The Big Thread of Early Pregnancy Symptoms

[yaya]

Bumping up.

 

[moomoo]

any newly preg ladies symptoms for me to obsess over!!

 

[doc123]

hiya...i got bfp this week.. so here is my story and symptoms for others....

ok.. this is pregnancy 4, previously 3 mcs, last one sept at 10 weeks with twins after totlaly traumatic time...my situation is such that i needed to get preggo quickly so that i managed to get good maternity benefits because i'm the main breadwinner and without them we would have to put off baby making for another 3-4 years.. so i'm relieved i'm preggo again.. but nervous about how it will turn out after all our drama....

so heres the skinny on what happened this month for us....

lmp 24th oct.. had been convinced i was pregnant so naturally felt pretty blue about af coming but on reflection i dont think i ovulated that cycle...


cd4 finished bleed
cd5 postcoital bleed (guess tail end of af) bd
cd8 small amount bleeding
cd9 bd slight brownish discharge still (end of af again i think-never happened before!)
cd10 light ewcm starts
cd11 bd good ewcm, niggling pain right hand side i always get when ovulate
cd12 bd definative ewcm like i have never had before- masses of the stuff!!!
cd13 bd aching right hand side, aching started on left hand side too- had this when got preggo with twins
cd14 bd still getting huge amounts of ewcm
cd15 bd am opks positive for sure really aching across hips like when last got pregnant
cd16/17 bd both days- actually used play lubricant a few times when we bd'd as i got a bit psycholoically wiered out and things were on the dry side (sorry if tmi!!!)- i was considering getting some preseed prior to this

1dpo pain across right abdo and slightly tingly boobs
2dpo woke starving with tingly boobs and wierd emotional dreams but pain in abdo gone
3dpo headache and heartburn and wierd smells and wierd dreams- hugely vivid and all about babies, knackered beyond belief
4dpo noted yellow cm could smell wierd fake tan smell, large boobs and still really tingly
5dpo noted really prominent veins in my hands where i normally have none, and started to feel really cold. I noticed with other pregnancies one of the earliest signs was feeling really really cold as opposed to feeling hot which is normal for me, felt bloated and really grumpy
6dpo felt loads of pulling and cramping on the right, wierd dreams again and tingly boobs still (normally by 2dpo for me this is gone)
7dpo stuffed up nose, hugely emotional, sore boobs, convinced i'm not pregnant

8dpo off on holidays super super super emotional- burst into tears 3 times on the plane for no good reason- hubby immediately said to me -'you are arent you?', kept telling myself i'm just not

9dpo cp for first time since ov high and soft, slightly yellow cm, woke during the night with lots of cramping and stretching feeling like af going to start for sure (but obviously not due for another 5 days!)
10dpo- oh my god!!!!!!!! faint bfp....had loads of stretching and cramping feelings like never before.. started thinking the worst of course...

11dpo- the confirmation digi clearblue positive and very happy about it too......!!!!! loads of cramping and feeling like af starting...had a wierd bit of ewcm again(wtf!)... boobs hugely swollen and sore (difficult keeping them in the bikini!!!!)

12dpo- bright red bleed- i guess this is what they call spotting.. not a huge amount and settled to brown discharge almost straight away, cramping a lot!!!!settled down that afternoon evening.. had a little bit of light brown discharge since...

so today- its still bfp... i'm nervous about hoping too much but got fingers firmly crossed....i've had sore boobs and heartburn primarily as my symptoms with lots of being emotional but i think the emotional stuff is because i'm terrified about what will happen after all we've been through- i dont want to hope in case it goes wrong and we dont get a baby out of this.. i'm also still missing the idea of twins which is unlikely to happen for us again so there is much to think about....

i hope this symptoms help for others who are stil chasing and hoping for the bfp.. it is out there....never lose hope!!!!!!

 

[Ivoryapril]

I had some confusion about when i ov'd but the most noteable things for me have been that i've been irritable, tired, terrible skin-spotty and blotchy face, dry patches. Had a couple of waves of nausea/dizziness. My nipples were really sensitive for 6 days after ov, normally its only a couple of days. Deep pain around right side 6/7 dpo and 15 dpo. The things that made me try one last test was me catching a cold and crying over something silly on friday (i never get colds and very rarely cry). Good luck! x

 

[nin0438]

bump

 

[moomoo]

bumpety bump!

 

[TinkXX08XX]

Hi ladies, I got my BFP last night...woo hoo!

This might not be too useful, as I have had barely ANY symptoms so thought I was deffo not pregnant, but here goes..!

* BD CD16
* +OPK CD19, 20 & 21 (confusing I know!)
* 6DPO started to feel very tired. However I had had an AWFUL week that week, very stressed, not eating properly, cried buckets (because of rubbish I was dealing with not because of hormones). I have been very tired ever since, yet am finding it hard to drop off at night, and as a consequence am SHATTERED in the morning.
*CD6/7 started to get very thick, white creamy CM. Thought it was a bit odd but then again I don't track CM so had nothing to compare it with.
*CD10 woke up starving - unusual for me. Have been like that ever since, i'm even hungry when i'm lying in bed at night but just eating sensibly for now

That is it ladies, so bit of CM, tiredness and hunger. No sore boobs, no sickness, nothing.

