Can Stress Affect the Length of My Period? Posted: 08-23-04 21:13pm
I know that stress can make a girl miss
her period or can make it late, but can it
shorten it as well?
.......
I only ask because I think I got my period
this morning. I don't know, though, if
it's implantation bleeding or not.
What I have seen so far looks like my
normal period, but I haven't seen any
blood for about 3 hours now and i'm
worried.
I was stressing out sunday night and this
morning about it, so i'm wondering if
that, combined with my stress from last
week, could shorten my period or make it
lighter. Only one time before has my
period been unusually light, for no reason
at all.
I have read that implantation bleeding
might come off as a menstrual cycle, but
may come earlier than it should. I
ask...how
much earlier? I was anticipating my
period to come on the 25th, but it came
today, 2 days early. But then again, I
know that my period has never been
completely regular: last month I got it on
the 25th, in june I got it on the 28th,
may I believe I got it on the 21st. I
suppose I suspected it to come on the 25th
so badly that i'm freaking out because
it's arrived early.
should I
worry if my period is lighter or only
lasts a couple of days?
.........
Implantation bleeding I know is scanty,
spotty, has a pinkish tint rather than
red, and comes earlier than the expected
period. I also know that it's accompanied
by light cramps.
All i've seen really is the early part.
Granted I had light cramps this afternoon,
but around 5 this evening they got a lot
worse. Usually I get these cramps only on
my first day and they usually begin
between 1:30 and 2:00 in the afternoon, so
i'm not sure why the actual pain started
so late. I also feel nautious, which is
not a common symptom of my usual cycle -
only once before have I gotten nautious on
my first day and I actually threw up;
haven't gotten to that point today yet
*knock on wood* I seem to be bleeding
still, but it appears to be a bit lighter.
I know sometimes when I lay down the flow
lessens, and I was laying down earlier
because I had passed out.
......
I know i've been told by everyone and
their mother that my chances of pregnancy
are so small that being concerned in any
way is foolish, but I suppose i'm just
stressing again.
I'm going to call family planning again
tomorrow and see if the examiner thinks I
should still come in for a checkup or not.
I spoke to her today and she said that
implantation bleeding is not common, but I
still worry.
...
Scaredbaka - thinks she seems to look for
ways to be stressed
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Kia
Supporter
Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 6594 Location: Planet Tampaxia,
Posted: 08-24-04 15:32pm
I think I answered a fair bit of this in
my pm to you
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ScaredBaka
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 175
Posted: 08-24-04 23:24pm
Well I feel a slight bit better; I spoke
to a gynecologist this morning and asked
them about implantation bleeding and if
they thought that might be my case. But
they said that most women do not
experience it during pregnancy, and if
they do it will only be slight spotting
and might come a little earlier than a
woman's planned period.
Since my last period is has been about 28
days. When I wear a pad I notice that
sometimes I don't see much of anything on
it, but when I urinate, blood will be
expelled, which is common during my
period, and it is not just a few droplets
either.
I've been bleeding like this since monday
morning, so i'm guessing that it is indeed
my period. The gynecologist said that if
i'm not spotting, but bleeding, even
lighter than usual, that a pregnancy test
probably would no longer be necessary.
She also said that the stress I had put
myself through on saturday, sunday, and
monday probably has lightened my flow, or
may shorten it.
Nonetheless, i'm going to make an
appointment next week sometimes
[hopefully] and get the test done anyway
for peace of mind. Then i'm getting on
birth control; I don't ever want to be
scared like this again.
..........
Scaredbaka - still gets stressed about her
chances despite reassurance from 2
professional examiners and everyone here
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Kia
Supporter
Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 6594 Location: Planet Tampaxia,
Posted: 08-25-04 15:05pm
That's actually quite common - to not
notice much blood on a pad but to notice
it when you go to the bathroom and wipe.
It isn't related to the urination but to
the position you are in on the toilet,
which lets the flow out (omg isn't this a
graphic post).
You will often notice more on the pad if
you do a lot of crouching or sitting in a
toilet/crouch position or sports like
horse-riding.
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ScaredBaka
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 175
Posted: 08-27-04 01:39am
I have about 5 topics all pertaining to
the same thing in this forum, so I figured
i'd just post this message in the most
recent one.
.........
I made a hasty appointment with family
planning for 1 in the afternoon. I live
out in the suburbs, so that's a good 10+
mile trip just on the way down. I made it
with lots of time to spare before the
appointment.
They gave me the pregnancy test and it
came back negative. I was gushing tears
of joy when they told me. And I am to
begin birth control this sunday.
.........
So today wielded almost all good things,
except the boyfriend is a bit angry with
me, for 2 reasons: 1) because I didn't
trust him when he told me I had nothing to
worry about (he does know what can and
can't get a girl pregnant) and 2) I went
behind his back to this appointment.
I knew he probably would have told me I
was pathetic for wanting to go and get
checked, but he doesn't know i'm on birth
control; I don't really want to tell him
because i'm afraid he's going to want to
be more physical if he knows I have such
protection. So hopefully I can keep that
a secret from both him and my mom.
.........
I think the good news weighted the bad
about evenly. I also found out that i'm
about 17 pounds lighter now than I was in
december o.O
i just hope things go back to normal for
me (with the exception of taking a pill
daily for 3 months) because I don't want
to be stressed like this in school, which
begins on monday.
.......
But I thank everyone for their advice,
support, and for listening to my cries,
rants, and paranoid fantasies.
....
Scaredbaka - feels as if she's had the
world lifted from her shoulders
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