Hopefully not usually getting symptoms will really help you see it when it's your month :) That means it looks even better for you this month!
Every month before AF I get exhaustion, sore boobs, headaches, cramps in my stomach, break out in spots on face and chest, and really bloated.
I've convinced myself I'm pregnant every month due to my AF symptoms lol. Last month I had an anovulatorycycle and convinced myself I was pregnant due to it being the only month I've ever NOT had symptoms! haha
I definitely don't think I could tell if I were pregnant based on symptoms in early pregnancy.
I'm a PhD student and after this month I wouldn't be entitled to any financial assistance from the university for maternity. I'd somehow fall between the available support. I am contracted to work full time hours, but I'm not technically employed so that affects my benefit entitlement as well.
My husband and I have gone round in circles trying to work out how we can ttc, but we just can't afford it. We thought about selling the house and renting, but rent is more than a mortgage around here atm. We debated him trying to get a job near a city with higher wages, but the commute would be too long.
I know I couldn't keep working 65+ hours a week if I had a baby... but part of me wants to give it a go! If the university accepted me going part time, my fees would be halved and if my mum could look after the baby for a day a week or something, perhaps I could get a night job and a loan from family for the first year or something.
It doesn't work out though, no matter what I think of.
I completely broke down about it today. I thought I'd accepted it but it hit me in a wave and I really scared myself about the intensity of my feelings! Why is the drive so strong to have kids? It physically hurts sometimes. Nature is so difficult lol.