Anonymous wrote:I’m 50- definitely not trying to conceive but I swear I feel pregnant. Clearly I can go get a test but there is no way that could happen. Constantly nasueus and bloated. Missed 3 periods. Figured menapause more likely but why the stomach issues? I am almost too embarrassed to buy a pregnancy test. And googled it’s less than 1% chance.
Have two kids so wasn’t even in my thoughts for 10 years. But while I was on this board about a kid issues thought I would get sanity check.

OP- don't want to scare you , but any woman in her 50's who starts noticing bloated and GI complaints should go to your GYN immediately and not for a PG test , but for an CA / ovarian screening.

go immediately

"No way right?"

Nope. No way.
(A 50-year-old woman who describes textbook menopausal symptoms and has missed multiple periods...is exactly what it sounds like. "Less than 1%" is overstating the odds by several orders of magnitude.
If you truly thought you might be pregnant, you would buy a test. But you turned to a message board instead, because a test would be a dose of reality, and you're looking for... something else.)
(Reading this, I just realized it sounds harsh - but believe me when I say, I really am truly sorry. No. You are not pregnant.)

Anonymous wrote:Bloating can be a sign of ovarian cancer too. Worth getting checked out.

Yeah, just came here to say this. See a doctor.

Bloating can be a sign of ovarian cancer too. Worth getting checked out.

Just take a test, this isn’t hard. Don’t worry about something that can easily be put to rest.

Anonymous wrote:Perimenopause is the gift that keeps on giving.

+1. Yep this. Take a test to put the thought to rest, then see your doctor of the symptoms are bothering you.

Perimenopause is the gift that keeps on giving.

Anonymous wrote:Let us know if you test. How do you feel about a baby now in life?

Please do not begin to consider this a take home baby until you have cleared genetic testing.

Let us know if you test. How do you feel about a baby now in life?

It is more common in women who've had many kids before. My MIL got pregnant at 45 even though "We don't have sex!".

No one else in this group is reaching 50 so you won’t get much insight into 50-year-old-bodies.

Menopause!

You might have false pregnancy, my bff MIL had it in her 60s.

It sucks that you're having those symptoms, sorry you have to deal with that! Just to ease your anxiety, get a test overnight on Amazon or at the self checkout counter at the grocery or drug store. Good luck!

I’m 50- definitely not trying to conceive but I swear I feel pregnant. Clearly I can go get a test but there is no way that could happen. Constantly nasueus and bloated. Missed 3 periods. Figured menapause more likely but why the stomach issues? I am almost too embarrassed to buy a pregnancy test. And googled it’s less than 1% chance.
Have two kids so wasn’t even in my thoughts for 10 years. But while I was on this board about a kid issues thought I would get sanity check.