period while pregnant?

[amos06]

is it possible to have a normal pregnancy and still have your af? feel free to use this as an open forum once my question is answered.

[SunshinyLady81]

Just to give all you ladies some reassurance here, it is possible that anyone who is experiencing any pregnancy symptoms to be pregnant even if you are still experiencing a menstrual period. The reason why pregnancy tests read as negative when a woman is pregnant (if it turns out she is pregnant whether she knows it or not), is because the HCG levels are low. I've heard of actual cases where women took pregnancy tests where they later discovered they were pregnant all along and it showed up as reading negative, even a case of a woman who did an experiment of trying a test one week prior to the delivery of her baby and that showed up negative because her HCG levels were low. The best way to confirm if you are pregnant is by taking a blood test at the hospital or a clinic to confirm it. If that fails to confirm that you are (I have heard of cases where a blood test isn't 100% reliable), then get a sonogram done to see if there is a fetus there. I'm amazed at the TV show "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant", the episodes that feature particularly the women who had their full-on menstrual periods (3-5 days or however long a normal cycle is, each woman's cycle varies), and the woman who was slightly overweight who didn't know at all that she was pregnant until the day she gave birth (and she was getting her regular periods throughout her pregnancy and was even on her period the day she gave birth!). I personally know of 2  friends who had their REGULAR monthly periods during the first 3 months of their pregnancies. They both didn't even have a clue that they were pregnant because having their full, normal monthly periods made them not even suspect it. The only reason they found out is because they were easily getting tired and were told by friends and/or family that they looked pregnant although they weren't yet showing. Sure enough they went in for a blood test and that confirmed it for them. They each delivered a healthy baby boy, one of them being born yesterday afternoon. So there you have it! It sometimes just happens that a women gets a period while pregnant whether she knows she's pregnant or not. And none of you are crazy at all, you know your body better than anyone else. And for anyone being critical about this subject in this forum, please think before you criticize, you wouldn't really know unless it happened to you.

[flyygurl23]

Well my girl got pregnant on while she was on the pill and she had bleeding all the way up till she was 5 months but it wasn't spotting it was a normal flow.  So yea it is possible to have something that looks and feels like a period.

[HottKyChick]

My husbands old gf was actually on the pill when she got pg and didnt know she was, cuz she was still having periods every month. She finally figured it out when she was about 6 or 7 months along. She was taking the pill the whole time too.

[Christie04_returns]

Correct.  You do not menstruate while pregnant.  You can, however, have bleeding and spotting that may resemble a period, and many women have been fooled into thinking they are having a period.  

But its not a period.  It's just bleeding during pregnancy.  Implantation bleeding, if it exists at all, should be nothing more than just a bit of spotting.

[sparkeler]

It can be normal to have a healthy pregnancy and spot during it.  I knew someone who thought she was having a period every month and at 6 months, found out she was pregnant.  I don't know what it is exactly, but I don't think it's considered a period.  Not sure though.

[pixijal]

more details please?!