Pregnancy Question (possibly TMI)

In My Humble Opinion
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I hate to even post this, because I know I hate it when people ask such important quesitons on here, but I just want some opinions before I freak out. :slight_smile: Thank you ahead of time!

This is all based on a really weird feeling I have that I might be pregnant. So that is really the only basis I’m going on.

Anyway, I had sex 2 nights ago with my husband and I’ve just had that weird feeling the last couple days that I’m pregnant. I’m supposed to be getting my period in about 2 days.

If I get my period in the next few days does that mean that I’m NOT pregnant?

How long until I could use a pregnancy test to find out?? I mean, I know that you probably can’t tell within 2 days!!

I’m just kind of freaking out. I wouldn’t be unhappy to find out that I AM pregnant, it’s just that my medical insurance doesn’t cover pregnancy. So I don’t know how I would swing it, financially!

Oh well. I know that we aren’t all doctor’s, I’m just looking for some opinions. Thanks!

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My unprofessional, unmedical opinion is that you couldn’t know this soon. My vague recollections of high school biology are that it could take a day or so for the fertilized egg to implant and start the hormones changing. But what do I know - I’m an engineer, not a doctor, Jim!! :eek:

My own experience - I knew about 2 weeks after. Give your body a chance to let you know what’s going on, and if in doubt, see your doctor. Good luck to you.

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You should be able to use a pregnancy test on the day your period is due.

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I’m not a doctor… but I’ve been pregnant twice so I’ll just give you MHO.

There are a few home pregnancy tests out there that you can use as soon as one day after missing your period. They’re actually pretty accurate so you could always take one the first day after your missed period and then take another one 2-3 days later just to be sure.

If your supposed to start your period in two days and you had sex two days ago… more than likely you weren’t “in your fertile time” which is usually about 10 days after you start your period and lasts for 3-4 days. (According to the ovulation calendar on the WebMD site. If you had sex a couple of weeks ago… you may be pregnant. Again… just my opinion.

I know the exact day and exact time that my son was conceived. I swear I could actually feel the conception happening as I was having sex. It’s hard to explain. Anyway, I just knew that I was pregnant and two weeks later when I was supposed to start my period and didn’t… I bought a home test and it came out positive. :slight_smile:

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I also “knew” pretty much exactly when my baby was conceived. I took the test about a week and a half before my period was due, it was a very faint positive.

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Just curious - how did you guys “know”? I realise it’s hard to explain, but was there something different about the sex? Or afterwards? Or was it more a hormone rush thing?

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Thanks for the info guys. I’ve never researched when my “fertal time” was. I’ll probably go ahead and take a test if I don’t get my period in the next couple days!

Thank you!

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I don’t know how I knew, but I was pretty certain right away. Same with my girlfriend. She got out of bed after sex and started puking! I’ll bet that was a real blow to the old man’s self-esteem, eh?

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I have heard other moms say they “knew” and I have no reason to doubt them.

Me, I had no idea. I was puking and tired and really puzzled about what the hell was wrong with me. I even took some anti-nausea meds! Then it hit me like a ton of bricks, duh, I was knocked up. I’m slow that way. I then spent 9 months worrying that my son would be born with an extra head because I took that Dramamine.

Still, don’t be someone who spends $100 on pregnancy tests compulsively taking one every twelve hours. Take one as soon as they are supposed to be able to work, and then wait a few days if it’s negative.

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Now me, on the other hand.

Pretty educated, pretty aware of my body - missed the fact I was pregnant until nearly 12 weeks in.

Breezy, you most likely weren’t fertile - but if you had sex with your husband 10-12 days ago - then you were fertile.

Peak fertility for most people sometime around ovulation. The egg only is good for about 48-72 hours post release. Sperm takes about 24 hours to reach the egg (so, if you “know” after sex, its ESP, not pregnancy hormones - the sperm won’t get to the egg for at least several hours, although you do have a different level of hormones at your fertile peak, so you may know you are fertile. But there is still conception (sperm reaching egg and uniting, and implationation to successfully get pregnant). Ovulation, BTW, is generally 13 days before your period starts.

