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Q: Maybe I'm Just Insane?

asked by: orangeo on September 1st, 2005

New User

I posted awhile back about the fact I was having some bloating and a very strange early, light period.

I've talked to a few people about this, and they're just as confused as me. It's been about four weeks now, and i've taken a hpt but it's saying negative. If I remember my last normal period correctly, then my "missed" period would have been about... Two weeks ago according to the calander.

I've been having nausea every day that varies from light to so bad I can't get out of bed (which I only get rid of if I eat something), bloating, back pains, and my breast are tender. According to my friend who's a big pregnancy buff, she said all of what seems to be pregnancy symptoms are right on track.

There's a flu going around, but my symptoms differ from what my family's got except for the nausea. My sister, whom is the only family member who knows about this has two children and said she didn't have symptoms until much later than i'm having them. Previously mentioned friend said that every woman is different and on top of all of this, this has been on my mind and i'm noticing every little change in my body and my sister might have never noticed her symptoms this early because she was never desperately trying to get pregnant (both children unplanned).

Could I be just sick and not know? I assumed maybe my brain was making me sick, but now that it's getting worse, i'm starting to wonder. Could I be pregnant and am a case where I have to wait longer until a test shows positive?

Should I schedule a doctors appointment?

I was going to just wait until I should be having another period, and if it doesn't start, then go... But this uncertainty is killing me. I refuse to do anything i'd normally do (take certain medications, ect) because i'm worried i'm going to hurt a baby that may or may not exist. Please help! :cry:

Replies(14)

3kizz

replied on September 1st, 2005

Experienced User

If you are happy about being pregnant then don't worry either way you need to remember more or less your last period date and when you could be expecting your next and then we can take it from there. Only based on what you're wrote you could very well be pregnant let me know

orangeo

replied on September 1st, 2005

New User

The problem is, I don't know if i'm happy about it or not... I haven't been ttc or anything, and i'm not involved with the father. I love children, though, and have always wanted my own.

The last period I had, I remember ending right before a birthday party I went to. I tried figuring this in my head, and i'm thinking it may have started around the 14th of july, which would have ended a week later and just before the birthday party that was on the 23rd. (i remember this only because I kept hoping it'd end, because I didn't want to be worrying about bleeding through my clothing at a party!)

it's not really that i'm worried, i'm really mellow about it... But it'd be nice to know if i'm going insane and am just sick with a flu or if i'm indeed pregnant. I'm trying not to worry, because I don't want to stress myself out... But the not knowing thing is really annoying! (everyone knows where i'm coming from on this, eh?)

3kizz

replied on September 2nd, 2005

Experienced User

If your period was around the 14 of of july this could very well be the best time to test. I think you might be pregnant. Do you feel different? I'm asking b/c I also had my last period in july and by august I felt very different. I starting cramping earlier then usual and then when my period did't show it all made sense now i'm expecting my 3rd child. Do you remember when you could of conceived?

orangeo

replied on September 2nd, 2005

New User

I bought a test the other day and used it, but there was no line that I could see in the result (line in the control though). I'm assuming I should just wait it out until my period doesn't come and then go to the doctors, because frankly I don't have the money right now to keep buying tests. (i just got laid off from my job)

i feel totally different, but various people (my sister who has two children and a friend who has no children) have been telling me i'm feeling things too soon, and that i'm probably sick with the flu. My dad and sister just got over their flus, and they lasted about a week and a half, i've been sick for atleast two weeks (but have felt 'different' for three).

Then there's my friend who says all my symptoms are right on schedule and i'm feeling them because this possible pregnancy is on my mind, and normally women don't just assume they are and won't feel the symptoms until later and when they start missing a period.

If I am pregnant, the baby would have been concieved the first weekend of august. I had a very short, light period the following tuesday that lasted only two days.

My normal periods are the middle of the month, and last a week. Very heavy, with only one light day (right towards the end) -- my periods have been this way ever since I started when I was twelve. The only change my period's ever had was when I was on birth control due to a problem with very heavy/painful periods, which was two years ago (i only took them for three months and never bothred to get a refill because I wasn't having problems anymore).

So this "mini-period" was atleast a week too early.

