Before my period i always have painful cramps and then i get my period a few days later. This time i had cramps but they were not as intense and then they stopped and still no period. Why could this be? Could I be pregnant? I have been recently very stressed and sick as well.

What I really need is a definition of delayed period. Is a delayed period when there are no cramps and no period for awhile? Or is a delayed period when you have cramps and your period takes awhile to happen afterward? This has never happened to me before. I am sexually active, but use protection.