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Your earliest pregnancy symptoms?

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Tuxmittens · 23/10/2026 17:39

I'm sure that I'm pregnant! I'm scared to take a test though as sometimes my periods are a little late, and I really don't want to get my hopes up.
However, I've been noticing a couple things over the last week or so that are making me question things a bit!

  1. I am SO tired. I slept 14 hours the other day.
  2. My breasts are definitely rounder and feel heavier?? Partner has also noticed this!
  3. Waking up to pee. I never ever wake up before my alarm because I need to pee. It's happened almost every morning this week.
  4. No pre-period cravings or mood swing, a day or two before I get my period, every time, I get randomly very emotional over little things (tiktok videos!).
  5. Perhaps weirdest, and likely unrelated, I keep randomly getting butterfly's in my stomach.

I also just 'have a feeling', but of course I could be entirely wrong.
My last period started September 23rd.

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Onemoretimeonly · 23/10/2026 17:42

This is funny as my earliest symptoms have been butterflies with all 3 pregnancies. I never see it listed as a symptom because I suppose it can easily be explained away by anxiety/excitement. I’d take a test if I were you. It’s very early to get any of the other symptoms you mentioned but sometimes the ‘feeling’ is all you have.

BernadetteJune · 23/10/2026 17:44

Weird I know . . . .but I could taste 'metal'. Apparently this is a thing!

incognito1991 · 23/10/2026 17:45

Felt extremely hungover and had hot flushes

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JLMA · 23/10/2026 17:46

I got thrush and felt extremely uncomfortable

ByTipsyShark · 23/10/2026 17:48

My wee smelt funny (almost like a broth 😷 ) for a week or so beforehand. And I had a random wave of nausea one day and all I wanted was a Diet Coke to sort it out

Cantstopeatingjaffacakes · 23/10/2026 17:50

I had vivid dreams and a metallic taste in my mouth. I’ve had three pregnancies and with each one I knew I was pregnant before testing.

Whattodo1610 · 23/10/2026 17:53

With my first - severe exhaustion! I would come in from work and sleep literally immediately, wake up the next morning! Never known anything like it. Just do a test 🤞🏻

Tuxmittens · 23/10/2026 18:02

Oh yes I've also had really weird, vivid dreams the last few days! No other lifestyle changes to cause that I wouldn't think.
And yes, a bit tmi, but Ive noticed I smell more sweet?Blush

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Tuxmittens · 23/10/2026 18:02

incognito1991 · 23/10/2026 17:45

Felt extremely hungover and had hot flushes

I've had to sleep naked a few days this week due to being really really hot, even 2 nights ago in the storm...

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Laiste · 23/10/2026 18:06

Smelly wee and sore boobs.
From week 4/6 ish

pixlchix · 23/10/2026 18:10

Different for all three of mine.

eldest I had no early symptoms I only tested cos someone said I had a pregnancy glow and I realised then I was a few days late. I got symptoms a couple of weeks after finding out.

middle was a very tiny bit of bleeding that never got heavier and my boobs feeling like they were going to fall off they hurt so much.

youngest I was just extremely tired and joked that if I didn’t know better I’d of thought I was pregnant - then realised again I’d had some bleeding a few days previous for like two hours (more than my second but nothing much), but again it never turned into a proper period so tested and there it was.

TheNewSofaWithTheDogOnIt · 23/10/2026 18:14

I fainted conpletely out of the blue - just whoosh! Down i went! Also evilly sore and full boobs.
Nearly 42 years ago but i remember it vividly, even how the grass smelt, when i came round😄

incognito1991 · 23/10/2026 18:23

Tuxmittens · 23/10/2026 18:02

I've had to sleep naked a few days this week due to being really really hot, even 2 nights ago in the storm...

Yes I was like this with my 1st I remember it was around this time a couple years ago and it rained and I stuck my head out the window and wanted to go run in the rain

incognito1991 · 23/10/2026 18:23

incognito1991 · 23/10/2026 18:23

Yes I was like this with my 1st I remember it was around this time a couple years ago and it rained and I stuck my head out the window and wanted to go run in the rain

Also have you tested at all? Clear blue I found the best when testing early, the rest you couldn’t or could barely see a line

CheeseCakeSunflowers · 23/10/2026 18:24

Not wanting want a cup of tea was mine. I hated the thought of drinking a caffeinated drink for the rest of my pregnancy but when I was offered one in the labour room post birth I accepted automatically and enjoyed it.

Randomchat · 23/10/2026 18:28

BernadetteJune · 23/10/2026 17:44

Weird I know . . . .but I could taste 'metal'. Apparently this is a thing!

Me too. Every time

HappyViewer · 23/10/2026 18:34

Sore boobs within days of getting pregnant.

DoobyScooo · 23/10/2026 18:36

Couldn’t face a glass of wine.

WilliamsWishWellingtons · 23/10/2026 19:00

Under normal circumstances I love a cup of tea; drink buckets of it then bam, suddenly a brew of tea or coffee made me heave. As did my other half’s ‘smell’. I couldn’t go near him.
It was during Covid and rather than having a big gathering on Christmas Day, I’d made Christmas dinner for the first time by myself for me and DP. By midnight I was vomming my guts up and I lay there all night thinking I’d undercooked the turkey and given us food poisoning. Never for a minute thought that was the beginning of 16 weeks of morning, noon and night sickness!

Tuxmittens · 23/10/2026 19:13

incognito1991 · 23/10/2026 18:23

Also have you tested at all? Clear blue I found the best when testing early, the rest you couldn’t or could barely see a line

I haven't, I'm thinking of maybe waiting until Monday and if still no period by then then I'll test
... Just scared tbh!

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DramaAlpaca · 23/10/2026 19:18

A metallic taste in my mouth, and very noticeable blue veins visible in my boobs. This was a few days before my period was due.

Tuxmittens · 23/10/2026 20:24

Bump

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LoveHearts69 · 23/10/2026 20:32

3 pregnancies and every time my only symptom has been insane bloating! Like literally from the moment of conception! It’s so weird.

Tuxmittens · 24/10/2026 20:34

I've ordered some tests, they're coming tomorrow. Im scared!

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incognito1991 · 24/10/2026 20:36

Tuxmittens · 24/10/2026 20:34

I've ordered some tests, they're coming tomorrow. Im scared!

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