I've read a ton of forums, so I know the
standard medical based reply to this is
"if the test is negative, you're likley
not pregnant"
what i'd really like to know is this.
Has anyone had or known someone who has
had nothing but negative hpt's only to
have a doctor tell them weeks past their
af due date that they are?
My doctor won't see me until dec 11th at
the earliest if af doesn't show up. My
normal cycle is 40-42 days. I've been off
bcp for 4 months, having only taken it a
year. My chart (using opk's) shows that
I o'd on cd18. We bd'd on cd17 (also on
cd20 & cd36). It's 2:55am here on
nov 30, cd42. Short of having an unusual
pressure in the pelvic region and the
occasion twinge of discomfort near my
right ovary I have had nothing that I can
say is abnormal. Usually a week before
af I have a few days of mood swings, a
back ache, and tender breasts. I have
had no af symptoms, no "normal" pg
symptoms.
I know I have to wait it out, just wanted
to share with someone new and see what
their feed back was.
Thanks.
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terpamber
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 430
Posted: 11-30-06 08:40am
I'm with you. I've been told, yes, it can
happen (false negatives.) most doctors
wont see you till you have missed two
periods. My "normal" cycle if you can
call it that is 34 days and i've been off
bcp since may i'm currently on cd65 if I
don't have a period on monday i'm calling
my doctor.
Don't know what she will say but I want to
know what is going on.
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keytee
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 10
Posted: 11-30-06 13:41pm
I just don't get why doctors would make
you wait so long. If a person is
concerned about they're health and wants a
test done, they should at least have a
consultation about it. Not just say "no,
wait two months". By then something
could go wrong! I'm not a worry wart, it
just irritates me. I guess i'm lucky
that my doctors are good about me coming
in. He would have seen me last week, but
I really wasn't considered late yet, and
he really wants me to wait it out. So i'm
stifling my impatient side and waiting.
I don't want to go in and have him say
there's a problem with a cyst.
Here's to hoping we both get what we
want!
My sisters sister in law never got a
positive hpt, she was 8 or 12 wks along
when she finally convinced her dr to do a
blood test and ultrasound.
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Kia
Supporter
Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 6594 Location: Planet Tampaxia,
Posted: 11-30-06 13:45pm
It's common for women to skip or be late
on a period, so one missed period is
rarely anything to be concerned about.
If you have pain, cramping or other
symptoms then do see your doctor, but a
single skipped period is neither here nor
there.
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keytee
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 10
Posted: 12-04-06 01:33am
I've had two cysts rupture, one at age 16
and one last year. So while one missed
period for most women may be of no concern
in kia's opinion, in some it is.
I'm going in on thursday for blood work
and an ultrasound. If i'm not pregnant he
wants to see if there's a cyst
interferring with my hormones. Unlike
most doctors mine is not waiting a year to
see if I get pregnant on my own. If i'm
not pregnant by march we're going to do
some investigating and go from there.
I'm kind of between a rock and a hard
place. It's either take medication now
for high cholesterol and forget about
getting pregnant, or try to get pregnant
and put off taking the medication. The
longer we wait the higher risk I become
for having a heart attack. I can thank
my family's dna for that.
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Moo
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Posted: 12-04-06 07:00am
I had a false negative once but it showed
up on a hpt about a week or so later.
Keep trying and good luck!!
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terpamber
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 430
Posted: 12-04-06 09:09am
I'm still here waiting with you today is
cd69 and nothing. I took a hpt this
morning and it was a bfn (big fat
negative)
skipping one period can be a problem if it
happens repetitively. For me this is my
3rd skipped period since may 1st (when I
stopped bc) and the first one happened
the 3rd month after I stopped so it most
likely had nothing to do with the fact
that I stopped bc. As of today (if I make
it through the whole day with out af, I
really am unsure if I feel like she is
coming or not.) I will have skipped 2 in a
row!!!
I'm going in for a pap on the 12th and
i'll be talking with my doctor then.
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jaemierin
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2006 Posts: 611 Location: Alberta, Canada
Posted: 12-04-06 18:04pm
Terpamber & keytee - I am right along
with you ladies....Irregualr cycles and
wondering what the heck is going on with
my body that is!!!
I can't believe your doctors won't see you
and run tests though. I know we all have
to wait until it's been one year of ttc
until you can see a fertility specialist,
but your doctor should be able to give you
blood tests and send you for an ultrasound
- at least that's what mine did and only
after 5 months coming off the bcp!!!
