my period is about a week and a half latebesides pregnancy what could be the cause of this?

Question

Can you please tell me the potential causes for being 3 weeks late on your period besides pregnancy?

Answer 1

Reasons: Reasons for missed/late periods: low body weight, obesity, marked weight ^ or v, over-exercise, endurance athletics, breast-feeding, ^ stress, illness, eating disorders (bulimia or anorexia), anovulatory cycle (no egg released), travel, hormone irregularities, drug use, meds (i.e., birth control) or medical problems (polycystic ovary syndrome or asherman’s syndrome). #1 reason is pregnancy.

Answer 2

Possibly: You always have to rule out pregnancy. Get a home pregnancy test. They should turn positive about the time you're a week late. If it's negative, repeat it and call your doctor.

Answer 3

That's the best time: Women tend to ovulate 14 days before their periods, so that is a great time to try to get pregnant.

Answer 4

Yes: 10 days beofre your period starts is close to when you would have ovulated and you are certainly at risk of pregnancy if you had unprotected sex.

Answer 5

Quite possibly.: That is a fertile time if you have a 28 day period.

Answer 6

Unlikely : Very unlikely, the eggs usually are not ready to be released yet on your period but it depends how many days your period lasts.

Answer 7

It's possible: It is possible but unlikely especially if you have regular periods.

Answer 8

Highly unlikely: Pregnancy occurs when sperm comes in contact with an egg during ovulation. If you assume a regular 28-day cycle, ovulation is likely to occur during day 13/14.

Answer 9

Very unlikely.: It is very unlikely.

Answer 10

No: If this is truly your period, your chance of pregnancy is extremely low. In a typical 28 day cycle, ovulation takes place around day 14. This is the time where pregnancy chances are the highest.

Answer 11

Yes: Pregnancy is fairly unusual after having sex while on your period, but it certainly could happen.

Answer 12

Unlikely : It is very unlikely for pregnancy to occur while on your menses, other than you are having periods every 21 days and are bleeding for 7 days, your ovulation may occur at thievery end of your period.

Answer 13

Yes: Yes, if the bleeding you are having is not a true shedding of the uterine lining, but just heavy bleeding from the cervix prior to ovulation.

Answer 14

Yes!: Pregnancy occurs when a woman ovulates and a sperm cell successfully penetrates that mature ovum (egg). The question is, when are we ovulating? While the most common time is approximately ten to fourteen days after our period, ovulation can and does occur at any time, including during the menses.

Answer 15

You can at any time: A healthy woman in her reproductive year can become pregnant at any time during her cycle, though the chance is greatest during/around time of ovulation and less so during active menstrual flow. It is difficult to know exactly when you ovulate, hence the chance of pregnancy any time. If you don't want pregnancy yet, use protection at all time--pills and/or condoms. Consult doc. Good luck.

Answer 16

Yes: You always have to rule out pregnancy. Get a home pregnancy test. They should turn positive about the time you're a week late. If it's negative, repeat it and call your doctor.

Answer 17

See below: It's the other way around. You can be pregnant and you don't know it. Up to 30% of pregnant women will bleed at the time of their expected periods because the baby as implanted into the womb. This gives the impression of a period when it's not your real period.

Answer 18

No: It can happen the other way around. You can be pregnant and you don't know it. Up to 30% of pregnant women will bleed at the time of their expected periods because the baby has implanted into the womb. This gives the impression of a period when it's not your real period.

Answer 19

Possibly: Get a home pregnany test. They turn positive by the time your next expected period would be due. If it's negative, repeat in 1 week.

Answer 20

2 weeks or so: 2 weeks after usually is a good time for new egg to develope and get ready.

Answer 21

Possibly: Possibly.

Answer 22

How?: It is hard to have a relation...There is no egg to be fertilized so no preganancy.

Answer 23

Before : Ovulation occurs 14 days before your period. When the sperm meets the egg after ovulation pregnancy occurs.

Answer 24

See below: 30% of pregnant women experience implantation bleeding at about the time they would expect their period. They mistake this bleeding as their period, when in fact, it isn't.

Answer 25

Possibly: Possibly.

