Re: Pregnancy?
From: Renee (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 14 Jun 2002 12:01:56 -0700
Have you considered going to see your doctor? Since the pain could be from so
many different things, that could be the best course of action to take. It
would certainly ease your mind if it's nothing, and you can address it if it
is something.
Renee
Lori wrote:
>
> I am accepting at this point that I might not be PG but I pain in in my
> lower abdomen and it is bad. I just wanted to know if that is where the
> cramping is from a period. Like I said I have not had it in so long
> plus I never really got cramps before. This is killing me.
> I read your stats, and I am 27 so those groups apply to me too....
>
> At Fri, 14 Jun 2002, jodi wrote:
> >
> >First, YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN ABOUT THIS!!! :-)
> >
> >(I know, that's really easy for me to say...)
> >
> >Anyway YES you could have ovulated and not gotten preg. It can take a
> >normal healthy couple (with a normal regular menstrual cycling woman and
> >normal sperm count ect man) up to two years to get pregnant with regular
> >unprotected intercourse. TWO YEARS, that's right. Yes, you hear of
> >women getting preg the first time they try but it doesn't always happen.
> >Who knows why? I have read that if you are under 26, you have a 50%
> >chance of getting preg with any given ovulation. If you are 27-34, you
> >have a 40% chance. I forget what it is over 34, I only paid attention
> >to the ages that applied to me. :-) (I'll be 26 when I start...)
> >
> >I have also read a figure of a 20% chance in any given cycle... but
> >that seems really low to me.
> >
> >As for the pains you are having... could be gas, could be constipation,
> >could be pregnancy, who knows? By stomach do you mean stomach like where
> >food goes, or do you really mean abdomen? If you mean abdomen, exactly
> >where? Side, uterus area, dead center...? You are so worked up about
> >this, it could be stress. You could also be wanting to be preg so bad
> >that you are giving yourself symptoms of a hysterical pregnancy... is
> >that term even used any more???
> >
> >It's the 14th today. Like I said before, I think you should give
> >yourself till the 19th to do a preg test. You have a good chance of it
> >being accurate then. At that point you should either have had a period
> >or know that one isn't coming. If you don't get a period a few days
> >after the 19th, and your test was neg, take another test. Till then...
> >sorry, but yes, you can ovulate AND have sex AND still not get pregnant.
> >Doesn't mean it won't happen... it doesn't always happen the first try.
> >If you haven't had a period since December 2000, your body has a LOT of
> >healing to do, a LOT of hormonal imbalances to fix... be patient! I
> >don't think the chances of getting preg on the first go-around in your
> >situation are very high, but that is just my opinion... AND it by no
> >means your chances overall are poor.
> >
> >Good luck and may the higher power of your choice grant you the patience
> >you need to get through this!
> >
> >- Jodi
> >
> >At Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Lori wrote:
> >>
> >>Since I have never been pregnant and I have not had a period since Dec.
> >>2000, I am not sure what I am experiencing. I have pain in my stomache,
> >>it feels like I am getting my period but I am not sure. I know I
> >>ovulated somewhere between May 29 and June 5th. So it is possible that
> >>I ovulated and didn't get get PG. I had intercourse May 29, June 1 and
> >>June 2, then went to the RE on June 5th and he did blood to prove that I
> >>ovulated. Please let me know what you think.... I need to know.
> >>
> >>--
> >>Lori, New York
> >>
>
> --
> Lori, New York
>
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