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elah

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Please Help.. Am I Pregnant?
Posted: 07-05-05 12:51pm

Hello..

My husband and I are trying to have a baby.. I got my period may29th.. I have a irregular cycle (sometimes after 40 days is my next period) but this june24th, after doing it everyday, I got a period.. At first we thought it was just implantation bleeding but it lasted for like 6days although it is light.. But at the same time I feel like I want to eat everything.. I keep on eating but it feels like im still hungry.. I feel so tired too in the morning that I can't get up and I feel like I want to vomit so often.. Its july5 today and I took a hpt, it's neg.. My period, I think (im not sure bec im irregular), is due on july7th.. What do you think? Am I pregnant?

Hoping for your reply.. Thanks..
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kgansheimer

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Joined: 28 Jun 2005
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Location: Ohio

Posted: 07-05-05 12:55pm

I would wait a few more days and repeat the hpt...It took a week after I was supposed to start until my test showed up positive! :)
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elah

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Posted: 07-05-05 13:01pm

Wow! That was a quick reply.. Thank you..
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nancyms

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Joined: 03 Jul 2005
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Location: texas

Posted: 07-05-05 13:20pm

With you period being irregular it is hard to tell when you are ovulating. I would recommend buying opk's, or using the temping method to find out when you are ovulating. You can use one or the other, but they actually work better when you use them together. If you are using opk's alone, I would start using them at about 10 days after you period. When you see a positive, meaning a really dark 2nd line, you are about to ovulate. Usually 12-36 hours later. Opk's measure the amount of lh in you urine, so you have a surge of lh right before you ovulate.

As for the temping method, what you do is buy a thermometer. Basal preferably, but any digital will work. Start taking you temperature every morning, before you get out of bed--around same time everyday. A woman's temp is usually at around 97 before ovulation and peaks at around 98 during ovulation. It's said if your temp stays contanst after ovulation you are probably pregnant, and if there is a dip of one day after your peak you just had implantation. You will start noticing a pattern every month and will be able to tell when you ovulate this way.

There are other methods such as checking cervical position, and cervical mucous, or just knowing you body, since some women will feel a pinch where the ovaries are during ovulation.

Good luck, and I would try another test if you do not get a period in several days.

Nancyms
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