Unsure if pregnant- honeymoon in 3 days including alcohol!!

[HannahB1993]

Hi everyone
I’m new here so I hope someone can help😃
Me and my husband haven’t been trying for a baby because we are saving for a house first but I forget to take my pill a lot. I know it’s silly and irresponsible but I’m forgetful lol. Well last month before we got married I was convinced I was pregnant. I had every possible symptom you could think of. I took a test, and I had two lines, one obvious line & one faint line. I panicked thinking I was pregnant so I took another test. This one was negative. I did research online and I think the first test was supposed to be negative because the faint line was a evap line. All the symptoms disappeared so i thought I was imagining things.

So I had my week break from the pill last week, starting on Monday. I had the usual headache I get with periods but no actual period. I usually get something but I literally have had nothing at all. No spotting, nothing!! Just severe headache and tiredness so I didn’t think anything of it because I get those symptoms on my period anyway. Well it’s a week later and I still haven’t had a period. I slept like a log last night, I struggled to get up. I’ve been knackered all day and I have an awful headache that won’t leave. My mind then automatically jumps to, what if I’m pregnant?

We go on our honeymoon this Thursday, I am unsure if I should take another test before? Or am I checking too early? I wouldn’t normally want to test so quickly again but because we will be drinking I don’t want to do any damage if I am pregnant!

Should I do another test? Or wait until next month and if I don’t have a period again then test again?

Any advice would be grateful thanks!!

I’d test again. When was your last period? A false positive is less likely than a false negative.

So - have you had a period between the last time you took a pregnancy test and now?

If you are forgetful with your pill this can mess with your cycle/break too, so it could come later than expected.

But if you will be planning on drinking on your honeymoon (congratulations btw!) then you should test just to be sure.

Buy a test. No one here can tell you if you are pregnant

If you’re pregnant enough to have symptoms I’d take a test today

Well whenever I’ve been good with taking my pill my periods haven’t been heavy! So it could be because my body is confused because I forget to take it sometimes. Well I didn’t really have a period last month in March, just spotting. So I think my last period was in February....so if my week break from the pill started last Monday, if I take another test today would I be too early to test? I’m 25, haven’t had any children before and don’t have any friends with kids so don’t know who to ask. I don’t want to ask my mum in case she gets excited and thinks I’m pregnant when I’m not lol.

Thank you for your responses😘

Do a test now. If you thought you may have been pregnant last month and you’ve now missed a period I think a test is in order!!!!!!

Just take another test - it should give a definitive result now it’s a month later.

Test.

If your withdrawal bleed was due last Monday then you're not too early to test.

If you haven't had a proper bleed for 2 months you may be further along than you think if you are pregnant.

No one on here can tell you if you are pregnant.

Do you have any tests in the house? Honestly, you really need to do one. There’s a possibility you could be pregnant but the only way to know is to test.

I did a test and it says negative but the control line hasn’t showed up at all so it’s obviously not worked properly! Gonna have to dash out and get another one. Thanks for your support! I know it seems like a stupid question to ask but I wasn’t sure What was best! Thanks 😘

Good luck

I never in over five years on the pill didn’t have a withdrawal bleed. I would retest!

Buy some first response tests
Keep us updated

I would definitely test again as you’ll only be worrying all honeymoon. Keep us updated x

Hi everyone. I did another test before my honeymoon, it came out negative! Very gutted not going to lie even though it wasn’t necessarily planned. We have decided for me to come off the pill. I was meant to start taking it again Monday but as we are both gutted I am not actually pregnant we have realised how much we want a family now. We are on our honeymoon right now so lots of practicing. I have an app that tells me when I’m fertile and I am currently showing as fertile. We are trying not to put pressure on ourselves and are going with the flow. I am an anxious person so don’t want to overthink or put too much pressure on myself or hubby!

Has anyone got any advice? I have a friend who announced she’s pregnant the other day without even trying and she’s made it look so easy! Naturally I am hoping that will happen to us but it might not!

I find it strange that I had so many symptoms of possible pregnancy but I am not? I think maybe I was convincing myself because deep down I would like to be.

We had unprotected sex yesterday and I felt like my body was trying to ovulate and I had little cramps in my tummy. Not sure of this is normal! I’ve been on the pill so long I am unsure what is normal when off the pill? I’m thinking maybe that’s my body trying to get back to normal? Naturally, I’m getting my hopes up! I need to stop doing that lol. Any insight anyone? :)

Thanks for your support everyone.

Wasn’t sure if the first bit made sense or not, when I say I was going to start taking the pill again i mean start taking it again after my weeks break and I have decided not to :)

Everyone has different thoughts on this but honestly for the first few months I think just relax and enjoy trying. I know everyone isn't that lucky but I decided not to get too stressed out for the first few months so no apps, no schedules, no dtd because you feel like you have to. Enjoy being married and enjoy (hopefully) baby making then maybe in a couple of months if you aren't pregnant try using apps to track your cycle etc. Good luck

I think you need to calm down and take a breath here. You may be lucky enough to have a honeymoon baby or you may end up going down a long, hard road to motherhood. Thinking and hoping you might be pregnant after every sexual encounter becomes exhausting after a while.

I agree with the advice to chill out and not over think things.

We started trying on honeymoon and after the first month I was working out my fertile times, tracking with apps, using ovulation sticks.

After 6 months of unsuccessful trying and stressing about my age, weight etc, I decided to stop all that and relax... then got pregnant the next month!

Okay thanks everyone! You are totally right I definitely need to chill out haha. I’m quite an anxious person anyway so this will not help me at all. I want to lose some weight hopefully before I fall pregnant so I’ll just focus on being healthy and active and focus on enjoying my new married life so I don’t over focus on falling pregnant! when it’s meant to be for us it will happen 😊 X