Re: My period is late... could it be from stress?
From: Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 22 Aug 2002 21:34:52 -0500 (CDT)
Sorry but I have a diferent opinion, stress may delay your ovulation but
it might also stop your menstuation for any time, but stress is the last
diagnosis I would make after ruling out any other type of problem.
At Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Sarah wrote:
>
>Thank you so much for answering me question.... but i have another one
>for anyone who will answer it!! If not getting my period is from stress
>then will i get it soon or not get it at all? Should i not stress about
>it until my next period or what? I'm really worried cause it was my
>first time and i'm stupid and young and not ready to be pregnat at all
>plus my parents would kill me, literally!!
>
>At Thu, 22 Aug 2002, offpill wrote:
>>
>>Stress delays ovulation not your period. So if the stress started prior
>>to 14 days from when you expected your period to start, it could be
>>that.
>>
>>Good luck.
>>
>>At Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Sarah wrote:
>>>
>>>I've kept track of my period for a while now and i know the day i'll get
>>>it and the day i'll end it and usually it stops for a day in between. My
>>>boyfriend and i had sex and i'm not on birth control but we were using a
>>>condum, but he felt it slip and says that nothing touched me. And i was
>>>suppose to get my period on the 18th or 19th (cause my last period was
>>>weird on me too) and it is now the 21st and still no period. But i have
>>>been getting feelings like i always get before i start my period and
>>>today they are really bad but i still haven't got it. Then i found out
>>>that you can mess up your period from stress and i just started a new
>>>school and have almost made myself sick since the 15th about it i've
>>>been so nerves. So i was just wondering if since i've been getting the
>>>feelings of getting my period if i will get it soon after i get used to
>>>school and things calm down or if maybe you think i'm pregnat? Please
>>>answer soon i'm really starting to stress about this now! Thanks
--
Alicia M. Lapidus M.D.
Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital Fernández
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Barcelo University
Vicepresident of Argentine Society of Hypertension in Pregnancy
Director Latina Obgyn.net- http\latina.obgyn.net\espanol
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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