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Will thinking i might be pregnant delay my period?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

It usually requires: A really significant amt of stress to delay periods. Late period: low body wt, obesity, weight ^ or v, ^exercise, endurance athletics, breast-feeding, stress, illness, eating disorders (bulimia or anorexia), anovulatory cycle (no egg released), travel, perimenopause, just starting menstruation, hormone irregularities, drug use, meds (i.e., birth control) or medical problems. #1 reason = pregnancy.

Answered 8/28/2017

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