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[so-far-away21.livejournal.com]

Ok so i'm new to all this but I really need some thoughts on this one. I'm 21 and in a long distance relationship. I went to see him the end of October(25-29). I got my period and it ended right before i left (19-24). We had unprotected sex everyday but the last day i was there. He pulled out everytime and i know that isn't a good way to do things but it happened. I was due to get my period last week (Nov. 19-20) and it still hasn't happened. I'm about 7-8 days late and i'm really scared. I have been sick for the last week and right before that i had a family member pass away so i was stressed out over that. I just wish it would happen.

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[kateherself.livejournal.com]

Have you taken a pregnancy test yet? They are generally really accurate.

[sagesseabiona.livejournal.com]

Ya, you need to take a home test, or see a doctor... and perhaps bring some birth control along :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_last_serenade_/]

best advice i can give is to get a preg test and take it. if it's positive, you will know early enough to start making important decisions...if it's negative, you can stop stressing. :)

for me, every time my period has been late, within an hour of taking a preg test and seeing it was negative, i've started...lol.

good luck to you either way! *hug*

[autumn-sylver.livejournal.com]

"for me, every time my period has been late, within an hour of taking a preg test and seeing it was negative, i've started...lol."

The same thing happened to me last year. I went to my doctor and had to call them for the results. When I got the negative result, a few hours later my period started. Periods can be funny things sometimes.

[darlahood.livejournal.com]

Are your periods regular? If they are, I doubt you'd be pregnant because you wouldn't have ovulated yet at the time you were having sex.

[autumn-sylver.livejournal.com]

Yes, but sperm can live in the body for up to about 5 days. And ovulation doesn't always happen exactly on day 14. Sometimes it can be later, and sometimes it can be earlier. She said that she had sex up to the 8th day of her cycle. It's a small possibility. It's even smaller considering she said he pulled out every time.
To the OP: I agree with everyone else who said to get a pregnancy test. My guess is it's just the stress of losing your family member recently, but at least the pregnancy test will put your mind at ease. You'll know for sure, either way and you can stop worrying.

[whiteraevyn.livejournal.com]

Since sperm can remain viable in a woman's body for three to five days, and since most women ovulate around 14 days after their first red-blood period day, there still could have been viable sperm in you, around when you would have ovulated.

You had sex for four or five days consistently until the 29th, and I'm guessing you ovulated on our around the 2nd of November, given that your period started October 19th.

I'm not saying you're pregnant, but I'm not saying it's impossible, either. Stress is definitely a factor for missed periods. Are your periods usually pretty regular? Have you ever missed one before?

Definitely take a pregnancy test, or go to your doctor for a blood test. At this stage, a blood test would definitely be the most accurate in telling you if you are pregnant or not. Home tests would be a close second at this stage, as they tend to work best about a week after your missed period. In any case, if it's negative and your period never comes, I'd still go to the gynecologist.

In any case, condoms, birth control pills, NuvaRings, Orth-Evra Patches, diaphragms, are all yay! :D

[stripling.livejournal.com]

Yeah I have to jump on the preachy boat and say that if you are so concerned about being pregnant that you're freaked out about missing your period, why on earth didn't you use ANY protection!?

[jennifer0246.livejournal.com]

Funny, I'd call that the "judgemental and unhelpful" boat, not the preachy one.

[http://users.livejournal.com/__justlikeyou/]

Idunno. You'd think that if she didn't want to be pregnant she would've used protection...

but at this point, it's not really helpful I suppose.

I still agree with the sentiment, though.

[stripling.livejournal.com]

All I'm saying is "You'd think that if she didn't want to be pregnant she would've used protection...". It's as if I was really worried about getting mono, but I decide to make out with everyone even though I know that making out with everyone will increase my chances of getting mono, and then after I do anyway, I ask everyone what I can do now, even though I did what I knew was a bad idea? It just seems like she could have saved herself a lot of worry and not been in this situation if she had made a different choice to begin with.

I don't see how that is judgemental. I didn't say anything about her as a person, I challenged her idea that not using protection and then being concerned about being pregnant was a good one.

[http://users.livejournal.com/__justlikeyou/]

Yeah, really :\

But, girl: pregnancy test.