Why do some people say I can still be pregnant and have normal periods?
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Question:   Can I be pregnant and still have periods?\n\nBabyCentre Editorial Team:   No. Once your body starts producing human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) — the pregnancy hormone — and pregnancy is established, your menstrual cycle is interrupted and normal periods will stop. However, many women do experience bleeding during early pregnancy (for several reasons — see below) that may look very much like a normal period. This can make establishing your due date difficult, since midwives and doctors often use the first day of your last period to determine your due date. If that's in any doubt, measuring how big your uterus is may help them determine how far along you are. And if that's inconclusive, your midwife may decide to send you for a dating scan to measure the size of your baby and clarify exactly when he is due.\n\nMany women who have spotting in early pregnancy go on to have their baby without any complications, but bleeding can also be a cause for concern. It may be the first sign of a miscarriage; if so, your symptoms would probably go on to include heavy cramping and bleeding that is much heavier than a normal period. If you have sharp pains in your lower abdomen, especially if the pain is only on one side, you should see your doctor straightaway as you could have an ectopic pregnancy.\n\nBecause of these potential complications, if you bleed at all early in your pregnancy, it's best to notify your doctor or midwife. She may suggest getting a blood test to check your hormone levels or order an early ultrasound to evaluate your condition more thoroughly.\n\nReviewed March 2006
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Be aware its very possible to become pregnant on your period. I learnt that this week from someone at school, we were doing genetics in biology n it came up and our teacher was talking about gettin pregnant when your having a period.
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HI ANN AH,\n\nYES YOU CAN! I HAVE HAD 5 PREGNANCYS(KIDS) AND I HAD A PERIOD FOR 2 MONTHS W/ EACH OF THEM....BUT EACH WOMAN IS DIFFERENT.
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Honey, see a doctor if youre trying to get pregnant.  You could be pregnant and just having some intermittent spotting, but you want to make sure.  You could start by taking a home test. If youre not pregnant, it could be stress from wanting to become pregnant making your periods off the norm.  Best bet though, make an appt. with the doc.  All will be fine!\n\nYou've got my prayers that this is the beginning of you and your hubby getting your little angel!
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It's possible you could be pregnant, if your sexually active. You do know that you can still have your period when your pregnant right? If your not pregnant, your internal hormones could be changing. As you get older this tends to happen until ...  the dreaded menopause. There's the possibility of it being the symptom of an STD or bacterial infection. Either way it would be good to see the doctor, especially if your having unprotected sex.
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its definately a posibility that you could be pregnant.Spotting is common in the first few weeks of pregnancy, especially if your period is abnormally short. Get a pregnancy test asap, its the only sure way to know!
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It could be. It's not uncommon for a woman to become pregnant and have light periods. Either take a home pregnancy test..or even better head to your doctor for a pregnancy blood test. \n\nGood luck to you!
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You don't get your period when you're pregnant becuase... ok this is a little graphic.. lol... all that "blood" thats actually coming out is not just blood, only a very small bit of it is blood, the rest are fluids that surround your uterus that help the baby when you get pregnant. And allthrough the month you body is buliding these fluids up, but then when you don't get pregnant they are not needed so your body excreets them.
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Periods can fluctuate.  You can also trick yourself into thinking that your pregnant. \n\nDon't worry.  Sometimes your body doesn't take as long for a period as it does on other times.  If you've had some really stressful stuff happen, your body might have cut it short.  \n\nSometimes, when you're consistently having really short or too frequent periods, you're not ovulating.  If you keep having problems talk with your doctor.\n\nHe can give you a prescription for a few days worth of progesterone to jump start your uterus and get it back on track and more regular.  But only bother doing that if you consistently have problems with your period.
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DID U KNOW THAT U CAN STILL HAVE A PERIOD WHILE UR PREGNANT  AND U WOULDN'T KNOW IT TILL U GO TO THE DOCTORS.I THINK U SHOULD GO TO THE DOCTORS CAUSE THAT IS VERY ABNORMAL TO HAVE 3 PERIODS IN A MONTH AND THAT'S HOW U CAN LOOSE ALOT OF BLOOD AND BE VERY SICK...I KNOW CAUSE I HAD 2 PERIODS IN A MONTH AND I WOULD STAY IN FOR AT LEAST A WEEK AND A HALF B4 I WEN OFF AND CUM BACK ON THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I HAD A OVARIAN SIS ON MY OVARIES AND THAT'S WAT MIGHT B HAVE ME BLEED SO MUCH ...BUT TO B ON THE SAFE SIDE GO TO THE DOCTORS BEFORE ITS A LITTLE TOO LATE...AND ALSO EAT A LOT OF RED MEAT SO UR IRON LEVEL WONT GET SO LOW FROM U LOOSING SO MUCH BLOOD....WISH U THE BEST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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not necessarily since periods can be very irregular. many things can influence your regularity - stress, diet, exercise, sleep patterns etc. if any of those have changed dramatically it can throw your system out of whack. even illness can alter the timing.\n\nhowever, if you are having unprotected sex then, yeah, you could be pregnant. if you still don't have your period in about another week then pick up a home pregnancy test. you can find inexpensive, reliable ones at drug stores, department stores, even some grocery stores. make sure you follow the directions to the letter or you could end up with a false positive or false negative.\n\nif the test comes out positive you'll want to get to a doctor asap to confirm it and discuss your options. planned parenthood is a great place where they can test you and answer all your questions. they operate on a sliding scale, so if you don't have much money then the services are free, or very cheap.
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When you have a period, it is an egg that has not been fertilized shedding layers of blood that would have been the blood supply for the baby.  If you are spotting there may be more layers that are coming off that egg.  Nothing to really worry about.  Ask a doctor if it still freaks you out.
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She cannot. A period is simply the uterus cleaning itself out. The blood and tissue that exits from the body known as your period, is the home that the uterus prepared for the baby. Since there is no uterus or baby, this woman will not have periods. She will not be able to conceive either.
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not true......you can get pregnant even ON your period.  Treat every time as if it is your most fertile time of the month.
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While you might still have your period when you are pregnant, my thoughts are that maybe your period would shorten up a lot more than that if not stop completely.  Unless, if your period was really, really light then you might really be pregnant.\n\nIf your breasts are tender that could be a huge sign.  Because they will start preparing to grow and the glands will begin making breast milk for when the baby arrives.\n\nTune in to your motherly instincts.  Put your hand on your tummy and just sit and listen, if you feel like there is anything at all there that wasn't there before, then you are probably pregnant.  I knew I was pregnant when I could feel something doing flip flops in my tummy, (well that's how it felt anyway) and I was only a month along.
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It means you have begun your menstral cycle and you have become an offical female that produces eggs and expells them with the lining of your uterus once a month.you can still get pregnant or be pregnant when you get your period,so now if you are sexually active use some kind of birth control and always carry protection with you...you don't want STD's.Don't worry you get used to having them.
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There is the possibility that you are pregnant, but your period may also need more than one month to get back on a regular schedule. \nGet a test kit and make sure.