I have heard (but don't know if it's true) some people who just can't get results at all on hpt, could this be the case? Should I go schedule an appointment at the doctors or wait until my september period doesn't show up?

mommy1

replied on September 2nd, 2005

New User

You might want to try getting a quantatative hcg blood test from your ob. This can tell you if you are pregnant and how much hcg hormone is present. I was in your same situation. My period was 2 weeks late and I felt some pregnancy symptoms but all home tests were negative. I had a blood test done and it showed only 6.7 levels which was about 1 week along. That is why it didn't show on the urine tests ( not sensitive enough). However, 5 days later I miscarried- started cramping/bleeding lightly (more than spotting). The bleeding lasted 6 days and had I not had that test I would have thought it was my period being late. So- there is a chance you are pregnant but not enough hormone to show. Once I started to miscarry all my pregnancy symptoms went away (tiredness, headaches, cravings, etc) good luck!

orangeo

replied on September 2nd, 2005

New User

Sorry for your loss, but thank you for your advice.

Pocket Angel

replied on September 3rd, 2005

Experienced User

Well I have one thing to say... I dont think tender breasts go along with the flu! Lol

i would definitely try to get a blood test from your doctor to see what is up. Atleast the doctor can help you figure out whats going on!

orangeo

replied on September 4th, 2005

New User

I was told i'm probably "starting my period" and that's why my boobs hurt, but my period is two weeks late and i'm not due another one until the 13th-15th of ths month.

The thing is, all this bloating and "boobie pains" aren't even normal for me if I am starting my period. I don't feel anything before I start, I wake up one day, notice some very light blood, and within two hours it's full flow. The only cramps I get are within the first two or three daysof my period. >>

i don't know, i'm just really confused. This whole thing is not fun... If I knew if I were or if I weren't, i'd know what to do. I'm assuming at this point, I should just make a doctor's appointment.

Question though. A friend told me I might not be getting any readings on my pregnancy test because I haven't been peeing a lot. I don't have any frequent needs to urinate, and on top of that I drink a lot of water (atleast I think I do for how much I actually go pee!). I've never tested with "morning's first" ... This makes sense, right?

3kizz

replied on September 4th, 2005

Experienced User

Well most of the hpt will spicify on the box not to drink alot before testing b/c it will not give you an accurate testing result. I guess the urine is diluted some with alot of liquid intake.

replied on September 5th, 2005

Experienced User

Hmm, nausea, breast tenderness, exhaustion....
Not common symtoms of insanity as far as I know !!!!!!!!

Unless you're hearing voices?? Howling at the moon ? No? :) :)

try first thing in the morning test, and if you still get a negative, and still have no period, go see the doctor.

If you are like me, and can hear a pregnancy test calling out to you from the second you buy it, and you can't make yourself wait 'till the next day to test- collect your first morning urine, pop it in the fridge and then go buy the test- the urine should keep for a couple of hours at least.

When we were ttc, I must've bought like 10 "two test" packs the first month( I was two weeks late too) after, like two weeks of being a test junkie, and probably 20 nagative results, I gave up.

I got pregnant the next month.
Good luck !!!!!!!!

orangeo

replied on September 10th, 2005

New User

I was going to schedule my doctors appointment for the blood test this week and all of the sudden today I started bleeding really lightly. I still feel the same, bad nausea and all that stuff so on the way out the door I put on a tampon and went "guess i'm not pregnant then~"

well, I had noticed that my tampon had been in for 6 hours, so I changed it and to my surprise, there's just a tinge of brown dried blood and no blood on the tisue when I wiped.

Is this normal? Should I still assume there's a chance?

heather_0332

replied on September 10th, 2005

New User

I Know Exactly How You Feel

I am going thru the same waiting period.I havent missed my period yet but it was lighter last month.I have a week and a half before my next scheduled period.Good luck to you!!!!

fatfamily02

replied on September 10th, 2005

Extremely eHealthy

Im sure you are and lite spotting or brown blood is very common in early pregnancy. My daughter and I had to wait until 7 weeks (3 weeks past missed period) to find out we were preg. To get test

orangeo

replied on September 11th, 2005

New User

Okay, i'm starting to have a light flow. No normal period symptoms like my cramps, but every few hours I get a flow. Nothing that fills a tampon, and it's bright red.

I'm starting to think i'm in the clear.

What exactly would I consider this at this point?

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