Pregnancy Symptoms: Understanding Your Signs & What To Do

Question
Hi Dr. Johnson. I have been having a lot of pregnancy symptoms and I am really confused what is going on. I stopped taking my birth control pills a little over a month ago, and have had unprotected sex with my husband numerous times since. We have been trying to get pregnant. In the past two weeks I have been super emotional and crying a lot. I have been reallllly tired and getting frequent headaches. I have to pee like every hour and I have also been dizzy. Could this all be because I stopped the pills, or are these pretty clear pregnancy signs? I cannot remember exactly when my last period was, but I think it was around the 17th of september. I took a test but it said it was negative? What do you think?

Answer
Hi Krystal,

It is hard to predict if you are pregnant or not because everything you are experiencing can be due to stopping birth control. Take another pregnancy test in a few days, if you are not pregnant then put it down to the after effects of stopping birth control.