Hello all
I'm a lurker who stumbled across this thread via Google a couple of weeks ago, and have been enjoying reading all the symptoms and signs everyone has posted.
I got my
earlier in the week, and thought I'd share my experience to date, as well. A lot of the signs and symptoms I attributed to other causes/stressors:
Ov: January 11.
4DPO - 11DPO: very emotional, but put it down to a loss in the family.
5DPO:
and a blood nose (I get these when hormonal. very annoying!)
6DPO: another minor blood nose, very tender boobs. But they get like that before AF, so didn't think anything of it.
7DPO: Sore boobs and increased CM
8DPO: Sore boobs and a strange fluttery feeling, like the nervous butterflies. I "knew", or had my suspicions about now, too, but didn't want to say anything or take a test so soon in case it was just stress!
9DPO: Light spotting (AF due 13DPO, and spotting beforehand was not unusual for me), sore boobs, and the "fluttery" feeling. V sad, too.
10DPO: Spotting first thing in the morning, mild cramping, and feeling tired and sad. Boobs no longer sore.
11DPO: Spotting in the morning, cramping and feeling very very tired.
12DPO: Spotting in the morning, but feeling fine.
13DPO: AF due, but didn't arrive. Light spotting in the morning, blood nose, and fatigued.
14DPO: Spotting and blood nose (see a pattern?)
15DPO: Spotting in morning as usual, sore boobs, and constipation
16DPO: Still spotting in the morning. Boobs only sore if squished. Blood nose again, sore boobs, cramping, constipated, queasy and tired. Cramps feel like muscle soreness around the bellybutton level. A few twinges lower down, too. Felt queasy on the way home.
17DPO: Last day of spotting. Spotting heavier than the other days, but still really light and finished by 10am or so; crampy and constipated. Blergh.
18DPO: Felt hot and sick and tired and lethargic, but it was a hot day. Boobs sore when took off my bra.
19DPO: Nausea, queasy feeling in throat and fluttery cramping sensation. Sore boobs.
20DPO (January 31): Finally bought a test (First Response). Very tender boobs, mild blood nose, and fluttery waves of nausea and cramping. Peeing a lot! :BFP: Couldn't sleep that night.
21DPO: Fluttery cramping once more, nausea - worse in the evening - and very tired. Peeing a lot still, and had light spotting after a BM (sorry, TMI!), but that stopped within an hour. Felt a bit lightheaded and forgetful.
22DPO (today): Very tired. Waves of nausea, but they're manageable. Fluttery crampy muscle-soreness feeling, mostly close to my left hip.
The cramps, in particular, are something I've not felt before: I've heard them described as AF pain, but for me, they are like small, isolated twinges and pokes, with the occasional feeling of having done too many crunches. They're predominantly on my left, about bellybutton level, but sometimes on my right, too.
And throughout I've generally felt a bit "meh" - can't settle to read a book, or watch a movie, or anything.
This is my first pregnancy. I went off the Pill in at the end of November, and while we had fun in December, we really only started trying in January. I'm surprised it happened so quickly! Fingers crossed the little sprout sticks.
And I hope all of you get the results you're hoping for, as well!
I am so thrilled for you!!! Ugh, and I was just convincing myself that I need to wait until this weekend to test.... but you got your BFP relatively early (11 dpo?) Haha, I'm always looking for excuses to test........
, thought sure i was out, cramps, bad back, nausea, dry eyes could not wear contact lenses. low cp
guess the witch will be here soon.....
?? I don't know what it means either. AF is also due for me and no sign of her yet... but my cervix is low and closed. GOOD LUCK!!
