Help! Am I pregnant or what?

[mleigh23]

Okay. My husband and I are not really TTC or TTA. So, anyways, I've been thinking I could possibly be pregnant because first, my period hasn't come yet. But I haven't gotten a positive pregnancy test. I have a long cycle, normally around 34 to 36 days. Well, the 36 day mark was last Thursday. I still haven't gotten my period or a positive pregnancy test. What is up? I don't ever just miss a period. Do any of y'all have any advice for me? Because I thought I had a few signs about a week ago or so. A little nausea sometimes and really tired. But I also have a 16 month old little boy and I don't get the best sleep sometimes. Could that be throwing me off or what? Please help me figure this out!

Marnita

[finnegansmom]

stress or illness can delay ovulation. are you nursing?
have you tested with a HPT? do you chart and maybe know when your ovulation day was?

[mleigh23]

No, I'm not nursing. But we do cosleep. So, I don't get good rest some nights. Also, we all were sick a couple weeks ago, maybe almost a month ago. That could have done something to my cycle, I guess. I've tested with a HPT several times. Always comes up negative. I don't chart much of anything. The only thing I chart at Fertility Friend is the days I have my period and the days we BD. I don't temp or anything else. Do you have any suggestions?

[finnegansmom]

I don't think cosleeping will knock your cycle off, but nursing would/could.
I would start temping so you can see when you're ovulating. Waking during the night while cosleeping will make temping challenging but lots of ladies here do it.

If you don't get your AF and you are worried, I would see your doctor.

[karmab]

i would wait a week and test again, and if it's negative, you know for sure that your cycle has been thrown off, which happens to everyone sometimes, and in which case, it gets even more confusing, cuz maybe you havent even o'd yet, or just did, and anything can still happen!

as far as the nausea and the tiredness that you had last week, if you still dont have enough hcg in your system several days after those symtoms to make a hpt turn positive, then surely they were not preg related, so if that's concerning you, it's probably not a factor.

[mleigh23]

I can definitely see my cycle being thrown off. I'll test again next week and see. And I definitely need to start temping. That would help so so much!!

Thank you so much for the advice Karmab and FinnegansMom.

[SimplyRochelle]

I agree. Test in a week if AF still hasn't shown up. Sometimes we all get a funky cycle where we end up ovulating a week or so after we normally do, or we don't ovulate at all. Very normal.

I know the limbo and wondering stinks!