Re: question about negative pregnancy tests & on BCP...Dr. only please...
From: Alicia Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 6 Mar 2003 12:57:57 -0600 (CST)
Have you been evaluated for Thyroid and look for a prolactin raise? ask
your Dr.
At Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Marjorie wrote:
>
>I've tried searching the forums for the past 3 days for a possible
>answer to my question, but I still have not been able to get an answer.
>I've also tried consulting my general physician and the nurses at
>Planned Parenthood, and they can't seem to give me a answer either.
>Hopefully someone here can help, here's my situation:
>
>I've been on Ortho Tri-Cyclen for 3 years straight & have been extremely
>on-time with each pack. This past month, I started experiencing some
>very different symptoms, specifically: breast tenderness (galactorrhea
>from my left breast, and my nipples& areola look darker than usual) & my
>period has been extremely strange (it started bleeding on the day it was
>supposed to come, but it doesn't have the clots nor the burgundy-red
>color it usually has - the volume also seems a bit lighter than usual.)
>I spoke to my general physician about this prior to my period coming and
>(after she ran a urine preg test which came out (-) 11 dpo) she said
>that it could be hormonal changes. After my period came, and I kept on
>feeling these symptoms, I went to Planned Parenthood to have a blood
>test done, and it was also negative (this was the second day of my
>"period" or 16dpo). My question is, how likely is it that I am
>pregnant? I know there are false negatives, and I'm wondering if that
>has happened to me. (Also my b/f and I only had intercourse once during
>my "fertile" period - day 11 of my cycle. And, I've been under a LOT of
>stress for the past month & a half-job-wise, economically, and
>emotionally)
>
>I appologize for this being so long, but I will greatly appreciate it if
>someone would answer me ASAP.
>
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>~M~
>
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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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