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Very early signs you might be pregnant.

358 replies

Paperblank · 18/02/2015 08:32

Just wondering what your very first indications were? It's way too early for me to test but I've got tender boobs which is not typical for me during my cycle and period type cramps, and again not typical for me.

I am probably clutching at a million straws but am interested in your experiences.

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momwhereismy · 19/02/2015 20:43

I actually can't drink water at the moment makes my tummy churn. Is it a symptom that I wandered into the baby section at debenhams today and noted they didn't really have anything neutral Blush
Paper blank maybe your having twins and that explains 3 crunchies Grin

NoStrange · 19/02/2015 20:34

Just felt like I was getting my period with first pregnancy. I didnt bother testing until I was over a week late as was so sure I was about to come on.

Subsequent pregnancies I have gone off tea and coffee and puked about a week before my period was due.

Paperblank · 19/02/2015 20:32

mom I'm the same - inventing symptoms gas been my favourite pastime this last few days.

I am also craving salt and am considering licking the inside of a crisp packet. I am telling myself it's okay because "the potential baby" needs the salt. Im not sure the same can be said about three crunchies.

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momwhereismy · 19/02/2015 20:27

I have 6 days to wait. I've been feeling really queasy the last ten days or so, having migraine type headaches and I'm napping and getting cramps that actually make me stop. I think I might be inventing symptoms though and its probably just a virus! Tww is a form of torture

Paperblank · 19/02/2015 20:24

I had to keep my scarf on at work today Grin nips would've had your eye out if I'd turned round too quick.

Admittedly I have been bloody freezing but they don't normally stick out but about an inch!

I totally agree that there should be an instant sign that you're pregnant - like a fax coming out of your belly button or something.

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cuphat · 19/02/2015 19:45

Oh and I didn't have sore boobs at any point during either pregnancy.

DurhamDurham · 19/02/2015 19:45

The very first sign that I was pregnant with both of my girls were my sore breasts. Before there were any other symptoms this is what gave me a clue that I might be pregnant.

cuphat · 19/02/2015 19:45

I've had the same very early symptoms with both pregnancies. Just after conception I had a weird 'chinese burn' like feeling on one side. Then stitch type feelings. Then not long after that (and a week or so before the earliest point at which you can test) I would wake up every night with an extremely dry mouth and feeling very thirsty. My gums also bled slightly and my nipples changed colour - white in the very centre and darker around (the edge of the nipples, not the areola). I also had occasional dizziness and hot flushes at night. I suspected I was pregnant the first time around but when I got the same symptoms the second time around I felt certain a week before AF was due.

missbecky83 · 19/02/2015 19:45

Sorry for going off topic but I'd love a positive also... Despite the still taking the pill bit Smile. I goggled information on it and it said to finish the course or I would have stopped taking it. We were going to start trying next year as we will be buying a house in the summer so just wanted to time it right. Which ever way it goes I'll be happy.

I'm also loving salt and savoury at the moment. I usually love chocolate but right of it! Good luck everyone. Thinking it's all in my head though! Confused feel like I'm going crazy looking for signs! Ahhh!

Nessie100 · 19/02/2015 19:31

Anyone ever crave salt? I don't use salt, ever. But cant get enough salty stuff at the min. Salted peanuts, rashers, cheese etc etc. I just can't seem to get enough :-( . Hopefully those of us hoping for a positive get it.

missbecky83 · 19/02/2015 18:51

I am on the pill and have been with out any problems since I was 16 due to very painful periods (31 now) . I often miss a pill by mistake and am always completely honest about missing any with my partner.

The beginning of this month I missed a pill just after my 7 day break. I am now not really feeling myself. I have had a very strong unpleaste metal/bloody taste in my mouth which comes and goes for the past few days. Been very tired and extremely irritable... More than usual. My one breast is ever so slightly tender, I have a really sore, really off food that I usually love. I have been experiencing cramping like period pains for about a week. Not sure if I am just over reacting though as still taking my pill. Period due next week! Had a super emotional break down today! Wasn't fun!

Paperblank · 19/02/2015 17:21

At the risk of over sharing we dtd on 14th Feb which was right at the end of my fertile period - we've been on a bonk ban since NYE and now were back on Operation Make a Baby.

From 16th my boobs have been sore and I have had crampy period pains on and off. I don't normally have either.

