Symptom spotting part 2 - Home of the suspicious boobs and other strange goings on!

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Welcome to our new thread where everyone's welcome. Sit back with your favourite drink and get all those 'suspicious' symptoms off your chest including the ever popular suspicious boob (sb).

If you're squeamish this may not be the thread for you, as this thread is dedicated to those with strange goings on where no symptom is TMI.

Good luck to us all for that elusive BFP to arrive soon. Who'll be the first to get one?

I'm back!!! Had a fab time will catch up and update you all but feeling crappy as had a bfp but am no longer pregnant. Way to go for timing (Christmas Eve!!).

Bossy Last I heard was Assassin broke her laptop but couldn't afford a new one and finds it difficult to update at work. Hope she's back soon (and with good news). Did you have a good Christmas?

oh no, its just so difficult isnt it, you having a break or hoping to make the most of being more fertile? I took a break seeing as though it was christmas but otherwise would have carried on. Ive had a lovely christmas and just enjoying the wine for now at least. I was at the loo and dd age 3 burts in like she does and she says whats that mammy? and I say thats what happens when you dont have babies and she bursts into tears saying she really wants a brother or a sister. Talk about making me feel guilty! So back to trying but secretly enjoying not being pg at the mo

Hello all

Could someone possibly explain the term "sparkly tum" please?

I'm on the 2WW, suffering badly with heartburn/indigestion which I never, ever get, and my lower tum feels really hot inside. Is this a sparkly tum? Am new to all this terminology.

Thank you!

Bossy That must have been awful. It's bad enough without having a little one telling you how desperately they want a sibling let alone having that extra guilt there too. I'm not really sure what to do but think I'll continue trying. Really can't cope with many more MCs (this is my 8th now, 6 since ds).

DaisyBell Sorry but never heard of a 'Sparkly tum' it's new to me too!

never heard that one either but I know what a suspicious boob is and its back!

Fingers crossed it means something this time Bossy

Wonder where all the 'regulars' have gone, it is far too quiet on here lately!! Missing all the symptoms and general gossip!!

Well, i'm in the same boat as all you guys!

Some of these may not be symptoms, but i thought i may list you everything that im seeing as a symptom:

Sore, very sore nipples
Boobs feeling verrrry heavy got some SB action going on.
Extreme tiredness, slept 12 hours 3 days on trot, can't do that now as i am back at work after days off.
No PM symptoms, no moods, no cramps no general bleurgh-ness - i keep thinking im getting cramps and then let out a big fart and it goes (TMI LOL) :o
Tingly feeling in my tummy and a slight stabby dull ache to the right.

Oh and a sore throat, but that is just the air con :)

As well as symptom spotting PG im trying to symptom spot AF (those on Oct bus will understand) due to unknown cycle length!

Aha, innocent has described the 'sparkly' tum far better than me, it was a kind of warm tingly feeling. And a prodding feeling in my left side occasionally.

I've had a little bit of nausea but nothing else, no suspicious boobs, tired but not overly so, and yes, wind here too .

Am now 12 days post ov so I think that if it was happening this month, I'd know about it a bit more

ive had another weird test yesterday, bfn hours later faint positive - though probably evap line, no idea, was as wide as test line and test line was purple this was light purple. Still got another week to go anyway and despite having very sore boobs with one looking incredibly suspicious I know it was outside the time and I have to assume its negative. Ive done a couple of other tests to see if they turned positive later and they havent so evap line I guess it is.

Im off to the doctors tomorrow about all the aches and pains ive been experiencing and some of the irregular bleeding ive had so ive come to the conclusion I have allsorts of illnesses so thought it better to get checked out.

Hello, I'm new - to Mumsnet, to TTC, to all these abbreviations (got that one though as you can see!) and to the whole new world of 'is this a symptom or just my over hopeful head??!!'.
Convinced I had a chemical (silent) pregnancy last month (had lots of funny little symptoms) that ended in the heaviest period EVER.
Now trying agin - 'fertile period' this week; hubby is delighted at all the action!
First attempt was Monday and I already feel like things may be afoot; crampy pains, extreme tiredness, but could all be coincidental. So hard to know when you definitely want them to be SIGNS! Wondering how soon I can do a test this month and if it's a good idea anyway?!
Fingers crossed - and to everyone else who is ttc out there too. Will keep you posted.
PS Am 36 and a half so really hoping not left it too late

Hello sharon and welcome!

Saw the gp and have to go back for swabs and examination to see if theres anything to worry about regarding the spotting ive had between periods and the aches and pains. She didnt ask any questions at all about it but I guess there are so many possibilities the only way to know for sure if theres anything that needs to be treated is to take the swabs and exam. Of course trying to get an appointment at a time when dd can be supervised is difficult and also have to fit it between af, so going to be a couple of weeks. Had a teeny bit of peachy cm this morning (an indicator af is coming) not sure why its peach these days will add that to my list of complaints when I go to Drs but the pains have stopped at least as they do when you book an appointment with gp!

