WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for February, 2001: Re: late period...pregnant?

Re: late period...pregnant?

From: Patti Tessler, Family Nurse Practitioner (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 17 Feb 2001 19:36:37 -0600 (CST)

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At Sat, 17 Feb 2001, amanda wrote: >
>I'm not to sure if I'm pregnant or not. I Had my period in January on
>the 14th and it's the 17th of Febuary and I still haven't gotten it. I'm
>usually never late and my periods only last for 5 days. When I have sex
>with my Boyfriend we use spermicidle condoms but I'm not on Birth
>control... we have never had unprotected sex. I have the signs of my
>period (back pain, cramps , my breasts are swollen, and pms feeling) but
>it just hasn't come. I'm gettin worried I may be pregnant ... what
>should I do?

Take a pregnancy test, because early diagnosis is always helpful. Stress and pregnancy are the two most common causes of late periods. I'm glad that you use pregnancy protection every time you have sex. No form of contraception is 100% successful, though. If a pregnancy would be impossible for you to deal with, or if you would like to avoid future pregnancy worry, you might consider abstaining from vaginal sex. Alternately, you might add another method of birth control to your condom and spermicide use.

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Patti Tessler, BSN, MSN, RN, CS
Family Nurse Practitioner

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