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Re: HPT and timing..

From: Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 23 Jan 2003 10:19:15 -0600 (CST)


Yes, I think you are safe, but if you want to be more secure, repeat the test next week.

At Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Zoe wrote: >
>sorry for reposting, but really worried..
>my last period was december 22, making my ovulation due about the 5th. i
>had sex January 12, a good week after my due ovulation time-protected,
>with a condom, but not on birth control. i also took a shower the
>moment i got home that night. i think I got my period two days ago, jan
>20, and i'm usually due for the 22nd. i think it ended today, though -
>unusually brief. It was light and according to yahoo health : "If
>you're pregnant, it's also possible for you to think you've had your
>period when you didn't. ..a newly fertilized egg attached to the wall
>of the uterus, sometimes prompts a little bleeding. This typically
>occurs a few days before the time you would expect your period to come
>if you weren't pregnant. If your periods are normally light, you might
>assume that this implantation bleeding is your period.” then again, i've
>read that implantation bleeding is rare... a phd from a messageboard
>said it only occurs 1-5% of pregnancies. i just used an HPT tonight,
>exactly 10 days to the hour after sex - - it came out negative... do
>you think i am fairly safe?

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Alicia M. Lapidus M.D.
Director Obgyn.net Latina
Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital J. A. Fernández
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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