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LolaGunther
Hi lovely people,

I've been pacing around and searching the internet for days now, worrying myself sick..
I'm usually always regular and have my period for at least 4 days. A few months ago, it was found that I had a slightly underactive thyroid, and I got medication for that. It helped, and after about 3 to 4 weeks of taking this medication, everything was back to normal. Only (4 weeks ago) I suddenly bled for the first time in my whole life, but for max. 3 days (period). And two of those days weren't as heavy as I usually have. I didn't think much of it. Now I had "spotting" on some days. (1x a week) and this has been going on for 4 weeks now. I thought maybe I'm pregnant because I also noticed all sorts of pregnancy symptoms. And I wouldn't get my period for another 6 days...
I don't know if I should just do a test or go to the GP to rule out an ectopic pregnancy. OR if the spotting is purely a side effect of my medication and I'm making up the rest as a false pregnancy... I do have occasional small cramps or twinges, but not as severe as with a normal period.

Hope you understand my story and what I mean a bit..
I don't know, if I am pregnant, should I just wait until I should get my period or should I do a test as soon as possible...

Love

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  1. Nancy #2

    Hi Lola,

    What a lot of uncertainty, girl. It's hard to say what you should do best.
    But I would, to start with, do a pregnancy test. And then an early one.
    If there's nothing there, I'd wait a bit until you get your period. If you don't, you could do a test again.
    If there's still nothing, but you remain unsure... just call your GP, okay. Living with uncertainty isn't good either.

    May I ask why you're afraid of a baby? Have you experienced that before?

    Strength, girl. Let me know how it goes?

  2. LolaGunther started this #3

    Hi Nancy,

    Yeah I know... tell me about it haha.
    I'll indeed wait until I should get my period. Hoping it's not like some women where you get your period even though you're just pregnant. M
    What's happening now is that I worry so much because that mid-cycle spotting (bleeding) isn't normal if you're pregnant (unless it's for a few days in a row I read) that I don't have. I've had it now for a month off and on. Besides that I also have cramps which you're not supposed to have if you're pregnant I read...?

    Honestly I have 0 clue and have never been pregnant before. I'm just 21 but have had a strong maternal feeling for years that I'd rather be pregnant even though it totally doesn't work out financially and with housing...

    I'm one big "overthinking" ball haha.

  3. Elvira #4

    @lola I'll do a test first, either from Kruidvat or Action, and otherwise I'll just see if I get my period. Why are you afraid of a pregnancy? I always thought you'd have intense cramps if that were the case?

  4. LolaGunther started this #5

    Hi Elvira,

    Yeah, I'll definitely do that. I still have one left, so it should be fine.

    Yeah, no idea... I always tend to assume the worst. They're indeed not severe cramps like the first few days of my period. But it sounded really weird to me because I have spotting, which from what I've read isn't supposed to happen at this stage...

    I don't know much about this, so I often search myself silly to find out if everything's okay with me or what's going on...

    Best,

  5. LolaGunther started this #6

    I think I should have responded like this. Haha, I probably did it wrong. See the message above????

  6. LolaGunther started this #7

    Hi Nancy,
    My reply went wrong haha. See my message above/below?

  7. Elvira #8

    @lola maybe ovulation tests are an option? Then you know exactly when you ovulate and thus also when you should get your period. In a normal 28-day cycle, they recommend starting to test on day 11

  8. LolaGunther started this #9



    I’ve got a photo here of my cycle. You can see when I had spotting, when I was on my period, and when ovulation occurred.
    Turquoise is sex and blue is cramps/headache (and discharge)...

    It’s all quite vague, indeed, my story, so I understand that not much can be said haha.. time will tell, indeed..

  9. Nancy #10

    If you were pregnant, mild cramps can definitely happen. Some bleeding is also very normal.
    Try to stay calm, girl.
    Just take a test and if not, wait a bit.

  10. LolaGunther started this #11

    I'll do it... thank you?
    I just needed some confirmation, I think, for a bit of overview/peace of mind.

  11. Elvira #12

    @lola a test / get blood drawn and if negative, start using ovulation tests

  12. LolaGunther started this #13

    Had spotting every day for the past few days and mild cramps... I'm going to take a test tomorrow... hoping for good news...

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