The Truth behind what's Missing

What's missing? The monthly period I have. (And it's going to be gone for quite some time.. :( )

We have finally decided to go see a doctor to make sure the baby is in good condition. What I was dying to ask her is "How could I possibly be pregnant?"

Let's start with the ovulation process of a woman.. The counting starts from the first day of menstruation. Ten days after that are your your safe days which means you are not most likely to get pregnant. So if you are having your period for a week, that leaves you with 3 safe days. Most women think that the counting starts with the last day of the period. That's the worry there if you happen to have a longer span of menstruation. You might end up finding yourself pregnant.

That's how it went and I just said to myself, "There goes the MATH." :)

HOW TO TAKE A PREGNANCY TEST

I'm hesitant to stick with the result. (Or if you would like to call it in denial.. Well, I AM. Okay?)

So here's how to do it if you're one in denial soon-to-be-a-mother like me.

You should use midstream urine which means you should pee a little first before you start holding the test stick in your urine stream or use a small container or a cup.

Directions actually vary with the different kinds of HPT available in drugstores.Most of these HPTs have labels C and T. C for control which tells you if you have performed the test correctly. And T for test which actually gives you the positive or the negative result.

The HPTs I've used gives a line for results (haven't encountered the one with the plus results, though.) The fact here is that no matter how faint the line there is by the T label on the results window, that definitely is a positive result. You should rather read results by the time written on the instruction area of the PT otherwise, there could be varied changes due to evaporation.

So that's about it.. Feel free to ask me if you have questions...

Finding out

Don't ask the question if you don't want to know the answer.. But I somehow wanted to make sure.. Even if I find it normal to be delayed for two weeks but more than that makes me worry much already.

And so I finally had the courage to take a pregnancy test.

I really felt my heart thumping while seeing the result window of the pregnancy test.. That's one red line.. And oh, the other red line. And two of it makes it positive. I said to myself, "Another try won't hurt. Maybe this is one of those they call as defective or non reliable result that you should perform another test.

Took it once. Twice. Thrice... POSITIVE POSITIVE POSITIVE!!! Can't seem to imagine how a "positive" could be so "negative" to me.. (Get my point?)

Well, what I didn't know then was that the indicator parts of the pregnancey tests really mean a lot. (Why would they place them there for nothing, right?) The hormone hCG is produced in pregnancy. It stands for human chorionic gonadotropin. This is produced by the placenta right after the embryo is being implanted into the uterine lining. Thus, resulting to the creation of the HPT or the Home Pregnancy Test which determines the level of hCG in the woman's urine. Research tells us that it is possible to have a 97 percent screening sensibilty by taking a home pregnancy test by one week after the first day of the missed period.

So basically, I was a good candidate for a woman possibly to be pregnant since I'm 2 weeks delayed AND I had like 4 HPTs taken already...

It's crystal-clear, its Positive.

My monthly visitor?

MISSING A PERIOD

Most women would want to get rid of having monthly periods to spare them the feeling of uneasiness, not to mention the mood swings and us being irritable.

But I just missed mine and I so want it back! If you were in my case you'd probably pray for it to come already, drink beer, do streinous excercises and just about anything you could think of.. I'm that desperate! It's the only moment in my entire life that I so want to see that red stain on my underwear.. haha.. yeah, really..

And the only fear that strikes you is the question, "Do I happen to be pregnant?"

I'm Pregnant......HELP!

Ok so I'm pregnant..I was like...What should I do? How do I deal with this? Will this be painful?..Those are just a couple of questions that swarmed me the moment I knew it. Watch out for my posts on how I go about my first pregnancy. (I could use all the help I can get you know)