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What Causes Delay In Periods Despite Negative UPT?
I had sex on the 25 of july and took postinor an hour later because of fear that the condom broke I then hap protected sex on the 28 my last period was on the 19-24 my period was due on the 16 of august but has been late for 4 days now I took a pregnancy test 2 times but it was negative I ve been having slight cramps too
Thu, 24 Sep 2015
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Having a delay of the menstrual periods for few days is very common. Ont he other hand I understand your concern on the risk for pregnancy because the first diagnosis we consider in this case is a pregnancy. I would recommend you to have another urine pregnancy test with the first urine in the morning in the next couple of days (urine in the morning is ore concentrated and increases the possibility to be positive if you are pregnant). Also another day or so will have gone by and BHCG (which is the substance checked for with urinary pregnancy test) increases with at least 60% in 2 days increasing the possibility to be positive if pregnant. You can have a test in 3-4 days for a week and if still negative and no periods than you will need to check blood levels of BHCG and a vaginal ultrasound for diagnosis.
Meanwhile I would recommend you to start as soon as possible on prenatal vitamins or at least folic acid 400-800 Ui a day if you would like to have this pregnancy go on and be a healthy one.
Hope this answers to your question and is helpful to you
Thank you for using HCM.
Having a delay of the menstrual periods for few days is very common. Ont he other hand I understand your concern on the risk for pregnancy because the first diagnosis we consider in this case is a pregnancy. I would recommend you to have another urine pregnancy test with the first urine in the morning in the next couple of days (urine in the morning is ore concentrated and increases the possibility to be positive if you are pregnant). Also another day or so will have gone by and BHCG (which is the substance checked for with urinary pregnancy test) increases with at least 60% in 2 days increasing the possibility to be positive if pregnant. You can have a test in 3-4 days for a week and if still negative and no periods than you will need to check blood levels of BHCG and a vaginal ultrasound for diagnosis.
Meanwhile I would recommend you to start as soon as possible on prenatal vitamins or at least folic acid 400-800 Ui a day if you would like to have this pregnancy go on and be a healthy one.
Hope this answers to your question and is helpful to you
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