im 1week late,breastfeeding and the test said no,am i paranoid or preg,imscared cause ihave a 3mthold?

Question

I dont want another right now because iam 19 and am enjoying my daughter, but my last period was feb 4th its nowmarch 13th but i am breastfeeding and i dont know if thats why have not had a period but i feel sick and have all the symptoms i di with my first pregnancy i tool a at home pregnancy test on the 10th of march and it said negative is this normal to have unusual periods or do u think i am pregnant again i have also been on steriods for my asthma wich i read may delay a period?????

Answer 1

if your breast feeding, chances are your not pregnant. a women releases a certain hormone that exempts her from getting pregnant while she is breast feeding because breastfeeding causes contractions. your period is probably still out of wack because of your first baby. congrats on the baby by the way. if your not wanting to get preggy again, tell your doc to put u on some birth control, or just be careful. however, your probably not preg cause you breastfeed.

Answer 2

Breastfeeding can be a very reliable form of child spacing, especially in the first 6 months. HOWEVER, only ECOLOGICAL breastfeeding is highly effective and only before your cycle returns.

Ecological breastfeeding is defined as feeding on cue around the clock (which is usually helped by cosleeping), not offering ANY artificial nipples (bottles or pacifiers), or anything besides breastmilk.

If the child receives anything besides breastmilk, is offered artificial nipples, sleeps through the night early, or is encouraged to space out feedings (like a 4 hour schedule or such), return to fertility can be hastened.

If you are practicing ecologica breastfeeding and your cycle hasn't returned, you are very safe during the first 6 months. The second 6 months and beyond have an increasing liklihood of return to fertility. The average time to the first post partum period is 14.5 months in women who use ecological breastfeeding.

If you are not practicing ecological breastfeeding or your cycle has returned unusally early, you should consider yourself potentially fertile (though the rate of conception in bf'ing women is still something like 41% less than nonbf'ing women).

If you are fertile and had intercourse, you could conceive. However, it's not unusual to have very irregular cycles while breastfeeding, especially at first. You may be expecting your period, but it's also possible that you didn't ovulate yet. In which case, your period wouldn't even actually be due.

You do not have to use hormonal birth control or barrier methods however. You could learn how to practice Fertility Awareness or Natural Family Planning. This is a highly effective form of nonchemical and noninvasive child spacing. Many, many women have used it successfully.

Sources: The books The Art of Natural Family Planning and Taking CHarge of Your Fertility. The websites CCLI.org, Fertilityfriend.com, and Ovusoft.com.

Answer 3

the irregular periods are from breastfeeding, it is considered a reliable bc but i wouldnt trust that only being a form of bc. you should go on the mini pill, which is what you want to be on since you are breastfeeding, or the iud. also i have been on advir, and abuterol both steriods and havent had a period problem however i have stopped breastfeeding over 4 months ago and still dont have a period. if the test say negative then you are most likely not.

Answer 4

Steroids and breastfeeding do indeed create what is known as a pseudo-pregnancy. I have no doubt you are experiencing these symptoms.

Your baby is three months old. So you had her in mid December. You were postpartum (pp) for 6-8 weeks, which indeed you would show first signs of menses pp around first of February. How heavy and long was this one in February? I would suspect rather light. The fact that you haven't had a period since then is most likely because of the breastfeeding. The fact that the steroids are in your system that can act as an anti-inflammatory to your uterine lining as well, so therefore you can't shed as easily since your only 12 weeks 'out of the chute' so to speak.

The pregnancy tests nowadays are very sensitive. It is more likely to have false positives than false negatives.

Please let me reiterate: It is very possible that because your breastfeeding your menses has stopped this is very normal. The fact that your on steroids for your asthma plays little in a 'false' negative for a pregnancy test. Depending on brand of steroids, dosaging; very probable this stops menses as well.

Once you stop breastfeeding you will notice a regularity to your periods again.

Enjoy your baby! However it is possible to get pregnant during this time and if it is something you wish to prevent please talk to your doctor during one of your pp visits.

Answer 5

Get checked out - I got pregnant twice in this situation: The first time, my baby was a year old! And then I decided that because I was young and single that my son would be better off with adoptive parents - worst mistake of my life. I still cry every single day - 14 yrs now......

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Answer 6

Your periods might not be normal for a year or so after having a baby, esp if you are breastfeeding. Most women cannot get pregnant while they are breastfeeding. Mind you, I said MOST. If the test says 'no' and it's only been a week and you are breastfeeding, the chances of your being pregnant are very, very, very slight.

Answer 7

I dont think you are prego.

Going through it too. It will take a while to get back to normal. Just take those test. If you are prego then it will show like 2 weeks after. I always goto Walmart and get there brand test everymonth because of this. My periods are nowhere near normal yet and this is what the dr. told me to do.

Walmart brand test cost $3.24 (at most Wal-Marts) and compare to EPT. This is the exact same. They both show you when your HCG level is 20 so just do that and you are fine.

Answer 8

You need to talk this over with your doctor. I believe there is a contraceptive pill for nursing mothers. Unfortunately falling pregnant again is one of the drawbacks of breastfeeding. As for feeling sick this could be due to you worrying about concieving again. Good luck.

Answer 9

Check again in 5 days time to make sure the first test was not done too early.