Hello,
I wanted to post on this forum because I've been doing research ever since I realized I may be pregnant about a week ago and this forum seems to have supportive women on it, more so than the others I've read.
I've been pregnant before so I know the difference between pregnancy symptoms and period symptoms, and I rarely get pms symptoms; usually I get acne on my chin which is how I know of my impending period is coming a few days before it does.
I first began noticing symptoms when my breasts became incredibly sore, even to lie down on, I'm a stomach sleeper. I, then, began waking up in the middle of the night to pee which normally I can just hold it through the night but when I woke up there was a sense of urgency. So, I started tracking my symptoms because I wanted to keep a journal if I am. I ended up feeling pretty bloated which is also uncommon with my periods. I began having localized cramping in my uterus about a week ago now, with my period it's always the day of my period and since I have irregular periods with a tipped uterus, when I cramp it's really bad and the bleeding is really heavy, when I have spotting it's heavy brown spotting a day or so early and then heavy bleeding with a lot of clotting.
With these symptoms, I noticed I had a heightened sense of smell, I was hungrier more often, but most food made me feel ill, then when I would eat it seemed rather bland and un-enjoyable. I noticed a metallic taste in my mouth about two weeks ago which I thought was really odd since that hasn't ever happened. I've also been unusually tired with no change in my stress level, if anything my stress has gone down, so I suppose some change. My body temperature has also been more elevated, I haven't been tracking my basal body temperature but I've just noticed I've been unusually hot when I'm normally cold, I'm petite and get cold easily. I've had to take my jacket off in 30 degree weather and was comfortable which isn't normal for me.
The first day of my last period was 2/11/2015, but to me that doesn't mean too much since I could go months without a period(I've been tested for pcos and I don't have it). I had a blood test Friday because I took an hpt and it was negative so I think it was too early, but now I'm waiting on the results from my doctor but their computers have been down. On Friday I noticed a very small amount of brown spotting, unusually light, I believe to estimate it had to be the size of my thumb, which is small haha. Saturday morning I had some light cramping, but then there was some red colored bleeding and some clots that came with it. It only happened when I would sit on the toilet and it would come out, it didn't fill a pad and the pad only had some brown spotting in it and with my period it gushes out constantly every time no matter what position I'm sitting standing or lying in. My periods are typically really heavy and are accompanied by a lot of clotting which I don't have a lot of. When I wipe I have like an eyeball sized amount of pinkish blood on the toilet paper. The bleeding is incredibly light at this point and almost non existent and the brown spotting in my pad is still very tiny. So I'm confused. I've had a couple of miscarriages when I was younger but I do want to be a mom, so I suppose any help or advice would be helpful if this has been an experience and you've had a healthy pregnancy from it.
Also, my breasts are still a tiny bit sore, not as sore as they were before but with my period once I started bleeding that would disappear completely. I'm not sure if I am pregnant and my body has adjusted to the hormones? I also read that if I was miscarrying I would have gotten a positive on an hpt when I took it. I also read that women that were carrying twins that thought they lost their babies(not knowing there were two) had heavy bright red bleeding with clots for almost 7 days.
I also had a couple of mood swing episodes that seems to have leveled out and I don't ever get that mad. Irritated sometimes but never angry
I wanted to post on this forum because I've been doing research ever since I realized I may be pregnant about a week ago and this forum seems to have supportive women on it, more so than the others I've read.
I've been pregnant before so I know the difference between pregnancy symptoms and period symptoms, and I rarely get pms symptoms; usually I get acne on my chin which is how I know of my impending period is coming a few days before it does.
I first began noticing symptoms when my breasts became incredibly sore, even to lie down on, I'm a stomach sleeper. I, then, began waking up in the middle of the night to pee which normally I can just hold it through the night but when I woke up there was a sense of urgency. So, I started tracking my symptoms because I wanted to keep a journal if I am. I ended up feeling pretty bloated which is also uncommon with my periods. I began having localized cramping in my uterus about a week ago now, with my period it's always the day of my period and since I have irregular periods with a tipped uterus, when I cramp it's really bad and the bleeding is really heavy, when I have spotting it's heavy brown spotting a day or so early and then heavy bleeding with a lot of clotting.
With these symptoms, I noticed I had a heightened sense of smell, I was hungrier more often, but most food made me feel ill, then when I would eat it seemed rather bland and un-enjoyable. I noticed a metallic taste in my mouth about two weeks ago which I thought was really odd since that hasn't ever happened. I've also been unusually tired with no change in my stress level, if anything my stress has gone down, so I suppose some change. My body temperature has also been more elevated, I haven't been tracking my basal body temperature but I've just noticed I've been unusually hot when I'm normally cold, I'm petite and get cold easily. I've had to take my jacket off in 30 degree weather and was comfortable which isn't normal for me.
The first day of my last period was 2/11/2015, but to me that doesn't mean too much since I could go months without a period(I've been tested for pcos and I don't have it). I had a blood test Friday because I took an hpt and it was negative so I think it was too early, but now I'm waiting on the results from my doctor but their computers have been down. On Friday I noticed a very small amount of brown spotting, unusually light, I believe to estimate it had to be the size of my thumb, which is small haha. Saturday morning I had some light cramping, but then there was some red colored bleeding and some clots that came with it. It only happened when I would sit on the toilet and it would come out, it didn't fill a pad and the pad only had some brown spotting in it and with my period it gushes out constantly every time no matter what position I'm sitting standing or lying in. My periods are typically really heavy and are accompanied by a lot of clotting which I don't have a lot of. When I wipe I have like an eyeball sized amount of pinkish blood on the toilet paper. The bleeding is incredibly light at this point and almost non existent and the brown spotting in my pad is still very tiny. So I'm confused. I've had a couple of miscarriages when I was younger but I do want to be a mom, so I suppose any help or advice would be helpful if this has been an experience and you've had a healthy pregnancy from it.
Also, my breasts are still a tiny bit sore, not as sore as they were before but with my period once I started bleeding that would disappear completely. I'm not sure if I am pregnant and my body has adjusted to the hormones? I also read that if I was miscarrying I would have gotten a positive on an hpt when I took it. I also read that women that were carrying twins that thought they lost their babies(not knowing there were two) had heavy bright red bleeding with clots for almost 7 days.
I also had a couple of mood swing episodes that seems to have leveled out and I don't ever get that mad. Irritated sometimes but never angry