Need an outsiders perspective, as I have
spent enough time over-analyzing this
myself...
First let me say, I am a 31 year old
mother of 3, but every pregnancy has been
different, and I'm stumped with my current
situation. I always just "knew" though. I
think it's too early to "know" anything
yet this time, but I just don't feel
"right".
I normally have a 22-24 day cycle, and my
periods last for 4-5 days. Due to what I
KNOW was stress, my last cycle was 31
days. My fiance lives miles away, I hadn't
had sex, and knew there was no way i could
be pregnant. The stress, and reason I
believe I was "late" actually stemmed form
an upcoming visit from him, which leads to
the next part of my story.
I was actually on day 5 of my period when
we first had sex with no contraception
whatsoever. We continued to do so for the
next 6 days...numerous times. On what
would have been day 11 of this cycle (4
days ago), I began to experience some
mildly uncomfortable cramping. I thought
at the time that I was ovualting, but the
cramping has continued off and on since,
and I feel a bit bloated, like something
isn't quite right. I'm thinking it would
be too early to be of significance
(probably all in my head
)
but I have been urinating frequently and
have had a headache today kind of like the
ones I get with PMS. I have no other
"signs" or "symptoms", but is it too early
to tell?
I don't normally track my ovulation cycle,
and have no idea what to think with the
irregular period I had last month. Is it
possible that I would have been ovulating
that early, since my cycles are NORMALLY
so short, even though I was late to
actually begin bleeding? Even if I WASN'T
ovulating on day 11, I have read that
sperm can live for 3-5 days.
Also, should I take a hpt based on my
normal short cycle or wait it out a full
28 days or so? I'm afraid stressing out
about it is going to make me late again.
Yet, I don't want to take any tests too
early.
Any advice, comments, or info would be
appreciated.
