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Could I be pregnant?

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Deeplysatisfied · 01/08/2017 16:24

(Also posted in pregnancy category) Slightly long post but please help me out. Hi everyone wondering if you could help me out here. I'm 17 years old and worried I could be pregnant. I have an app on my phone which keeps track of my cycle, I dated that my last period began on the 20th June and the app says my ovulation date was 3rd July. I had unprotected sex around 7 times across the 12th and 13th July as I stayed at my boyfriends, and again 4 times accross the 17th and 18th. My period is now 14 days late. I took a asda pregnant test when I was 5 days late it was negative, took 2 at 10 days late both negative ahain. I'm not sure on the symptoms as sometimes not I think I have some and other times I think it's my head messing with me but I'm definitely more tired and peeing a lot more. I sometimes have light cramps and had very light spotting on the 19th July. I am not on any form of contraception and therefore don't want to see my doctor if not needed as he is a very judgemental one and gave me the stick a few months ago over birth control. Does anyone know if there's a chance I could be pregnant after the dates of sex and when I should take another test if needed? May I also add that I have had a lot of clear discharge over the past few weeks, I am having to wear pants liners whenever I go out the house. Sometimes it is thick and sometimes runny.

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ScarletSienna · 01/08/2017 16:29

Could you book with a different GP? I'd do another test now as well.

I use an app but alongside ovulation predictor sticks and the app hasn't matched exactly to when I've got a positive on the stick so if you ovulated late then there is a chance.

physicskate · 01/08/2017 16:30

If you don't want to get pregnant, you really should not have unprotected sex. So your gp is right...

Ok, lecture over. It's highly unlikely you're pregnant as it's been more than a couple weeks since last unprotected sex and you're getting negative tests.

Sometimes we skip a cycle. Or sometimes we just ovulated reeeeealy late which will delay the start of your period.

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Deeplysatisfied · 01/08/2017 16:31

I'm going to try get in with the GP asap however my doctors is always busy and as It's not an emergency I could be waiting a while unfortunately, but in the meantime I will buy some more tests of a different brand next week when I get paid

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demirose87 · 01/08/2017 16:35

I don't think you're pregnant if you didn't have sex around ovulation time and are having negative tests. They are usually accurate if taken correctly. Do you want to be pregnant? x

Wolfiefan · 01/08/2017 16:36

You need to see the GP ASAP. If you have had unprotected sex then yes of course you could be pregnant.

ScarletSienna · 01/08/2017 16:37

Walk in sexual health clinics would be quicker. Our local gp surgery hosts one and you can just turn up.

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Deeplysatisfied · 01/08/2017 16:39

No I'm not planning to conceive atm, I'm 18 in 2 weeks and due to go to university in September. I'm not on contraception due to personal choice and experience with it and although we've been irresponsible in terms of not using condoms myself and my boyfriend said if it ever happened we would take it as it comes and deal with it together, but absolutely not planned although we were aware it was a possibility x

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Deeplysatisfied · 01/08/2017 16:39

There used to be a sexual health clinic down the road but as far as I know it's shut down now so I will google any other nearby ones

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BingoFlamingos · 01/08/2017 16:40

I second your sexual healthcwalk in/gum clinic.

ScarletSienna · 01/08/2017 16:47

It is worth calling gp reception-that's how I found out my local one (it was quicker to go to a walk in clinic for me than to wait for a gp appt for contraceptive help!)

Wolfiefan · 01/08/2017 16:47

i am sorry but not using any contraception means you are trying to conceive. You need to find a method that suits you. You really do. Take it as it comes? It's a baby. Not a cup of tea! Confused

physicskate · 01/08/2017 16:48

Not all contraception is hormonal... copper coil?

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Deeplysatisfied · 01/08/2017 16:50

I'm aware it is a baby not a cup of tea, but we want to know the actual situation before we start discussing it in that light, and if it was the case I would be keeping the baby, it wouldn't be unwanted, unloved or an inconvenience to my plans, future or career. I'd just rather know the result before we take that on x

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Wolfiefan · 01/08/2017 16:52

But you said you're going to uni and aren't looking to TTC. Having unprotected sex is TTC. And daft.
GP. Pg test and STD check.

