9-Day Period Delay: Possible Pregnancy? Symptoms & What to Do

Question
gud day. i am 24 yrs old. i usually have my menstruation at day 27. but
this month it didnt come. i had sex but i cant remember the exact date.
i am 9 days delayed now. i had a pregnancy test but it was neagative.
this is the first time that it happened to me. pls help me. thank's. God
bless.


Answer
Hi Marie,

yes you could be pregnant; retest again.

your home test may have been done too early  for the test to pick up a positive. The tests work by picking up an amount of hormone in your urine called Hcg (Human Chorionic Gonadotropin) this hormone increases as the pregnancy gets farther along.

You could also have a chemical pregnancy, where a sac develops but no baby, and this produces pregnancy symptoms but a very very low amont of HcG.

if your test is negative again, I would go see your doctor and have them do a blood test called a  quantitative Beta HcG. This will measure any amount of HcG in your blood and will definitely tell you if you are pregnant and if it is chemical or not.

Good luck, I hope things work out.

andi