Me and my boyfriend had unprotected sex and i thought i was pregnant.so i took a home pregnancy test and it came out not pregnant.but i skiped a period . can i still be pregnant?
2006-07-28 10:52:23 · 15 answers · asked by jessica 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
Absolutely! Anytime you have unprotected sex you may get pregnant, even if you have protected sex, like with a condom, you may still get pregnant. Even though you took an at home pregnancy test and it came out negative, you may still be pregnant.
The best advice I can give you is to go to a Planned Parenthood Clinic and maybe take a pregancy blood test. It is important that you visit an obstetrician as soon as you can. In case you are pregnant you need to take care of yourself and the baby.
Good luck!
2006-07-28 11:01:14 · answer #1 · answered by bitto luv 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Although pregnancy is often the first thought when a period is missed, there are many reasons for being late. Obesity, excessive dieting, strenuous exercise, and stress may cause missed or irregular periods. Diseases such as hyperthyroidism that upset the hormonal balance of the body may also be the cause of missed periods, but this is only infrequently the case. It is normal for periods to be irregular before they stop completely with menopause.
Pregnancy Tests
Testing for pregnancy has become faster, easier, and more sensitive in the last decade. Home test kits are now available that provide a reasonable degree of accuracy and may show a positive result as early as two weeks after the missed period. The most sophisticated laboratory test available through your doctor's office may turn positive within a few days after the period should have started. In both instances, a negative result is less reliable when the test is used soon after the period is missed. Thus, it is common to repeat the test after a negative result if periods don't resume.
Because a positive result is less likely to be misleading than a negative one, the rule is to believe a positive test, but not to trust a negative test until it has been repeated at least once.
Other Causes
Two opposites, obesity and starvation, often lead to irregular periods. If either of these conditions is severe and persistent, it can cause the complete cessation of periods. At the other end of the health spectrum, women who are undergoing rigorous athletic training often have irregular periods. The missed periods themselves do not harm the athlete, but there is some concern that the hormonal imbalance that causes the missed periods may also lead to loss of calcium from bones. Currently it isn't possible to determine if this poses any real risk to women athletes. Emotional as well as physical stress may result in irregular periods. Indeed, anxiety over possible pregnancy may cause a missed period, thereby increasing the anxiety even further.
2006-07-28 18:01:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you could be pregnant. It Might be that the kit was faulty so you should also go to your local GP or Practise nurse for a second test to confirm the results. It may also show on that test that you are not pregnant, but because you had the test through your GP he will be at hand to maybe carry out further tests to define why you have skipped a period. Good luck. By the way you did not state your age, this may also be a factor in missing a period.
2006-07-28 18:03:38 · answer #3 · answered by Madonna 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,you could be...The reason the home pregnnacy test came out negative may have been that you didn't have a high enough HCG level yet.So,go to the Dr and get a blood test which is the most accurate way to be confirm a pregnancy.
2006-07-28 18:08:51 · answer #4 · answered by JW27 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chances are if you waited till your missed period before taking the at home test that your not. Yes theres a chance there always is. At home test are pretty accurate these days though. I would give it a week and take another to put your mind at eaze. Stress over anything expessially tinking maybe i got pregnat could cause you to miss a period one month.
2006-07-28 17:57:20 · answer #5 · answered by Aaron Z 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get a false reading on home pregnancy tests. That's why we tell you to come in and get tested and the doctors office.
2006-07-28 18:17:07 · answer #6 · answered by Medical and Business Information 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could be but it is not uncommon to skip periods. It happens to women all the time. Try another test if it is negative you are probably not pregnant
2006-07-28 18:09:09 · answer #7 · answered by Bobbi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to go in and have a pregnancy test done. You can go to your local health department and get done quickly and discreeetly. It beats the guessing game.
2006-07-28 18:00:41 · answer #8 · answered by hope m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes thoese pregnancy test dont work really well. And u should go see a doctor.
2006-07-28 17:58:41 · answer #9 · answered by ipodkrazy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you could......make an appointment and get tested at the doctors sometimes it takes a blood test to find out if u are
2006-07-28 17:55:45 · answer #10 · answered by ~jessi~ aka....mommy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