Am I or am I not?

Welcome Emmecat!
I'm fairly new to the ttc and not sure how much I can help but it seems to me that some people get preg without even trying and for some it takes months/years of ttc before it happens. If it happens at all. So it's all very arbitory. From what I've read, there is a window of about 12 hours - when the egg is avaliable to be fertilised, but sperm live longer then that. So, if, if, if you bd at the right time, and the condom slipped at the right time then yes, you might be preg. But you also might be late. There have been a lot of very late AF's going around (6 days for me). So, if you can hang on another few days I'd wait till your over a week over due then test. If it comes back neg, wait again - say 3 days, then get bloods if still no AF. Bloods are more accurate.
That's, of course, just my opinion.
If I was you I'd test now, but that's cos I want to be preg!
Goodluck which ever way this turns out.

Hi Konagirl

Thanks heaps for your reply. I'm just not sure what to think. It's very unusual for me to be late and I know we were quite, um, 'active' the last month or so

The town things that make me wonder if I am pg are:
I was pg once nefore about 8 years ago and I lost the baby at about 14 weeks. But I did get pg the first time we tried- ie I came off the pill and didn't even get a period in before I concieved!
Also, I was using Canestan at the start of my cycle- just after my period finihsed and I didn't think of this until today BUT the pharmacist told me to be careful using condoms if we cont'd to have sex while I was using it as it damaged them quite easily.We held off until about day 5 of the 6 day course so now I'm just wondering if there was any truth to that?!
Also DP has been known to not play it entirely safe if you know what I mean....
I know the easist way is to just test... I can remember though from my first time I waited until I was about day 43 or so and even then it was just a very faint line! And at the Dr's then it took ages to come up too. I also wnat a baby very much so don't want to set myself up for failure is all

emmecat....test!

i have no patience at all so i'll be constantly checking here to see what the outcome is so please put me (and alot of others i can tell you) out of my misery

it sounds like you could be pregnant, the symptoms are promising. my cramps i got before i tested for charli were just like period ones, i was so sure AF was coming, but no. so everyone is different.

oh yeah...welcome to ohbaby posting

Test. We want to know!! Oh, and I'm sure you do too

emmecat wrote: Am I right in thinking that day 1 is your first day of bleeding (so the start of your period- mine are very light btw, only about 3 days long)- and then when you start your next period, do you count the day before as the final day of your cylce before counting day 1 first day bleed etc?

Yep that's right!

I think you need to test LOL. Even though you don't want to set yourself up for it, well think about it, you already are! (Can you tell I've been in your shoes before lol)


About the m/c - do you know why you m/c? If you are pg it may pay to get an LMC (doc/mw) asap for extra advice on that side of things.

Wow! You guys have been busy!
Thank you all so much for your support. Still no sign of AF although the stress levels are still waaaay up so perhaps that's why. I start my study today so think I'll test tomorrow if nothing has turned up! Didn't want to have the result on my plate either way today! Still just feel like AF is very late....so hard to tell when the sypmtoms are exactly the same *mutter mutter* My boobs are about twice their usual size, I'm moodier than I think I"ve ever been in my life, weepy, no sign of AF type cramps....aaargh
Busymum- I think it was you who asked about my previous m/c? No, never found out why it happened- just I know that I thought I was 16 weeks (due to knowing when my ex and I had BD!)and the Dr thought about 13/14. Just had gone for my 2nd scan and they said oh no the baby's dead. Pretty gutting. They told me I could wait to m/c or have a D&C. I chose the latter, it was horrible. Although I must admit, I felt like something had gone badly wrong about a week before my scan and all my friends just brushed my fears off as me being a first time mum. But it felt 'wrong'. If that makes sense?

The whole thing just put me off trying again really, hence my hestitation this time. EIther way its going to be hard. At least my DP is being supportive, albiet a little confused as we've been pretty safe!

Hi everyone

You guys are great and so supportive- thank you

Survived my first day of study, so feeling better about that at least!

I am stressing out a bit about the whole pregnancy thing though. Will definately test tomorrow. Would that be better/more accurate than testing later this afternoon do you think?

Goodluck Emmecat

WEll I gave into curiousity and tested late yesterday arvo.... BFN!
So I have no clue what is going on. Still no AF, boobs still sore...those cramps come and go- but they don't feel like PMS ones. aaargh I just wonder if I tested too early? I think ladt time I waited until day 43 or something adn even then it was very faint. And I recall going to the Drs a couple of days after that and testing- the nurse actually said 'sorry, it's a negative'...but then it came up positive when we aited a little longer! So perhaps I'm just not one of those women who show up on tests very well? Or of course I may not be pg. My mother thinks it's stress. That's very possible, it's been a huge couple of months altho I don't think my periods ever been THIS late! Certainly the last 6 months it's been bang on time, regardless of job moves, domestic issues (like we all have)....
What do you ladies think??

Aww hon im sorry to here that You could way a few day or go to your dr for a blood test

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