I really need help...

[Jubilation]

So I have been with my boyfriend for over 11 months now.

A few weeks ago, we had sex, but it was protected (condoms). It was about a week or so before I was supposed to get my next period. Now my period is completely a week late, and my lower abdominal is feeling really strange.

I'm trying to chalk it all up to me being slightly underweight, and having all the stress of upcoming exams on my shoulders, but my period has NEVER been this late. The latest it has ever been is around 2 days.

Do you guys think it's just stress or maybe something .. more serious?

[HighPricedPerfection]

Hey

I think you should wait a few more days and then take a pregnancy test to see. But tbh you wouldn't feel anything different in your stomach so early. It might just be stress hun. My period was like....2 and a half weeks late once because i was so stressed out.

Good luck and let us know what happens. <3

[Aletheia*]

The above poster is right; if you're pregnant, your body wouldn't be showing you an physical sign yet. It would be too early. I think you're psyching yourself out a little bit here. To ease your mind, text a pregnancy test. You can buy them at any pharmacy. They are usually near the family planning or feminine care product aisles. If you can't afford a name brand test, go to your local dollar store and buy a test from there. Some have the name brand ones cheaper than at a pharmacy, or they'll have a non-name brand test that will work just as effectively as the name brand tests. Here are some tips for tests:

• Check the EXPIRATION date on the test. You don't want to get home and realize the test has expired since you won't be able to take it then. The expiration dates are on the package, and from my own personal experience, the date can be found on the side where the packaging can be opened.

• Make sure you read the directions for the test. That is vitally important.

• Don't take the test unless it's been two weeks since you had sex (or in this case, where you think you may have conceived). The test won't be accurate unless it's been 14 days since then. 14 days after unprotected sex (or in your case) is the standard to take a test and get an accurate result

• Take the test first thing in the morning, when you first urinate. The hCG hormone, or commonly known as the pregnancy hormone, is most potent in the morning giving you the best result you could ask for.

Just remember that stress, changes in diet and others factors could cause your period to be late. I highly doubt you're pregnant, but take a test to ease your mind if you wish.

[FillingWithHope]

Give it a couple more days and if it doesn't come this month or the next then I would worry about pregancy. But I do not think you are honey, it might just be late because your under stress. It happens once in a while, I remember I went one month without my period and it was because of stress. Try not to freak out and take some time to relax.