Period Late Need Advice

Yup...anything that messes with your hormones (from stress to nursing...and weaning does both!) can affect your period. If you're late and you're not testing positive, you're probably not pregnant...yet. Stopping nursing can frequently cause a short period of SUPER-FERTILE-WOMAN, though. So watch out. :)

You CAN have false negatives in home pregnancy tests. One of the most common causes is from dilute urine. So if you're really concerned, test right after you wake up.

R

Hi there. This answer should be very simple. Go to your OBGYN to get these more accurate results and it will clear you of all or any doubts.
Good luck.
D

Don't worry...It's highly unlikely that you are PG if you are 8 days late with a (-) result. HPT's are really accurate nowadays, and much earlier in your cycle than that. Still, to be sure, I'd retest first thing in the morning.

Strange things just happen. I have known several of my friends and myself who had a screwy couple of months right before we turned 30 and again around 34. I don't know how old you are but I doubt a pregnancy after 8 days and neg. test. If it doesn't start in a week call your OBGYN. Don't be worried it may just be a hormone fluctuation.

It may be to early to tell if you are pregnant, or you may start your period any day! If you do not start with in a few days i would suggest going to a pregnancy resource center for a free test. They will test and retest you for free. Pregnancy Resource Center in Oceanside, and BirthChoice of San Marcos are great. Our bodies change so much with birth/brestfeeding. It may just take a bit to get on track.

Yes, it is possible that weaning is causing this. I think that you would probably have a positive pregnancy test by now if you were pregnant. If you skip another period and still get negative tests, then you may want to contact your doctor, just to be sure all is ok, but skipping just one is perfectly normal, for a multitude of possible reasons :)

The best time to test is first thing in the morning. 8 days is still pretty early. I'd try again at maybe 10 days or 14 days. I was a week late and took the test and it was negative. Took it a week later and it was positive. False negatives are possible. My OB told me their test is no more accurate or reliable than the over the counter test. So, no point in going there unless there's a problem. But, it could be the nursing. Just give it time.

As said in the previous responses it will only ease your mind if you go to your Dr. Also, yes breastfeeding can affect your period. My friend didn't get hers until she stopped feeding her first baby. With mine I got it one month then wouldn't get it again for a couple of months.

Good Luck

L.,

If not pregnant might be something else... get checked... the copay is worth knowing.

CB

Breastfeeding absolutely effects your period. I'm guessing it's that and you have no need to worry.

You don't say how old YOU are. The only reason I ask is that, the year before I started menopause I was late every other month. I kept thinking aaaack, I'm pregnant! and did not recognize the pattern until the year was over (I kept track on a calendar to use for our birth control method.) The following year, I skipped every other month. If you are late thirties or older it could be that. Though the average age is 50 something, anything between 35 and 50 something is normal. Breastfeeding definitely affects your period. In some countries it is used as a form of birth control, but that only works if the child is ONLY on breast milk and always "on demand" (whenever the child wants). Once schedules and solid foods are introduced, it is not longer an effective means of birth control. Ask your gynecologist if they have a more sensitive pregancy test, or how long one could keep getting "false negatives". B.