Re: Maybe pregnant?
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Fri, 28 Dec 2001 16:32:49 +0000
Dear Saxman:
You are a good man!! No worries about the length.
The simplest thing would be to have her take a home
pregnancy test, or go and get a blood test done.
That way you'll know and won't worry.
Best wishes,
Donna in Utah
> Hi all, and happy holidays:
>
> My girlfriend thinks she might be late, in an unplanned type of way. I'm
> 20, she's 19 and in colllege.
>
> The reason i put "thinks" in there is because she doesn't know if she
> ovulated last month. We flew out of state for thanksgiving and she bled
> very lightly for 3 days right before our vacation. We were both under a
> lot of stress at the time. That light bleeding was right in the middle
> of her cycle, right at 2 weeks. I thought I read somewhere that under
> high stress, sometimes a woman won't ovulate and the bleeding in the
> middle of the cycle could be an indicator of that.
>
> It's now almost six weeks later and still no period. She's shown no
> signs of early pregnancy, as far as I know. I've looked all over the
> internet for any type of "Early warning" checklist, and she's not
> suffering any unusual symptoms.
>
> I've got a patchwork theory in place that she might not have ovulated
> last month and dropped her uterine lining (i think that's what it's
> called) mid-month. The end of her cycle came and there was nothing left
> that needed to be discarded. So no period there. The new cycle starts
> up normally. She's not due for what would be her next period until a
> week from now I think. Not being qualified at all in anything of this
> nature, I'm not going to get our hopes up too high about it. We're
> going to do a pregnancy test as soon as I can see her again, because I
> don't want her to have to face the results alone.
>
> What do you think. I'm very worried about this, but only because I fear
> her father :). I make enough to support a family and we had already
> planned to marry, only a little further down the road. Thank you all
> for your responses, and sorry about the length.
>
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