Negative HPTs and strange "period"...pregnant?

[Kindermama]

n/t....figured out what it was!

[beckyand3littlemonsters]

I've been getting this although my cycles where 42 days and very heavy and painful and are now 35 days and light/medium i'm also getting all the pregnant symptoms including my belly getting very swollen.

this may help
http://www.askbaby.com/can-you-be-pr...ve-periods.htm

[MaerynPearl]

You seem pretty convinced you are pregnant despite the piles of evidence against it... so it does seem most of it is likely just psychosomatic.

As for being tired that can be caused by a lot of things... hormonal disorder, sickness with no other symptoms, doing more than you are used to and not realizing it, sleeping less and not realizing it (as in waking up several times throughout the night but not enough to become conscious, it can cause you to be very tired throughout the day)

The simple fact that your symptoms started 14 days after your last period is a huge sign that this is all in your head. You would not be pregnant by that point. However, if you ovulated around then... you would start having the progesterone rise which is what causes not only all pregnancy symptoms... but also premenstrual symptoms.

[Kindermama]

Originally Posted by MaerynPearl

The simple fact that your symptoms started 14 days after your last period is a huge sign that this is all in your head. You would not be pregnant by that point. However, if you ovulated around then... you would start having the progesterone rise which is what causes not only all pregnancy symptoms... but also premenstrual symptoms.

The earliest symptoms were nipple soreness at cd14...the other symptoms didn't start until a 1 week later. My doc said my symptoms might be because of high estrogen not high progesterone. I'm going to google high progesterone and see if that makes more sense.


Well I looked it up and that would make sense for the days between ovulation and the "period" I had. If I'm in an entirely new cycle, estrogen would be more dominant now....BUT...I still have all the same symptoms. I don't think blue veins, darker nipples and sore breasts could be all in my head. We aren't even trying to get pregnant. There have been other times were I swore I was pregnant in the distant past but never did I have this many symptoms.

[MaerynPearl]

Symptoms of progesterone rise (which is normal in the second half of your cycle no matter if you are pregnant or not, it happens post-ovulation) are:

Tender/swollen breasts
Raised body temperature (which is why women use BBT to see when the progesterone rises, signaling that ovulation has already happened... it raises by anywhere from half a degree to a few degrees)
Nausea (it is believed progesterone increase in pregnancy may be part of why some women have such strong morning sickness. Its also why some women feel sick leading up to AF)
Increased blood flow (which can cause increased sense of smell, bleeding gums, bloody nose)
Fatigue
Dizziness (from the blood flow change)
Depression (part of why some women get premenstrual depression)
Digestion problems (can slow down your digestion causing you to get full quicker and possibly become constipated)
and others but those are usually the most pronounced.

Women who take progesterone suppositories due to progesterone deficiency after ovulation in the hopes of aiding conception get so many pregnancy symptoms (even including no period) that they cannot trust anything but a positive pregnancy test.

Some women can just have high progesterone for no reason some cycles. Its not bad or risky... in pregnancy our levels get into the hundreds... when not pregnant the difference between a level of 12 (a nice non-medicated non-pregnant level) and 17 (a nice medicated non-pregnant level, but still normal in non-medicated non-pregnant ladies) can be the difference between symptoms or no symptoms.

[CherryBomb]

I don't think it sounds like you're pregnant, but if you're that convinced, ask for a blood draw to check your HCG.

[Kindermama]

Maeryn Pearl---that makes the most sense! I guess my progesterone is just out of whack right now...it's messing with my mind! I hope it gets back to normal soon!