| One of the most frustrating things an infertile | | | | that you do bleed but do not release an egg or |
| woman can experience is having a late period and a | | | | ovulate. Hence the term anovulation. This is normally |
| negative pregnancy test! | | | | supposed to happen during menopause. If it does |
| It does not matter if you are trying-to-conceive or if | | | | happen before then anovulation translates into |
| you're trying-not-to-conceive, a late period and | | | | difficulty in conception or infertility. Anovulatory |
| recurring negative pregnancy test results can lead to | | | | cycles tend to occur occasionally throughout the |
| a great deal of stress, worry, confusion, and | | | | childbearing years, but are most common during |
| conjecture on what might be happening.... Am I | | | | adolescence and in the years before menopause |
| pregnant? If so, then why the negative test result? | | | | ("perimenopause"). |
| If I'm not pregnant, then where is my period?!? | | | | While anovulation and its role in infertility seems |
| But If you are trying-to-conceive , every time you | | | | simple, the condition itself is quite complicated. |
| miss your period, your hopes that you are now finally | | | | Anovulation can arise from a number of causes, |
| pregnant go up. You do the pregnancy test with a | | | | ranging from diet and exercise to complex disruptions |
| lot of hope - and lots of prayers. You are scared to | | | | in the relationships between tiny glands in the brain |
| do it, because you do not want to get your hopes | | | | that control our most basic functions. |
| up, and you are worried that it maybe negative once | | | | Many factors can cause a missed period because |
| again . You finally screw up your courage - even if | | | | they disrupt your hormonal balance. These include |
| the news is bad, it's best to know the truth, you tell | | | | increased stress, anxiety, travel, jet-lag, weight loss, |
| yourself - and then do the test. | | | | exercise and sleeplessness. |
| What happens if the test is repeatedly negative ? A | | | | As a remedy to stress and anxiety, regular exercise |
| late period and recurring negative pregnancy test | | | | and a healthy diet are the key. In fact, good health is |
| results can lead to a great deal of stress, worry, | | | | the cornerstone to successfully achieving pregnancy. |
| confusion, and conjecture on what might be | | | | On the other hand, being overweight or underweight |
| happening.... If I'm not pregnant, then where is my | | | | can impact hormonal balance and cause irregularity, |
| period?!? Have I stopped ovulating all together ? | | | | and in some cases prevent menstruation all together. |
| What's happened to my eggs ? Is my body going | | | | Often, women who are long-distance runners or |
| crazy ? | | | | training for a marathon may have irregular cycles or |
| One possibility is that you are in fact pregnant , but | | | | even stop menstruating. This is simply a normal |
| the urine test result comes back negative. This is | | | | reaction to intense physical conditioning - a change in |
| called a "false negative pregnancy test"? First, read all | | | | hormone balance. However, for women who are |
| the instructions again and make sure you are doing | | | | trying to conceive, a healthy diet and exercise |
| the test properly. If you are, then a false negative | | | | regimen will reduce stress, get you in shape, and help |
| result can occur if the test kit you are using is of low | | | | balance your menstrual cycle. |
| sensitivity. This means that the test is capable of | | | | Finally, if your period is very late and your pregnancy |
| detecting pregnancy only when the level of hCG | | | | test is still negative, you may wish to talk with your |
| reaches a certain threshold, and the test is simply not | | | | doctor or Ob/Gyn regarding possible explanations or |
| sensitive enough to yield the positive result.The best | | | | suggestions, health tips, or treatments. A |
| option is to do a blood test for checking your HCG | | | | pre-pregnancy check-up is always a good idea, |
| level.This is very reliable ! | | | | anyway, if you are trying to conceive. |
| If the test is negative , this means the reason you | | | | Author of the article is an IVF Fertility infertility |
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