hello all im new here and im amazed by how many women are having similar issues.
Ok im 28 and a mother of 4 great kids and i currently have a mirena iud and have had for the past 20 mths and also had one after my daughter 4 yrs ago too and both time my periods were very regular every 28 days.
I am currently 2 months late for a period, my last normal period was the 17th august, then on the 15th sept i spotted for probably half and hour and then the same 3 days later and nothing since. I have repeated many HPT'S and a few have been very weak pos and the rest neg. I have few signs of preg tiredness, little sickness evening time, weeing all the time. When my daughter was 19 mth old i feel pregnant with my mirena still in but then it fell out i miscarried. I am very confused at the moment and probably should have been to docs by now but i am honestly scared of the outcome. I am going to docs in morning so ill post the outcome as soon as i know.

I had my last period on 13 sept 08, normally a cycle of 32 days. I am 3 days late from my period, I have been having period kinda cramps for more than 10 days already, and yet no period, today i went to have my HCG blood test its NEGATIVE. and had a few home pregnancy test negative too!!!! What are the chances of me getting pregnant? or how accurate is the blood test? when is the right time to test for pregnancy... any advice?

I am in the same situation as all of you. My last cycle started on the 24th of August, and I haven't had anything since. I was on birth control but wasn't the best at taking it at the same time every day. I also had a pretty stressful mid-month so when I missed the September cycle I didn't think much of it other than stress. Now, I am waiting for the next cycle and have taken several tests because I have been very tired, had cramping, tingly breasts, and headaches. I have also felt the occasional nausea, but no vomiting. I have read that people could have negative tests until they are 10 weeks or more, but am wondering if there are others. Those of you that have gotten a blood test, please post your results. I too would love being pregnant, my husband and I weren't trying yet but planned to in a few months.

First of all, I'm so grateful for this discussion! I felt so alone till I found it.

I had my last normal period on September 9. My cycle is usually 30-31 days. I was having cramps around the time I should have gotten my period, but nothing. I did a HPT - negative. Then I started feeling nauseaus, weak, the cramps continued, I felt like something was crawling in my uterus, the feeling was so strong and unpleasant I just wanted to punch something hard! Then for about 6 days I had all the symptoms of pregnancy (headaches, moodswings, cramping, fatigue, a change in my sense of taste, watery discharge, lower back pain ...) except my breasts were not sore, just a wee bit more sensitive and seemed a little enlarged, but hardly noticably. I took two more pregnancy tests, both negative.

Then on day 36 (October 14) I got really severe lower back pain and slightly stronger cramping and then bleeding. At first I thought it might be normal pregnancy spotting (my mom had it too and really strong cramps when she carried me) but then it started getting a bit more, with clots. I felt sure it was going to be an early miscarriage and prepared myself to endure a lot of pain, but somehow it didn't come. All in all, this "period" lasted 3 days (normally 6-7), was much lighter than usual (most of the time I only needed panty liners) and was not nearly as painful as it normally is.

With it, however, most if not all of my pregnancy symptoms disappeared. The only thing that's left is fatigue, sometimes a "weird" feeling, like pressure in my womb, some nausea (but not anything like it was)...I took another home test - negative. I also keep track of my basal body temperature, and it was raised when I had the pregnancy symptoms but fell after my period came on.

I went to see my ob/gyn - didn't get further than the nurse though who told me that I shouldn't be worried, that all this may be due to some temporary hormonal irregularities and not to worry unless I have strong pain or bleed profusely. I believed her, until I went to see my general practitioner today and explained what happened - she on the other hand told me there's a small chance I might actually still be pregnant (!) or that I might have an ectopic pregnancy (normally they don't show up on home tests). I think maybe I might even have miscarried an ectopic pregnancy? I'm also worried about cysts or PCOS...I did have a cyst the size of an egg not so long ago.

So here I am I'll have another go at the ob/gyn this week and I'll let you know what comes out of it. I guess stressing over it isn't going to help much regulate my cycle again. I'm just feeling so confused and worried. Anyway, good luck to all of you, I hope everything will turn out all right for all of us.

I went to see my ob/gyn today, she did an ultrasound and everything is fine. I'm not nor was pregnant. She showed me my uterus and ovaries on the u/s. They are perfectly normal for 1 week after period. She also told me that home pregnancy tests are usually very accurate, if done correctly, and that even an ectopic pregnacy would show up on a test (although maybe the line would be more pale). As far as my extremely light period and pregnancy symtoms are concerned, she said it was probably a minor 'dysfunction'.

Bottom line, everything turned out alright! I would have loved to be pregnant, but I'm very happy with just being healthy in that department. I do believe I may have a bladder infection though. I'll get the lab results on friday. Anyway, good luck to everyone!

well... i got my period yesterday... if you want to call it that... it is very light.. so i'm thinking im not pregnant. :-( i may still go to the doctor as to why i still have pregnancy symptoms and what not.

I posted the other day after missing my second period. I scheduled a blood test and had it done on Wednesday afternoon, this morning (Thurs) I woke up to my period. Called the doctor to confirm, and I am definitely not pregnant.