Cryptic Pregnancy?

[CrypticBaby]

So I haven't been feeling quite right for a few months and I've been looking into it and 'cryptic pregnancy' seems to point to all my symptoms. But me and my now ex-boyfriend were careful, we used condoms, I know that they are not 100% effective and we may have used a defective one, we also usually started without one so there is also a chance there, I realize the chances of both of these are incredible slim, but strange things happen. But since March(which we were living together then) my period has been off, it typically lasts 6 or 7 days, isn't all that heavy, was always around the same time of month, very consistent, but since March it's been normal for 2 or 3 days then super heavy the next day then it's either normal or stops for the next day or two then picks back up - it's different each time, it moves throughout the months, it's just totally not what I'm used to. I was going to see a doctor in June about it but my boyfriend dumped me and I just sorta stopped caring what could be wrong with me, dumb I know. I first thought of pregnancy as an option in July cause I sleep on my stomach and it suddenly became uncomfortable, like it put too much pressure on my belly, it's bizarre. I also started getting heartburn, fatigue, I felt like I was peeing more often and I was getting diarrhea which is a really rare occurrence with me. I have been really stressed so I wrote it off as that, but in October a friend convinced me to take a test, came up negative, put it out of my mind. But recently, I've been getting roving belly pains: near the bottom of my hips, up at the top of my hips, near my belly button, just throughout my entire belly, sometimes in my lower back. they're like dull but sharp pains and they last only a few minutes, they come and go, I sorta describe them as feeling like, if there is a baby, like it's stretching, like it pushes on one point and stops, I don't know if that's crazy. My stomach's also kinda tender, like if I lean across a counter, it bothers me and it never used to, same thing if I'm wearing like a robe with a tie, if I sit down it becomes uncomfortable, and I'm not gaining weight, but my stomach does seem to be firmer and stick out a bit more (I'm already heavy set so it's hard to tell) I've sorta been keeping track by just putting my hand underneath it, and like in August my index finger could bend up pass it and now it can't so I don't think it's all in my head. I've also read that extreme stress can cause your body to tell the baby to lay low to try to prevent further stress on the mother, and I have been nothing but stressed since freaking February of this year, and it's hard to de-stress when you're unsure if there's a baby on the way or not.
I just can't get the idea that I'm pregnant out of my head, and I was just wondering if there was any advice anyone could give me? If anyone's experienced anything similar? I'd like to find out but I have heard that blood tests and ultrasounds can come out negative, but I don't know how you go about setting up an ultrasound if you're not sure you're pregnant in the first place. I'm just not sure what I can or should do. Please help.

 

[krissie328]

I would set up an appointment with your doctor and explain your concerns. It should be quite apparent by now via ultrasound if you're pregnant.. also, if you're not you should also be checked to make sure everything else is okay.

 

[2ducks]

Take another home pregnancy test, you may have taken the first test too early. If you are pregnant the test will definitely turn positive. Cryptic pregnancies are rare and reading stories online, which may or may not be truthful, make these rarities seem like it can happen to anyone. Seeing a doc is probably a good idea regardless because it sounds like your body is out of whack lately.

Good luck,

 

[Calibali]

When I first got married, I was sure I was pregnant; all kinds of weird stomach symptoms; nausea, weird pains, etc. I was not pregnant, just extremely stressed out and it was messing with my stomach (marriage was not exactly what I envisioned, but I adjusted).

Stress is an amazingly powerful thing and can cause all kinds of physical symptoms. I was very surprised when I had my first, and only, anxiety attack a few weeks after my daughter was born, how all the muscles tightened up so very painfully around my chest and back, so that all I could do was lie on the ground and try to breathe. Just an example of what stress causing physical symptoms where no actual physical problem exists.

Definitely go to a doctor and get checked out. I had never heard of a cryptic pregnancy before I googled it, and it seems the reason why is that it is extremely rare to have a true cryptic pregnancy. It is far more likely that you are simply stressed out and perhaps have something else going on with your body that is causing your symptoms.

 

[Calibali]

Just wanted to add, if there is a baby and it is big enough to feel movement, then that would show on an ultrasound. You may not be able to get a positive with a home pregnancy test at that point, because those are meant for early pregnancy. So go to a doctor, and see what they say.

 

[IchigoMewMew]

I agree with the other ladies you need to see a doctor asap. Am I right in understanding that you think you conceived in march? If that's the case that would put you at a minimum of 38 weeks pregnant when you posted? sorry if i've misunderstood, even if you conceived shortly before your split in june you'd still be in 3rd trimester my LMP was May 20th. Your doctor will need to test your hormone levels and maybe arrange an ultrasound of your ovaries to rule out cysts etc. Hope you can get an answer soon, good luck

 

[Mummafrog]

The other options is it is some kind of cyst, possibly one producing hormones or attached to the ovaries and making your hormones go wacko. I'm not saying this to scare you at all but it's definitely something you need to talk to the doctor about and get checked, they will hopefully refer you for a pelvic scan to see if there is anything going on in there.
I hope you get some answers soon. All the best x