Missing a period and pregnancy Posted: 04-30-08 10:21am
I have been having sex with my fiance for
over 2 years now. I am not on BC. I missed
last months period, and had some spotting
this month (for maybe a day). I have also
been really stressed the past month or so
because of school. I have taken 2 at-home
pregnancy tests at different times, both
came back negative.
Could the tests be wrong and I am
pregnant? Or is it all the stress that I
have been enduring the past month?
If you had taken pregnancy tests after you
missed your period their results are
reliable. Negative results indicate that
you are not pregnant. Missing the expected
period and this spotting could be due to a
functional disorder of the axis
hypothalamus-pituitary-ovaries. Such a
functional disorder could be related to
stress. It doesn’t seem likely to me
that the tests were wrong. A missing
period can also be due to persistence of a
functionally active ovarian cyst.
Spotting is not a sign of pregnancy. It
could be functional or organic. Organic
spotting could be due to infection, tumor,
injury, etc.
You may want to consult your gynecologist
about this.
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