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Based on my last menstral period if i don't get my period this month does that mean i am pregnant?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Not always: Missed/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 (i.e., polycystic ovary syndrome). #1 reason is pregnancy. Take a >.

Answered 10/28/2013

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