Many women do not know they are pregnant, did it happen to you?
Despite being over six weeks pregnant, many women do not know they are pregnant, how can this be possible?
MANY WOMEN DO NOT KNOW THEY ARE PREGNANT
The reality is that 49% of pregnancies are not planned, that is, most women do not have specific control or monitoring of their menstrual cycles nor do they take a pregnancy test every month if they have a delay, so the Pregnancies are usually a surprise.
THE REASONS WHY MANY WOMEN DO NOT KNOW THEY ARE PREGNANT
Even if you are on contraceptive treatment, you should keep in mind that everyone has a margin of error of 1 %, this means that one person in 100 will get pregnant even using contraceptive methods. But these reasons may also influence:
- You didn’t experience any symptoms in the first few weeks.
- You have irregular menstrual cycles.
- You are very young or you are over 40
- Due to your fast pace of life, you don’t pay attention to your menstrual cycles.
- You experience slight bleeding and assume it is your period.
- You think that after so long of not taking care of yourself you cannot get pregnant.
- You did a pregnancy test but it came out negative when it should be positive.
- If you are close to menopause it is more difficult to know your periods because you have variable cycles.
- If you have polycystic ovary syndrome that causes hormonal imbalance.
- You are using medications.
- You suffer from a disease such as hypothyroidism or diabetes.
- You do a lot of exercises.
- You are under a lot of stress.
- You suffer from anxiety or epilepsy.
- You have eating disorders.
- You have undergone drastic weight changes.
- You are obese.
If you suspect that you are pregnant, go to the gynecologist. An ultrasound and a blood test are the only 100 safe methods to find out if you are pregnant.
How old were you when you found out you were pregnant?