Hello,
Welcome to the forum and thanks for posting on it. Since you had your periods on the 22nd of July, hence your
periods were expected around 22nd of August. Since you have missed your periods and have had a little
spotting, so the chances of pregnancy cannot be ignored taking in view the fact that you are trying to
conceive and having unprotected intercourse. In pregnancy, the growing tissues of the new conception (early
fetus) secrete a special hormone into your body called ‘human Chorionic Gonadotrophin’ (HCG). This enters your
blood as early as one week following fertilisation.You can do home urine for pregnancy test after 1 week or 10
days of your due periods date. However to completely rule out pregnancy we need to get your serum HCG levels
done which is a more sensitive test than urine for pregnancy test. If the serum HCG test comes out negative
then other possibility that explains the delaying of your periods need to be explored. Other causes of delayed
periods are stress and anxiety, hormonal imbalance, eating disorder, increased smoking, alcohol or caffeine
use and medical conditions like PCOS, fibroid, polyps and endometriosis. Although you are not showing any of
the other symptoms associated with these causes but if you do not get your periods this month and the
pregnancy test comes out negative then all these need to be ruled out. I hope it helps. Take care and please
do keep us posted in case you have any additional doubts. Kind regards.
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