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Q: How Far Along ?
asked by: November_Mommy05 on May 21st, 2007
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Ok... so I might be pregnant, it's reallyy driving me crazy. I keep taking test after test, still negative! Sad Newayz, we weren't trying to get pregnant... & I have irregular periods. I like totally can't remember when my last period was, in March or April sometime... but for only 2 days!! (that's mainly why I don't remember the date). How do you calculate how far along you are without knowing the first day of your last period?? & when can you begin to feel movement for a second pregnancy? I swear, the last two nights... I've been very crampy and would just lay there.. & I felt movement.. I heard that 10 wks is the earliest... either way, I think I'm farther along than I thought..
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Bridget
replied on May 21st, 2007
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if you don't know when your last period was, the only way to know how far along you are is with an ultrasound.

perhaps you should go to the doctor for a blood test and take it from there.

you can't feel movement at 10 weeks. personally i think anything before 15 weeks is gas and wishful thinking.
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November_Mommy05
replied on May 21st, 2007
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IHeartMyBostonTerrier wrote:
if you don't know when your last period was, the only way to know how far along you are is with an ultrasound.

perhaps you should go to the doctor for a blood test and take it from there.

you can't feel movement at 10 weeks. personally i think anything before 15 weeks is gas and wishful thinking.


I'm gonna wait it out another week or two, take another test & if it negative still then I'll just leave it alone. But if it does come out to be positive, I'll do just what you said... blood test to confirm, & an ultrasound to get my due date. Thanks a lot! With my first, I didn't find out I pregnant until I was 5 1/2 mos. Now that I have experience, I just feel sooo pregnant!!
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mc4ever02
replied on May 21st, 2007
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November_Mommy05 wrote:
IHeartMyBostonTerrier wrote:
if you don't know when your last period was, the only way to know how far along you are is with an ultrasound.

perhaps you should go to the doctor for a blood test and take it from there.

you can't feel movement at 10 weeks. personally i think anything before 15 weeks is gas and wishful thinking.


I'm gonna wait it out another week or two, take another test & if it negative still then I'll just leave it alone. But if it does come out to be positive, I'll do just what you said... blood test to confirm, & an ultrasound to get my due date. Thanks a lot! With my first, I didn't find out I pregnant until I was 5 1/2 mos. Now that I have experience, I just feel sooo pregnant!!


Did you not find out until so late because you are irregular or were your tests coming back negative?
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AyaMiyaki
replied on May 21st, 2007
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Shocked .bridget, I didn't recognise .finn in your avatar! He looks so different! Maybe it's the red on his shirt that makes his hair look more reddish. Weird!

You definitely can't feel movement at 10 weeks. For a second pregnancy, 15 is more likely. I personally wouldn't trust anything earlier than 16 weeks.

If you're 10 weeks along, you should trigger a positive on a pregnancy test. I would think, anyway. Confused
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Bridget
replied on May 21st, 2007
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AyaMiyaki wrote:
Shocked .bridget, I didn't recognise .finn in your avatar! He looks so different! Maybe it's the red on his shirt that makes his hair look more reddish. Weird!


lol, i don't recognize him either! every time i scroll by one of my posts it catches my eye and i do a double take. i don't know why he looks so different in that picture, i think he looks older! he's my little leprechaun boy!
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kaerbear
replied on May 22nd, 2007
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Maybe you should be checking with the doctor about why you aren't having your period anyway. Are you not worried about that whether it's pregnancy related or not? If you haven't already been diagnosed with something that would cause you to lose your period I would check into it just to be sure.
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