Manic symptom watching!

[Babymamababy]

Hi all,

This is a place for all manic symptom watchers to share stories and convince themselves they have each other's symptoms! Nothing like a healthy dose of mania to ease the real anxiety and worry ttc can cause!

I myself have just recently started ttc and have seen myself go from a fully rounded adult to a manic symptom checker.
So today's symptom is a pinchy like pain in my left lower abdomen...could be wind...but no...as a manic symptom checker...I'm convincing myself it's a sign of implantation!
I will share a new one everyday. Please add your own...I want to have them too&!

Ooh fingers crossed then! I don't normally have spotty nipples so it's a new one to me lol!

78 days since the first day of my last period back in september. My left boob hurts sometimes witj shooting like oains on the side. Period like cramps are coming and going and it feels like iv come on in my knickers but when i check theres nothing. It's like im having an invisable period maybe?

Hi ladies! Although I haven't posted much on here I have been a self-confessed manic symptom spotter for many months and have just got my bfp... it doesn't feel real at all but I thought I'd post because the symptoms I had were totally different to the ones I have been 'spotting' for what feels like forever! To be honest, I knew I was pregnant before I did the test, like 100% knew - which is the weirdest feeling in the world! I can't put my finger on why, but before I even felt any symptoms or missed my period I knew it was finally my month!

I had no implantation pain, no spotting, no discharge worth mentioning. The only two things that changed in my body were fatigue - not just a physical tiredness but a sleepiness. At any point during the day the past couple of weeks I have felt totally able to curl up and go right to sleep, which is unlike me. The other thing I got was acne. I have spots around my chin and jawline and usually my skin is good, I haven't suffered from spots since I was a teenager (I'm 30). Those were the only 2ww symptoms I had and I know that many other people would have disregarded those as stress or whatever.

From the day my period was due, I have had achey twinges in my uterus. It is lower down and more central than any period related pain I've ever had. It is also a different kind of pain, kind of like someone pressing on a bruise. It's like I'm feeling a part of my body I haven't felt before, it's a weird place for the pain.

And that's it! The pain is on and off all day and has been since last Friday. It isn't enough to catch my breath, just an awareness.

Keep going girls... I thought it wouldn't happen to me! I have suffered badly from eating disorders throughout my teens and early 20s and lost my period several times, once for 3 whole years. I thought I had ruined my fertility for good but it seems not! It's just about getting lucky. Lots of best wishes to you all xx

Hi all - may I join?

My "symptoms" so far include:
Bloating (I'm probably just in denial about gained weight)
Grumpiness (Probably just grumpy about the fact that I've gained weight...)
Spotty all over my boobs (Usually just my face!)
Feeling a few mild cramps
Last AF lasted about 16 hours, compared to 5 or 6 days usually

POAS three times since my v short AF, BFN each time.

We've been ttc just over a year now - this is the first time I've actually spotted any symptoms that are out of the ordinary for me iyswim.

Someone please save my sanity and tell me to get back on the losing weight wagon.

lookingspiffy: thanks for that. It's helpful to know what people's actual symptoms were.

I mean it won't stop me from thinking everything is a symptom but it's certainly interesting :).

Drania - weight loss is so tricky and takes a lot of willpower and perseverance. Will be worth it though!

Thanks, dizzy! Although ttc has given me something else to obsess think about.

Hmm so the ultrasound tech the ovary looks a bit polycystic but they can't diagnose me until the blood test is done which I'll need to do beginning of next cycle :|

Uterus looks fine though, so that's good!

Hi girls, this is my first post to MN woo

I thought I was going crazy the amount of symptom spotting I've been doing over the last few weeks... Glad it's not just me!

I'll start by saying that my and OH have been ttc since the beginning of November, I came off the pill and had my last withdrawal bleed around the 2nd-5th. Unsure of whether I ovulated but have definitely been feeling some strange symptoms!

I've noticed the main thing is I am SO tired all the time. I can literally sleep 10 hours straight and be falling asleep at my desk by lunchtime.

