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Symptoms before testing

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allthingssparkly · 09/01/2021 15:37

AF is due a week today so I'm considering testing around then if AF doesn't arrive. My cycles are normally regular and on time.

Yesterday and today I've had mild cramping and just felt a bit unusual, I haven't felt like this any other month!

Has anyone found themselves having very mild symptoms? I know some symptoms can be a sign of PMS but things just feel different.

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laura2093 · 12/01/2021 09:05

Tested today - negative- 10 DPO

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allthingssparkly · 11/01/2021 18:51

@laura2093 thank you, my fingers are crossed for you and I hope you get your BFP soon 🤞 x

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laura2093 · 11/01/2021 18:48

@allthingssparkly Oh my fingers are crossed for us both - we have been trying since April 2020 🤦‍♀️ I'd love to see the light at the end of this tunnel!

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allthingssparkly · 11/01/2021 18:39

@laura2093 I'm 9DPO today too and I have had cramps the past couple of days which just go away after a while, I have had a bout of nausea as well the other morning too and a couple of unsettled nights as well which isn't like me.

I don't normally get any symptoms of AF making an appearance each month either and if I do then its cramping but the day or evening before so all what I'm experiencing seems so unusual for me.

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laura2093 · 11/01/2021 18:24

I'm 9 DPO - one app is telling me to test at 12 DPO - Saturday (7 DPO) I had such bad cramps as if AF was about to happen, then they just went. I had a killer headache yesterday and feeling a bit nauseous today. This CM started Saturday too, and is quite heavy in the mornings.
I have also had VERY vivid dreams and very restless the last 2 nights. My mind is blown!

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allthingssparkly · 11/01/2021 18:16

@sasbiscuit I hope you get the result you want when you test. I'm going to test Thursday or Friday. AF due this weekend.

@laura2093 definitely test if you feel the time is right, when are you due AF?

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Ginini · 11/01/2021 18:12

@sasbiscuit good luck for testing! 🤞🏼 how are your feeling?

@laura2093 any other symptoms? And how many dpo are you?

laura2093 · 11/01/2021 18:02

Sorry for TMI, last 2 days I've had yellow tinged CM- not an infection- not normal for me this time of the month. Would you test?

sasbiscuit · 11/01/2021 11:45

AF due Wednesday, testing either tomorrow or then... literally all I can think about!!

Ginini · 11/01/2021 09:21

Anyone testing today? Tempted to go out and buy a test for tomorrow's FMU! Just don't want the disappointment of a negative result!

Ginini · 10/01/2021 11:26

@ClaraBean hoping so 🤞🏼

@willowtree81 thanks for sharing! having bad cramps today so you've given me hope 🤞🏼

Nat6999 · 10/01/2021 00:57

My BFP is 17 in a couple of weeks time.

Nat6999 · 10/01/2021 00:56

I had turbo charged PMT, would have argued with my own shadow. We were on holiday & nearly got divorced, we came home at the end of the week & I was no better. For some unknown reason I did a test, my period wasn't even late & I got a BFP.

willowtree81 · 09/01/2021 22:45

Fingers crossed for you all! ❤️

willowtree81 · 09/01/2021 22:45

I did have period style cramps when my period was due and my daughter is now 10 months. I remember feeling like it could go either way - pregnant/period.

ClaraBean · 09/01/2021 22:33

@Ginini - fingers crossed that's implantation bleeding for you!! Sounds positive!!
@MayDay27 - hopefully our dreams are premonitions 😁 I keep hoping it's my body telling me something, but more likely my poor brain has had enough!
I've put on a bit too much lockdown weight over the last while so trying to get off my fat arse and move. Went on a big walk today and my back was killing me, so ticking that off for another symptom.
I've even been relentlessly banging on about baby names to dp. Poor bugger!!

laura2093 · 09/01/2021 22:15

I'm the same ❤️ fingers crossed for us ladies!
I have some first response tests too but I really want to see if AF turns up before I test especially after the cramps today xxx

Ginini · 09/01/2021 21:54

Can I tag along?
Think I'm about 9dpo, as I ovulated very early on in my cycle!
Had brown watery cm since yesterday although nearly stoped now! Hoping it's a positive sign, and had some strange cramps today too!

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allthingssparkly · 09/01/2021 21:50

Fingers crossed for everyone, sorry I can't keep up with all the comments 🙈 Best of luck! X

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allthingssparkly · 09/01/2021 21:48

@ClaraBean

Ahh I'm glad I've found someone that's hoping for a positive result at the same time as me! 🤞

Honestly I haven't even been imagining these cramps, I have felt them it's so weird nothing I've ever experienced before which is what's making me think more about whether I am pregnant or not 😬 when I'm due on I just tend to get pain the night or day before not a week before 🤣 time will tell! X

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Sparrowfeeder · 09/01/2021 21:47

Yes! I have had hot, tender boobs, fizzy nipples, tiredness (falling asleep in the afternoon), persistent queasiness esp after eating and dizziness plus just generally feeling hormonal. If it weren't for the boobs, I would think I was sickening for something like flu, def feel off. No idea when AF due as first cycle post mc in mid December, 3 weeks ish ago. If all is normal again, AF should be mid next week. Also not entirely sure when I ovulated but we dtd a fair bit in FW. Not holding out hope for a bfp first cycle after mc, or indeed one that sticks, but some of this is feeling familiar from being pg a month ago. It could ofc be my hormones all messed up after that. Time will tell, I guess!

Fingers crossed everyone! Grin

MayDay27 · 09/01/2021 21:46

@ClaraBean ideally I want to test earliest Saturday too! Last night I had a really vivid dream about testing positive!

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allthingssparkly · 09/01/2021 21:44

@laura2093

I have my fingers crossed for you. It's such a drag waiting to test isn't it? I wasn't going to test until AF is due, but I do have a FRER test which I can get a result from as early as 6 days before I'm due.

I just really want to wait it out as much as it's a drag, I'll just have to keep myself busy 🤞 x

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ClaraBean · 09/01/2021 21:43

I'm testing next Saturday too (would like to hold out til Sunday if possible!!)
I've been feeling a bit niggly, sort of crampy. Not painful but just aware of it iykwim. I feel like af is coming but obviously not due for a week. Books felt sore earlier but better now. That might just have been me wearing a real bra for the first time in ages 🤣
I feel exhausted, but then that could be anything too!
I have had three dreams of positive pregnancy tests the last three nights so I think my brains gone haywire 🤣

MayDay27 · 09/01/2021 21:41

Please can I join you guys too! I'm 5dpo going to try and hold out until after at is due! This is my first cycle and I never thought I would be a symptom spotter but I've already been imagining mild cramps!