What could be the cause of the delay in my period?

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As pregnancy test has been checked twice already and found negative, and also as you have used contraceptive method the delayed periods can be mostly due to stress or underlying hormonal disturbances or sometimes a lifestyle-related problem called PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome), which needs to diagnosed. I would like to know if you have had any recent weight gain, or weight loss, any unwanted facial hair growth, scalp hair fall, acne issues, or any secretions from breast or headaches that you have experienced in the recent past as these can provide some clue towards the underlying cause. I would advise you to just wait for 3-4 days more, and if you still do not get your periods, you can take the below-mentioned medication for your withdrawal period. Take tablet Meprate or Deviry (Medroxyprogesterone) 10 mg twice daily after food for five days, wait for withdrawal bleeding in the next 7-10 days. Please get the investigations done for the necessary evaluation of the underlying cause. Alternatively, you can wait and observe to get your next period on time. If that also gets delayed, then you can go for the investigation as advised (in view of the present COVID situation).

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Sure, as per your description, most probably it is stress-related as you have no other symptoms, so definitely you can wait and watch and see how your menstrual pattern is before you could investigate. If your previous menstrual cycles were perfectly regular, and if you had unprotected intercourse around the ovulation, which is usually 14 days prior to the upcoming period, then the urine pregnancy test should have been positive. Ideally, one can get positive testing on urine just by the day of missed periods. And you tested it today also, which was negative, so definitely this is not pregnancy. Either there is a possibility of delayed ovulation in this cycle due to stress, or maybe there was no ovulation. Then coming to your lighter bleeding or spotting or brownish vaginal discharge, the possibility is that it could have been the spotting around the time of ovulation, which can happen due to the various hormonal fluctuations around the time of ovulation. If you had provided some timelines of your sexual activity and the days you had spotting, maybe that can give some clue. I am asking this because some people can have spotted around the time of implantation too, which is called implantation hemorrhage or bleeding, which is usually like 7-9 days after the ovulation time. But in your case, you do not have to worry much also because you had protective intercourse, and pregnancy tests have been negative.