Frustrated with my Aunt Flo!

Why won't she get here already? It's like waiting on a house guest to arrive and they are totallly lagging but won't call to give you any heads up! I'm never usually more than a day late with my cycle and now I'm going on 4 days. I've already taken 2 pregnancy tests and they are both negative. However I could swear that I should be pregnant...I'm fine if I'm not but this waiting around is the first stress that I've had so I know my delay is not stress related, what else could it be? Anyone have any ideas? In the past I would be hoping my period wouldn't come because the possibility of being pregnant was exciting, and then it would come right on schedule. So I forgot all about being pregant for the time being, concentrated on other things and now that I'm late of course being pregnant is all I can think about! It's like some cruel joke that I had to be late when I finally decided to be okay with having my period!

 

did you use the same brand of test both times, and were they taken in a close time frame to one another? i hear that the tests really aren't as accurate as people assume they are (i havent looked into statistics, so i may be wrong) but i have heard plenty of stories of false positives and false negatives, even multiple false results. but you could try again with a different brand, or if you really want to be sure you could do a blood test. at least it would give you some peace of mind, if you really think you might be with child, and you can't find out the cause.

as for what else it could be, i'm really not sure. sleep, stress, diet, exercise, medications, and all sorts of other things can effect your period, though. has anything been different this month? or maybe even towards the first half of the month that might delay ovulation, thus also pushing pack your period?

i've found that long, hot baths are good for triggering a stubborn period. i like to involve a glass of merlot (red wine is good for the blood, after all) or a joint in the process.

whatever it is, i hope that you are healthy and happy!

 

Thank you for your response....I still don't know what it is but I'm definitely gonna try and relax with a hot bath, glass of merlot, and a joint.
Maybe I've been more stressed than I realize...after all my husband and I are about to move. I haven't felt all that stressed but maybe subconsciously I am. If I don't get it by this time next week, I'm gonna take another test and most likely a different brand. So far I've only used Clear Blue. I used the one that has the signs and the second one was with the words but both were Clear Blue. I heard that they were one of the better brands but who knows?

 

If you are wanting a child, ignore the following... If you want your period to start, no matter what, take several doses of echinacea with goldenseal. Goldenseal will make you start your period. But, if you think you are pregnant and you want the baby, it may cause you to miscarry, so don't do it.

 

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Yeah, I wouldn't drink or smoke if I thought I was pregnant...but after 2 tests I was pretty sure I wasn't. And I was right...I finally got my period today. I thought I would be sad because sometimes I want to be pregnant but after awhile I just wanted something to happen. I've never been irregular before, in fact I've never been more than a day late before so 5 days late was sort of worrying me after I found out I wasn't pregnant, I thought something else might be wrong. But hooray, she's here...I'll get pregnant when the time is right. Thanks for all your comments.

 

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