Paul asks…
can progesterone delay menstruation?
i am taking natural progesterone twice a day since i ovulated.my doc has asked me to take a home pregnancy test on day 30 of my cycle.
if the test is positive i have to continue taking it.
i have a regular 28 day cycle. tomorrow is day 30…..impatient.
i have not yet got my periods.
can anyone tell me if the delayed periods could be the progesterone or am i pregnant?
Michelle answers:
Progesterone causes changes in the endometrial lining which prepare it for pregnancy. If not pregnant the level decrease .. So I guess if you are taking them and are not pregnant it could cause you to be late but I also know that taking Progesterone helps regulate cycles.. And helps with hrt.. So it is possible but not guaranteed that’s why your late .. I wish you luck tomorrow..
Linda asks…
Been ttc now my period is 3 days late!?
I’m now scared to take pregnancy test incase it’s positive! Is it natural to feel like this? if I am I’ll be happy but I am scared!
Also last week I got a urine test as I had a U.T.I would it have come up in it if I was preggo?
Thanks in advance!
Michelle answers:
Well congrats maybe?
Go ahead and take the test. Think about it like this: if you’re pregnant you’re pregnant. It’s not like not knowing about it is going to make you somehow not pregnant. So take the test so you’ll know. You’ll probably feel a lot better when you do.
Also, the urine culture the do at the doctor’s doesn’t test for pregnancy.
Good luck. I hope you get what you want.
Michael asks…
Please help. not sure when i can test?!?!?
I am very confused. Last month on the 26th i had a natural miscarriage. I was only about two weeks pregnant and i bled for five days after that. Then me and my fiancee had sex on the 1st, 2nd, 6th, 8th, and 14th. All times were unprotected but he only ejaculated inside of me on the 6th, 8th, and 14th. the last couple days i have been feeling like exactly how i did with the pregnancy in april. I have little pinches in my lower stomach and my nipples are soooo soooo sore and they have only been sore once before when i was pregnant before other than that they have never hurt even when i was always going to start AF. I am nauseous all the time very tired and very bloated! I think i might be pregnant again. but i dont know when it would be ok for me to test because i got all messed up by the miscarriage?? what do you think would be a good time to test?? and do you think i could maybe be preg???
Michelle answers:
You can’t test until the 30th
William asks…
Is pregnancy the hardest thing you’ve ever done in your life?
I’m only 13 weeks pregnant with baby #1 and still have a long way to go, but so far, to me, this has been the hardest most testing time of my life. The long list of symptoms have made me feel like I’ve been ill for the past 7 weeks, far from how I imagined I would feel being pregnant! There’s been pressure on my husband, friends and family, because I am relying heavily on them, particularly for emotional support.
Despite all of lifes ups and downs, and despite pregnancy being such a natural thing in life, it must be one of the top five hardest things in a woman’s life?
I actually appreciate now how strong women are, like those whose husbands are away with the army and who have little support.
What are your views?
Michelle answers:
I have to agree with Cassandra on being a mother is the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life.
I am a military spouse and I just gave birth to my gorgeous little boy 20 days ago. My labor was easy despite being induced due to sudden onset of pre-eclampsia. Delivery was a piece of cake.. I pushed whenever I felt like it for 15 minutes because they had me “push and hold” just to get the baby down the birth canal a little further. OB showed up and I pushed twice more and he was born within 5 minutes of her showing up.. Heck, she was still trying to put on her gown when my son came out. My pregnancy was beautiful.
Then I suffered the horrible baby blues after giving birth. I was anxious all the time. I called my OB in a panic and on the verge of tears. I cried at the drop of a hat. I didn’t eat or sleep for 3 days after I came home. I doubted my ability to take care of someone so fragile and so dependent on me. I questioned myself if I made a mistake in having a baby. I wished for a few days that I could have stayed pregnant forever, despite the swollen ankles, discomfort at bed time, not being able to do housework because I couldn’t bend over…etc. I didn’t even enjoy my mother visiting for a week. The poor woman stayed in our guest room reading her magazines and books all the time, hardly spending time with her first grandchild, making me feel so guilty that there wasn’t more she could do compounding my self doubt issues. I felt like running away and disappearing. When I would lay down, I felt so incredibly anxious that I felt like a boulder was on my chest, I couldn’t breathe. If I did by some miracle fall asleep, I would wake up startled 10 minutes later with an even worse feeling of anxiety and dread.. The worst part was I couldn’t figure out WHY I was so anxious. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop. My son never learned to latch and my milk supply dried up despite all my best effort to keep my supply going.
All these things happened in the last 20 days and I can honestly say it has been the most trying time of my life. It has wrung me out emotionally and exhausted me beyond belief.
I wouldn’t change a minute of it if it meant I couldn’t see my sons beautiful smile and his grimaces and all the other faces he makes while he sleeps.
I know that you’re fairly early on in your pregnancy, but I promise that it does get better and it definitely gets harder, but in the end, it’s all worth it.
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