when i went to the doctor he felt my stomach and said i was about 8-10 weeks, but my last period was 24th of augest can you get a period for the first month of pregnancy??
2006-10-02 22:21:46 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
YES IT IS POSSIBLE
2006-10-02 22:24:33 · answer #1 · answered by MUFASAS MOMMA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well technically it would not have been a period as we know it - remember, your period happens when your uterus sheds the lining it had prepared for a fertilised egg, and when fertilisation does not occur the lining has to go. If you were pregnant, fertilisation obviously did occur, and if the whole lining was shed, you would have lost the baby.
What does happen is that, when the fertilised egg implants into your uterus (about 6-10 days after fertilisation, in other words anything from 20 to 30 days after the first day of your last period depending on when you ovulated), it burrows into the lining. This process could make you bleed a little. I've also read (don't know if this is true though) that the cells in the lining literally burst open at that stage to release the nutrients they were storing so that the fertilised egg has nutrients to grow. If that's true, it could obviously also cause some bleeding.
So I would say you didn't have a period, but you had implantation bleeding. It's much more accurate with a scan though, when they measure the size of the baby (not just the size of the uterus, which is all the dr can feel from the outside) to tell you how far along you are.
The other possibility is of course that you're carrying more than one baby, in which case your uterus will be bigger than it would be from just one baby.
Either way - congratulations!
2006-10-03 06:15:43 · answer #2 · answered by Linda K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless your doctor did a vaginal examination he can't tell if you are 8-10 weeks just by feeling your tummy. The womb is contained in your bony pelvis until around 12 weeks when it begins to rise out as it gets bigger. I have recently booked a client for care whose G.P. told her she was much further on because he felt her tummy, I don't know what he was feeling because she was only 11 weeks pregnant and the womb was most definately not palpable. Answer is, wait until your first scan, scans done between 7-14 weeks and again between18-22 weeks are very acurate at dating pregnancies. P.S. the person who told you about implantation bleeds was spot on.
2006-10-03 08:36:51 · answer #3 · answered by the truth has set me free 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Its called an implantation bleed. Its when the fertilised egg burrows into your uterus to get itself comfy. You should have had a lighter bleed than normal, but if your periods are usually light you may not have noticed anything different. However, just feeling your stomach is not an exact science. Wait til your first scan and you should find out for definate. Congratulations!!!
2006-10-03 05:25:33 · answer #4 · answered by Emma W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes u probably had a period , i was the same with my first baby , i had myself at 8 wks when i went for my 1st scan but the scan revealed i was 12 ! Yippee for me i had terrible sickness and that took 4 weeks of my pregnancy for me lol
2006-10-03 14:16:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pregnancy is calculated from the first day of your last period so that’s why it may seem that you’re a few weeks out.
2006-10-03 05:25:30 · answer #6 · answered by carla s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can have a period and be pregnant.. The only way to be absolutely certain of how far along you are is to have a scan.
2006-10-03 05:25:29 · answer #7 · answered by London Girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes thats normal cause ive known people thats had a period as normal all the way through there pregnancy
2006-10-03 05:53:01 · answer #8 · answered by Shizzy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can - my friend had no idea she was pregnant as she had 'periods' for the first three months - baby is fine and healthy x
2006-10-03 11:53:41 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had period bleeding 3 days befoe I saw the doc. and when I went there she told me I was 1 month pregnant....
2006-10-03 05:26:45 · answer #10 · answered by kenanaki 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it's possible, congratulaions, you should have an ultrasound soon just to see. I had one at 10 weeks
2006-10-03 05:24:24 · answer #11 · answered by cino_bean 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