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Bekah,
I am in the same boat as you. My husband is in law school also, so we would not have picked this time to get pregnant, but I am 6 days late, and having some symptoms of pregnancy. I took a test today, and it came out negative, although it could be because I didn't test in the morning, and I drank a lot of water before. (I've been really thirsty lately). I figured that all of that wouldn't matter though since I am 6 days late! I just wish that if I'm not pregnant I would start my period, and if I am I would get a positive result! Not knowing is killing me.

Hey Brooke...I'm right there with you girl! At first I was devestated, but now I have actually talked myself into the idea. I prayed last night and said, God, I'm ready for it if it is positive, JUST LET ME KNOW! One of my girlfriends just found out she's pregnant, but she told me that with her first child, she took 10 urine tests over two months time untile she finally took a blood test that was positive. sometimes they just don't work! Consumer reports says that in actuality, home tests are anywhere from 25-50 percent false negative! That's not what the box says! I can't wait anymore...I'm a teacher and a grad student, so I need to focus! I've been asked to sponsor a group next year, but who knows if i'll be on maternity! Plus i have not being able to tell my mom and family! Keep me posted, Brooke! I feel you!

Emma, I've also been feeling sort of dizzy/jittery. It usually happens when I start to get hungary, although I've never experienced this before. I also start feeling a little nauseous when I haven't eaten in a while which is abnormal. Other changes are: bloody boogers (I know that's gross), more discharge (clear), I could sleep all day, always thirsty, I've been having really, really weird dreams which I read is common in preg. b/c of hormones, every once in a while I get a strange feeling in abdomen, I don't really know how to describe it---it doesn't hurt, but it doesn't feel normal, almost like menstrual cramps, but not as bad. When I first started feeling this, I thought I was about to start, but I've been having this feeling for about 5 days now, and I never have cramps for that long before I start my period. Anyone else experiencing any of these symptoms?

Bekah, I've also accepted the idea of being pregnant...although, like I said before, this is not the time we would have picked to get pregnant, I am almost hoping that I am now. I also prayed last night, I asked God to let me know this morning that either I am, by me waking up throwing up this morning (not something I usually pray for, but at least that would be a true sign), or to let me know that I'm not, by me waking up having started my period. Of course I got neither when I woke up...he has other plans I guess. Oh well...I will just have to wait in suspense!

Hey girl...'ve just read three, yes three, articles from serious medical journals written in the last two years. they all say that in recent independent tests, home pregnancy tests are no where near as accurate as they say they are. Th eamerican Association of Obstetircs and gynecology estimates that one in ever four pregnant women will get a negative reading from most urine tests. they just don't work for some people. I'm not wasting any more money on a falsely advertised product! I'm getting a blood test monday, so I'll let you know!

Wow - it's so good to know I'm not the only one! I'm 7 days late today, my doc actually did a HPT the day after I was due because she was about to give me some vaccinations and wanted to check I wasn't pregnant first - it was negative. I've done a few since then, the last one yesterday - all negative. I know I ovulated day 17 on my cycle cause I chart my cycle, so I know I didn't just ovulate later than normal, which would cause a later period. And I don't really have any obvious pregnancy symptoms either, and seeing as I've never been pregnant, I can't say I know what it feels like! I wish I'd found this site first - I would've just waited and saved myself some money! Though truthfully I probably wouldn't have - the waiting is pure agony!!!

Hey Bekah - could you please post the references for those journal articles that you mentioned? I'd be interested in reading them and can get them from my uni.. thanks!

im now 2 weeks late and still no sign of a period and still have the pregnancy symptoms done yet another hpt and still negative.
with my 2 other children i was at least 3 months before i got a positive result.
Its just so annoying waiting for something to happen either way,
oh well no doubt it will be another day of waiting :-(

Hows the rest of you ladies going

Hi Girls!

Bekah, I have the metally taste in my mouth too and I agree, It is revoulting!!!

I am now between 11 and 14 days late. Have now done 4 HPT and all negative! I am going to the doctors on Tuesday so I will let you all know the results when I get them!

Hope everything works out for you all!

Angel
xxx

Here's one of theose articles. I need to find the other on my history, but you need to create a password for free to read it. This one you just go to. It's done by the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. http://www.aafp.org/afp/20041001/tips/26.html

Hey y'all...by the way...I am starting to feel tenderness in by boobs, but not fullness...however, they're already a C+, so I might not notice. Also, I had some last week and I am getting again some cramping just on my lower right abdomen, not period cramps at all. The mettallic taste is still there, i fell asleep in my grad class last night, and I had a crazy dream that I rescued a calf with a pink collar and a broken leg from the highway. However, I took urine test number 6 this morning and it's STILL NEGATIVE. I didn't want to be pregnant, but it's either that, or I'm going insane. I'd rather be pregnant, right?

I am 10 days late and took clear blue easy with one negative and one messed up test. Glad I am not the only one waiting for results.

Im also 4 days late....I took two pregnancy test and both came out negative. My period is always on time which is very weird...maybe its stress. I'll be taking a blood test next week. Lets see what happens.

I am in the same boat. I am about 2 weeks late and have taken a ton of hpts and I all have been negative. I had nausea all last week and my fatigue was so bad one day that I literally could not get out of bed. The fatigue is still there but has eased up some. And the nausea has eased up some as well. My belly is very sore though. With my first child I had spotting one day and nothing the next. My sister had the same thing and so I knew something was up. I took a test then which was about a month along and it was positive. Not sure why I am already 2weeks late and still getting negatives. Have a blood test schedued for Monday. Will see how it goes.

Hello, I am having the same trouble. Usually regular periods and now I am 5 days late and have taken two OTC pregnancy tests both negative. I am waiting to retest. Maybe too early. I am having no signs of cramping.

Hi everyone! I am about six days late ( my cycles are irrregular), and have taken two pregancy tests (both) negative. I have no real symptoms, except on days 29-34 of my cycle I had some spotting/very light bleeding. Now I am on day 41 and just have yellow discharge, no fullness in my breasts, nor great fatigue. I had a miscarriage in November ( @ 11 weeks) which was my fourth pregnancy (two kids; two miscarriages). I really want to have another child (or two). Has anyone had this type of light/bleeding before, a negative pregnancy test yet it turned out they were if fact pregnant? I also lost about fifteen pounds since my November miscarriage and have been under stress; could this contribute to a light bleeding or missed period?However, I have never missed a period before when under the same amount of stress and I used to weigh less than I do now. Help!