O.K. how many people here are pregnant?

How accurate are pregnancy tests? It says you use it preferably in the morning, but she did it this evening. And is it normal to not have your period after more than 6 weeks and not be pregnant?

I'm a bit confused here...

Thanks

ps: I didn't read the whole thread, so sorry if it's already in here somewhere.

pearlwax wrote:

How accurate are pregnancy tests? It says you use it preferably in the morning, but she did it this evening. And is it normal to not have your period after more than 6 weeks and not be pregnant?

I'm a bit confused here...

Thanks

ps: I didn't read the whole thread, so sorry if it's already in here somewhere.

Home tests are pretty accurate. They do say, however, that it's more likely to get a false negative than a false positive. Sometimes the hormone levels aren't high enough in the urine to register and they have to do a blood test.

Fyi, I did mine in the evening and it registered "pregnant" within SECONDS...lol.

I have had a lot of very late periods in my life, though. I have gone 2-3 months at a time in college because of ovarian cysts. Stress, diet and hormonal issues can cause a woman to miss her period.

Thanks. It's a bit weird, cause she's only been off the pil for three months and then her periods where like clockwork.

genevieve wrote:

When I went off the pill my periods went a bit wonky.
But my doctor said A false positive is not common.
Although false negatives happen quite often.

Best to get some bloodwork done to find out for sure!
Ooohhh! Exciting.

99.7 % sounds like there would never be a mistake, but it's 3 out of 1000, so they definately happen. I guess everyone's different, cause my wife's Dr. told her she would not get pregnant for a few months after going off the pill. My supersperm did the trick in a few weeks

pearlwax wrote:

How accurate are pregnancy tests? It says you use it preferably in the morning, but she did it this evening. And is it normal to not have your period after more than 6 weeks and not be pregnant?

I'm a bit confused here...

Thanks

ps: I didn't read the whole thread, so sorry if it's already in here somewhere.

She should definately see the doctor if this is not usual for her, there are a number of things that may cause this and it's best to know what they are. Also consider that some of the women here have said that going off of the pill can cause a womans period to be a little of track (I can't tell you that, because I've never been on the pill) or also I would buy two more tests and try again, making sure you do at least one in the morning.

My personal experience is that my period cycle had been pretty regular at about 28 days for years, then for about six months before I became pregnant it started going a little off wack, but always earlier than the 28 days (I don't know why it went a little heywire, but like I said there are a lot of reasons it can happen, so I saw the doctor and had a papsmear (not painful at all) and she gave me the all clear for cancer and infection, so it was probably stress and bad diet, etc). Anyway, one month I actually didn't get my period early, so on day 28 I bought two tests and used the first test that night. A very faint positive line appeared, but it was only very faint so I decided to try again in the morning and when I did another very very faint positive line appeared, so the next day I went to the doctor and they did a urine test and another very faint posiitive line came up, but because it was so faint they wanted to do a blood test as well to make sure it was a significant amount of hormone in my body, which it was. So really I think whether your girlfriend is pregnant or not she should definately go to the doctor so that if she is pregnant she can start looking after herself properly straight away in preparation for the baby and if she is not pregnant she can rule out infection, etc. Also, something that made me suspect that I was pregnant before I even did the test is that straight away I was extrememly tired to the point of exhaustion and constantly looking in the fridge and cupboards for something to eat and I didn't know why.

I had my first ultrasound yesterday. For the first minute or so it just seemed like I was watching it on tv, but then we saw it move and all of a sudden it was all real. I have a little baby inside of me and it is bouncing around constantly and I can't even feel it. It made a lot of jerky movements like it had the hiccups, but the doctor said that is just how they move at that age. we got to see its heart beating and a gorgeous profile of its face and we even saw it gulping the fluid that surrounds it. I think the doctor was a bit annoyed because most of the time it was facing away from the ultrasound and she needed it to be perfectly side on to get a skin fold measurement on the neck and when it finally turned side on and it started gulping she was just about to measure it but I cracked up laughing at it gulping and my laughing made it turn away again. I think it was stressful for her that the baby wasn't turning the right way but it was great for us because we got to look at our baby for longer. The only thing is she only gave us one photo and it was on a CD, so I don't know why she couldn't have given us a couple more, but the photo she gave us wasn't even one of the really good images that we saw, it is virtually indiistinguishable. but hey, it's baby's first photo.

genevieve wrote:

Yeah it took me over a year to get pregnant after being on the pill for 10yrs.
But both my sister in law and a friend of mine both got pregnant really quick.

i was still taking the pill & somehow magically got pregnant.... i had been on the pill for about 6yrs...

Quiet Rhythm wrote:

I was on two different forms of birth Control (condoms and Yasmin). I guess something really wanted me to have a child.
I have noticed that an awful lot of us who were using the pill when we got pregnant which I find sorta interesting. Maybe the Pill isnt as good as we had hoped.

i was on that Yasmin birth control too!

EthansMommy wrote:

Hi - new here - not new to the bbs, just to this bbs. I am an oldie from the original bbs...

Anywho - yep - i'm preggo with #2. I'm 3 months along and hoping for a little girl. I have a 21 month old son, the love of my life. He took 6 years to conceive and numerous infertility tests, etc., etc., etc. Then, this one, OOPS! I was not on the pill, hadn't been for about a year and didn't think twice about getting preggo because it took taking clomid for me for my son. But here I am, pregnant. This will be my last one, my tubes will be tied after this one is born. We are both happy and excited, can't wait to meet the new little one!!!!

congratulations and welcome to our thread!