Oooh goody just found this thread - this is my first cycle of TTC so the first TWW/obsessive symptom-spotting! Am desparate to share with someone - OH is not interested/does not understand and no one else has a clue that we're TTC (in fact all of our friends think we hate children!)

We've only SWI'd once (OH is working a lot at the moment) - last Tuesday (4 Jan). No idea when Ov was - I'm not doing charts as yet.

I have felt very different this month as compared to previous months - I have been off the pill for 12 months so my cycles are all natural now. Symptoms have been:

1. Sore nipples from 2 days after SWI (I never get sore nips - tender bbs before AF, definitely, but not sore nips);

1. A firm/slightly hot feeling in my uterus - I am very conscious of it being there IFKWIM;

1. Feeling hotter than usual at night for 4 days after SWI;

1. Slight feeling of light-headedness when I was laying in bed on Saturday morning;

1. Crampy/wind-type pains since Friday.

AF is due at the weekend - I can't wait to find out if the above are genuine pg symptoms, or if my mind is playing cruel tricks on me!

Imps

Hello all. I hope you don't mind me posting on your thread.

Like Imps7 I also feel the need to share my crazy symptom spotting DESPITE the fact I promised myself I wouldn't do this this time round! DD took 15 months ttc so I shouldn't get my hopes up.

I'm tentatively ttc no2, had a hideous birth 1st time round which left me with lots of ishoos including an aversion to, ahem, sex. Anyway, that's as sorted as it can be and this is the first month of being back 'in action'.

I tried opks this month but got no confirmation of ovulation (although for half the time I was testing with the 2 line ones which are impossible to interpret and I got bored of waiting 5 minutes for a result!) Didn't really notice any pant-snot but again, forgot to look

Anyway, af due on 18th. Have had the following things which I'm dutifully interpreting as symptoms:

• headache and slight light-headedness

*tired, wanted to go to bed early and napped in the afternoon both weekend days

• slight cramping low down and slightly pink discharge. af is NEVER early and I never get spotting. I got cramping at af time when pg with DD

*Good old suspicious boobs. Definitely felt funny sensations for the last few days which feel a bit like a very faint let-down reflex (sort of pins and needles tingly but not the whole boob, just little bits all over it IYSWIM) or like the feeling I got when I was heading for blocked ducts, slightly sore

• v.slight nausea in the morning (last couple of days)

• Today have been very conscious of nasty smells (kept checking shoes for dog poo but none there and someone on the tube smelt of fish

• woke in night last night with hot sweats (like I got after I had DD) and was REALLY hot in work today

Don't think I can hold out testing until Tuesday, might do one on Sunday instead!

Hello herethereandeverywhere - deffo sounds positive to me (being the expert that I am!). I hope you don't mind me saying but I always find it strange that ladies who have been there and done that with pregnancies don't know for sure if they're pregnant. I realise of course that it's not that easy and every pregnancy is different, but I still can't help but think that you must have some more of an idea than us first time frolickers! (This isn't meant as a criticism - obviously - just an observation about how unhelpful nature!)

Hope it all works out for you - and be sure to keep away from those fishy smelling people!

Hello! Been lurking with interest over the past couple of days

Dear old AF is technically due for a visit tomorrow, but seriously hoping not. Have been symptom spotting like a mad thing this week, OH worrying as he knows I will be upset when/if this is not our month, but I can't help it...

Those of you who have been pregnant before - are the symptons constant, or is it possible to have them and then to wane just before AF would due (e.g. are boobs sore for ages or just a few days?) would be good to know!

Hello all - kateepie2 I would also LOVE to know the answer to that question - as I had some feelings, as previously mentioned - but now seem to not feel anything different. Really don't know if it is all psychological or if it was something and has now gone :(
Got ages to wait till AF due (stupidly long cycle of 36 days, normally very happy about this as less days with AF the better!) but now irritated I have to wait so long. Caved and did test yesterday and got BFN but know that it was really far too early to do it and even if am pregnant may well not have shown up this early!

One other question I'd love an answer to - is there NO point - AT ALL - in sex outside the ovulation days? Or is there still a chance?

Oh and where exactly are you supposed to have the pillow to aid conception whilst in the act and afterwards?! Right under bum? or in small of back? Any help gratefully received!!!!

Good luck all - keep us posted x

Hello everyone and sorry to butt in but this thread is just what I'm thinking about at the moment!

Can I ask what you all think? I'm 3 days post ovulation and had cramps today plus unusual tiredness - does this sound feasible at all?

Morning!

Well I don't know what is going on with me today. AF due, HPT was neg this morning (the day I see two lines I will think I am seeing double, the number of neg tests I've had!) and I feel really crampy and as if AF is about to start gushing out of me... though every trip to the loo so far just results in brownish discharge when I wipe (sorry for the tmi).

