Hey Holly - I don't have experience with them, but first response early result claim to be 76% accurate 5 days before your period is due.
Teacher - the first day or two after O I was more bloated then I can ever remember being - I looked like I was 4-5 months pregnant if I wasn't constantly sucking in (I'm small so it was noticeable), more gas than normal, a bit of stuffiness, and lots of extra saliva in my mouth a few mornings. Also had lots of creamy white thick cm that would sort of glob (don't normally see this). A lot of that could've been nothing or in my head. My temps were also an extremely slow/stagnant rise so between the symptoms that I figured I must be making up and my weird temps I was discouraged.
Wednesday however I felt very weird (6-7 DPO), out of it and my stomach kept heaving like the reflex of throwing up but I didn't feel nauseous and I knew I wouldn't throw up and nothing came up, but it kept happening and then I'd have a tiny burp. This happened tons throughout that day and has happened on and off since. Almost since O I've had slight twinges or cramps in my right side, almost like O pain. I don't get this besides the time of O and I never cramp this early for AF (also it feels different than AF cramps).
What's convinced me now is my temps shot up Thursday and stayed up there Friday, Thursday night/Friday morning I woke up with sharper pains like stabs or pulls around the same place as I had previously (right side) and when feeling my stomach I could feel a slight swelling and it was tender to the touch. This continued on and off Friday - like if I moved a certain way it felt like I'd pulled my muscle in that area.
I've also been a bit more emotional than usual over strange things, I usually don't pee a lot at all and I'm peeing about twice as much. Thursday and Friday I couldn't drink enough water (this was after I started peeling more). Today my temp dropped slightly but still higher than what it was a few days ago, and the cramping has mostly been gone except for a few moments here and there and then a lot of achiness tonight and my uterus is tender to the touch.
My boobs are always a bit tender following O and leading up to AF so I don't thing I'd qualify their current tender feeling as unusual for me.
So there's my essay! I feel too off to not be pregnant and feel like I must be I just want to confirm it! And if I'm not then I actually feel ok about it and feel like it will teach me a lesson for next month to ignore EVERYTHING until AF is late.
I plan to take an frer with first morning urine tomorrow am, although I'm a bit annoyed their sensitivity is the same as my dollar store cheapies and I didn't realize it! Hopefully they give me a BFP and it'll be worth it!