people with "normal periods " and pregnant?

Question

how did you find out you were pregnant if you got your period ? whats your story ..i reallllyyyy want to know

Answer 1

When I was 38 years old, our children were 18, 15, and 12 years old. I had been on birth control pills with no problems for 11 years. Just before Thanksgiving I began having stomach pains every time I ate. No nausea or vomiting, just pain. I was busy with the holidays and while it worried me a bit, I figured I had my yearly physical scheduled for early Feb. so I'd have my doctor check me out then. Toast and soup was about all I lived on and I lost weight, which I thought was excellent since I was meaning to loose weight anyway. I started having heart burn, which I had never had before. At my appointment, my doctor and I talked about my stomach and she diagnosed Irritable Bowel Syndrome. She said after my exam, she'd give me a prescription and I should be feeling better soon. While doing the pelvic exam she got a puzzled look on her face and said my cervix felt like I was pregnant. We had a good chuckle over that and she said several things can cause that, but we'd start with the easiest thing to rule out and had me give a urine sample to test for pregnancy. As she completed my exam, the nurse brought in the pregnancy results. I nearly fell naked off the exam table when she said the test was positive!! My doctor was still NOT convinced I could possibly be pregnant since I had been having regular periods, never missed a pill, never took antibiotics, etc. She brought in the fetal heartbeat monitor and we were both mouth agape when we heard a perfect little baby heart beat clear as a bell. I was in shock (and I think my doctor was, too). She thought my cervix felt I might be about 12-14 weeks along, but to be sure she sent me for an ultrasound which showed I was 17 weeks pregnant. I had been pregnant 3 times before and I knew what it felt like, but this time, I had no idea and showed no signs. We had some complications due to medications I had taken without knowing I was pregnant and I developed Gestational Diabetes. I, of course, stopped taking the birth control pills the day I found out I was pregnant and did not have a period the next month. She is now a perfectly healthy 10 year old with siblings who are 28, 25, and 22. She also has a brother-in-law and is a proud aunt to our delightful 3 month old grandson. Not how we envisioned our family to be, but we can't imagine our life without her in it. By the way, after she was born, my husband went in and had a vasectomy. We sent in two sperm samples to be sure there were no "little swimimers", but we used condoms for quite some time just to be sure!

Answer 2

Getting a 'Period' While Pregnant by Marjorie Greenfield, M.D. reviewed by Marjorie Greenfield, M.D. and Robert Needlman, M.D., F.A.A.P. Many women report getting what seem like regular periods during early pregnancy. How can this be? First of all, it helps to realize that since the hormones of pregnancy totally prevent ovulation, the bleeding is not truly a menstrual period, but rather early pregnancy bleeding. That said, the perception of having a menstrual period (or more than one) in early pregnancy can confuse the due date and delay some pregnant women from seeking appropriate and timely medical care. Implantation bleeding Many mothers-to-be get a few days of bleeding right around the time that the early embryo is burrowing into the wall of the uterus. On average, this occurs five days after conception and may be confused with an early period, especially if the woman is not keeping close track of her cycles. This implantation bleeding is normal and is not a sign of any problem with the pregnancy. The biggest problem with implantation bleeding is that it can lead to a mistakenly later due date if it is counted as a menstrual period. The real last period from which the due date should be calculated would be the prior one. Conceiving while using birth control pills Women who get pregnant while on the Pill might have intermittent bleeding before it is obvious that they are pregnant and they stop taking their pills. The calculation of the due date based on these episodes will most likely be inaccurate, so ultrasound is almost always needed to date a pregnancy in this situation. Early pregnancy bleeding Bleeding in early pregnancy is a common occurrence, but this does not signal a true menstrual cycle, as pregnancy hormones prevent the ovary's release of an egg as well as the buildup and subsequent shedding of the uterine lining. If these episodes are intermittent, they can be perceived as periods, and the mother-to-be may not recognize that she is pregnant. In instances where a couple is unaware that they are expecting, it can be particularly emotionally challenging to find out about the pregnancy at the same time they are told that the bleeding might signal a problem. Figuring out the due date It can be hard to calculate when the baby's due when you aren't sure which period was the true last menses. A number of timing issues can help provide a ballpark estimate of when conception took place: when you had unprotected intercourse, when the pregnancy test turned positive (especially if there were some negative results before the positive one), and when you first noticed symptoms of pregnancy (such as breast tenderness or nausea). Usually an ultrasound is needed to narrow down the dates. Identifying the due date is quite important in prenatal care, since some tests, like the triple check, are standardized by the exact number of weeks gestation. In addition, most couples (as well as their practitioner) want to have some idea of when to expect the baby!

Answer 3

Morning sickness was what told me hey theres something wrong here! I went to the doctor and toke a test and found out I was pregnant!