polaris
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Thanks Polaris.
Like you, I try not to symptom spot but it's so hard - especially when you get cramps.
I was feeling a little confident a few days ago when the cramps were at their height but now at 9DPO I already feel like I'm out. I get really bloated a few days before AF arrives and I'm just like that now. Oh well!
I think the problem with symptom spotting is that early pregnancy symptoms are very similar to premenstrual symptoms so it's very hard to distinguish. Also what you read into a symptom depends on your state of mind rather than the actual symptom. For example if you are feeling pessimistic, you say to yourself 'well the cramps have gone and I'm bloated so AF must be on her way' whereas if you were feeling optimistic you could say 'well the cramps have gone and I'm bloated so they must have been implantation cramps and now bloating is an early pregnancy sign'. So I guess my point is that it's a bit meaningless either way because you can look at it either way just depending on your mood and your overall 'intuition' about whether or not you are pregnant. Don't know if any of that makes sense, just my ramblings.