Could I be Pregnant?

Question

My last regular preiod was December 1-5. I'm on birth control but before December I missed my pills off and on (I know, how stupid but I'd been lucky) All through december I took the pill daily. My breasts have been tender and my nipples are sore/veins are showing much more. My back aches some. I've taken like 8 home pregnancy tests and they have all been negative. I just started what "should" be my period but its so light and pink and I haven't really even needed a tampon and today I had some clear mucus. I've also been sick so I can't really say that I've had morning sickness or if it's just from my cold. I'm freaking out because there's so much that I've done (medication I'm on that could harm the baby) (medical tests I've had for my dysfunctional gallbladder) that can harm the baby if I am pregnant. I'm going to wait a week and take another pregnancy test..but any advice would be appriciated! Has anyone had a false negative home pregnancy or blood pregnancy test????
THANKS

Answer 1

Hi Honey, here are some symptoms of pregnancy, check them and then see your doctor

Tender, swollen breasts
One of the early signs of pregnancy is sensitive, sore breasts caused by increasing levels of hormones. The soreness may feel like an exaggerated version of how your breasts feel before your period. Your discomfort should diminish significantly after the first trimester, as your body adjusts to the hormonal changes.

Fatigue
Feeling tired all of a sudden? No, make that exhausted. No one knows for sure what causes early pregnancy fatigue, but it's possible that rapidly increasing levels of the hormone progesterone are contributing to your sleepiness.

You should start to feel more energetic once you hit your second trimester, although fatigue usually returns late in pregnancy when you're carrying around a lot more weight and some of the common discomforts of pregnancy make it more difficult to get a good night's sleep

Nausea or vomiting
If you're like most women, morning sickness won't hit until about a month after conception. (A lucky few escape it altogether.) But some women do start to feel queasy a bit earlier. And not just in the morning, either — pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting can be a problem morning, noon, or night.

About half of women with nausea feel complete relief by the beginning of the second trimester. For most others it takes another month or so for the queasiness to ease up.

Increased sensitivity to odors
If you're newly pregnant, it's not uncommon to feel repelled by the smell of a bologna sandwich or cup of coffee and for certain aromas to trigger your gag reflex. Though no one knows for sure, this may be a side effect of rapidly increasing amounts of estrogen in your system. You may also find that certain foods you used to enjoy are suddenly completely repulsive to you.

Abdominal bloating
Hormonal changes in early pregnancy may leave you feeling bloated, similar to the feeling some women have just before their period arrives. That's why your clothes may feel snugger than usual at the waistline, even early on when your uterus is still quite small.

Frequent urination
Shortly after you become pregnant, you may find yourself hurrying to the bathroom all the time. Why? Mostly because during pregnancy the amount of blood and other fluids in your body increases, which leads to extra fluid being processed by your kidneys and ending up in your bladder.

This symptom may start as early as six weeks into your first trimester and continue or worsen as your pregnancy progresses and your growing baby exerts more pressure on your bladder.

A missed period
If you're usually pretty regular and your period doesn't arrive on time, you'll probably take a pregnancy test long before you notice any of the above symptoms. But if you're not regular or you're not keeping track of your cycle, nausea and breast tenderness and extra trips to the bathroom may signal pregnancy before you realize you didn't get your period.

Your basal body temperature stays high
If you've been charting your basal body temperature and you see that your temperature has stayed elevated for 18 days in a row, you're probably pregnant

Good luck.

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Answer 2

Yes I have had both...you need to go have a blood test done to make sure. It could be that you have been sick,,,you just started up again on the pills or your prego. The veins really concern me, that's the first thing that showed one me when I became preg.
Oh....the most sensitive test out there right now is Darden brand..you can even get it from the 99cent store

Answer 3

When I first got pregnant I only spotted in April 2006 and I didnt get a positive home test till middle of May. I took about 5 home tests before i finally got the positive. Blood shouldnt be wrong because it should detect the littlest hcg in your system.

Answer 4

False negatives happen all the time when women test too early. The hcg is too dilute in the urine to get picked up by the test. I'd advise you to go to the doctor and get a blood test done asap. A blood test is very accurate and will give you a definitive answer.

Answer 5

If you have followed strictly the instructions on the pregnancy test kits and the kits were not expired, then you shouldn't be pregnant.

Answer 6

yes you could be. good luck