I've learned that when it comes to our bodies, anything is possible!  Keep us posted!  It may not be ideal timing, but after all you went through to get pregnant with Benji, it would be pretty awesome to have it "just happen"!

ok sooo....my baby Benji is 7 months old now. ever since i stopped breastfeeding (in feb) i have been consistently getting my period (like clockwork) on the 17/18th of every month. this month i was due to get it on the 17th (wed) and i didn't. on friday i started to freak out. i took a pregnancy test. negative. ok....weird....

its sunday now and i still haven't gotten it. but weird things have me confused.

reasons pregnancy is a possibility:

-a week ago i was nauseous for a couple days. had some intense cramps. i thought, why am i getting this a week before my period? it only lasted a couple of days. 

-i'm  5 days late and i've been on time for months

-i did have sex a month ago when i was ovulating

-they say you're really fertile the first year after having a baby

-my temp is a little high

reasons i'm probably not pregnant:

-negative pregnancy test

-hormones could be the cause of the missed period

-while i haven't had any spotting i have seen a teeeeeeny tinge of pink in my cervical mucus when i wipe (only twice)

-while i did have sex a month ago, it wasn't to completion (we stopped before it ended bc it didn't feel good for me) 

-i ended up getting my period last month, 2 weeks after the sex, like clockwork

i'm soooo confused!!! i will take another pregnancy test again today and it will be negative again. and i'll just chalk it up to i'm just not getting it this month. you know, even though my brain knows being pregnant right now would not be a good idea (we don't have the finances, i have a hard enough time with one baby, i don't know how i could handle a newborn and an infant, i didn't want to have kids this close together, i fear the stress will hurt my marriage) i can't help but get excited at the notion because i'm a girl and its in my DNA. also i really really loved being pregnant.  loved it much more than the newborn stage, that was soooooo hard. and now...my husband is working full time again. (he had taken 2 months off to help me with Benji) like...how...HOW could i possibly do it?! then i think i'll be better this time bc i know what to expect. but still..ugh..so many emotions!!!

has this happened to any of you? you were getting steady periods and then just missed a month?

i'm going to make an  appt  to see a new gyno/obgyn (i haven't seen one since i had the baby) for my pap so i'm hoping she will shed some light on this.

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*UPDATE*

so like i suspected i took another test and it came out negative. i still haven't bled into my underwear but i have seen streaks of pink in my cervical mucus which is very wet. this is so strange. its not like a period at all. at all! its almost like ovulation. ugh this sucks because i was so proud of being regular. i hope this month is just a fluke and i got off easy. but i better get my period next month. 

Sending you prayers for a happy healthy baby this time around!  So sorry you've had to experience so much loss, no one should have to go through all of that.  Can't wait to read a post about holding a healthy full term baby in your arms!

I had gallstones with my first pregnancy it was before I had wls it was 14 years ago. I just had to try to eat things that would not upset my stomach it was hard I was sick every day. I never lost any weight with it though so I don't know about that. I had my gall bladder removed two months after my son was born. Its realy strange cause I thought most wl doctors took you gall bladder out when they did your surgery.