Answer 26

Confusing: No, but it can seem that way. Up to 30% of pregnant people will bleed during their expected menses due to implantation bleeding. This leads to conusion because these women may not know they're pregnant. They'll think that they got pregnant during their period when they didn't.

Answer 27

Yes: The first delivery I had as a medical student was a 13 yo who had never had menses. If a kid in puberty releases an egg before her 1st menses, pregnancy can and did occur.

Answer 28

Unlikely: Your menstrual cycle is natures way of letting you know everything in your body is working right. If you are not having periods, then you are not ovulating. Lack of menstrual cycles is not normal and needs medical evaluation. You should make an appointment soon.

Answer 29

Less likely: If your period is regular, monthly, sperm from sex during your period would not likely still be alive at the time you ovulate. The problem si that many young women may not have truly regualar periods. Just because you are bleeding doesn't mean it's always a normal period. So sometimes you can still get pregnant if you have sex while bleeding.

Answer 30

It happens anytime: You can get pregnant at any time during your cycle. The chance is less right before/during/after period, but still happens. Best chance is around time of ovulation--often midcycle for most women. Many women have some light period/bleeding during the first month or two after becoming pregnant. It is very easy and fast to do a home pregnancy test--which is highly accurate. So, check a hpt. Good luck.

Answer 31

YES IF YOU HAVE SEX: Yes you can if you have unprotected sex.

Answer 32

Be careful: Usually not but be careful because you might not have a true period and could have an unintended pregnancy.

Answer 33

Pregnant: If the bleeding is really your period and not periovulatory (midcycle) spotting, you cannot get pregnant on your period.

Answer 34

Conception: If you have a really short menstrual cycle, you had sex on the last day of your period, and there was still viable sperm by the time the egg is around - it could happen. In other words if the moon aligned with the ..... Although very unlikely, you should use protection for all vaginal intercourse if you are not ready for pregnancy.

Answer 35

See your Gyn: It is not likely that you are ovulating if your hormones are not cycling enough to induce menses, so it will be an unpredictable and unlikely challenge without help from someone trained in fertility medicine. Your gyn is a great place to start.

Answer 36

No u can't: Unless there's divine intervention. There's no ovulation during menstruation thus there's no egg cell to get fertilized by the sperm. Best wishes!

Answer 37

YES: Ckeck your cycles regularly; however i advise a home pregnancy test and a specific bloodtest (HCG) for pregancy. ?No birth control?- check with your gyn.

Answer 38

It happens anytime: You can get pregnant at any time during your cycle. The chance is less right before/during/after period, but still happens. Best chance is around time of ovulation--often midcycle for most women. Many women have some light period/bleeding during the first month or two after becoming pregnant. It is very easy and fast to do a home pregnancy test--which is highly accurate. So, check a hpt. Good luck.

Answer 39

Unlikely: During your period is the initiation of your cycle and recruitment of follicles. So there won't any egg available for fertilization.

Answer 40

Usually not: Assuming your periods are regular.

Answer 41

No: If it is really your period- then no.

Answer 42

Normal cycle: You should probably wait until your cycle normalizes then initiate.

Answer 43

No, not unless...: A woman cannot get pregnant during the first few days of her normal regular periods. However, if she has some spotting and is not on her period, but mistakenly thinks she is on her period, it is possible that she is fertile during the spotting. A urine pregnancy test can be done about 3 weeks after sex, if worried.

Answer 44

Yes: A woman can get pregnant about 2 weeks after the start of her last period (sooner if short cycles). That's when many women ovulate. A urine pregnancy test done correctly gives a reliable result 3 weeks after sex (3 weeks after when conception might have happened) or 1 week after missing a period. If done sooner, a positive result is likely real but a negative result may be due to testing too soon.

Answer 45

Pregnancy: It is rare. But, if a woman has a very short menstrual cycle and a long period of bleeding and has sex at the end of menstrual bleeding - than pregnancy is possible. Thus, always use protection if you don't wish to become pregnant.

Answer 46

Unlikely& possible: It is unlikely to conceive on a full menstrual flow however, it is still possible if the "period" is confused with implantation bleeding.

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