Is There Anyway to Tell How Far Along I Am by My Symptoms?

No. Symptoms vary tremendously from one woman to the next, and from one pregnancy to the next. Most doctors use pelvic exams to determine the size of the uterus.

Please ignore Gamma's suggestion that you go to the ER!! The ER is for EMERGENCIES and those people who are having true emergencies do not need curious people or those too lazy or impatient to go to the doctor to take up all the time, rooms, personnel and resources. There is nothing urgent about your situation. You go to the doctor (internist or OB/GYN) or to a Planned Parenthood clinic, wait your turn, and get the most concrete info you can.

If you are so irregular that you have no idea when your periods are, you must start keeping a log of menstrual dates and dates of sexual activity.

How is it that you have "no idea" when you had your last period? Are you that irregular?

Go to your doctor to find the answer to your question. Your symptoms cannot tell you this with accuracy.

And for goodness' sake, do not go to the ER for this, as the first person who responded suggested. ERs are busy handling emergencies. SMH

no.

you'll have to estimate as best you can when you go see your OB, which i surely hope you have scheduled. then start keeping better track and taking care of yourself.

how does any functioning adult woman really have 'no idea' when her last period was?

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ETA- the ER? really? like our medical system isn't already overwhelmed enough, now we want women too lazy to track their own cycles to do it on the taxpayers' dime and shunt really desperate people in REAL need down the totem pole?

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khairete
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On Monday morning you call your doctor and tell they you got a positive pregnancy test and they will tell you everything you need to do from there. If you do not have a regular doctor to see, go to Planned Parenthood or a local clinic. This is not something you need to go to the ER for unless you are experiencing bleeding or severe pain or vomiting that is so bad you are becoming dehydrated because you can't keep anything down.
I felt different with every pregnancy I had, all 4 of them. Symptoms mean nothing.

When you go to the doctor or clinic to confirm the test they can give you an idea.

Your Dr can give you more concrete info than we can.

Go see the Dr.

Added: Start keeping up with the dates of your cycle. It s an important part of medical info that is asked about for most medical appointments. I see no reason a woman would not have the time or frame of mind to just jot on a calendar... "started my cycle" each month. It isn't that hard to keep up with and it is only your health and baby's health you are dealing with. Now that you are pregnant, it is not about you anymore.

I don't think there's a way to tell by symptoms.
Every pregnancy is different.
One woman will be sick as a dog for the whole 9 months while others can give birth without even realizing they are pregnant.
Also, if it's a hysterical pregnancy or a mole pregnancy - you'll have a lot if not all the symptoms but there's no viable baby.
Make a doctors appointment and get checked out.

Do NOT go to the er as someone suggested. Good grief. Really? Do you even know what the ER is for? Emergencies! Go to your dr and get an ultrasound. They will tell you how far along you are. I can't believe someone would even suggest the er. Smdh.

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Do NOT go to the er as someone suggested. Good grief. Really? Do you even know what the ER is for? Emergencies! Go to your dr and get an ultrasound. They will tell you how far along you are. I can't believe someone would even suggest the er. Smdh.

Regarding having no idea when one's last period was, since some responses have brought up the subject, I'd just like to say that some girls and women have situations in their lives that really mean that it's difficult to either recall the last period, or to say with certainty if that was actually a period or not.

My daughter is in her 20s, but with her dysautonomia, and has many medical issues (which are 99% in the so-called "invisible" category, meaning that to the casual observer, she appears healthy, when in reality she is dealing with several very debilitating medical diagnoses). She has never had regularity and sometimes has had just a couple of periods per year, and sometimes she's had 18 per year, and some have lasted 30 days and some have lasted 30 minutes. She's extremely intelligent, but when asked, at medical appointments, when her last period was, she really struggles to answer with any sort of time frame. Was that a period or not? It only lasted a couple of hours. When was that? Last, um, February? or March? Do you call a period that lasts 35 days a period or a medical event? And with so many other things going on, it's hard to keep track of.

She's not sexually active at all, and takes birth control to try to get some sort of regulation (it has helped) but I just wanted to say that some women do have a hard time answering what would seem to be a simple question for most of us. Yes, a calendar can help.

I agree, the ER isn't the place for you, unless you're trying to tell us that by "symptoms" you mean unrelenting pain, extreme bleeding, or vomiting that is preventing you from eating or drinking anything. If you mean symptoms like a little morning sickness, suddenly craving pickles at midnight, and not fitting into your skinniest jeans all of a sudden, then you need to see an ob/gyn. You'll need prenatal vitamins and good prenatal care.

No, not really. It differs widely.

I would go see your doctor (or Planned Parenthood, etc.) for a check up and they will be able to help you. Usually around 10-13 weeks you get an ultrasound which helps narrow down the due date - they measure from head to bum, and that gives them a good idea how far along you are. The OBGYN who examines you will be able to help figure this out.

Good luck :)

You can go to the ER where they have a vaginal ultra sound and they can tell you almost to the day how pregnant you are. Otherwise you can go to an OB/GYN and see if they can tell you.

They can measure the fetus and see how far along you are generally and what your hormone levels are. They do rise on a schedule.