Bitter taste?

[TooWorry]

I had protected sex with a condom almost two weeks ago. My period should be arriving by the end of this week or so but I am having this strange bitter taste in my mouth. I read that a metallic taste in the mouth is a symptom of pregnancy. Is this true?

[Heather]

This is a good example of why the idea of pregnancy "symptoms" is so problematic: because someone pregnant can experience all the things someone NOT pregnant can, so people will say almost anything is a symptom of pregnancy.

Probably you have a bitter taste in your mouth because you have a bitter taste in your mouth, as is wont to happen inside mouths from time to time.

For more on the trouble with this whole idea, see: Chicken Soup for the Pregnancy Symptom Freakout's Soul.

[TooWorry]

Hi, I am still having this bitter taste in my mouth. My period is due in two days & I don't have not a single pms symptom. Although yesterday I did have a headache & felt weird cramps in my stomach. I am still worried about being pregnant. I keep reading that a metallic taste is an early pregnancy symptom. I'm starting to think that some Precum might have gotten into my vagina. My boyfriend & I stopped having sex for about 15 minute while he still kept the condom on & im not sure if his Precum could've leaked down the base of the condom & gotten inside of my vagina. I'm so nervous & don't know what to do.

[Ashleah]

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