It makes sense that you are worried about a late period, and hopefully this information can help.
So many women have asked this same question, and have had a negative pregnancy test. Home pregnancy tests are about 99% effective at detecting any "pregnancy hormones" once you have missed your period, so you can be fairly secure in the results you received.
The normal range for a menstrual cycle is 21-35 days, and you have gone beyond this range to about day 49 (is that correct?). For some reason, many women experience late periods or even a missed period, and this can be normal. Most likely your regular period will resume next month, but if it does not, you may want to call your doctor to rule out any medical conditions.
The symptoms you refer may be signs of hormone-fluctuations, either from pregnancy or from an upcoming period (sore breasts, headache, nausea, cramping, lower back pain, etc). Early pregnancy signs are so similar to pre-menstrual signs that it is impossible to differentiate until "after-the-fact" (either you find out you are pregnant or your period starts).
So, where does this leave you? Either waiting for your period for another week, or calling your doctor (most offices have a nurse triage that can answer questions over the phone) for their recommendation, based on your medical history. Your doctor may want to see you, or may tell you a missed period one month can be normal with two negative hpt. They may want you to take an in-office pregnancy test (urine) to be sure.
One other note about "dry intercourse". There is no such thing as "dry" intercourse, and you may be referring to the slang, "dry humping"? The word "dry" means there is no bodily fluid exchange or contact at all, and can only be achieved when clothed. Intercourse, even without orgasms or ejaculation, is not "dry", as there are many bodily fluids involved: vaginal lubrication, vaginal secretions and/or pre-ejaculatory fluid on the penis. You might be interested to know, that what you actually engaged in is called the Withdrawal Method (or "pull out" method), a type of birth control with intercourse, where the male pulls out or withdraws his penis before he ejaculates. This birth control method is typically about 84% effective as pregnancy prevention (perfect use is higher, but difficult to perform when not actively practicing this method), and this compares to 98% and 99% for perfect use of condoms and hormonal contraceptive, respectively.
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It makes sense that you are worried about a late period, and hopefully this information can help.
So many women have asked this same question, and have had a negative pregnancy test. Home pregnancy tests are about 99% effective at detecting any "pregnancy hormones" once you have missed your period, so you can be fairly secure in the results you received.
The normal range for a menstrual cycle is 21-35 days, and you have gone beyond this range to about day 49 (is that correct?). For some reason, many women experience late periods or even a missed period, and this can be normal. Most likely your regular period will resume next month, but if it does not, you may want to call your doctor to rule out any medical conditions.
The symptoms you refer may be signs of hormone-fluctuations, either from pregnancy or from an upcoming period (sore breasts, headache, nausea, cramping, lower back pain, etc). Early pregnancy signs are so similar to pre-menstrual signs that it is impossible to differentiate until "after-the-fact" (either you find out you are pregnant or your period starts).
So, where does this leave you? Either waiting for your period for another week, or calling your doctor (most offices have a nurse triage that can answer questions over the phone) for their recommendation, based on your medical history. Your doctor may want to see you, or may tell you a missed period one month can be normal with two negative hpt. They may want you to take an in-office pregnancy test (urine) to be sure.
One other note about "dry intercourse". There is no such thing as "dry" intercourse, and you may be referring to the slang, "dry humping"? The word "dry" means there is no bodily fluid exchange or contact at all, and can only be achieved when clothed. Intercourse, even without orgasms or ejaculation, is not "dry", as there are many bodily fluids involved: vaginal lubrication, vaginal secretions and/or pre-ejaculatory fluid on the penis. You might be interested to know, that what you actually engaged in is called the Withdrawal Method (or "pull out" method), a type of birth control with intercourse, where the male pulls out or withdraws his penis before he ejaculates. This birth control method is typically about 84% effective as pregnancy prevention (perfect use is higher, but difficult to perform when not actively practicing this method), and this compares to 98% and 99% for perfect use of condoms and hormonal contraceptive, respectively.
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