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Anyone feel like they were going to start period and find out they were pregnant??

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Lizson · 23/04/2013 17:16

I normally have a period between days 32 and 38 and am currently on day 35. Since day 32 I have had increasing menstrual cramping like pains which were awful yesterday and overnight needing lots of paraceptmol. I stil have not had any bleeding yet though. Tired, nipples itchy and slightly sore and have a heavy bloated feeling (kinda period like).

Normally I have cramps and then a fews hours to a day later I get af but nothing. Anyone find out they were pregnant after this???

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Kimmy1986 · 23/04/2013 22:05

Tiger I'm so glad you said that because this is the second week ice known and I'm still cramping, still expecting something bad to happen but the midwife said it's normal. Well normal it may be but I don't like it! Ha ha!

And Lizon, I kno! My due date is the 20th dec, I'm getting a baby for Xmas, ha ha! Better not miss my Xmas dinner......

Maybe try again in a couple of days, it was cheap pound shop ones I got my BFP on, then I bought a couple of clearblue ones. X

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Lizson · 23/04/2013 21:02

Flipping eck!! Cant believe how common it is!!! I know this TMI but I am sitting watching the teely with now only mild cramping and keep checking myself expecting to see blood on finger. Boobs have suddenly gone mad now as well. They are itching, have swollen suddenly and sensitive. Feeling more and more like I might but also know I do this to myself every month.

Saying that this is the FIRST time I have ever had period cramping for this length of time with no period. Dead dry down there as well which is very unsual for this time of month. I'll keep you updated guys. If I am I will putting up the christmas tree this year very heavily pregnant!!!!

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littlepinkfizz · 23/04/2013 20:44

With my first dd, we went to the gp because I thought it was taking too long to get pregnant..in reality it was only a few months but I was impatient. He asked my Ex Dh to get up on the couch then squeezed his balls ( snigger snigger) he then asked when I last had a period. I wasn't quite sure as I wasn't regular and gave a random date.he asked me to go and give him a urine sample but I said no,that I was cramping and had all the usual pre AF symptoms and AF was definitely en route. He insisted...oh , the embarrassment ,nt to mention stink eye from ex( te he), when he announced the BFP! Talk about a shock!

LittleBearPad · 23/04/2013 20:09

Yep. I kept expecting to come on as I was due. Felt like period pains but nothing happened. Also had weird metallic taste in my mouth which was unusual hence the pregnancy test.

TheTiger · 23/04/2013 20:06

Oh, and I still felt like I was going to start my period for the first 2 weeks of pregnancy, which worried me at the time, so don't worry if its the same for you.

TiredyCustards · 23/04/2013 20:05

Yes I was convinced I was about to come on when I found out I was pg with Dd.

TheTiger · 23/04/2013 20:05

Yep, all day I felt like ipad started my period, kept going to the bathroom and checking but nothing. At 9pm thought 'hmmm', so I POAS and hey presto!

Good luck!

mirry2 · 23/04/2013 20:03

Yes, that's how it happened with me.

UnderwaterBasketWeaving · 23/04/2013 19:59

I had exactly that, for a week after af was due, constantly expecting it to happen and so not suspecting I was pg at all. Then poa cheapo Amazon stick and it practically all went blue.

So I was a week late by then. You might just need to give it more time.

That feeling did continue for a few weeks, IIRC.

StoneBaby · 23/04/2013 19:52

Can I join please!! I'm 4 days late, suffer from cramps, I'm hormonal but no period and a BFN.
I just want my periods to appear or a BFP!!!! I'm so unwell...

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Lizson · 23/04/2013 17:47

I am dead irritable as well and just wanna go to sleep all the time just like you were Kimmy. What is throwing me is the BFN I keep getting every morning. Mind you I am using the cheap strips off amazon so maybe they arent so good. Just feel different. Amazed you all experienced this. I never knew you can get period cramping if you are pregnant.

The cramping is getting on my wick now though and I wish af would either get a move on or BFP would hurry up!!! LOL!

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Kimmy1986 · 23/04/2013 17:32

Yes me! It's been only 3 weeks since I got my BFP, and that is exactly what I thought, I was really cranky, Knackered and had cramps, except it never came, so after 4 days I took a test and it was positive! X

Thurlow · 23/04/2013 17:26

I can't entirely compare as I fell pg in different circumstances, but I did spend an entire week thinking "oh, I'll be coming on any day, I've got cramps and I'm bloated and heavy". So while I've not symptom watched, my early pregnancy felt exactly like I was about to start my period.

violetta555 · 23/04/2013 17:24

Yes, I had all of those symptoms, with the same sort of time scale - i.e. cramps for days when I normally get them for a few hours pre-period. Turns out I was pregnant! (but it took almost 3 weeks after that to get a BFP, I took 5 tests...)
Let us know how you get on.