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Are symptoms in tww really that important??

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Newbie1992 · 11/01/2020 18:12

Cycle 2 ttc #1 ... I know I've only just started but I've wanted this for as long as I can remember and it's so hard at times. As bitter as it sounds, the worst bit is friends and family around you getting pregnant.

So my question is, why do we all drive ourselves mad symptom spotting during tww, isn't it likely that symptoms during tww are actually the minority of cases, with most women having no telltale sings before bfp??

Anyone here had a bfp without loads of symptoms before missed period ?x

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BecauseReasons · 12/01/2020 11:18

If you're in the UK, in most places there's no need to see a doctor. They take your word for it that you've had a positive test, no one will need to confirm. Call your GP and ask what the procedure is- in many places you self-refer to the midwife. Congratulations! Smile

mimmi91 · 12/01/2020 11:17

@Newbie1991 I also didn't have any symptoms!!! They only really started yesterday once I'd had my squinter BFP ; so could very well have been in my head lol!

mimmi91 · 12/01/2020 11:16

@Newbie1992 yes very first BFP! Am on 1st cycle of trying, so feeling really lucky... I'm 12dpo today ; but got my first SUPER squinter on 10dpo, and a normal squinter yesterday haha, both on IC's. But I count today as mu actual BFP day, as I did 2 tests this morning, and both were pretty easy to read (attached pic, because I love it hihihi...)

I am also feeling SO scared!! Told my husband this morning, he was so happy... But I'm so worried something is going to go wrong now...

Are symptoms in tww really that important??
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Newbie1992 · 12/01/2020 10:47

@Monsterjam thank you ! I am now just paralyzed with fear haha I just don't know where to start.. Thank you all for your responses though, it's good to know you don't need to be having blatant symptoms to be doing ok !! 😍

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Newbie1992 · 12/01/2020 10:44

@ForeverHopeful17 thank you so much!!

@mimmi91 congratulations !! 😊😊 is this your first bfp too?? How many dpo are you?

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Monsterjam · 12/01/2020 10:04

Not everyone has symptoms, I was 11 weeks pregnant before I realised. Congrats on your BFP, hope you have a happy healthy pregnancy x

StopMegxit · 12/01/2020 09:58

wee!

StopMegxit · 12/01/2020 09:58

With DC1, I had no symptoms at all and it was actually the feeling fine/no PMT that made me do a test, which was positive!

With DC2, I threw up very suddenly about 3 days before my period was due. Just an out of the blue, one-off projectile. I tested on my period due date and it was positive.

All the other symptoms people associate with early pregnancy - funny taste in your mouth, sore breasts, needing to see etc - I didn’t get until I was around 6 weeks pregnant.

mimmi91 · 12/01/2020 09:55

@Newbie1992 I'm also freaking out about the next steps!!
I think the doctors can wait for a bit, I want to rule out a chemical.....

mimmi91 · 12/01/2020 09:54

Congrats @Newbie1992 ! I also got my BFP today/yesterday, we're BFP buddies Grin

ForeverHopeful17 · 12/01/2020 09:15

Congratulations @Newbie1992 wishing you a happy and healthy 9 months xxx

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Newbie1992 · 12/01/2020 08:55

Thank you all so much 🤗🤗🤗🤗x

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Newbie1992 · 12/01/2020 08:55

Omg... I'm in absolute shock... I've dreamt of this my whole life if felt like I would never see it !!! No I'm in utter panic mode! :( when should I see the doctor ?? Will I wait till my period is at least late before going in case it shows up ?:(

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Biscuitsandteaplease · 12/01/2020 08:46

Absolutely! Congratulations Thanks best feeling ever

sh84 · 12/01/2020 08:39

That’s a definite positive 🙌🏻

bingbangbing · 12/01/2020 08:35

Yep!

Congratulations!

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Newbie1992 · 12/01/2020 08:33

**dpo

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Newbie1992 · 12/01/2020 08:32

12 doo.... is this what I think it is ??

Are symptoms in tww really that important??
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FireflyGirl · 12/01/2020 00:17

The last twice I've been pregnant (ended in MMC then CP) I knew I was pregnant a few days before I was even due to start (10dpo-ish). My boobs felt 'full' and I was getting 'tugging' in my uterus every time I sneezed/turned over in bed.

Think it varies from woman to woman depending on your sensitivity to the hormones.

georgialondon · 11/01/2020 22:33

The months when I had the most symptoms were the ones when I wasn't pregnant.. so I'd say no.

Indigo89 · 11/01/2020 22:27

I had no symptoms before BFP first time. I think it was because we weren't actively TTC so I wasn't looking fir symptoms.

TTC number 2 now and symptom spotting like crazy.

AppropriateAdult · 11/01/2020 20:37

I’ve been pregnant three times now. The only symptom I’ve ever had in the 2ww - and it’s happened all three times - is an increase in cervical mucus coming up to when my period would be due. No sore boobs, no nausea, no cramps - it’s just too early for any of those things to happen.

urbansloth · 11/01/2020 20:29

With my first I had no symptoms at all, I took a test on the day my period was due and it was positive. Symptoms started a few days later. It is SO hard not to look for symptoms when it's something we want so badly, but I think any symptoms you do have are probably coincidence as the levels of HCG won't be high enough to give you symptoms until they're high enough to give you a BFP!

ReyGal · 11/01/2020 19:45

In my first cycle of TTC I convinced myself I was pregnant because of symptoms I spotted - I felt nauseous, my boobs were tender and then was very upset when I got a bfn as was sure I was pregnant. In the end I was 14 days late.

Cycle 2 when I got my bfp I had no idea - no symptoms whatsoever didn’t even think about the fact I was 7 days late because of the lateness in the previous cycle. It was only when my OH looked at me strangely putting hot sauce all over my food (I hate spicy food) and I saw 3 pregnant women on the train to work that I thought oh I’m late maybe I should test just to be sure!

It may be easy for others to say but we can easily drive ourselves mad symptom spotting - I didn’t end up with any symptoms until 6 weeks and even then it was light nausea and heightened sense of smell.

INeedNewShoes · 11/01/2020 19:35

No symptoms at all for until at least 5 weeks! Even after that point my only symptoms was nausea.

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