Although I am crossing my fingers and toes that these twinges mean I'm upduffed I know it's unlikely so I will just have to wait and see.

But it's encouraging that you can get symptoms mega early tries to stop symptom spotting...fails

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UsernamesHarderThanBabyNames · 19/02/2015 16:54

Sore boobs from about 8dpo - sorer than they would be pre-blob.
Cramps and the tiniest bit of spotting from 7-9dpo (implantation I guess).
Lack of normal PMT symptoms - normally would get acne in run-up but my skin was quite good.
Very very tired to the point of needing an afternoon nap at 10dpo (v unusual).
I then got a very faint BFP at 11dpo. Am now 23 weeks!

CP1299 · 19/02/2015 16:49

For me my early pregnancy symptoms were just like my PMS symptoms.
In hindsight I was maybe a bit more tired and boobs a bit more sore but nothing to shout about in terms of differences. I always have a keen sense of smell as well. A biggie was a missed period (usually my cycle is 27/28 days) but before christmas I had an off longer cycle (31 dys) and I was BFN.

I got my BFP yesterday (day 32) and now noticing a slightly metallic taste if I drink water after I have brushed my teeth and use mouthwash.
I told my DH that I wish there were something more obvious when you got pregnant like your eyes turning fluorescent green or something! haha. Unfortunately that is not the case.
Good luck though.

Clobbered · 19/02/2015 16:46

First sign for me was a god-awful 2 day hangover after a very mild evening's drinking - 3 or 4 drinks only. Never felt so ill in my life.

SSSMITH87 · 19/02/2015 16:43

Hey,
I had sore boobs, which wasn't like me , although the soreness came and went. I also had cramps but a lot earlier than I would normally. E.g. Normally I would cramp a day or 2 before I was due on but I was cramping like a week before. I was convinced I wasn't pregnant because they felt like period pains but it turned out I was!
Good luck, I will keep my fingers crossed for you!
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Writerwannabe83 · 19/02/2015 16:21

At 8dpo I was hit by a wave of sheer exhaustion. I could barely function at work and I struggled to keep my eyes open.

Then over the next few days I started weeing all the time. I was always going to the loo and it was then that a colleague made a comment about me possibly being pregnant.

I didn't get my BFP until the day my period was due (despite having been testing for about 4-5 days) and it was the night before my BFP that I noticed my boobs looked a lot bigger!

enucs123 · 19/02/2015 16:17

I am between 6 and 8 dpo and have been getting mild period pains for the last couple of days, and havent been able to sleep well for the past 2 nights ( I usually sleep like a baby). This morning I woke up and started burping (sorry tmi) and it is now 4pm and havent stopped burping all day. (Small burps). Has anyone else had this? AF due next Friday.

Nessie100 · 19/02/2015 14:34

How early do you consider early? I think I'm pregnant, had sex 7 days ago & feeling "off" since 4 days ago. Have been told I couldnt be feeling symptoms yet, but did this early with first one. Feeling like start of a cold 3 days ago & now progressed to the mother of all headaches, metallic taste & nausea. So how early is too early? Who else had symptoms so fast? Not due period for at least 6 days or up to 15 dependimg on what cycle I'm on this month (usually anythimg from 21 to 30).

susiedaisy · 18/02/2015 23:15

Back ache and feeling exhausted did a test a week later and it was positive

ArgentinianMalbec · 18/02/2015 23:11

Having to get up to pee in the middle of the night was my earliest sign. Good luck!

RubyDuchess2014 · 18/02/2015 22:42

I had metallic taste also. Plus very dry skin and sensitivity to smells. Flowers smelt awful and I also thought I could smell gas too in early weeks. Toothpaste in morning made me gag.

LastOneDancing · 18/02/2015 22:42

Sore boobs - so, so sore right up by my armpits.
Metallic taste
Crampy period type pains in one side.
weird pink mucous (sorry tmi!)

Everything crossed for you OP.

PavlovtheCat · 18/02/2015 22:41

good luck Smile

PavlovtheCat · 18/02/2015 22:40

oh, should have said I was like 10 days post conception. It was too early to test. I puked after smelling wine DH had poured with dinner, didn't take a sip, ran to the loo, and that was the start of me puking constantly until the moment the placenta came out 40 weeks later (he hung on in there for another 10 days past 'due date').

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