Brown spotting instead of period?

by Sara
(Moyer)

I usually have normal periods. I have a regular period every month, always on the 16th. Then five months down the line, I am a week late and I get in on the 23rd. Then I start getting it on the 23rd like clock work! My periods are always the same; heavy flow for three-to-five days and then some random spotting. There is nothing irregular about what happens when it arrives, it is always the same!

That is, until now. This time I spotted, I had the brown spotting instead of a period. Once a day it would happen, or only when I would wipe. This went on for almost three weeks. It seems to have disappeared now, but I still have not had a normal period and my next cycle is due in a week.

Should I wait to see if I get my period in a week or should I go to the doctor or take a test?

Could I be pregnant? I have some signs. My nipples are very sensitive and getting a bit darker around the edges (only a little bit) and veins I hadn't seen before are appearing. They are sore too but not all the time. I feel like I'm going to puke if I don't eat when I'm hungry.

I also got the flu and have flu-like symptoms where I couldn't breathe, had severe headaches, was so tired it was a pain in the butt to get up to pee. I'd hold it because I was too tired to get up. I have no motivation to do much because all I wanna do is lay down. Even after my flu was over, I constantly sneeze and blow my nose and I get headaches and I'm still so so so so tired - but have trouble sleeping. Could I be pregnant or is it a long-drawn-out case of the flu?