Can late period cause weight gain?

I am 26 years old, my period has been irregular for the past year, I am average weight and height.
January – missed
Febuary – missed
March – lasted 5 days
April- Lasted 5 days
May- missed
June-missed
July- missed or not here yet??
This is the longest it’s been, besides pregnancy is there another reason why its so irregular?? Is there a way to regulate it without birth control? some natural ways?? I take one a day with soy 3x a week, I work out 2x a week. Also I noticed that I gained 4 pounds in 1 week , which is very abnormal since I have maintained my weight for the last 3 years. Does this weight gain mean it’s coming??

Thanks for the input-it’s appreciated.

I want to understand QUANTUM MECHANICS. Where to begin?

I’m 30 years old. I feel that I do possess the intellectual faculties to grasp many of the more abstract concepts and principles, but I don’t really know where to start. I was a natural at math and used to irritate my high school teachers by coming up with my own ways of working problems, rather than just plugging things into prepackaged formulas that were taught to us. Algebra and Geometry felt very intuitive to me but I went to a small rural school and never really found proper guidance or mentoring. I used to read a lot about relativity and similar subjects but never took Calculus. I took Trigonometry but my teacher was out half of the semester due to a pregnancy. I want to really learn the subtleties of quantum mechanics and physics, in general, but I feel that I have so many gaps in my education that need to be filled in. I don’t really know where the best or most efficient place to start is. Should I just begin learning the math first, then proceed to learn it’s applications in physics until I can hopefully grasp topics like quantum physics and the nature of light? I don’t expect to make any contribution to the cutting edge developments in these fields, but I consider it a goal in personal growth. I’m fascinated with questions concerning the nature of reality and time and such and just want to equip myself with the tools to actually ponder these things on my own, rather than just reading the reiterations of the discoveries that others have already made. I want to be able to perceive these things in the deep way that people like Einstein or Richard Feynman did. It’s a tall order, I know, but just humor me. Lol.
I know I can find just about anything on google. I’m not asking WHERE to find the knowledge that I lack. I’m asking about the best order in which to develop the technical knowledge necessary to understand theoretical quantum mechanics. I’m no spring pony anymore and, therefore, want to make the most efficient use of my time and effort.
Thanks for the great advice, guys.

OldPilot: Yeah, that’s kind of what I’m getting at. I realize that I can’t understand these things intuitively on the basis of what I perceive to be natural cause and effect from my typical life experiences. You make a very good analogy with the whole fiction thing. I need to learn what rules do apply in this strange microscopic realm. If I actually plan to attain any sort of “understanding” of these things, I realize I’ll have to let go of the grandiose plans (at least for the time being) and just take practical steps to actually get there. Sounds like the first thing I need to do is learn Calculus.
Side note: I’m ashamed to say that I do actually know what kind of creature sparkles in sunlight. My wife craftily manipulated me into seeing those movies with her by taking advantage of my love for her. Women… psshhhh…. ;P

Long but easy 10 points for best answer, will reward asap?

Alright I’m facing a real problem here. This is pretty hard to go through. My girlfriend is extremely concerned about being pregnant but the problem is it might not be my child. So here is our situation.

She had a devastating breakup about 7 months ago with her boyfriend of two years. He once told her he loved her, and although she won’t admit it I think he just told he loved her so he could have sex with her. He broke her heart saying hes not in love with her anymore, and she didn’t understand it. I don’t know the whole story but the friendship they had ended when he called her dirt, spat on her. And slept with her best friend.

Now during those months she was devastated she was heart broken, and she couldn’t trust guys she hated guys. She would spend a lot of nights getting drunk and having one night stands. Most of them mistakes. My guess is she was taken advantage of a lot of time. But at the same time shes very sexual so she didn’t put up much of a fight.

Two months ago when she now knew me but she just had a crush on me. I didn’t make a move as quickly as she would of liked. She ended up having one last night one stand . Her mom just had her start birth control, and she had unprotected sex. She told the guy make sure he pulled out but he never did. Instead he stopped pretty early and told her she needs to take a break. And he just left, she thinks he went in her

Couple weeks later I made a move. At the time I didn’t know much about her past. She was really sweet and cute and appeared innocent at work. All I really knew is she had the biggest crush on me and it was no secret. She is absolutely beautiful so how could I resist.

Everything felt so natural and came together quickly. She has fallen in love with me, she trusts me. And I am exactly what shes looking for. The one thing that’s always been weird is. Every single time we have had sex its been unprotected. Shes on birth control but we have never had protected sex. We talked about condoms but she never pushed them on me, and in her past all her sex was protected before this one guy and of course me. The difference being every time I have pulled out and we have had sex about 25-30 times now.

So she thinks shes pregnant. She often feels tired, she has to pee a lot, her breast are tender, and we have both noticed they have gotten bigger. She didn’t have her period this weekend when it was expected and still has not had it. And apparently she had her period after she was with this guy and with me but she says it could be break through bleeding and it was not her actual period.

So Thursday we are going to get her a pregnancy test. I have been really supportive of her. But things are not looking good these are noticeable changes and its scary. I have to be supportive and make her feel better, but at the same this is tearing me up. The girl I love can be carrying a baby and that should be wonderful. But not at this point in my life. I’m 19 years old and not ready for this. She is 16 is definitely not ready for this.

The only hope is that she took a Plan B after what happened with this guy. She was hoping that was the end of it. We are going to find out Thursday for sure. She has already asked me if I would take her to get her an abortion so her mom would never know. I don’t know if I can do that, but its her decision and I have to support her.

This is extremely difficult, please need some opinions or answers or something. I honestly don’t know what to do. If its my kid I don’t want her to get an abortion. But if its not I don’t know what I want. I don’t want to be the father of a bastard child that’s not mine. I don’t want her to kill the baby though. I don’t know what to do.

10 points for best answer please offer some advise or support or something.

im concerned my obgyn wasnt telling the truth?

I became pregnant in 09 and had to get medicaid. My husband and i liked the first dr we met, “dr foot”.he was old school, used tried and true methods and had been delivering babies since the late 70s. About 5 mnths in, i noticed some small flesh colored bumps on my vagina near my thigh. My trusty manuals all pionted to skin tags so i raised the question to dr foot. during every visit i was instructed to remove my clothes from the waist down, but only given a vaginal exam a few times. this particular occasion was not an exam one, and he seemed disgrunteled to have to look at the bumps. he classified them as hpv,explaining to my husband it was herpes, and said hed perscribe medication when the baby was born, which he did. I researched Hpv and was terrified id infect my baby, while dr, foot seemed unconcerned during the whole pregnancy and only mentioned them on my day after exam, saying the cream had not been tested for breast feeding mothers. i waited until after my baby self weaned at 10mnths to begin using the prescription, and it cleared all but a few bumps up. Its now time in our lives to begin thinking about adding to our family, but im still concerned about the bumps. i recently read that genital warts are not the same as herpes, and am confused over what dr foot told us.Are they the same thing, and if not can i get rid of these bumps through holistic or natural methods? Id like my next child to have dr foot as the first dr, but if he was not correct in his diagnosis, i dont want to use him.