Am i pregnant or miscarrying? hi i am nine days late on my menstrual today i started spotting some but no big amounts of blood like usual, i have very sore breast and very bad backaches, i feel as if i have a lot of pressure on my uterus and gas. what cou

Spotting : Spotting can be a sign of pregnancy, so you might want to take a home pregnancy test. As doctors, the first thing we do when we hear that a fertile woman is having a missed period or abnormal spotting, we check a pregnancy test. You can either take a home pregnancy test as long as it has been 5- 6 weeks since your last normal period, or you can go see your doctor and they can test you. A home pregnancy test is 97% accurate if taken a week or more after the missed period and a doctor's test can tell around when you should be getting your next period. There are other reasons besides pregnancy that can cause a woman to miss a period such as: stress, diet, excessive exercise or a hormone imbalance such as with a thyroid disorder or polycystic ovarian syndrome. If you continue to have an irregular cycle, you should give your doctor or your ob/gyne a call. Good luck!

Sexually active?: If yes, take a home pregnancy test now.