How soon did you know you were pregnant?

[NewChoos]

1st month of TTC baby no 2. I am 5 days post ovulation and feeling very strange, bloated and 'stretchy' abdomen (!). I am only day +16 of cycle so have a test a week to wait until I test.
Just mu mind playing tricks?

I knew about a week before AF was due - I was away for the weekend, feeling really rotten as I'd just had pleurisy and thought that was why I was cramping. Kept expecting AF to arrive early because of antibiotic, but it never happened.

I just felt it in my gut somehow. Also boobs tender, etc, made me think twice about whether it really was AF.

It's a hard one as pregnancy signs are just like AF but I
Usually get some brown streaks the day before plus cramping but had none!!! Then had strong feelings of sickness??? Done a cheapy on day cd 25 and got a faint line had to hold in light!!! Left for cd 27 done another faint line but I could see it! Had backache got out my cb with morning pee and took forever but came up pregnant 2-3!!!!
Good luck!!!

As has been said, it is very easy to confuse pregnancy symptoms with normal cycle behaviour.

I've been TTC for 2+ years now and have been "convinced" I was pregnant on at least 4 occasions

It is your first month, sit back and relax. It will happen but you will drive yourself insane if you symptom spot and POAS every time you feel a twinge

First time, the day after a missed period. I'm never late so the day after, although I had no 'symptoms' other than being late, I took a test and hey presto!

This time, I was due last Friday. In the run-up to AF, I usually get very tender boobs, so I would have been very tender last Monday. On Wednesday, I realised they weren't. On Friday, nothing happened (no show from AF), so I did a test (a Tescos own brand one that I bought on Thursday). It came up negative initially but I couldn't shake the feeling that things weren't right so I went to Boots and bought some Boots ones and some Clearblue digital. The Boots ones came up negative (but I was doing them in the middle of the day) but the clearblue ones both said 'pregnant 1-2'. Can you tell how much I doubted the whole thing - we've been trying 2 years and I just couldn't believe it might have happened.
So I'll be five weeks on Friday, and 'knew' from last Monday. albeit in a "I mustn't get my hopes up but I really can't help thinking that maybe this time..."
I'm going with ClearBlue on the basis that false negatives are far more common than false negatives, and that i was doing the tests at the wrong time of day, and that I'm nearly a week overdue now which would be a first!

Have been pregnant six times. Wasn't really aware the first couple of times, but once I knew the "pregnant" feeling, I usually get it around a week after ovulation, and it intensifies until it's unmistakeable around 10 days past ovulation with full on fatigue, cravings and a decrease in appetite. I usually test positive 9dpo (days past ovulation) or so. I've never felt that particular way on cycles when I'm not pregnant, even if TTC as I know TTC-brain can make you think a lot of things!!

Good luck!!

I am also TTC (number 1, cycle1), and in the middle of the 2ww. I am currently driving myself absolutely nuts with all the 'symptoms' I am spotting! Am sure it is just because I have read that these things should be happening so my TTC-brain is making it so!
Good luck newchoos fx for your BFP next week

I've been TTC for a long time (2 1/2 years). I've been convinced a few times when I wasn't. I remember my sister saying she just knew and I didn't think after ttc so long I would. But about 10dpo this cycke I wouldn't say I 'knew' so much as had a funny feeling. Irony of course because we were going to stop TTC for a while. I had funny do at work when my blood sugar dropped about 13dpo and was sick twice at 14dpo so I tested and got a BFP!

havealittlefaith congrats!

I've seen you on lots of threads on is board dishing out great advice to newbies like me (well I was new a year ago!)

Am so pleased you got your bfp!

Sorry to hijack your

Your thread op!!

Hey berries! How are you? Yes it's still sinking in (although the nausea and fatigue are oddly reassuring!).

I'm ok.....af due tomorrow and took a test as went to a wedding yest and got bfn so just waiting for her to rear her head. Your story gives me hope. Glad you have nausea! Supposed to be a good sign. Here's to a non eventful next 8 months for you! Congrats again!

I knew within about 5 days of doing the deed, I was bloated and tender in my belly and I got a really sore side.

I just felt weird :o