Irregular periods are common. Home pregnancy tests vary in accuracy. Doctor's appointments can take weeks to get. There are many reasons a woman may not know she's pregnant at six weeks:
Set politics aside for a minute. Ignore whatever laws are on the books. Hit snooze on any moral or religious alarm bells ringing in your head.
What you think or feel about Georgia becoming the latest US state to sign a bill that would ban abortions at six weeks -- or as soon as a fetal heartbeat can be detected -- is of no consequence for this story.We've heard that women often don't know they're pregnant at six weeks, so we asked experts to tell us why. Here's what we learned.
What's taught or not taught about reproductive biology and methods to prevent pregnancy have real-world consequences, Sales said. "Young people have a lot of questions. They don't really comprehend how their bodies work, how menstruation and their cycles work," she said."There's a lack of understanding of how a person would know they are pregnant." This need for increased awareness, Sales said, transcends age and applies to us all.
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