I have convinced myself I'm pregnant, but I'm not

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What is wrong with me has anyone else experienced this?

LO is 3 and I would love another baby at some point but I'm currently on the pill, my fiancé is at university full time and my work situation is only temporary. We couldn't manage a baby right now and I know that.

But I FEEL pregnant. I feel nauseous and dizzy, constantly exhausted/napping, I'm getting weird aches/twinges in my stomach and it's painful to put pressure on it, I can feel movements/sensations and I am bloated to the point I look like I have a bump.

I've taken 2 tests and both have been negative and due to being on Cerelle I know it's unlikely I would be.

I just can't shake the feeling I am - even though I know I'm not and it's not practical to be at the moment (no matter how much I want to).

Is there anything I can do for this? I feel very emotional about it (and like an idiot!)

Ah love. I don’t think this is that uncommon - it’s not common, but mindset is powerful, and it’s not unusual to start getting symptoms for things that you think you’ve got. My sister suffers a lot with health anxiety, and she often shows symptoms of the conditions that she’s worried she’s got, because she’s convinced herself it’s true so her body “creates” them.

But, given that you’ve mentioned bloating, I’d go and see a doctor anyway just incase. I remember a thread on here from a while back where a woman had a lot of bloating and it turned out to be something that needed pretty quick treatment. I don’t want to scare you, but I’d want to rule out anything major first.

Have you talked about when it might be possible?

There are lots of things that can cause those symptoms OP, you need to get checked out by your GP.

@TakeYourFinalPosition thank you for replying. We're getting married in October and then I'm hoping to be made permanent so once all that has been sorted then we could possibly try then, will be a while though.

I will make an appointment, even if it's just to have someone talk some sense into me. I feel like I'm driving myself crazy with it all and feel like it's a bit too weird to talk to anyone about it.

Thank you @WallaceinAnderland. I will try to get an appointment and see what happens

Ah, that takes me back. It took me a long time to get pregnant with dd1 and every month I used to convince myself I had pregnancy symptoms. It was so painful to find out I still wasn't pregnant!

I hope you are ok.

Go to the doctors. I had pregnancy symptoms and wasn't pregnant even though I looked about 4 months - I had a large cyst which did have to be removed in the end.