[goat granny]

You are mistaken to think in medical terms conception and fertilization are synonymous, One didn't even know when fertilization or conception occurred...One of my pregnancy's was determined by taking the rabbit test. When the rabbit died, we knew conception took place and a fertilized egg had in fact implanted into the uterus..I was then pregnant. Going back even farther, a missed menses was a pretty sure indicator that you were pregnant..but women have missed one period and still not been pregnant. (I once went 57 days and not pregnant.) Periods were NEVER regular.. There are also rare occasions that women have had light periods and still pregnant and the pregnancy was maintained.

[workerbee]

Thanks for your story; I became well aware of the idiosyncracies of the body during my 5 pregnancies, lol.

You are mistaken to think in medical terms conception and fertilization are synonymous,

I don't. See #20 & 25.

You yourself refer to the "conception" of your grandchild. I presume you meant, technically, the fertilization process that created him.