(I am not a doctor, just a former fertility patient. And this is from memory and from data several years old now - haven’t been up on fertility info since Fate delivered two babies in seven months).

BTW, I was “certain” I was preggers right after sex about ten times on our fertility journey - had I been once, I’d be one of those women saying “I knew the moment it happened.” Since our fertility journey ended a year before our pregnancy, I don’t remember anything at all about that “special” night.

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For me the sex felt completely different. It was as if my cervix and everything inside me was more tender and sensitive and I could feel everything. It was intense. I wasn’t trying to get pregnant and had never kept track of my ovulation or anything but after I found out I was pregnant I went back and checked out the dates… I started my period December 12, stopped it December 16, and had sex December 19. I know that I didn’t get pregnant that night because implantation probably happened 2-3 days later… but everything sure felt different that night.

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The next morning I was nauseous. The smell of cigarette smoke gave me the urps. My addiction to diet coke had to stop because it made me nauseous.
Hell, EVERYTHING the morning after (continuing until the day I gave birth) made me want to urp.

So, count me in the “I just knew” group.

(BTW, I was not in the “classic” fertile time either)

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i knew with 4 of my 6 babies almost immediately. and they occurred variously during days 10-19 of my cycle, so you just aren’t safe at all unless your period is the most regular of anyone and even still, things like the flu or stress or change in lifestyle or diet can throw it off.

i also had one false-positive pregnancy test, which doctors attributed to my having had a mild virus during test time.

mary

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I took an EPT test when I was 5 days late, strong positive.

I know when I’m preggers because I’m late, I’m really tired and my tits are bigger and more sensitive. Yes, it happens that quickly!

Test now AND later, that’s why they come in a 2-pack.

PS- if the test says positive, it’s right.

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I was one that “knew” .

Okay, I’ll tell you, try not to dismiss it as flighty crap (I know how it sounds).

I just had a very clear image of the whole conception process right after sex, lying there in the afterglow. It was odd. For the next few days I imagined the egg implanting and everything. The bay was conceived on April 24, I took the Clear Blue Test (first thing in the morning) the first week in May, faint positive. I took the test but even when it came back positive I was already sure. Later on that day at the doctor’s office my test was negative, I just thought “I’ll come back in a week, when it will be clearer.”

I was just that sure.

My period wasn’t due until around the 13th - 15th.

There ya go.

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I knew the first week with both of mine. With the first one I took a test and it was so early that it came up negative. I had a cigarette to celebrate. Three days later I took another and it was positive and really regretted the cigarette. For me it feels like the flu. My hair hurts and I get the chills. I don’t puke the first month, but I’m nauseous. IMHO if you think you’re pregnant, start taking you folic acid. You probably are.

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I’ll be sure to start hitting the Folic Acid just in case. I think maybe I was mistaking my PMS with the pregnancy feeling. I really am very paranoid about it all.

On a seperate note, was it hard for you to quit smoking Leifsmama? I’m a smoker, and I’ve always said that I’d quit when and if I ever got pregnant.

BTW, I’m still hoping that I’m not pregnant. Mainly due to the fact that we just can’t afford it, and also because I really don’t think my hubby is ready for a baby. BUT, if I am pregnant we’ll just have to afford it somehow, and I’ll try to get hubby ready in the nine months to come.

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I had no idea. I think I may have known on a subconcious level (I stopped drinking Mountain Dew cold-turkey - an amazing feat for me, since I drank like 4 bottles a day (80 oz)). I was 26 days late, but that wasn’t a big deal to me since I’ve never been “regular”. I had an extra pregnancy test (First Response) left over from the last time, and I took it. I could barely read the results though, what other people here are calling a “faint positive” so I assumed I wasn’t pregnant, but opted to get another test. I took the EPT maybe 4 days later. I’ve never seen such a dark, deep purple.

