WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for September, 2003: Re: 2.5 weeks of PMS, no period and not pregnant

Re: 2.5 weeks of PMS, no period and not pregnant

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 3 Sep 2003 13:35:32 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Lily wrote: >
>30 years old, had irregular cycles in the past, but reduced stress and
>managed to have 31 day cycles for the last 9 months.
>
>I can normally tell about 2 days before my period is due because I get
>IBS, nausea, cramps and pain in my pelvic glands and my cervix feels
>very low. Started getting all of these signs on day 31. This made
>sense because of my cycles this year and the fact I had ovulation signs
>on day 16 (high cervix, cervical fluid but BBT not measured).
>
>It is now day 48 and no period. Last week it felt like my body was
>'desperate to bleed', and I had such bad nausea and crampsI had to take
>Ibuprofen. The pains aren't that bad anymore though I still feel
>pre-menstrual.
>
>I trawled through the archives and from the excellent advice in those I
>think I have deduced it could be one of the following:
>1) I have not ovulated yet or have ovulated much later than I thought
>2) I am pregnant

Negative UPT pretty well rules this out.

>3) I have persistent corpeus luteum

I would suspect #1 as most likely

>
>I have only had sex on day 31 and day 32 - withdrawal but I more than
>accept that pregnancy is possible. I did a Clearblue HPT 14 days
>afterwards and 16 days afterward (i.e. today) and they showed negative.
>In previous pregnancy, the HPT showed positive 13 days after 'conceptual
>sex' and I had extreme vomiting (more than 10 times a day) from the same
>day.
>
>I assume levels of HCG could vary between pregnancies so I will do
>another HPT in a few days but I am assuming it is either 1 or 3. If it
>was 1, is there something I should worry about with having premenstraul
>symptoms for so long?

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R.Daniel Braun, MD  FACOG   FOG
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