What are the symptoms of pregnancy?
Patient: Hi, I m worried I may be pregnant but I m not sure...I just got done with my period about a week ago, and the last day of being on my period I had sex with my boyfriend. We started out unprotected for about a minute or two then he put a condom on. The next morning I woke up feeling nasueas and had a huge headache but it lasted most of the day so I don t think it was morning sickness, but the past two days I ve had a very light brown discharge showing up here and there in my underwear and some small bubbly feelings in my stomach. He never ejaculated into me but I m afraid the pre seminal fluid may have gotten me pregnant...or am I just ovulating or something? Doctor: Hallow Baby,You are too anxious. Woman releases egg (ovulation) only once in the cycle and that is around 14 days prior to the nest expected menses. Considering 24 hours' life of the egg and 72 hours' sperm activity, the fertile period is about a week around the day of ovulation. You had sex on last day of your menstrual bleeding. Even if before putting on condom he had ejected precum into your vagina, on this day the chances of presence of egg are almost nil. The brownish discharge was the remains of menstrual blood coming out late. The symptoms of pregnancy like nausea, vomiting appear about 8-15 days after missing a period. So these symptoms have nothing to do with your pregnancy. Associated headache suggests the possibility of stress of pregnancy and/or influenza. If the symptoms have vanished, you need not do anything for them. You should get your menses on expected day. If you continue to be under stress, it may delay your menses. If at all you miss your period, wait for 8-10 days and then get urine pregnancy test done for diagnosing the possibility of pregnancy. I am sure, you will not need it. I hope this clarifies your doubts. Dr. Nishikant Shrotri