I was ~8 weeks along.

Here’s my advice - Don’t use First Response. Use a test that has each line in a seperate window, like e.p.t. That’s totally a personal choice, but I just think it’s easier.

If your test comes out negative, wait 5-7 days before taking another one. Regardless of the results of the second test, you’ll want to see a doctor.

Re: your insurance - know exactly what’s covered and what’s not. I had no idea that my insurance had a “preventative medicine” clause until I went to the clinic and they refused my co-pay. If nothing is covered, look into other insurance options such as Medical Assistance.

Pretend you really are pregnant. By that I mean, don’t do things you wouldn’t do if you knew you were having a baby, like drinking, drugs, taking medications, things like that. Better safe, you know?

Good health to you.

As an aside, it seems to me there are an awful lot of pregnant people running around here. Maybe we should start a club. :slight_smile:

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I just knew the night it happened. I was 4 days out from my period when I was raped. I was laying in the tub and suddenly I just knew. In the same week I had 2 days of spotting but then nothing more. My pregnancy test didn’t show up positive for about a month and a half during which time I didn’t have sex, of course I couldn’t do anything risky * I was pregnant!* I told everyone I knew and no one believed me. When my pregnancy test turned up positive I was the most annoying smug woman you’ve ever seen.

With my daughter I had no idea. I was still trying to get used to my body after giving birth to my son so I wasn’t sure what was going on. My husband was the one sneaking around and watching me because he knew I was pregnant. He finally decided to let me know and we bought the test. He claims he knew the night it happened, if he is right then I also got pregnant close to my period with her.

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There are new tests out that test as early as two days before your period is due. The tests show positive at different levels of HCG, so you want to make sure you get one that is sensitive. Check pregnancy websites for lists of sensitivity by brand.

But don’t panic if you don’t get your period and you still get negative test results. Most of my pregnancies have not tested positive right away. The last time, it took a super-sensitive test to show positive, more than five days late.

And sometimes, women get loads of implantation bleeding, mistake that for their period, and are pregnant anyway. Totally messes with the estimated due date.

I agree that there’s little chance of getting pregnant if your period is actually due two days after sex. Unless your cycle is messed up this month, just for fun, and you actually ovulated around then (in which case, your period would be late this month on its own). Your period shows up relative to ovulation, not the other way around. It starts in response to the post-ovulatory processes if you aren’t pregnant. Usually about 14 days after ovulation, but 10-18 days isn’t all that unusual, either. 2 days is unlikely, though.

I also just knew, in different ways. With Gabe, I knew because I got implantation cramping. It was early for my period, and I had NO pms symptoms, just cramping. I felt GREAT otherwise. I didn’t get nausea until weeks later. But I knew as soon as I started cramping. My best friend (who didn’t know we were trying, and lives 2 hours away), had an intense dream that I was, and called me to tell me I was pregnant, the day I got my official results from the doctor.

Next pregnancy was an oops, and I knew that one because of freaky surreal spiritual events. I met the soul, basically. Totally overwhelming experience, majorly messed with my worldview. I was also ‘informed’ at that meeting that whatever happened was right, and I was not to worry. I miscarried that one. And remarkably, didn’t worry.

Next pregnancy, again, I knew from physical symptoms, before my period was due, right around implantation time. No spiritual stuff that time. Just symptoms. Miscarried again. That one sucked massively.

Next pregnancy was a probable implantation failure, slight symptoms, stronger symptoms, then fading symptoms, and then my period showed - can’t remember if it was early or late but not the usual time, and didn’t test.

Next pregnancy, funky symptoms all over the place, no clear ‘you are pregnant’ but had a ‘feeling’ that I was. Tested, negative. Tested again, negative. No period. Waited a few more days and tested again, negative. Then went out the same day and got one of the super-sensitive tests, and tested again, positive. That’s Brendan.

BTW, there are a few Dopers on the StorkNet pregnancy message boards. If you are looking for a ‘club’, there’s always that one. No pressure. :slight_smile: