My friend is 3 months late, and she has a bump, but blood results and ultrasounds are negative for pregnancy??

Question

Hi,

I have a friend, a coworker who is 3 months late for her period. She is extremely thin and has a bump already. Looking at her, anyone would say she is definitely pregnant. Her clothes no longer fit her although her eating habits have not changed a bit and she has been having very strange cravings lately as well as other pregnancy symptoms. The thing is, blood work has come back negative for pregnancy hormones and ultrasounds show absolutely nothing. The doctors say she is not pregnant. But she has never been more than 1 day late on her period in her whole life. Another thing she mentioned is that her grandmother and another female relative did not know they were pregnant until well into their second trimester, which seems a bit out there, but who knows. She has been stressing so much lately and it seems like she is desperate to know what has happened to her body. I feel so bad for her and would like to try and find some answers to help her. Has anything like this happened to anyone before??

Thanks

Answer 1

This happened to my best friend. She has PCOS. Her Dr should be giving her medication to get her cycle going. Back in our Grandmothers time they did not have the pregnancy tests or ultrasounds that they do today so a lot of times a woman did not know that she was pregnant. If she were actually 3 months pregnant then it would have shown up by now. PCOS or some other hormonal imbalance is my guess.  

Answer 2

Doesn't eat much and is very thin?

You know those commercials with the little kids from Africa with BIG bellies yet they hardly get to eat?  They have big bellies because they're malnourished.

That's my guess.

Answer 3

That's interesting & very rare. One in a million women have false negative blood test..

Answer 4

During my lamaze class with my first pregnancy, we met a woman who had NO idea she was pregnant until the day she went into labor.  She was also very small and although she had a nice size belly bump, she was never large.  The doctors thought she had a tumor after ruling out pregnancy but could never find anything.  No tests and no ultrasounds ever showed a pregnancy.  Turns out somehow her insides are a bit backwards and the baby was hiding.  Very, very, very rare and strange, but it does happen.  

I suggest your friend continue to seek professional opinions.  There's got to be a reason why she suddenly stopped having her period, even if its not pregnancy.    

Answer 5

I would advise your friend to have a second opinion. However if she has had a sonogram and blood work and there is no detection of pregnancy then chances are she is not pregnant. I have read int he past of something I believe is called a "chemical pregnancy" where your body displays all signs of pregnancy and you have symptoms of pregnancy but are actually not pregnant.

good luck to your friend  

Answer 6

Could it be a false pregnancy?

The symptoms of pseudocyesis are similar to the symptoms of true pregnancy and are often hard to distinguish from it. Such natural signs as amenorrhoea, morning sickness, tender b*****s, and weight gain may all be present.  The hallmark sign of pseudocyesis that is common to all cases is that the affected patient is convinced that she is pregnant. Abdominal distension is the most common physical symptom of pseudocyesis (60– 90%). The abdomen expands in the same manner as it does during pregnancy, so that the affected woman looks pregnant. This phenomenon is thought to be caused by buildup of gas, fat, f***s, or urine.

The second most common physical sign of pseudocyesis is menstrual irregularity (50–90%). Women are also reported to experience the sensation of fetal movements known as quickening, even though there is no fetus present (50%-75%). Other common signs and symptoms include gastrointestinal symptoms, breast changes or secretions, labor pains, uterine enlargement, and softening of the cervix. One percent of women eventually experience false labor.

To be diagnosed as true pseudocyesis, the woman must actually believe that she is pregnant. When a woman intentionally and consciously feigns pregnancy, it is termed a simulated pregnancy.

Answer 7

If she has been to the Dr and they say she isn't she probably isn't. If there is no baby in an ultrasound then there is no baby. Tell her to look up phantom pregnancies.