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Hi Guys,

I'm still lurking and reading all your posts.

I have a question. You know how stress can delay your AF?? Well does anyone know why or if you can still get period cramps. Basically i was due on Sunday 30th September and i have a very regular 28 day cycle. Well i have had period pain every day since then and at night it is it's strongest ( i don't get it bad enough to take pills)

I thought that if stress has delayed my AF i wouldn't be getting AF pains or can stress just stop your flow? I took a test Wednesday 3 Oct BFN. I was under some stress last week but my job is very stressful and no differant to any other time and i am very very rarely late 1 or 2 days max.

Booked in at docs on 11th oct with DH to get ball rolling as it has now been 28 months TTC.

any advise would be greatly appreciated



thanks Faye

Hello Faye,
Good to hear from you .

Preg symptoms can definitely mimic AF, as I'm sure you know. Plenty of the girlies on here have had AF pains that continue for a while into the early weeks of pregnancy. So it could be that you are pg, even if you got a BFN - some don't show up for ages (see Billy, BFP ydy at 16dpo).

Or it could just be that AF is a bit delayed as you say, from stress. But if you're really regular and she hasn't shown, there may be a good reason. Are you having any other symptoms? How many dpo are you, any idea? Do you temp?

Here's hoping you can use your appt on 11 Oct for something nice

love,
dats xxx

Hi Dats thanks for your reply.

I don't know for def when i ovulate but with the symptoms i get normally about CD15 so that would make me 18dpo approx i was due 30th sep that would be CD28.

I don't temp no have thought about it.

As far as symptoms i am very emotional very touchy, tuesday i thought i was coming down with something i had horrible headache and felt so tierd. And just feel more tired than normal.

That's it really nothing else no sore or swollen (.)(.) nowt.

I tested on 16dpo no line nothing absolutly BFN.

Didn't billy get a faint line though?

I just don't get if it's stress from last week why do i feel like i'm itching to come on with the AF feeling but i have no bleeding.

ARGH i hate my body. I have been so chilled all week as well so why won't i come on.

I would have thought that at 16DPO i would at least get a Faint BFP.

Faye

Hi Faye

You sound exactly the same as me. Have been ttc for the third month now and am 7 days late today. Feeling of AF coming since week after ovulation up till now but nothing. I normally have a cycle of 28 days and stress has never held them back before. They even come back straight away after childbirth but BFN'S for me as well. Rang doctor and they said if nothing happens to ring back in a week but its driving me mad. My body is normally so predictable.

Trad

Hi Trad,

Confusing isn't it. Did you get a BFP early with your previous pregnancy or did you not get one for quite some days?

You know you read all these pregnancy test packets that say "Test as early as 4 days before AF" 99% acurate" "90% of women get a BFP on the day of a missed AF" bla bla bla so then you think why would i be any differant!?

I have heard of people not getting a true result for a few days but i am approaching the 7 day mark and i did one on day 4 BFN.

Also if it's stress why wouldn't your af symptoms just disappear all together no twinges or pains.

Faye

I've tried to work out the times when I found out I was pregnant with the others and I did have some BFN's with them so I'm presuming it doesn't show up early with mine, probably a week after AF was due but I'm sort of scared to do another one just now as another negative would depress me. I did my last one on day five. Just being in limbo land is so frustrating.

Trad

hi there, new to the forum, sometimes worrying so much about your body and if it is "talking" to you , can make your body not do whats its supposed to we had been ttc for 2 1/2 years and had so many false alarms when my body was so normally like clockwork , the one piece of advice that is probably the hardest , is try not to think about things to hard! worked for us we have just found out we are postitive due July next year. good luck to all.