I was talking to my mom, and I mentioned to her that my period came about a week early, which is pretty unusual for me, but I'm kind of glad because I'll be done by the time we go to the beach next week, so yay. I had told her (and you ladies) that a week before, my boobs had been pretty tender... so my mom says 'who knows, maybe you had a miscarriage'.
Okay, now it's been proven that pretty much every woman has at least one miscarriage in their lives, and they never know it because it's so early in the pregnancy. It happens, it's natural and not uncommon to NOT know. I'm still not sure why my boobs were hurting so bad, and yes, my period came unusually early for me... could that have been a miscarriage?
I'm not surprised or upset, I'm just wondering if anyone else had gone through this. I had never taken a pregnancy test because I knew my period was coming soon (it just came sooner than expected)... what do you think?
I know anything's possible, and I have no intentions of going to the doctor to find out one way or another because this could have been a spontaneous, naturally occuring thing. I was just wondering what your take was on the whole thing.
@Denise, my BFF just reminded me that I had mentioned my last one was super light and only lasts about 3 days... so it either wasn't a real period (implantation bleeding, not uncommon?) or maybe my body is just getting older and changing, WHO KNOWS?!
And when I said I wasn't surprised or upset, I wasn't meaning to be insensitive to anyone who's been through this, OH NO, my heart goes out to those women... I'm just saying there's no emotional attachment to the unknown, if that makes sense.
@Di, it's all on my profile ;) 27, not TTC, but not trying not to either, never had a miscarriage, have had 3 healthy pregnancies/babies... I'm really in tune with my body, but things have been 'off'... but then again, life's been STRESSFUL!! ;)
Ive had a early miscarriage twice to my knowledge. For me, my period was always a week or so late, but then came heavier and stronger than usual.
Wait, does this mean you're trying, or not preventing? I secretly hope so! I LOVE other people's babies! tehehe
At the very least it means you're still sleeping with the bastard, and where there's sex, there's hope, right?
Sure, might've been a miscarriage, or the planets aligned up in an unusual way, or a full moon, or your sister/friend got theirs......
:)
You'll likely never know for sure.
But I would think it would be more likely if your period was a little late, rather than a week early.
Lots of stuff can affect your breast tenderness: water retention, caffeine, hormone fluctuation, etc. can all result in tender breasts.
And if your last period was "on time...you're talking about...what....2 weeks along? I don't think so. JMO.
My breasts always get tender before my period.
It was the same before I was sexually active - so it was definitely not miscarriage related.
For me - it has more to do with water retention (I crave salty things before my period) and it's common for me to drop 5 lbs of water weight during the first few days of my period.
Extreme upset/stress can throw your period off (early or late) and you've certainly had enough going on lately.
Possible, but not a given.
I was recently a week early... after both of dh's vasectomy checks came back clear. I have zero reason to consider m/c a realistic explanation.
Hormones fluctuate. These things happen.
It's possible, but I really believe that we aren't supposed to over-analyze these things. Our bodies have a way of sometimes making things happen in a way that is least upsetting to us.
Even on the Pill, I've had mine show-up a week early. The smallest fluctuation in hormones can bring it on.
I think that we were not meant to know one way or the other. Because we can check at home or get blood tests to know for certain we are pretty hooked on knowing. But it's not something most of us want to know.
That aside though I haven't had sex in 3 years at least. There are times where I positively feel pregnant. My boobs will hurt and my period will come early or late. I think it's just a hormonal thing.
it could've been a multitude of things....hormones up...you had a pretty exciting year!! :) Getting married, Roman breaking his knee, house sitting stress, Rob being a jerk (you didn't make my lunch) so it's ENTIRELY possible your hormones were all over the place....
Could you have been pregnant? MAYBE...to me? it's more likely that with everything else going on that your hormones were whacked and it was serious PMS...unfortunately, now that you are getting older - your periods may fluctuate...
I wish people would give more details...like age... if they were actually trying... but it sounds as if you might now have been so I hate to be like a broken record but that is the first thing you need to think about... if you might have been pregnant and didn't want to be... well, I guess I need not say more... you were already scolded earlier... ;)
I have had two miscarriages that I know of one at two months and one around four months and was told that people have misscarriages all the time that they don't know about... just something about it not taking... Take it from a mom with two kids... and two misscarriages... I think I could have had a couple early misscarriages when I was trying to conceive.. But the point here is... I was trying to get pregnant.
The description of your symptoms does sound as if you could have had a misscarriage. Especially if your flow was a little harder and maybe a little longer. I bled for at least ten days after both.
It's possible. I've also had an early period without having had sex to create a possible pregnancy. Sometimes menstrual cycles are just wonky even if you've normally had a clockwork cycle. Stress, having had three babies already, things aren't quite what they were before. Hormones change all throughout our lives.
My mom just told me the other day that she thinks she had a miscarraige before she got prego with my younger sis. She didn't even know she was pregnant. She said there was like a gray mass and some blood and the Dr said it was possible that something happened. She said she wasn't upset at all since she didn't know and wasn't planning anymore kids(glad to have my sis though) so you saying you're not upset makes sense to me. Maybe you did have one and maybe your period came early but if you know your body and you didn't feel right then you prob were prego. I was not even really late on my period and I felt off so I took a test and I am due march 1st but I too know my body. I wouldn't stress out over it since you're not worried enough to go see your dr.
