possible pregnancy?

[flickersticked.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking it's fairly unlikely that I'm pregnant but my period is MIA so I'm coming to ask some objective people. My husband and I had totally unprotected sex on Valentine's Day which was the 25th day of my cycle. 3 days later I got my period as expected, it was maybe a tiny bit shorter than normal at around 3 days of bleeding but it was just as heavy as it usually is. Now my period is due again and is not showing any signs of coming. I'm usually 28 days like clockwork so that's the only reason I'm even wondering. Worth $1 for a test or is it just silly since I had a period between the sex in question and now?

Thanks everyone!

Comments

[gunshotbeauty.livejournal.com]

it could have been implantation bleeding so i'd get a test yes

[archangelbeth]

Probably not implantation bleeding -- that's almost never described as anything more than a bit of pink or a few drops of blood.

Decidual bleeding, on the other hand, has a whole bell-curve of period-like behavior, from light spotting to, anecdotally, a heavy enough bleed to fool people. (It primarily fooled me because I'd had light, spotty periods that year we dispensed with the condoms. That and I didn't know someone could bleed and be pregnant!)

However, 3 days from sex to period is not really enough time to get pregnant from that sex, and it'd take some really long-lived sperm and an amazingly early ovulation to get pregnant after the period. So I'd say that $1 would primarily be a "mental health" test, to confirm or deny and get rid of little nagging "yes/no?" questions in the mind.

[malidocious.livejournal.com]

I think your situation probably warrants a trip to the drug store to pick up a pregnancy test. :)

[platinumpinup.livejournal.com]

OT: Ahhhhh, Billy Corgan love it! :D

[malidocious.livejournal.com]

Yay! Another Corgan fan! :)

[hikerpoet.livejournal.com]

Have you had sex at all in the last month? I know what you mean because I am like clockwork, too. I did have spotting but it never turned into anything else so I was confused because my period is as reliable as a rooster and it did turn out I was pregnant. But it was planned, so it was a good thing!
But, if you've had sex since and are indeed pregnant, I'd almost see a potential failure of whatever form you used in the meantime as more likely than a pregnancy that late in your cycle and a seemingly full bleed a few days later (that is a bit early and heavy for implantation bleeding).
It still sounds unlikely but testing won't hurt. When is it actually due? Today, soon, or a few days ago?

[hikerpoet.livejournal.com]

erp, I'm guessing today if your a 28-dayer.

[malidocious.livejournal.com]

Totally off topic, but I laughed when I read the expression "reliable as a rooster." I have never heard that before, but you can bet I'll be adding it to my vocabulary! :)

[lilpaige.livejournal.com]

me too!!! haha. thats a new one that i love

[flickersticked.livejournal.com]

We haven't had sex since then but of course my period showed up this afternoon. Weird little bugger, it's started in the morning every time for the last ten years! lol Thanks for input anyway!