Ask Me Help Desk - Could I be pregnant?

Okay, so I have been taking BC for a loong time, last month I stopped taking them. We do want to have babies, but not just yet, we have a plan vacation in 2 weeks so we decided to use protection for this month. One morning, we did not use protection... :/ While taking the pill, I was really really regular with my period. Every Wednesday of the week I had to get my period I had it. I shouldve had my period yesterday, I know its too soon to freak out, but could I be pregnant?

Note: no symptoms what so ever of being pregnant and no symptoms of having my period coming soon, but then again I never had craps or sore chest etc.

Should I wait or take a pregnancy test?

You will need to wait about two weeks before you should take a pregnancy test. They're based upon a hormone in your urine and this hormone doesn't appear until after implantation. The amount of this hormone grows and your pregnancy gets going so it will be VERY low in the beginning but increase in the coming months. Most pregnancy tests been a certain level of this hormone in the urine before you can get a positive test, this is usually about two weeks after a missed period. Using your first morning urine is a little more concentrated so you'll get a better true positive rather then a false negative.

As well you're just coming off a chemically regulated cycle. One that has been regulate externally for years. It is going to take a while for your body to reliably regulate things again. This means you are going to probably have irregular periods with some interesting periods. It will level out eventually.

As well the best sign or symptom of a pregnancy is a missed period, not sore chest or cramping or bleeding or what not. A lot of those can be mistaken Pre-menstrual symptoms.

Good luck and have a good vacation.

Thank you CravenMorhead... So your suggestion is I should wait?
I know I have been really anxious and stressed lately due the whole planning the vacation and seeing family and friends we haven't seen in an year; I know that is also a part of being late. Like I said, I'm just late by a day, but I'm a smoker and since I been nervous/stress I smoke more than usual, so If I am pregnant, I want to stop asap! So what you think? Should I take that first respond test today or wait a couple of days/weeks?

Also remember, first even with the pills, they are not 100 percent effective, many pregnancy every year with women on pill. As soon as you have not taken it for even a few days, the effect of pill is less and less.

Also when you start taking it, it is not effective from day one. It can take 15 to 30 days of taking the pills for it to actually work.

Could you be pregnant ? Yes but stopping the pill will effect the date of your cycle, so being late now is almost expected.

You can not start to test till you are about 14 days late, so nothing to do right now but wait.

Yes you are right Fr_Chuck... I should wait until I come back from my vacation. But I would really feel terrible, being on my vacation, drinking, smoking, having fun with a chance of being pregnant. But then again we have been planning this vacation all year, so its hard to cancel all the plans. I know women that have smoked and drink all their pregnancy, but that's just not right! And with all this, I'm even more stressed out so its worst! Thanks for your response!

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Originally Posted by pioji

Thank you CravenMorhead... So your suggestion is I should wait?
I know I have been really anxious and stressed lately due the whole planning the vacation and seeing family and friends we haven't seen in an year; I know that is also a part of being late. Like I said, I'm just late by a day, but I'm a smoker and since I been nervous/stress I smoke more than usual, so If I am pregnant, I want to stop asap! So what you think? Should I take that first respond test today or wait a couple of days/weeks?

You have several things going on in your life that could delay your period. As well understand that one day late isn't late. A week late is starting to get late. There is natural variations in a woman's cycle that can periods to seem to be late or early. Also realize that because this is high on your mind right now you're going to notice and concern yourself with many minute details of your body and cycle that you'd normally ignore.

Wait two weeks and test. Stop smoking is sound advice regardless of being pregnant or not.

Hello CravenMorhead and Fr_Chuck , so this is just an update... I was so anxious and need it to know, so yesterday, when I left work, I went to the pharmacy and got the First Response pregnancy test and I did it... guess what? Im Pregnant!! :) its was so shocking and amazing at the same time :) so yeap, there it goes... Everything happens for a reason! :)