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How often are women 1+ week late and not pregnant?

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Originally posted by: EPCrew
i was almost a dad once... the kid would be turning 6 in a couple of months. 🙁
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🙁

My grandmother had a miscarriage and a stillborn. She was finally able to have a son, and she ended up adopting my mother.
 
my wife was 1mos late a couple of times, we went and tried about 20 pregnancy tests all of which turned out negative. we went to the ob/gyn and they told us it is pretty normal to miss or be extremely late every so often. weird...
 
Once I was about a week late (on the pill, so it's supposed to be more regular), and there was one month when I missed completely. I wasn't pregnant either time.

Good luck.
 
Originally posted by: conservative002
Originally posted by: Jenova314
wow, nicely timed thread... my g/f is not on BC (she hates taking pills), and almost two weeks late now. her cycle is pretty inconsistent, but this is freaking both of us out. since she's not on BC, we use Ortho Delfin (spermicidal foam, not gel) and condoms. over the previous month, there have been times when neither the condom, nor the foam, was implemented prior to penetration (not ejaculation). it seemed to make perfect sense at the time 😱

the EPT test came out inconclusive. the positive sign showed, but one line was darker than the other (according to the directions, this means the results are inconclusive). she has been in quite a bit of stress, losing some sleep, and recently begin taking more allergy medication (loratadine), and some acetaminophen (tylenol) for her back pains. i'm really hoping this would explain her late period.

we're going to the student health center tomorrow to get a urine test. if the test comes out positive, i'm pretty sure she'll go into depression, and pull me down with her. it would be a horrible feeling if she'd have to take the ru486 (she has made it clear she does not want a child). got my fingers crossed...
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Good luck with all that...
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positive.. we're dealing with it now

Edit: has anybody had any experience with Mifeprex (ru486)? some online searches yielded conflicting conclusions. my doctor/friend recommended against it, saying it's pretty toxic, and that abortions are now a comparatively routine and safe procedure.
 
If the FedEx dude has been around in the last 2 weeks, I would say congradulations
to HIM else congradulations to YOU.
 
Originally posted by: Jenova314
Originally posted by: conservative002
Originally posted by: Jenova314
wow, nicely timed thread... my g/f is not on BC (she hates taking pills), and almost two weeks late now. her cycle is pretty inconsistent, but this is freaking both of us out. since she's not on BC, we use Ortho Delfin (spermicidal foam, not gel) and condoms. over the previous month, there have been times when neither the condom, nor the foam, was implemented prior to penetration (not ejaculation). it seemed to make perfect sense at the time 😱

the EPT test came out inconclusive. the positive sign showed, but one line was darker than the other (according to the directions, this means the results are inconclusive). she has been in quite a bit of stress, losing some sleep, and recently begin taking more allergy medication (loratadine), and some acetaminophen (tylenol) for her back pains. i'm really hoping this would explain her late period.

we're going to the student health center tomorrow to get a urine test. if the test comes out positive, i'm pretty sure she'll go into depression, and pull me down with her. it would be a horrible feeling if she'd have to take the ru486 (she has made it clear she does not want a child). got my fingers crossed...
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Good luck with all that...
Click to expand...

positive.. we're dealing with it now

Edit: has anybody had any experience with Mifeprex (ru486)? some online searches yielded conflicting conclusions. my doctor/friend recommended against it, saying it's pretty toxic, and that abortions are now a comparatively routine and safe procedure.
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your gf hates taking pills? how about getting her on the patch so you don't have to screw around with her body when these pregnancies keep happening.

 
Originally posted by: Jenova314
Originally posted by: conservative002
Originally posted by: Jenova314
wow, nicely timed thread... my g/f is not on BC (she hates taking pills), and almost two weeks late now. her cycle is pretty inconsistent, but this is freaking both of us out. since she's not on BC, we use Ortho Delfin (spermicidal foam, not gel) and condoms. over the previous month, there have been times when neither the condom, nor the foam, was implemented prior to penetration (not ejaculation). it seemed to make perfect sense at the time 😱

the EPT test came out inconclusive. the positive sign showed, but one line was darker than the other (according to the directions, this means the results are inconclusive). she has been in quite a bit of stress, losing some sleep, and recently begin taking more allergy medication (loratadine), and some acetaminophen (tylenol) for her back pains. i'm really hoping this would explain her late period.

we're going to the student health center tomorrow to get a urine test. if the test comes out positive, i'm pretty sure she'll go into depression, and pull me down with her. it would be a horrible feeling if she'd have to take the ru486 (she has made it clear she does not want a child). got my fingers crossed...
Click to expand...

Good luck with all that...
Click to expand...

positive.. we're dealing with it now

Edit: has anybody had any experience with Mifeprex (ru486)? some online searches yielded conflicting conclusions. my doctor/friend recommended against it, saying it's pretty toxic, and that abortions are now a comparatively routine and safe procedure.
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Accepting responsibility for your actions wouldn't involve taking ru486...
 
