For those ttc and late with negative tests
A friend of mine posted this on her LJ and thought it might help or at least give some information.
'I didn't know about this (everyone else probably does, but I didn't, so I thought I'd share it here).
About once or twice a year I get over excited (a week overdue), which turns out to be about nothing. If this helps someone not have the heartache I've suffered, then it's worked.
You may have just had an anovulatory cycle-- you didn't ovulate. It's fairly common for women to have one or two months a year without ovulation, as it can be caused by stress, illness, medication, travel, strenuous exercise, weight gain/loss, etc. Anyway, your body tries but for some reason doesn't succeed in ovulating-- it is ovulation (and the hormones that go with it) that causes you to have a period. Basically, what happens is that your body prepares the uterine lining for an egg (which is never released- no ovulation), and it continues to grow until it can't support itself and then breakthrough bleeding finally occurs (not technically menstruation). Because your body may have tried to ovulate several times in this cycle, and then needs to wait until the lining "collapses", an anovulatory cycle typically is longer than your normal/regular cycle-- and of course, will give you a negative pregnancy test. Meds can be given to help bring on your period and "reset" your cycle.
gorilla-keeper, Jan 21, 2006
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Maternal--Child/Neg-Blood--HCG-Pregnancy-Test--10-days-late---where-is-my-period/show/161757'
Sending baby dust to all trying for babies
xxx
'I didn't know about this (everyone else probably does, but I didn't, so I thought I'd share it here).
About once or twice a year I get over excited (a week overdue), which turns out to be about nothing. If this helps someone not have the heartache I've suffered, then it's worked.
You may have just had an anovulatory cycle-- you didn't ovulate. It's fairly common for women to have one or two months a year without ovulation, as it can be caused by stress, illness, medication, travel, strenuous exercise, weight gain/loss, etc. Anyway, your body tries but for some reason doesn't succeed in ovulating-- it is ovulation (and the hormones that go with it) that causes you to have a period. Basically, what happens is that your body prepares the uterine lining for an egg (which is never released- no ovulation), and it continues to grow until it can't support itself and then breakthrough bleeding finally occurs (not technically menstruation). Because your body may have tried to ovulate several times in this cycle, and then needs to wait until the lining "collapses", an anovulatory cycle typically is longer than your normal/regular cycle-- and of course, will give you a negative pregnancy test. Meds can be given to help bring on your period and "reset" your cycle.
gorilla-keeper, Jan 21, 2006
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Maternal--Child/Neg-Blood--HCG-Pregnancy-Test--10-days-late---where-is-my-period/show/161757'
Sending baby dust to all trying for babies
xxx
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when my friend posted this it sounded like some people on here and i figured if people know more they can get back on track and trying