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Pregnancy or Perimenopause
by worried048, Jul 16, 2008 11:46AM
I an 48 years old and have chosen to not be sexually active for 15 years. However, recently a man has come into my life that has caused me to reevaluate my life. Over the past 3 months, we have spent 3 occasions together where no sexual intercourse had taken place or any contact by his genitals with my genitals. There might have been a time in the beginning of June where I may have fondled him and then an hour later could have touched myself. On Jul 8, after some heavy petting he fingered me. I am not certain if he touched himself first or not, but he had to work the button on my jeans and then work his hand down to my vagina while I was in a sitting position. My thinking is if there was any pre-*** on his finger at all it would have been wiped off before the partial finger penetration. I am on day 43 since my last period. On Jul 8, it was already 35 days since my last period which then was 33 days past the last one. My question is this: Can I be pregnant or am I experiencing signs of perimenopause? I have never, ever been pregnant before and do NOT want to be.
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At any rate, if there's any question at all then you should take a hpt. If the test comes out negative then wait a week or so and take it again. It's also more accurate to take a blood test at the doctor's if you want to go that route.
It certainly is possible that you could be entering perimenopause but you should be getting more symptoms than a missed period, I'd think. Usually, with perimenopause your periods become more erractic over a period of time, you get hot flashes and trouble sleeping.
It might be a good idea to talk with your doctor if you are indeed entering menopause as there are medications, etc. that can help. Also, my gyn doc told me that they often times put perimenopause women on birth control pills to help stabilize the hormones, etc. It seems to help. And it would certainly ease your mind about any unplanned pregnancies!
Best wishes to you.
April