Maybe canada is alot different than the us
(if that's where you're from???).
I am on cd31 today, but usually my af's
have been about 50-51 days apart. My
doctor said that the average woman's body
can take anywhere from 3-6 months to
regulate itself after stopping the bc pill
b/c it needs to "learn" how to ovulate on
it's own, but I am now on month 7, and
still no sign of it becoming regular.
Also sounds like you ladies are in the
same boat! I did start taking ovulex, so
I am hoping that it may help a bit. I
tried taking some herbal supplements from
my health store to see if it would balance
my hormones, but they didn't seem to work
all of my tests came back normal, so now I
play the waiting game to see if my af's
regulate, if I even am ovulating or if I
one day get pregnant! I hate this waiting
game, and terpamber - I can only imagine
how you feel at cd69!!! I hope that you
either get af soon, or get a bfp!!!!!
If you ladies find anything that seems to
help or work, please share your secrets!!!
Lol I am praying that I
won't fall pray to the small percentage of
women who take years to become pregnant,
and there is nothing wrong with
them??!!!!
Good luck and baby dust to us!
Even though i've had the cyst issue, my
cycles have always been like clockwork.
42 days before bcp, 28 on bcp. They went
back to normal right after stopping the
bcp 4 months ago, so it's really
frustrating right now.
I can't wait for thursday to get here so
the dr can confirm it one way or the
other. I have a tinsy bit of hope he'll
say "yes, you are". But i'm keeping it
real in my head that i'm not and we'll
find out what's keep af away.
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jaemierin
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2006 Posts: 611 Location: Alberta, Canada
Posted: 12-05-06 21:57pm
Well tons of luck to you and I hope you
will be posting some very exciting and
happy news after your doc's app't!!!!!!
If not, then I hope you get the answers,
or at least get started to finding out,
you are looking for!!!
I will be right here waiting with you.
I'm not that bad yet, but i'm on cd32 and
it will be quite a bit longer for me I
have a bad feeling. I can't even test
until at least dec.29th or 30th
keep us posted!!!
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terpamber
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 430
Posted: 12-06-06 14:45pm
Keytee keep us updated!
I'm cd 71 and nothing by the time I go to
the doctor I will be cd77!!!
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jaemierin
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2006 Posts: 611 Location: Alberta, Canada
Posted: 12-06-06 23:22pm
Terpamber - cd71...Omg!!! I am sending
you loads full of baby dust your way! I
hope that the doctor will do something for
you and send you for tests?! Sorry to ask
again, as I know you have probably already
posted this info, but did you come off bc
lately? Do you have pcos or anything of
the sorts? (sorry - my mind is not
working properly the past few days!!!
)
good luck at the doctor's and let us know
what happens!
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keytee
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 10
Posted: 12-08-06 01:18am
I saw Dr. Z
today and the result was not good news.
No bfp for me. Which really wasn't all
that shocking. I had that tiny bit of
hope, but I knew in my heart that I
wasn't.
So, now I have to get up at the crack of
dawn for a 9am appt with Dr. A (ob/gyn)
who will be doing a series of bloodwork
and ultrasound. Dr. Z advised in my
records that i'll need to take provera to
bring on af and Dr. A will take it from
there. (my pcp and ob are in the same
office building, makes it soooo much
easier for me not to have to remember to
tell them what the other is treating me
for...It's all in my records.) so,
anywho. I guess after saturday I should
know , hopefully, what's causing the
delay, whether it's just an anov cycle or
if it's a cyst or what.
I think it's strange though that an opk
would detect and lh surge if there was no
ovulation...Or is that possible?
I count myself lucky to have an ob that's
concerned enough to not make me wait a
year of heartbreaking attempts before
investigating problems. I'll be 32 next
month and I don't want to waste the next 3
years trying with no idea why it's not
happening. (after 35 i'd be in high risk
category due to genetically rec'd
cholesterol disorder)
jae & terpamber - it's so nice to
share this with someone who's familiar
with the frustration. Thank you.
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jaemierin
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2006 Posts: 611 Location: Alberta, Canada
Posted: 12-08-06 18:54pm
Ahh hun....I wish you all the best of luck
with your doc's app't . I will be
thinking of you and hoping that it's
something simple and easy to solve, with
no stress to you.