I have started getting twinges in my uterus the past day or two.

Basically none of my symptoms are anything out of the ordinary, in fact they are less than when I am due AF!!

Oh - one other thing - very sore spots. I am prone to the odd few spots but these are hard and painful, def hormonal spots!

So for all you symptom spotters out there, please don't think just because you have no symptoms that you aren't pg.

Baby dust to all xxxx

 

[KazNic]

Bump

 

[moomoo]

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[sjbno1]

Hay All,

Thought I would add to your list my signs - which to be honest I didnt even think were signs

Sorry I dont know all the cycle days but do know that the first sign it would appear would have been on the Sunday before AF was due:-

Very Hormonal and upset at the slightest thing

Wednesday before on Friday 28th - feeling nausea's and very hungary - no matter what I ate it just wasnt enough - in bed by 9.30
Thursday - still feeling nausea and hungary - again in bed at 9.30 - sore nipples not boobs
Friday - moring of BFP - Nausea, Hungar, sore nipples still and again in bed by 9.30

I dont have anything else I didnt have implantation bleeding of any incling that I was expecting a this month - just hungary all the time and nausau when not eating.

I dont know if that is much help but i just wanted to add that you dont need all the symptoms days / weeks before to get a so please dont give up hope until AF arrives

 

[readyforbaby]

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[Stephanie]

HI

Finally got my last thursday I was 11 DPO and just felt different angelic if you will. Thats the only way I can say it.

Had shoting pains in the Bobbies for a few days now they feel like rocks are inside and I am so aware of them. they feel bigger to me.

Have a very bad taste in my mouth every now and again and a man was eating next me on the train tonight and I wanted to be sick just the tought of him eating was enough.Had to put up hand so I could not see it. even thinking of it makes me feel ill.

I have a little pain in my scar area from myomectomy( the same scar as a c section) last year but I hope that it is just the womb getting abit bigger and thats all.

No other symptoms just yet other than getting tried earlier in the day. wanted to sleep in the post office line about 4.30pm lucky I did not

Will let you know if I get anymore.

 

[tmr1234]

hiya girls got my bfp 1/12/2008 yay
my symptoms where
4 days befor o v sore bbs
1dpo my legs was restless in bed all night
3-4dpo felt like hot pins in my bbs
4-7dpo some dizzy spells
4-12dpo bbs feel v full and hard
got my bfp at 12dpo i really didnt think i was as i have had more symptoms in outher months than this 1

 

[Nicnac]

Just a quick bump!!!

 

[xLaura-Loux]

Hi guys, just to say massive thanks for this whole thread! been reading through and found it really interesting!
before i found out i was expecting my boobs were in agony!! I was extremely tired and i thought my wisdom teeth had got infected, i know how gross that sounds but honeslt thats only way i can explain it!! it was awful!! still here a bit but its no where near as bad! cant stand the smell of aftershave or mens deoderant atm!! makes me gag and also hot food aisles in supermarket ew! think thats all so far! roll on all you lovely symptoms xxx

 

[Pusskins]

Just got my today, although faint lines as I am only 12dpo.
Here are my symptoms to date,

Feeling sicky in the afternoons 9dpo, 10dpo, 11dpo and 12dpo, plus feeling sicky in the morning this morning.
Very sore boobs, particularly veiny from 9dpo and a lot bigger, so dh says!
Hubby had a feeling I was, and like the last two his instinct was right.Strange aches and twinges in lower left side and today in lower right side from 8dpo.
Funny shooting pains up my right leg in the evenings 9dpo - 11dpo.
Bloated tummy from 9dpo to now.
Positive opk from 10dpo, which means it was showing bfp then!
Feeling hotter than usual from 4dpo.
Loads of wind from 3dpo.
A few headaches that i do not normally suffer with over the last few days, and a cough.
Different smelling urine, (not that I was sniffing it particuarly, but it was quite strong)!
A bit forgetful and dozy, a bit snappy at Dh too.
I think that is about it for now, will let you know If I have any other symptoms over the next few days,


Shimmy,
xxx

Ive got similar symptoms.
Im 11 dpo. Would an Ov test pick up if i was preg?

 

[MegGem]

Pusskins-I tried and OPK test this morning before I ran out and got a HPT and they were both faint lines. My OPK was even fainter.

 

[Elliebank]

Ive got similar symptoms.
Im 11 dpo. Would an Ov test pick up if i was preg?

When I got my BFP (9dpo), I did an opt & got a positive on that too (positive for me, it wasn't quite as dark as the control line but it never went as dark, just almost). Good luck!

 

[miss charlie]

Hmmm loads of ladies are reporting very obvious symptoms from as little as 5 days after ovulation....are there many that didnt have any symptoms at all (or they were so slight that they didnt notice) until they took a test wayyyy after AF didnt arrive and got their BFP???


Just wondering as with everyone TTC I'm looking for symptoms and upon feeling none I get all despondent that I'm not even imagining them!!!!

LOL...I'm so daft!

 

[Elliebank]

After I got my BFP & looked back, I realised they were symptoms, but if I hadn't got my BFP they could easily be explained by something else....they were only really slight symptoms (and still are) so don't give up hope!!