ok i posted before about me having sex with my boyfriend and having two days where i spot bled randomly this motnh.. my period is really irregular.. i dont think that i have gotten it the same time two months in a row ever.. two months ago it was 25 days.. then 23 then 22.. so this month. sunday was my 22nd day and i was waiting for my period.. well it didnt come and i took a pregnancy test that night.. it said i was not pregnant.. is there a chance this could be wrong..but i still havent gotten it and today is day 24... the condom has never broken with us.. and we have sex maybe 2-3 a month and that is it.. so i just dont understand...i realize that i have been stressing a lot about it and i have been dieting weird and i just started swimming yesterday (which always screws up the cycle) but would i feel different if i was pregnant.. i mean my back still hurts and my boobs hurt and grew a lil (they always grow when i get my period) and i still am getting my normal white discharge.. am i just freaking out too much?i want to go on birth control but my mom wont let me.. she says i have no right having sex at my age (i am 17 going on 18 in two months by the way.. and my bf is turning 19 next month--i have been with him for 7 mths and is the ONLY person i have had sex with before) so therefore she wont put me on it.. and it scares me because iu would rather be safe then sorry but she is being dumb..i really dont knwo what to do at this point...
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Help please
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Your period is not that late, and periods can be late for a lot of reasons other than pregnancy. The chances of you being pregnant are pretty much zip if you took a pregnancy test and it came back negative and the condom never broke. Since you're freaking out this much I suggest that you wait on sex until you can go to the doctors on your own and get on the pill, or go to your local health clinic and get the pill. If you do that your parents won't have to know.
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Pregnancy tests are pretty accurate. They were right both times I was pregnant. I'm guessing with your period usually being irregular it's probably just irregular again. You could always go to Planned Parenthood and get tested to be sure. Also, since your mom won't put you on birth control, you can get the pill at Planned Parenthood too.
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I really hate stepping on toes, but I hope this advice is taken objectively. Pregnancy tests are not very accurate. They are almost considered a guide. In many people the test can work very well but in others not so much. It is always recommended to test TWICE to minimize the false negatives. Since you stated your period is normally irregular, that tells 2 things. Your period might not be late at all, and 2 the hormone levels are often too shifty to rely on 1 test. Also, get the BC SHOT! Noone wil know, and yet it will be near 100% effective, for 3 months at a time!Joey B
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Information on how home pregnancy test work and how accurate they are. (Scroll past the table to get to the info.)Two correct positives are nice, but don't prove much. As The Pharmacist says, they're not necessarily super-accurate.