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J_9 · Nov 15, 2009, 08:51 AM

You could be just having a late period. It happens to us all at least once.

Wait another week, if your period doesn't come, test again using first morning urine.

xcarleex · Nov 15, 2009, 08:56 AM

What the longest time it can take for a test to show up positve? (how late do you have to be?)
Or does it vary?.

J_9 · Nov 15, 2009, 08:57 AM

It can vary from woman to woman. I've known tests to show positive BEFORE a missed period and up to 4 months of pregnancy. This is one reason we always recommend a blood test if several tests show up negative.

xcarleex · Nov 15, 2009, 09:00 AM

Hmm.. true!
Guess I'l have to wait 2 weeks and see if I get my period, and if a test shows up negative. Il have a blood test done. Its just these pains don't feel like period cramps... its weird!

J_9 · Nov 15, 2009, 09:05 AM

If the pain gets too intense be sure to go to the ER or nearest Urgent Care Center to be sure it is not a tubal pregnancy.

xcarleex · Nov 15, 2009, 09:06 AM

OK thanks,
Sorry to be a pain lol
But what is a tubal pregnancy?

J_9 · Nov 15, 2009, 09:11 AM

Originally Posted by xcarleex

ok thanks,
sorry to be a pain lol
but what is a tubal pregnancy?

First you need to understand how pregnancy actually occurs. The ovary releases the egg into the fallopian tube where it is fertilized by the sperm. Once fertilized, the egg travels down through the fallopian tube to the uterus where it implants. No proven thing as implantation bleeding.

Now, sometimes, for some reasons, one being scarring in the fallopian tube, for instance, the fertilized egg gets stuck in the fallopian tube where it begins to grow. This is accompanied by severe pain in one side... whatever side the egg implanted into the fallopian tube, and can be life threatening if it ruptures.

xcarleex · Nov 15, 2009, 09:12 AM

Oh right,
Think I should see my GP
Il make an appointment first thing tomorrow.
Thanks for you help! :)

J_9 · Nov 15, 2009, 09:13 AM

You are very welcome. Please keep me posted on what you find out.

xcarleex · Nov 25, 2009, 10:07 AM

I'm currently trying for a baby, so I stopped taking my birth conrtol, then I was due for my period and it didn't come. Obviously due to me stopping my pill.
But now because I didn't have a period I'm not sure when I am due on my next one.
I should have kept track of it but my mind was on other things.

So I don't have a clue when I'm expecting a period so I don't know whether I am pregnant or I'm not due for a period till another week:confused::confused::confused: really haven't got the slightest idea.

Has anybody got any suggestions as to how I could work it out?
Seems like mission impossible lol

LearningAsIGo · Nov 25, 2009, 10:11 AM

There really is no way to tell because your body is coming off the pill. For some, it takes 28 - 30 days, others may go much longer until it arrives.

If you track ovulation, watching for that would be a good clue (period would come 10 - 14 days later) but otherwise, it's a waiting game.

xcarleex · Nov 25, 2009, 10:14 AM

Ohh I didn't know that I did an ovulation test just over a week ago, and in fact I was ovulating. So would you say I'm due end of this week - beginning of next week? Or...

xcarleex · Nov 25, 2009, 01:56 PM

I have wrote on here before about the same situation.
But I know I should take a pregnancy test in the morning but I couldn't help myself,
So I took a midstream one and its (4 days before my period is due but I have been trying to concieve) and there was a faint line in the test window but it was visible (you didn't have to squint) then after 5 minutes it got fainter then after 10 minutes it eventually disappeared all together?

What did this mean? :confused: am or aren't I? :confused:
Now I am very confused because I know there is a high chance of me being pregnant as I've been trying and doing it properly (when ovulating)

Why did this happen ?:( I could see it there for 5 minutes :confused:

Mistique · Nov 26, 2009, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by xcarleex

i have wrote on here before about the same situation.
but i know i should take a pregnancy test in the morning but i couldnt help myself,
so i took a midstream one and its (4 days before my period is due but i have been trying to concieve) and there was a faint line in the test window but it was visible (you didnt have to squint) thn after 5 mins it got fainter then after 10 mins it eventually disapeared all together?!

what did this mean? :confused: am or aren't i? :confused:
now i am very confused because i know there is a high chance of me being pregnant as ive been trying and doing it properly (when ovulating)

why did this happen ?:( i could see it there for 5 mins :confused:

That happened to me... but it didn't fade away after five minutes and it was a very, very, very faint line... I was pregnant with my daughter. To be sure wait and do it again the first day after your last period; morning urine - to be sure and have accurate results.

J_9 · Nov 26, 2009, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by xcarleex

there was a faint line in the test window but it was visible (you didnt have to squint) thn after 5 mins it got fainter then after 10 mins it eventually disapeared all together?!

These are called evaporation lines. You MUST read the test in the time limit allowed for an accurate response.

xcarleex · Nov 27, 2009, 04:51 AM

I did read it in the time limit,
And the line appeared straight away and it was pink.
It was there for about 5 minutes then gradually faded away! The time limit was 10 minutes or so it said on th box.