I'm having a lot of menstrual-like cramps but not as severe, also at one point I had a very strange pulling sensation just below my belly button...

I'm also getting hot flushes, I'll either be starving one day with stomach rumbles constantly or hardly hungry at all, I'll either be constipated or have diarrhoea (sorry, tmi), lower back aches, and my sense of smell has definitely got stronger. It's usually rubbish, but now I can basically figure out someone sat 3 seats in front of me on the bus had Indian takeaway for dinner. It's so gross.

I don't wanna get my hopes up too high because I have PCOS so could take me ages to ovulate... But I cannot wait to be a mum I want it so badly!

Baby dust to everyone

That's something dizzy, I suppose xx yeah if it helps symptoms wise, before I got my positive, I had a small bleed 10 days before af which was definatley not ovulation as I hadn't dtd over this time and got pregnant. Other than that I didn't have any other symptoms except for a feeling deep down that I knew I wouldn't be coming on af, I don't know why but I just knew. I did have a urine infection which masked a positive test (if that helps) since finding out at around 4 weeks to 7 weeks I had no symptoms except for really really sore boobs, nothing else whatsoever - I didn't even feel tired. Since 7 weeks I've had really bad morning sickness that lasts all day every day and knackered all the time xxx

Oh gosh I'm so glad im not the only one.. I've had my periods all normal so I know I'm not pregnant but I lay down at night and any movement I'm convinced is a bundle of joy when it's really just wind.. It's getting so bad I'm afraid my body will start to actually believe it!!

Hi ladies. So still no sign of AF for me. Iv been to the doctors this morning and he said he wants to send me of for a scan to check my overies! He thinks the lack of my AF could be down to polycystic overies. Im freaking out now as all i heard him say was infertillity. My head is a mess. Im now reading things on the internet with 'infertillity is low with polycystic overies" has any of you girls had a pregnancy with polycystic overies?? Its not 100% sure its that but im scared!

EmzLou23 try not to worry about it too much lovely! My older sister has quite severe PCOS, but she has two little ones! I also have PCOS although a milder version I think, so hopefully it won't be too hard for me to conceive but in majority of cases it just takes longer.

My best advice would be to start tracking your cycles so you know when you ovulate and the best time to dtd ??

Hannah did it take you or your sister a long time to concieve? My sister has it and couldn't concieve naturally but did ivf and have a healthy 1 year old. Im just scared as im so maternal i knew it wouldnt be easy for me! :(

I think it took her a bit longer, not sure on how long but it wasn't a ridiculous amount of time

I know what you mean, I'd do anything to get my bfp, praying af stays away! From what I've seen on here there's loads of lovely women that are very supportive, I'm sure you'd get tons of advice from them but that's jumping the gun anyway, fingers crossed for you with your scan!

Hi all,

Quick q; probably to hear what I want to hear but prepared for otherwise!

I'm positive I OV'd last Wednesday as 2 +ve OPK Monday & Tuesday, -ve Wednesday & painful OV pains Thursday, putting me 9dpo today.

Yesterday had temp dip below cover line, cramp & spotting. I'm assuming it's spotting because my usual period there's a lot of thick blood there when I wipe but it's only been drips (TMI, sorry!) when peeing & like watery splashes on the paper when I wipe. Lot of brown/red on liner but not enough to fill whole thing. It's been 3 months since last LMP so was expecting a lot more.

Today, still cramping & brown/red blood this morning but temp rise by .4 again...as I'm typing this I feel tingly waves, like I do when I'm feeling ill if someone tells a story about how they've cut themselves!

Could I be looking at a BFP soon or should I have stopped spotting/having red blood by now? I'm confused how to tell if this is a period or spotting as first one whilst not on bc.

Eeeeek posted on here a week ago with my crazy symptom spotting but it turns out it wasn't so crazy as I just got a BFP! :) it can and will happen everyone :)

Congrats!! which symptoms did you have?!

