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I can't be pregnant and yet here I am feeling very very pregnant

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SurelynotcanI · 06/09/2012 20:12

I have been on the pill for 6 months but due to rocky patch with dh have only had sex once in that time. That was 20/8/12. This was actually just as withdrawal bleed began. I have missed the odd one this cycle (and started a day late!). I feel sick, I can't abide the smell of anything and coffee tastes like metal. Just like dc1 and 2. Felt pregnant incredibly early with them too.

I can't be pregnant can I?!?!

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RancerDoo · 07/09/2012 19:02

Oh just get a pee stick surely? What kind of doctor sends off wee? Is it the 1950s where you are?

PooPooOnMars · 07/09/2012 18:57

Couldn't they just do a stick one there and then!? Can't you?

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SurelynotcanI · 07/09/2012 18:42

I went to the doctor today who said perfectly possible pregnant. They have sent a test off and I'll find out on Monday or Tuesday. But I still feel constantly sick/funny smells/off coffee. Think my ability not to just POAS is vanishing fast.
Little bleed went brown and then seems to have stopped (sorry tmi). Driving myself a bit mad here...

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SurelynotcanI · 06/09/2012 21:07

Can't go out now...dh will think have gone mad. He knows I think I might be but thinks is so unlikely that heading out for pregnancy tests will make him think I've lost it...

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RancerDoo · 06/09/2012 20:58

Yeah, just get a test now.
I reckon if you are pregnant enough to have symptoms you are pregnant enough to test.

IME pregnancy symptoms are a lot like normal post-ovulatory gripes. If you are not pregnant then you might just be feeling this way because you ovulated (as a result of missing pills etc).

PooPooOnMars · 06/09/2012 20:51

Do it! Smile

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SurelynotcanI · 06/09/2012 20:37

THanks, I'm thinking of it as two weeks but I suppose yes it would be three weeks on Monday! Oh my goodness! Right. I could nip out and get one I suppose but then I would do it tonight and would be BFN and I would be no further along. Might stop taking the pill and test on Monday I guess? ~ARGH!!!!!

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UndercoverExpert · 06/09/2012 20:30

Hi Surely, a pregnancy test is reliable 3 weeks after the date of conception, which you already know is around 20/8, so the 3 week mark is this Monday (10th). But it may be positive considerably earlier for some women (especially if symptomatic). So you could POAS now (and test the first urine sample of the day, which is the most concentrated so most likely to contain pregnancy hormones), but if negative it'd need repeating on Monday. There is no evidence that the combined pill causes harm to the unborn child, but if you're not having sex regularly you could stop taking it until you've passed the 3 week mark, then restart if you have a negative result, but you'd have to wait 7 days before you could consider yourself covered for contraception.

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SurelynotcanI · 06/09/2012 20:27

Ah that's a good idea! Thank you. With the other two took till 5 days after period was due for a BFP. Argh! This wave of nausea came over this morning and has stayed all day. Along with funny smells and metal. And I just can't help thinking this all feels a bit familiar...

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FrankelSaysRelax · 06/09/2012 20:24

Assuming you are, you'll be anything between 12 and 16 days post ovulation, so you could test now but you may need to take another one in a week or so to be sure.

Can't give advice about the Pill, perhaps call NHS Direct?

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SurelynotcanI · 06/09/2012 20:21

I know! Oh God! Would it be too early to POAS though? In middle of taking pill though haven't taken it today yet. Should I take it or would that be bad if I was pregnant? Had funny small bleed today as well. Very brown and stringy (sorry tmi). Not sure what to do - with respect to taking pill?

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FrankelSaysRelax · 06/09/2012 20:18

If you've had sex, then yes you could be pregnant Grin

Only way to be sure is to POAS!

QueenofJacksDreams · 06/09/2012 20:16

You could be theres only one way to tell! I conceived on the 23/08 and am 8 weeks morning sickness is fucking awful right now too so theres every chance you are.