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Deeplysatisfied · 01/08/2017 16:56

my plans for uni is something I'm taking into consideration with this whole situation, at the moment my education is my priority, but of course if I was to end up pregnant that would by my priority and all options regarding my place at university would be overlooked whether that be to defer, choose a university in my home town, postpone etc as raising a child would be my priority then not university. A child absolutely isn't my plan and I wasn't intending on going the rest of my life without contraception I was and still am looking at the right choice and one that I feel would be best suited for me x

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Polly99 · 01/08/2017 17:03

Those do sound like pregnancy symptoms, but generally if you are pregnant enough to get symptoms you should also get an accurate result on a test (unless you are one of a small group of women for whom pee sticks do not work). You should test again now. It is possible that the spotting on the 19th was ovulation, in which case a test anytime from tomorrow should be accurate.

It sounds as though your app was just calculating when you were likely to be fertile based on average cycle lengths (i.e. It has you ovulating 14 days into a 'standard' 28 day cycle). That is the rhythm method which really can't be called birth control as it is responsible for an awful lot of pregnancies! A lot of women don't ovulate on the 14th day of their cycle and even if they normally do, it's not uncommon to occasionally ovulate later, in which case they may get pregnant unless they use a proper method of birth control.

Only a test will tell if you are pregnant, but if you are not and you do not want to be you really need to take some proper steps in that regard. If you don't want to use hormonal contraception, you could look into getting a coil or alternatively natural family planning -where you chart your temperature and other ovulation signs and use condoms when you are fertile- is pretty good when used properly.

Wolfiefan · 01/08/2017 17:04

It isn't brain surgery. If you dont want a baby then use contraception.

demirose87 · 01/08/2017 17:06

I still think it's unlikely if you have had negative tests but you could try another brand and if still no period then visit gp and ask for bloods.

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Deeplysatisfied · 01/08/2017 17:11

if I explain to the gp that I've had negative home tests, these convenient symptoms and that I'm now 2 weeks late would they give me a blood test if I ask or would they try put it off for me?

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Chillyegg · 01/08/2017 17:18

Bloody Nora love use some contraception next time! I was a young mum and I'd been and done uni.. it's hard . I think for you to provide best do your baby education is key for your self. It really does sound like you secretly want a baby. It isn't the happy bed of roses you think. I love my daughter she's ahmazing. But I'm a single mum at 25 in a professional job and it's bloody hard. It will be harder with no degree.
Do another test hoot uni and live your life...having the take it as you come attitude isn't the right one in this situation. Sorry I don't want to lecture you.... it's just you have options

Chillyegg · 01/08/2017 17:19

#go to uni

dowhatyouwish · 01/08/2017 17:43

Hi OP, it happened to me once where I was about 10 days late. No explanation for it as I wasn't pregnant. It could well be that you ovulated much later than the app things you did and therefore there is a high chance you may be pregnant. However if you ovulated when the app said you did then it's unlikely that you are pregnant. I could be wrong but when you are younger is your cycle still readjusting and finding its place maybe? Either way I would recommend booking an appointment with a new GP if you feel symptoms and have not had a period after another a week or so.

Piewraith · 01/08/2017 17:52

If you are two weeks late and testing negative, you aren't pregnant.

But it doesn't sound like you are worried you are pregnant, it sounds like you are worried that you aren't.

So so many people do ntnp like you are, hoping to fall pregnant, then when they do say it was an accident and how "shocked" they are. It annoying, just be honest.

Chillyegg · 01/08/2017 17:53

Sorry op on reflection I have lectured somewhat and that wasn't what you were looking for. I'd say just go to the dr to stop any anxiety around the situation.

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Deeplysatisfied · 01/08/2017 18:04

I'm not worried that I am 'not pregnant' I don't want to be pregnant. I'm 17 and I have plans for my life atm. Yes I want children, but not yet, maybe 10/15 years down the line but at such a young age with only a part time job, a relationship that isn't the most stable and with the fact I'll be at uni 100 miles away from home next month no. that isn't what I want for myself and certainly not planned.

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