“Why am I 26 days late for my period? ”

Moderately likely you are not pregnant, but that is always a possibility. As to why your period is late - there are many possible reasons, the most likely being that women, unlike Swiss watches, are not always regular - hormone changes, diet, activity, etc. can all play a role in your period regularity. However, that's really annoying, so you may need an ultrasound to be sure there isn't anything in your uterus to be concerned about (whether you really need one at this point, if you are otherwise feeling fine is debatable - it's just easy to take a quick look in our office, so I probably would do one). Other than that, I would consider doing hormone testing, but that's mostly a waste of time unless there are other symptoms of imbalance. So, having no ultrasound or hormone testing, what I would really do is put you on birth control pills for a few months to see if that fixed the problem (once you come off them) or you could stay on them and your periods will be regular or you can just wait and most of the time, your periods will come back on their own, sooner or later. Since wondering when you are going to start bleeding is annoying, I would suggest birth control pills for a few months. If you have not had a period for more than 6 months (and you keep having negative pregnancy tests), I would be more aggressive about trying to figure out what is going on. Good luck Fred Coleman

Hello,

There are many different reasons for missed or late periods. Pregnancy is one. However, you may have anovulatory cycles (do not ovulate every month) and need medication to help regulate your periods.