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What were your CLEAR symptoms you were pregnant

61 replies

Louloubaker · 29/11/2023 10:31

Just wondering what everyone’s symptoms were leading up to their BFP?

I am 9dpo and haven’t tested yet, this is only because I don’t have any tests in 🤣

I have pmdd (pre menstrual dysphoric disorder) and usually suffer really bad with my symptoms round about now. Fatigue, sore boobs, very moody/sad/ depressed. cravings etc. I have had nothing (not complaining though!)

I have had the odd twinge in my left side and almost like a dull ache and consistent back ache for about 4 days now.

Anyone else had no symptoms and usually get them before AF but then got BFP?

OP posts:
ladygindiva · 29/11/2023 21:08

Massive sore tits and felt sick. Both times.

FormerlySpeckledyHen · 29/11/2023 21:06

I threw up when a smoker walked through my front door and didn’t stop for 9 months until they sliced me open and lifted him out.

Talkwhilstyouwalk · 29/11/2023 20:43

None. Absolutely no differences between pregnant cycle and non pregnant cycle and trust me I was looking hard for symptoms. Late period prompted me to test.

cherrylemonapple · 29/11/2023 20:42

being an absolute cow. every single pregnancy i’ve known before testing because i’ve been absolutely raging and moody at everything and everyone for no reason 🤣

TokyoSushi · 29/11/2023 19:45

A very strange feeling like somebody had hold of the back of my belly button, and was pulling it inwards, plus dizziness. Have literally only ever felt it in very early pregnancy both times.

TotalOverhaul · 29/11/2023 19:33

Suddenly couldn't stand the smell of coffee or red meat. I had to cross the road to pass the butcher's shop and made coffee for DH with a peg on my nose.

QueSyrahSyrah · 29/11/2023 19:28

Genuinely the first time I thought 'huh, I wonder....' a few days before testing was when I cried at a trailer in the cinema.

I never cry.

Other than that I'd say the giant painful canon balls where my boobs used to be have been the most persistent symptom.

anybloodyname · 29/11/2023 19:25

Prior to period being late .. I was falling asleep at 6pm !

Thewildthingsarewithme · 29/11/2023 19:24

At 8dpo I woke up at six am and wanted to eat dry toast with ham on and that’s how I knew 😂

Spacie · 29/11/2023 19:23

Waking in the night to pee every time. (long ago so you couldn't test before you missed your period)

Seagrassbasket · 29/11/2023 19:19

Nothing - but I didn’t symptom spot. I hadn’t discovered mumsnet then and didn’t realise it was a thing people did 🤣
DP was also very clear he didn’t want me to be ‘mental’ about it lol!

I tested the day after my period was due when it didn’t arrive and I was positive.

SecreHallmarkXmasAddict · 29/11/2023 19:16

Nausea, both times. Started 3-4 days before my period was due.

princefamilypaper · 29/11/2023 19:14

Loooooads of discharge. That was uy

champagneproblems13 · 29/11/2023 19:10

Raging toothache with 2/3 of my (miscarried) pregnancies

GeorgeR28 · 29/11/2023 19:04

Hey @Louloubaker in 9dpo today too and losing the plot!
it’s so hard not to symptom spot ALL the time. I’ve been pregnant before which resulted in loss and this is my second cycle since my surgery.
I’ve got the usual tender breasts, they look bigger too. The odd stomach twinge here and there but I’ve broke out on my chin which I normally do before my period so now I’ve convinced myself I’m out for the month already.
TTC is so mentally draining 😓

toddlermam · 29/11/2023 14:30

Painful boobs every single time! Very specific pain.

HeraSyndulla · 29/11/2023 14:25

Missed period, sensitive breasts and I didn't feel very well.

Rainbowpeanut02 · 29/11/2023 14:08

For me, it was the spotting, the cramping, the back pain, the fatigue, the headaches... basically i had everything, just not the constipation or the sore boobs xx

Richie23 · 29/11/2023 13:35

I first noticed little bumps around my nipple area. Plus really sore boobs which I thought was just a sign AF was coming early. But they were more sensitive and sore than normal.

Confusedddddddd · 29/11/2023 13:35

The most painful boobs I'd ever had at 8 dpo, made me test early and lo and behold there was a faint line.

However with my ectopic pregnancy I had 0 symptoms. I only thought to test when I was about 6/7 weeks as I started getting evening nausea - I only had nausea in the evening with first pregnancy.

mylifeisprettygood · 29/11/2023 12:25

Being horribly cold to the point I'd get in a scalding bath and still be chilly. And I fancied soup. And I loathe soup ordinarily. After I'd had my child, some years later I was sat in a furry onesie, with the heating on max, in front of the log burner moaning I was cold and my dh said "oh oh. You need to take a test". I was pregnant again 🤣

Tryingtoconceivenumber2 · 29/11/2023 11:56

Irrationally annoyed (I'm not like that normally), vivid dreams x

AnneLovesGilbert · 29/11/2023 11:43

First time, boobs weren’t sore at all. They always were before my period and they just weren’t.

Last time, sheer bone numbing exhaustion. I did some gardening, came indoors and fell asleep on the sofa straight away. Woke up and thought shit, I haven’t been this tired since being pregnant so I did a test and it was a very strong line 3 or 4 days before period was due.

sarahc336 · 29/11/2023 11:39

Tingly fizzy kinda feeling in my nipples and much larger than normal boobs. Starts around 8dpo and had it each time I e had a bfp. No other symptoms at all though

tomatoontoast · 29/11/2023 11:10

A missed period was my only clear sign