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What does it actually feel like to be pregnant

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Louloubaker · 23/01/2024 13:28

I have never been pregnant before and I know everyone is different but out of curiosity did you know you was pregnant before you did a test? Did you feel significantly different or did you feel nothing at all?

I feel like I’m pretty in tune with my body and would notice any slight change in anything 🤣 but who knows I don’t know what I’m looking for.

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KnickerlessParsons · 23/01/2024 13:50

A surprising number of women don't know they're pregnant until they actually go into labour.

Me - I had no idea until I missed a period and did a test. For the most part, I would describe pregnancy as "uncomfortable"

Foxtrotbeta · 23/01/2024 13:47

I knew because at 11DPO my boobs felt hard, I felt nauseous and my temperature had stayed high after ovulation, and then rose again to a level higher than it had been for 18 months previously when I tracked for contraception. Sadly I also knew then when I wasn't pregnant anymore when the symptoms went and my temperature dropped. But it took 6 more days to start bleeding.

Mangotango39 · 23/01/2024 13:39

p.s. I am a low symptom pregnant person aha. About to pop now and never been sick or had all the usual things from the movies . I'm pretty normal with the odd things here or there !

Mangotango39 · 23/01/2024 13:38

I felt like I knew , but it was the first month trying and I could have been kidding myself.

I have had two accidents before that (sadly mcs) but I also felt like I just knew?

However, I havnt had to go through the battle of ttc for a long period so I'm not sure if that can unfortunately dampen the spirits.
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Hotmalibu94 · 23/01/2024 13:34

I kept looking for symptoms whilst we were TTC, then the only things during my TWW when I was actually pregnant was sore boobs (which I had every month from basically the day after ovulation anyway) and my sex drive was non existent 😂 poor DH, it wasnt like I just wasn't in the mood I was just completely dead to it at all 😂 so I guess the lack of symptoms was a symptom in itself but honestly you can drive yourself so mad looking into it all 😂 I had stopped tracking symptoms at that point.

Any other symptoms didn't really start til about 7/8 weeks for me.