I'm on my way to sainsburys as we speak to get myself some pregnacare to make sure my body's ready!

FYI, FRERs on BOGOF in Boots x

well DH and I have been taking conception vitamins for the last 3 months. We used preseed and softcups this cycle and OPKs :) here's my story with symptoms!

CD 1-5: AF
CD 6-7: nothing
CD 8: cm creamy/sticky DTD (1.5g preseed and soft cup)
CD 9: cm watery/clear
CD10: cm creamy/sticky. Coldsores on lips feeling really rundown
CD11: cm creamy/sticky. Coldsores, felt tired and emotional
CD12: cm creamy/sticky. Headaches and tired. DTD (2g preseed and softcup)
CD13: cm watery. DTD (3G preseed and softcup)
CD14: EWCM. Right pelvic pain and bloating negative OPK
CD15: EWCM. Tender bbs, bloating. DTD (3G preseed and softcup) negative OPK
CD16: EWCM, nausea and cramps, positive OPK, DTD (3G preseed and softcup)
CD17: ovulation day, EWCM, tender bbs, gas, fatigue, positive OPK, DTD (3G preseed and softcup)
1DPO: EWCM, negative OPK, tender bbs, DTD (3G preseed and softcup)
2DPO: cm creamy/sticky, sharp pains/cramps In evening, gas, tender bbs
3DPO: cm creamy/sticky, cramps, headache, dizziness, sharp cramps in morning
4DPO: cm creamy/sticky, gas,acne, bloating
5DPO: cm creamy/sticky, headaches, dizziness, heavy feeling in abdomen, cramps, tender bbs, eczema has cleared up
6DPO: cm creamy/sticky, tired, tender bbs, headaches, left pelvic pain, acne, just didn't feel pregnant
7DPO: cm creamy/sticky, indigestion, cramps tender bbs, hungry, acne, sharp pains in abdomen in afternoon lasting an hour
8DPO: cm creamy/sticky/watery, tired, hungry, tender bbs, pulling/twinges/cramps
9DPO: cm creamy/sticky/watery, gas, tender bbs, tired, negative HPT
10DPO: as 9DPO, negative HPT
11DPO: gas, tender bbs, bloating, cramps, lots of creamy/watery cm, bbs look huge, BFP on FRER! :)

Haha dont feel like you need to read all that but I know I loved it if people had documented everything! My ovulation day is what my app tells me but I think I ovulated a couple of days before maybe. The fact my CM didn't dry up and my bbs stayed sore was what made me think I was pregnant and also my eczema clearing up which has only ever happend when pregnant :) good luck to everyone else!

That's amazing thanks for all that detail! I'm due to come on in the next few days (I think, I only stopped taking the pill at the end of October) so I'm trying to hold off taking the test until mid next week. I definitely 'feel' more pregnant than all the other times in the past I've done symptom spotting, and keep noticing more and more symptoms - even little ones like this morning in the bath I noticed my bbs are slightly more veiny (also quite swollen), but so are my forearms and thighs?! Not sure if that's normal!

Hey ladies so this morning my friend text saying she had a dream that all her teeth were falling out!! Long story short she has it whenever a close friend or family member is pregnant.. This is a sign yes? Haha my AF isn't due for another 9 days so not going to test until after its due. Can feel popping in my lower stomach too and slight crams which I'm sure is my intestines getting ready for baby.. We are so crazy but I love it!

My intestines moving** made no sense!

So I'm still here, my boobs are huge, sore and vein and so are my nipples, and I'm really not imagining it haha! Tested neg with a promatris cheap tests. Although I've since googled them and they have horrible reviews. No sign of AF. Dh bought me a clear blue digi but I don't want to waste it! Ugh I wish I could what's going on in there!

How many days late?

Just do it :)

I'm still totally confused. AF is due tomorrow at the latest, so with all the unusual symptoms I've been having I did a hpt last night and this morning, both BFN

I also did an opk however, that came out very dark positive! So apparently I'm ovulating 4 weeks after my last period!

So confused!