Phantom symptoms... is this an actual thing?!

[LouLouB1987]

Little bit ranty! Came off the pill end of Jan, only serioisly started TTC the last two months (after thinking it would just 'happen - BAHHH yea right!)

And I swear in the weeks between ovulation and AF I get every symptom under the sun... then the witch arrives and I'm just a confused mess! It makes me feel like my body is letting me down too! So bloody frustrated with this whole TTC lark but it's what we want!

Is there such a thing as phantom symptoms? Does anyone else get this? And how the hell do you stop it 😂

Rant over! xx

They aren't phantom symptoms, but they are pms symptoms as well as early pregnancy symptoms.

After ov, you release a lot of progesterone. Progesterone causes all of the symptoms of early pregnancy. HCG levels don't rise significantly enough to cause symptoms in their own right until at least 5-6 weeks into pregnancy. So whether or not you get pregnant in a cycle, you will get all the same symptoms. So don't symptom spot, as really it could mean either.