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: Jenova314
Originally posted by: conservative002
Originally posted by: Jenova314
wow, nicely timed thread... my g/f is not on BC (she hates taking pills), and almost two weeks late now. her cycle is pretty inconsistent, but this is freaking both of us out. since she's not on BC, we use Ortho Delfin (spermicidal foam, not gel) and condoms. over the previous month, there have been times when neither the condom, nor the foam, was implemented prior to penetration (not ejaculation). it seemed to make perfect sense at the time 😱

the EPT test came out inconclusive. the positive sign showed, but one line was darker than the other (according to the directions, this means the results are inconclusive). she has been in quite a bit of stress, losing some sleep, and recently begin taking more allergy medication (loratadine), and some acetaminophen (tylenol) for her back pains. i'm really hoping this would explain her late period.

we're going to the student health center tomorrow to get a urine test. if the test comes out positive, i'm pretty sure she'll go into depression, and pull me down with her. it would be a horrible feeling if she'd have to take the ru486 (she has made it clear she does not want a child). got my fingers crossed...
Click to expand...

Good luck with all that...
Click to expand...

positive.. we're dealing with it now

Edit: has anybody had any experience with Mifeprex (ru486)? some online searches yielded conflicting conclusions. my doctor/friend recommended against it, saying it's pretty toxic, and that abortions are now a comparatively routine and safe procedure.
Click to expand...

your gf hates taking pills? how about getting her on the patch so you don't have to screw around with her body when these pregnancies keep happening.
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her upbringing engrained in her the sense that using chemicals to alter your body should be a last resort... i.e., abortion. the patch would be a much less intrusive BC method, but she is still uncomfortable with it. of course i'm not in the place to say "well do you feel comfortable being pregnant?" perhaps she may feel now that using the patch, or going on tricyclen, will be worth it. i, on the other hand, obviously overestimated the effectivenes of ortho delfin. in the end, this lesson has been learned the hard way. latex from now on...
 
I've said this before, but I'll probably say it again. Before my wife got pregnant, I could go either way on abortion. I didnt really have a strong resolve one way or the other. Now however, (we're at 30 weeks) after her first ultrasound back at the beginning, seeing with my own eyes that the fetus was about a month old and actually had a real heartbeat, I cant be for abortion at all. That's life my friend, please dont kill. I respect the right to choice, but I can tell what is right and what is not.
 
Originally posted by: datalink7
Originally posted by: Jenova314
Originally posted by: conservative002
Originally posted by: Jenova314
wow, nicely timed thread... my g/f is not on BC (she hates taking pills), and almost two weeks late now. her cycle is pretty inconsistent, but this is freaking both of us out. since she's not on BC, we use Ortho Delfin (spermicidal foam, not gel) and condoms. over the previous month, there have been times when neither the condom, nor the foam, was implemented prior to penetration (not ejaculation). it seemed to make perfect sense at the time 😱

the EPT test came out inconclusive. the positive sign showed, but one line was darker than the other (according to the directions, this means the results are inconclusive). she has been in quite a bit of stress, losing some sleep, and recently begin taking more allergy medication (loratadine), and some acetaminophen (tylenol) for her back pains. i'm really hoping this would explain her late period.

we're going to the student health center tomorrow to get a urine test. if the test comes out positive, i'm pretty sure she'll go into depression, and pull me down with her. it would be a horrible feeling if she'd have to take the ru486 (she has made it clear she does not want a child). got my fingers crossed...
Click to expand...

Good luck with all that...
Click to expand...

positive.. we're dealing with it now

Edit: has anybody had any experience with Mifeprex (ru486)? some online searches yielded conflicting conclusions. my doctor/friend recommended against it, saying it's pretty toxic, and that abortions are now a comparatively routine and safe procedure.
Click to expand...

Accepting responsibility for your actions wouldn't involve taking ru486...
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you're talking about taking responsibility for raising a child who does not exist, while i'm talking about taking responsibility for making my gf pregnant.
 
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Hey, hey, enough with the moral debate sh*t. Everyone pile on the "Congrats Dad" quote and get this thing into a 3 digit thread, stat. 😛

- M4H
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not a dad, and won't be anytime soon. sorry to spoil the party.
 
Originally posted by: moshquerade
i don't get Aunt Flo like clockwork so sometimes i am a week late, but usually no more than that.

i would say it happens to everyone every once in awhile.
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Not me.😀
 
If she has made it clear she can't deal with the prospect of a child, maybe you should reconsider how you spend your time together. After all, *no* BC is 100%. I am all for BC, don't get me wrong, but always read and understand the fine print -- "1 out of 100 women taking this BC will become pregnant within the first year of proper use." Or something like that.

And anyway, yeah, pills/patch/ring/shot are chemicals. But so is spermicide.

Good luck

 
Originally posted by: evilmantis
If she has made it clear she can't deal with the prospect of a child, maybe you should reconsider how you spend your time together. After all, *no* BC is 100%. I am all for BC, don't get me wrong, but always read and understand the fine print -- "1 out of 100 women taking this BC will become pregnant within the first year of proper use." Or something like that.

And anyway, yeah, pills/patch/ring/shot are chemicals. But so is spermicide.

Good luck
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we do not want a child, at this particular moment. i don't blame this on the BC we used. i blame me for taking the risk and ending up in that 5-8%. we've already talked about how this will be done from now on. we'll have several layers of defense, involving a VCF, ortho delfin, and condom. if after all of these precautions, she still conceives... well, hopefully we'll want a child by that time.
 
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