I’m not totally sure how to ask this. So most people find out they’re pregnant between 6-8 weeks. And it’s relatively common knowledge that one does not get their period while pregnant. So my question is, how do people not find out they’re pregnant until around 6 weeks if the average menstrual cycle is 4 weeks? Ovulation occurs on, I believe, day 14 in the cycle, so shouldn’t more pregnancies be discovered at 2-3 weeks when the initial next period would occur?
ETA: thank you for the responses! My confusion began with the the whole “you’re 6 weeks pregnant” when it’s more than likely 3-4 weeks of legitimate gestation due to how doctors begin the “clock” at the end of the last menstrual cycle.
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This doesn’t answer your question, but it seems surprising that there wouldn’t have developed some kind of evolutionary advantage to a woman knowing quite promptly, or at least there being changes such as a woman seeking, say, rest or some other helpful inclinations for that period.
Your body needs to produce enough hormones to change something. The cells dividing are so tiny and those few weeks are a time frame between when you become pregnant and miss a period that you just have to wait for the evidence.
I found out @ 4 weeks, i was due for my period that week.
I conceved on the week of my period.
It isn’t common but happens.
My sister had cycles where it be on and off, a close friend of mine has two a month, another friend has one every few months and when I still had my cycle it could be a week early, a week late, not come for a month etc it was on and off irregular. So it is difficult for some people to say the least
Something that I haven’t seen mentioned in the other comments: many women don’t have periods but can still get pregnant.
E.g. I was on the contraceptive pill for 8 years and, due to the type of pill, I didn’t have a period in that time. I came off the pill in late Dec 2018, had some very light bleeding in Jan & Feb 2019 just for a couple of days each time, and in March I got pregnant. It took me 8 weeks to realise something was up, and it was only because I suddenly got really bad morning sickness.
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