Can anybody give me advice? i think i might be pregnant

**sbandy** · 06-13-2009 07:11 PM

Hi, im 20 years old. I was supposed to get my period this past monday on the 8th it is now saturday the 13th. I have had the cramping but no blood except the cramping hasnt been as bad as it usually is, it feels more like pressure in quick twinges if you understand that. My breasts dont normally swell or become tender with my period but since about 3 days before my period should have started, i have had sore and swollen breasts and my nipples have been continuously hard and extremely tender although i am not cold. i have had alot of clear vaginal secretions but still no sign of blood. slight nausea and fatigue.

I had a miscarriage about 5 months ago and im afraid that if i am ill lose the baby again.

Is it too early to take a HPT??

Please and thanks for any replies.

**WildChild** · 06-13-2009 10:27 PM

I'm so sorry about your miscarriage, that can be a devistating experience. No one here could really say if you are pregnant. Why not hold on a few days and do a home pregnancy test? If you think you maybe pregnant stay away from ginger the first couple months. I have a sister who had two miscarriages and then had a perfectly healthy child with a absolutely normal pregnancy, so don't give up.

**sbandy** · 06-13-2009 11:09 PM

Thank you for the advice.

i know no one on here can tell me if i am or not. im just curious as to whether anyone had any other ideas or thoughts about different causes.

im just not sure how long i should wait to take a test. before the miscarriage i had several negative HPT and a negative blood test so im just not sure if i should take one right away or wait another week or what.

**JustaGirl** · 06-14-2009 11:39 PM

The HPT usually say you can take them as early as the first day of your missed period, so I would just take one now regardless. They usually come in a two pack anyway so you could take one now and another in a week if you wanted. Just go to the store and read the box, it tells you all of the details of how they work and what to expect.

The books all say that by the 4th and 5th week of pregnancy is when the hormone level is definitely detectable, so by two weeks after your missed period SHOULD be pretty definite reading. Maybe take another test then.

Good Luck

**sbandy** · 06-15-2009 04:32 PM

Thank you

**yellowpiXi3** · 06-15-2009 05:56 PM

have you had any stressful things happen aside from the mis-carriage. stress can be a big factor of not getting your period on time. try to relax.

**sbandy** · 06-15-2009 07:29 PM

honestly i havent had day of no stress for over a year since i started school so aside from that not really. things have been about the same for some time now until this.

**yellowpiXi3** · 06-15-2009 08:14 PM

i seriously think you need to relax and not think about it. it sounds like you have the pms symptoms...it should be coming any day now. if you haven't gotten a period in a month THEN i should start worrying TBH

**sbandy** · 06-23-2009 06:18 AM

i just took a HPT, yesterday was 2 weeks late. My test came back positive, im pregnant!

**Hopeless Dork** · 06-23-2009 07:06 AM

Congratulations Sbandy and thank you for coming back and letting us know! I often read these posts in the pregnancy forum, the women either worrying about pregnancy because they don't want to be or because they do want to be and we don't often get to hear the outcome!