I am mom to three children ages 6, 4, and
18 months. With my babies I was 12 weeks
and 10 1/2 weeks pregnant before I had a
positive pregnancy test(not even blood
pregnancy test was positive) and they were
all born 6-9 weeks premature and sga(small
for gestational age) so I am wondering if
this is a case of severe low homone levels
or something. I only get my period every
80 days. But had complete work up jan 8
and it showed that I was mid cycle(lmp was
nov 18th) but no problems. No one has been
able to explain why for 11 years I have
had my periods every 80 days or so so to
get pregnant conception would have been
jan 16th or so. Period was due jan 28-feb
1st. Well it is march 7th and no
period.(would make me just over 9 weeks
pregnant I think. But I get negative home
pregnancy test. I had very little very
light pink discharge around feb 9th but
thats it. Since I dont have insurance no
one will see me without a confirmed
pregnancy test. So I dont know what I
should do. Is it possible that my hormone
levels are just very low? Would that
explain my negative pregnancy tests, sga's
and inability to carry to term.
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Pregnancy Answer A2461 Posted: 03-21-07 04:06am
A pregnancy test becomes positive 10 days
after conception. Conception happens
several hours after ovulation. Ovulation
happens 14 days before an expected
menstrual period is due. If your cycle
lasts 80 days, that means that ovulation
occurs around the 66th day of the cycle. A
pregnancy test can therefore, become
positive after the 76th day of the cycle.
And because the age of a pregnancy is
counted from the first day of the last
period it appears that a pregnancy in your
case can not be detected before the 11th
week. Compared to most cases, where the
cycle menstrual lasts about 4 weeks,
pregnancies are detected in the 4th week
earliest. The maximum duration of a normal
menstrual cycle is 35 days. If longer than
35 days, the menstrual cycle is called
"oligomenorrhea". Oligomenorrhea is a sign
of hypothyroidism.
If your last period started on the 15th of
November and your cycle lasts 80 days,
then the next period should have come
around the 5th February. If your
pregnancy test now is negative, then you
are probably not pregnant. The pink
discharge you experienced around February
9th could have been your period. You can
follow up with your gynecologist to track
your reproductive health.
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