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A 28-year-old female asked:

Yesterday i was 5 days late for my period and started spotting, it's now very watery bright red blood, i've been very bloated and emotional am i preg?

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Dr. Robert Kwok
Pediatrics 35 years experience
Maybe not, but...: A urine pregnancy test gives a reliable result 3 weeks after sex (3 weeks after when conception might have occurred), 1 week after missing a period, or 1 week after starting a "weird" period. If done sooner, a positive result is likely real, but a negative result may be due to testing too soon, and thus lead to a repeat test. If a woman gets her normal regular period, then she is not pregnant.
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