First let me say that my husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for three months, and for the five months previous to that was on Yaz bc pills. I’m asking because I want to see if anyone thinks I should investigate further with a doctor, and I know it could be something as simple as an umbilical hernia or abdominal spasms, but the spasms from both shouldn’t last for months.
For a few months, probably since I went off the bc pills in April, I have been feeling my lower abdominal region moving, and mostly while I am at rest. I feel it when I lie down sometimes, when I am relaxing in the bath tub, and sometimes when I’m working (I work online as a freelance journalist). When I’m working it is strong enough of a movement to push the keyboard tray on my computer in a few inches. I have held my breath and watched my stomach to see if it’s because of my breathing but it continues to move. I am thinking a possible unknown pregnancy because it’s in the same spot that my daughter favored when I was pregnant with her 3 1/2 years ago. I am a full-figured woman and normally can easily maintain my weight with diet and exercise, and did for 3 years until around September last year when I had an unexplained weight gain of about 8 pounds. I lost it again with diligent diet and exercise, but am now about 15 pounds heavier than the weight I naturally maintain. I haven’t changed my diet/exercise or anything, in fact I eat healthier now more than ever because I’ve been trying to lose that 15 pounds and more. I had irregular periods on the bc even after the first couple months, and have had one period about a week after I stopped taking bc and only very light spotting since. I have also noticed recently that even though my waist wasn’t small before, it has nearly disappeared.
I know the only true way to be sure is to go to a doctor, but I went to my gp for my women’s wellness in November last year, and they did bloodwork before. I did notice that the pregnancy hormone was in the right range (on the low end of the range), but the doctor prescribed the bc and didn’t indicate that he believed I was pregnant, and having taken an EPT before going in that was negative I didn’t believe pregnancy testing was necessary.
I have taken several pregnancy tests since November and they have all been negative, the most recent was about 3 weeks ago. I know if I’m far enough along to feel movement then one of them should have been positive by now, unless I’m either not taking them right (after reading the directions any dodo could take them right) or I just am not taking them at the right time (like after drinking too much and the hormones are too diluted to indicate a positive).
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