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Re: Late periods and pregnancy

From: Samir Fouad Aziz MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 30 Jun 2003 20:40:06 -0500 (CDT)


At Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Alicia wrote: >
>I've been off birth control for about 8 mnths or so, my periods had
>gotten back to normal for the most part. For the month of June it
>didn't come on the first as expected,which made it almost a month late
>when I did get it on the 29th of this month. I thought I was pregnant
>up until I finally got it after it was about a month late. I want to
>know could it be possible for me to be pregnant and still have a period
>or could it be implantation bleeding? How can I tell the difference
>between the two? I took a home pregnancy test after I was a day late it
>was negative. I was wondering because I have heard stories of people
>having periods for up to 2mnths when they knew they were pregnant. I
>need some insight.
>
>--
>Alicia
>

late period is a suggestive symptom of pregnancy, so pregnany test could clarify if it was pregnancy or not. pregnancytest remains positive for more than 2 weeks after miscarriage

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