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PCOS and Pregnant?


Hi, I'm Becky, age 22 and diagnosed with PCOS about 6 months ago. I do not have regular periods, however, no matter how many days my overall cycle is, I bleed for exactly 7 days when the period does come. My cycles have been as follows:

Nov 4-Dec 8 34 days
Dec 8-Jan 25 48 days
Jan25-Mar 3 37 days
Mar 3-April 16 44 days
April16-May23 37 days
May23-June27 35 days
June27- ???

I am going on 40 days for my current cycle, which, as you can see is not really that strange for my crazy body. However, I have been having symptoms I have never had before...

-2 weeks ago
...I had strange discharge ... Long goo about 4 inches long hangin out of my lady part after peeing. It was whitish clear and no smell (sorry that was gross I know and Im about the get more gross...). It was on a day that I did not have intercourse so I didnt think it was semen finding its way out as that has never happened before (sorry again)

-2 weeks ago until present
...Pain in lower abdomin coming and going regardless of whether Im laying, sitting, or standing (feels like the normal "period is coming cramps" but I have never had them this long)
...SHARP pain in either lower right or left abdomin when I move from sitting to standing or cough or blow my nose

-1.5 weeks ago until present
...dizziness (can't stand for long periods)
...extra fatigue than my normal fatigue
...constipation and bloating

-1 week ago until present
...dizziness and naseau at night (have not actually thrown up though)
...light headedness when I switch from laying-sitting-standing even when I take it reallll slow
...constant need to pee
...dry skin (with nothing out of the ordinary to prompt it)
...pain in my legs
...headaches more than usual

Last period was from June 27th - July 4th and I had unprotected sex on the following days:

July 7th, 8th, 9th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd, 25th, 26th, 27th
(P.S I dont usually have a sex drive like this!)

Also, I have been with my partner for 2.5 years and neither of us has an STD. We are not trying to get pregnant but obviously we are not taking the steps to prevent pregnancy either. I was told that with PCOS and cycles like mine, it would be diificult and maybe even not possible to get pregnant ...

I have taken 3 pregnancy tests (August 2nd, 3rd, and today the 5th) all have been NEGATIVE ... but Im wondering if I am pregnant and either its to early to detect on HPT or if the PCOS is giving false negative (which is quite common with PCOS women)

Any advice that can be given would be greatly appreciated. Do I sound pregnant? If you need any additional info I'd be happy to provide it.

THANKS!!

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Thank you for your insight. I am not on any treatments. My doctor referred me to a neuro-endocronologist who I am seeing this week for the first time.
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Symptoms are completely unreliable to go off of and I get "pregnancy symptoms" just about every month, but I am not pregnant. The only way to know if you are pregnant or not is by a pregnancy test, taken either at home or at your doctor's office. Because you have PCOS and your cycles are irregular, you can take a home pregnancy test 2 weeks after having sex and get an accurate result. It could be hard to determine when or if your period is "late", so just take a test 2 weeks after sex. If the test is negative and you still don't get your period, wait a week and test again. If you don't want to get pregnant, you do need to take precautions to prevent pregnancy. Even with PCOS, you can get pregnant and you wouldn't want it to happen at a time in which you are not ready/prepared. Are you on any treatments for PCOS?  
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