I hear you about the waiting game. I will
be 31 in a 3 months and i've been told
that if I am not pregnant by may'07, my
doctor will be sending me and the hubby to
a fertility specialist. I thought this
life process of getting pregnant and
having a little one would be so much
easier!!! I feel so young still (ok,
well, we are. Lol!!) but to have to go to
a specialist already, makes me feel older,
you know?!
I'm not sure why your opk would detect the
surge.....But hopefully you are ovulating
and there's nothing wrong. Maybe a good
dose of the provera will kick your body in
gear and it will work itself out?!
Will they put you on clomid if they think
you are not ovulating? (to make you
start?) also, ask about
metformin......Some of the other ladies
here have used this and have had some good
results from it. Just a thought?!
Keep us posted and again, I hope all is
well and healthy!!!!
I am on cd35 and playing the waiting game.
Ho hum, ho hum!
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keytee
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 10
Posted: 12-09-06 10:36am
Back from my appt. No sign of a cyst.
Yay! But no obvious reason for af not
showing up either except that I probably
didn't ovulate. They took two vials of
blood to run tests on, they'll call if
anything shows up abnormal. For now it's
7 days of provera then another appt and
bloodwork "exactly 3 weeks" after cd1.
I just officially joined the ranks of
medicated ttc-ers. And the bonus...I gave
the pharmacy my medical card through my
husbands work to add to my own. With mine
I would have had big copay, with his I
didn't have to pay a dime for my
prescription!
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jaemierin
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2006 Posts: 611 Location: Alberta, Canada
Posted: 12-09-06 14:33pm
Yay...Glad to hear that they found no
cyst(s)!!!!!! I hope that the provera
works for you?! That's what they said to
me as to why my af's were so far
apart....That maybe I didn't ovulate.
Weeelllll, i'd really like for my body to
start doing that now!!!! Lol
keep me posted as to how your next blood
test goes. It sounds like they will be
testing your progesterone levels at 3
weeks (approx. Cd20'ish) to see if in
fact you are ovulating, however, that's
usually based on someone whol has a 28-30
day cycle, so perhaps ask about that when
you go?? Just a thought!
Good luck...I'll be keeping my fingers
crossed for you!
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terpamber
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 430
Posted: 12-11-06 10:23am
Sorry didn't mean to be ignoring you i've
been out of the office and we don't have
internet at home (were never home so it
would be a big waste of money)
i still have no af and i'm trying reallly
hard to convince myself i'm not pregnant,
but I just can't it's really quite
frustrating. Tmw I have a certification
test and then my pap, I don't even know
what to say to the lady except "i've
skipped two and all bfns" luckly i've been
keeping good records.
Keytee glad you didn't have a cyst! Sorry
everything is so screwy
jaemierin are they testing you to see if
you o? Have you?
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jaemierin
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2006 Posts: 611 Location: Alberta, Canada
Posted: 12-11-06 18:06pm
Hi! Still no af yet huh? Well, I
hope that the doctor can tell you a little
more once you go in or perhaps put you on
something to get it going!?
Sorry if you have told me this already,
but are you currently taking any meds to
get af, or to o?
I thought I ovulated a couple of days ago,
but I have no idea now, b/c my temps are
still a little low. If I were to get
af on x-mas day, then technically, today
should be my o day?? I almost give up
if I don't have somewhat regular af's by
jan, which at this point I know I won't,
then I have to go back into the doctor and
he said that he would put me on something
to get my af's back to normal and to
ovulate. Clomid is illegal in canada,
so i'm not sure what we have here that is
similar - but i'll keep you posted on
that!
Currently on cd38 and no sign of af - but
like I said, if it's another 51 days like
last cycle, then it's not due until x-mas
day! I have had some very slight
cramping over the past few days, and bb's
are quite sore today, so not quite sure
that to think of that???!!!
If no af comes, then I will be testing on
the 29th or so. Keep your fingers
crossed for me!!!!!!!
Hope all goes well at the doc's
tmw.....Keep me posted k?!
Good luck
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keytee
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 Nov 2006 Posts: 10
Posted: 12-15-06 02:38am
Terpamber - how'd your dr's appt go?
Jae - i'm crossing my fingers for you!
I'm on my last day of provera, so
hopefully in the next 3-7 days af will
show up and then I wait another 3 weeks
before going for more bloodwork.
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I am praying that I
won't fall pray to the small percentage of
women who take years to become pregnant,
and there is nothing wrong with
them??!!!!
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