Ladies a "aunt flow" cycle question

LegacyUser

Story goes, my girlfriend's period is now seven days late. And im starting to get a little worried. Thing is during our last expression of love for eachother she felt her period coming on, cramps and the like, but it didn't flow so to speak. We practiced text book condom usage on this occasion as we always do. So here we are 7 seven days later and still no sign of aunt flow. Don't really know why im posting this probably to get it off my chest. Im aware of the obvious posibility. But what are the other posibilties for her period being late? Could having cramps during sex thrown her off cycle. Or could it simply be the stress over the possibillity of being pregnant that has her late.

Also any advice on what to do next would be helpful, Is it too early to do a home pregnancy test? Are they even accurate? Should we go see a doctor.

Cheers

dudara

A few questions first. Does she have regular periods, or does she have irregular periods? If she's a young woman, teens to late twenties, periods can still be irregular. If she is stressed due to any other circumstances that can also affect her cycle. If she felt the cramps (and trust me, a woman can't mistake those pains for anything other than PMT), then she was due to have her period.

I wouldn't be too concerned yet. Relax for a while, seven days isn't that much. If it's still the same story in two weeks or so, then you need to check things out further.

Lickle Lover

I was in the same situation last month. I am as regular as clock work but I was 10 days late last month....I put it down to bad eating and a stressful month. Im back to normal now...so it had to have been the busy month that messed me up.

If you're periods are coming on, then a pregnancy test may show up to be positive cos' of hormone levels and stuff. Leave it a few days more. I know the worry is terrible but hopefully things will work out.

embee

Some women experience abdominal pain whilst ovulating. If she is young, and her periods are irregular, it is entirely possible that the pain she felt was ovulation.

But, as you say, you were using condoms and using them correctly. So, I would venture to say that she more than likely isnt pregnant.

If she has been unwell/run down/stressed out/not eating properly, her periods can be affected.

loismustdie

if you used a condom chances are slim that she's late, the only other reason would be jsut that she's worryin over it and it's messing with her cycle. is she normally regular~? if she was pregnant it couldn't show in a test until a month but i doubt she could be. having sex at a articul time won't mess up her cycle. as long as you always use condoms properly you don't have much to worry about but they are still not 100% safe

Mocking Burd

It isn't too early to take a home test - you can do them from the first day your period is due. If your girlfriend is usually regular, then the result you get now should be accurate enough as she is already over a week late.

LegacyUser

Sounds like you're both really worried- why not take the test anyway. Many work from the first day her period is due. Sounds like it's worry over nothing and anything up to 10/12 days is normal to be late, but better to know.
Hope it all works out.

PrecariousNuts

Must have been a pretty nasty aunt to describe her like that.

spectacleinrock

Ovualtion pains can be very similar to period pains.
And i often get warning pains a week before my period.
Get her to take the test all the sane, cause the more stressed she is about the late period, the later its bound to get. Horrible fact of life