Will keep you posted, but I don't feel hopeful :(

Hello! New here and TTC for first time this month! Have had two 'natural' AFs since I came off the pill so hoping that was enough for body to sort itself out but seemed to come back fairly regular with AF so thinking all ok.

Next AF due 20th Jan but been feeling quite out of sorts for the last week...wasn't expecting 'success' on first month of trying but now wondering and 'symptom spotting' like crazy...I'm useless at waiting to find something out and can't test for another week!!

Currently have very weird feelings in my tum/abdomen. Sore, fluttery and very uncomfortable - can't bear to have anything tight around my tum or heavy resting there. Also feeling very bloated and windy and have constipation and/or diarrhoea most days - seems to be either or both!! Bra's also feel v tight even though visually doesn't seem much different there!

Hubby v keen for me not to get my hopes up but I do feel quite strange...oh, and very achey too like I've been doing too much exercise!

Feel like having a nice hot bath to relax but had heard hot baths were a no no if pg...what do people think?

So good to be able to splurge what's going on in my head!

Hello everyone! Ive been here too long I think, off the pill for 15 months When I was pg I had no symptoms until the day before af was due and thats when I was retching at odd smells, I tested the next day (where did that willpower come from?!) and got a bfp! No real boob symptoms at all during pregnancy so as the creator of the suspicious boob I should know better! Good luck to all!

Well, I think I might as well join in as I have been reading along for a while now.

I haven't been on the pill for 7 years, due to increased risk of breastcancer (own decision), but always did it safely. No accdidents. Oof.

This month, 3rd of January, a sudden urge moved my hubby (as we had been talking of babies for a while), but (sorry, tmi), came too early but in the right place. I really, really, thought it wasn't possible for me to get pregnant as it was too soon after period anyway (poss started 24th of Dec), but I felt weird the day after. l

Pressure in my womb area.
Constipation up till now (one week! Really, haven't had it for that long ever!)
slight waves of sicky feeling, short though
crampy (otherwise I never have it then at all, don't feel ovulation at any rate)

Thata's all gone now, but since then I have developed weeing a lot (double?), thirst, and since a few days tiredness. And, most of all, I haven't felt like evening alcoholic drink for at least two weeks now, and I was bent on finishing a bottle of Swedish mulled wine I made for xmas. I don't get sick if I smell it, but don't really want to drink one like I used to. (my hubby was complaining about it yesterday ). And hungry in the morning! My God, how is that possible?

I am now wondering... I looked up the calender on mumsnet and it put my fertile week, supposing that I am a normal person with 14 days after ov (my cycle is pretty normal, every new moon af, according to hubby), just about 3rd of January.

I wasn't even really symptom spotting, but am starting to get convinced now...

I won't have to look out for sore boobs (love the title of this topic!), nor for cramps as I get that always when af is comming anyway. But that thirst and weeing is a bit odd...

The first time I was pregnant and had a ptermination before the pill I was feeling ill for no reason from the first week, I think (not sure). That's why I am now confused.

oh, well, wait and see, I suppose.

Hi everyone, I know I am going to sound really stupid but this is month 1 trying for number 1 so I'm still a novice! How early could I get suspicious boobs? I had my first AF after having implant removed from 31st Dec to 2 Jan so therefore would possibly have ovulated by now? So we did the deed yesterday (14th) at about 2am, and now I have tender heavy boobs, is this way too early to have any symptoms? Or could I have ovulated early? I really want this to mean something but so scared to get my hopes up, I know I'm probably being daft but any thoughts?

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Anybody there?

How are you all getting on with your symptoms?

haha, someone is bored!

I'll humour you.

The day before yesterday my spastic colon played up the whole night and (sorry, tmi) cleared me out, but constipation still there... The day after usually clears up, but none of that. I was enthusiastic enough to eat something hubby had made at about 7 (?) and then regretted it massively. Felt SO SICK. Nothing came out, but sickness got better towards 2 in the morning. Then, nice, go to sleep. Wake up with incredible nausea at quarter to 10, which clears up at about half past, but I do not fancy any coffee and haven't done so for the whole day. That is weird.

I should wait for testing, shouldn't I? Well, I need to get off the sofa and out of the house for that (don't want to ask my hubby's paypal account lol), so that might still take a while.

Now, hopefully, off to cook.

im symptom spotting in a different way and so far have endometriosis, fibroids, cysts, cervical cancer, in fact every cancer, underactive thyroid, overactive thyroid oh and today meningitis. Roll on my doctors appointment, rang surgery to check it was a double appointment and there was no record of me having an appointment, in fact the gp i was seeing is on holiday that week. So looks like I imagined that lengthy conversation with the receptionist to get me an appointment on a day/time when dh is available to supervise dd so guess add crazy to my list of symptoms