. If you are breastfeeding then you are almost certainly not pregnant. If you are not bfing then continue to use protection, but chances are you'd notice some other things if you were really preg - sore breasts, etc. Your menstrual cycle can be pretty irregular when it first comes back - especially if it comes back early - so don't worry about it.

Please don't take this wrong, but there never is such a thing as being careful when you don't use birth control... yes; it happened to me! My fourth son was a surprise!! We thought we were so careful!!

I also had the same thing happen as what you're going through now and luckily, I wasn't BUT I wouldn't want to go through that again; the suspense, paranoia, and wondering what's going on.

Be careful!! If now is not the time for a baby, use protection. Plan it carefully!! Like I said, there is NO SUCH THING as being careful when you don't use protection; it only takes once.

Good luck to you and I hope you find out soon whether or not you are or you're not.

Hi Brenda, I wouldn't worry; after having my son I breastfed for 4 months (so I didn't expect my period) but even after I stopped nursing, it took another 6 months for my period to start up, and my doc said it was fairly normal but that if it went til January he woudl give me something to "kick start" it back up. I finally got my first post-pregnancy period on New Year's Eve (I guess i really didn't want to take hormones!). My doc said your bbody can jsut get really confused....?

tell your doc you are too anxious to wait 2 weeks, and request a SERUM pregnancy test. This is a blood test but results are indicative if you are pregnant or not within 24 hours.

Just a side note -- when people use all caps when they type, it is considered "shouting" in the computer world. It is hard for us to read and feels as if one is shouting. Please use lower case in the future if possible. Thanks :o)

I don't know, but I would just stop having sex all together. Damn!!@! :)

The last time someone told me that "he was careful", she ended up pregnant and he took off, we were 18. I would suggest getting a blood test and then maybe not having sex or buy yourself a box of condems. You have two daughters, what are you going to tell them? Women need to take responsibilty for their health. I'm so sorry, but your attitude reminds me of high school. Good luck. Side note, my girlfriend was breastfeeding 100%, her daughter was 13 weeks old when she became pregnant with twins.

"Except for twice, but he was careful?!?!" You sound like an uninformed teenager in sex ed class, no offense! Use spermicide and condoms if you can't be on birth control 'cause you are nursing or something. If you're not pregnant again, this time don't take the chance of your husband just "pulling out." Your body really needs a break between pregnancies. It's not healthy for you. I could also help you out with natural family planning methods of learning when you ovulate and such, but they are not foolproof, especially if you are nursing. But if you are nursing, you have a tiny added protection of not getting pregnant, but if your period has returned, then don't count on it.