can you have periods but be pregnant?

Question

me and my partner have been trying for a baby for 7months the last 3 months i have been late on my period but then i have bled really lightly for a day i keep doing test but there negative, i have been feeling sick and sore breasts but i keep getting these light periods and negative results, to me it seems my belly is going outwards as well but its only hard now and then please help advice needed

Answer 1

It's not possible to have an actual period during pregnancy;however,period-like bleeding is possible. There can be many causes. In your case, if you are in fact pregnant, it sounds like implantation bleeding.
That is caused by the embryo burrowing into the uterine lining.
Other women have what is called decidual bleeding. It is actually a partial shedding of the uterine lining due to hormones. This is what is often mistaken for a real "period".
I would go to the doctor for a blood test. Some women have issues with the amount of hcg in their urine, and never get a positive hpt.

Answer 2

I had a lighter than usual period (so i didn't count it) and my breasts were very sore. After a day late i took a test and it was negative, i did it 3 days later and still negative. However a week later i did a test and it was positive. I have had it confirmed that i am 6 weeks pregnant so i would say that ''yes'' you can get pregnant and still have periods.

Try doing another test in about a weeks time. Good luck, all the best x x x

Answer 3

It is possible to have your period the entire time you are pregnant, it's rare, but it happens. Spotting is also common during early pregnancy. You should just keep testing until you are sure whether you are pregnant or not. False negatives on pregnancy tests are also common. All of my pregnancy tests, both home and docs, came back negative until I was 7 weeks pregnant. If you're really concerned, you should ask your doctor and maybe set up an ultrasound, sometimes that's the only way to determine pregnancy. Good luck

Answer 4

I know a few people who had their periods their whole pregnancys, and had normal healthy babies. Maybe you should go to the doctor for a blood test which is more accurate. If you aren't pregnant then you can talk to your doctor about the problem. You may have something wrong thats keeping you from getting pregnant and can clear it up while there. Either way, I think a doctor's appointment is in order. Good luck.

Answer 5

It is rare, but it can happen the first couple of times. However, if the tests are negative, I think you feel sick etc. because of wishful thinking. You must have a blood test, that will be accurate for sure. And/Or a sonogram, it is good to do it for a check up too.

Answer 6

i was on birth control pills and i had my period for the first 5 months of my pregnancy and every urine test i took came out negative it wasnt until i took a blood test that i found out i was pregnant..so here is a list of the top 10 earliest signs of pregnancy!!

10. 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.

9. 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.

8. Implantation bleeding
Some women have a small amount of vaginal bleeding around 11 or 12 days after conception (close to the time you might notice a missed period). The bleeding may be caused by the fertilized egg burrowing into the blood-rich lining of your uterus — a process that starts just six days after fertilization — but no one knows for sure.

The bleeding is very light (appearing as red spotting or pink or reddish-brown staining) and lasts only a day or two. (Let your practitioner know if you notice any bleeding or spotting, particularly if it's accompanied by pain, since this can be a sign of an ectopic pregnancy.)

7. 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.

6. 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.

5. 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.

4. 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.

3. 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.

2. 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.

1. The proof: A positive home pregnancy test
In spite of what you might read on the box, many home pregnancy tests are not sensitive enough to detect most pregnancies until about a week after a missed period. So if you decide to take one earlier than that and get a negative result, try again in a few days.

Once you've gotten a positive result, make an appointment with your practitioner.

Answer 7

Oh yes, my sister had 6 then 3 months later gave birth to a 9lb 15oz girl. It can happen... Best see a doctor for more thorough testing. Good Luck

Answer 8

yes u can