Did you know you were before you tested?

[xoxochellexoxo]

So did anybody know they were pregnant before they tested? Everybody says you just "know". Did anybody feel different? Is there anybody who didnt feel any different and ended up pregnant?

Thankyou ladies. How long did it take all of you to get pregnant with your first?

Nope didn't feel any different at all until about a week after my first positive, then started feeling a bit dizzy and more tired. We were TTC 6 months, first baby 😊

I just felt 'different.'
My body wasn't doing what it usually does in a cycle. Very quickly after ovulation I started having back ache, hot flushes, abdominal cramps, and just felt extremely fatigued. I never have this happen to me, not even in the build up to AF. I literally felt like I had been hit by a bus and were coming down with a cold/flu.

Yes because I felt like I was about to hurl everywhere, all out of nowhere. I suffer with Hyperemesis, so it was a big tell. Didn't get a positive for another 10 days, even on an early detection test the day before I was due on

For first baby, took us the first try. Which was great because I hate not using condoms. (Sensory issues)

Yup everytime I go off coffee, and alcohol, start to smell things like a blood hound and feel like utter shit once I hit about 5/6 weeks. It's still a shock everytime I get a positive though.

Yes I knew before I took a test. In the evening for about an hour I'd feel sick and I just knew I was pregnant.

To answer your question I was very lucky and conceived first time trying. I really hope it stays this way.

No! I had been out the night before drinking with my sil and we had shared a bottle of wine then had a gin and I was getting ready to go to the pub with my friends. I'd been watching 'Knocked up' whilst getting ready and it occurred to me that I could be starting to be considered late for my period (26- 42 day cycles), that my boobs had been sore for possibly over a week and that I should probably poas because I really fancied cocktails. Forgot as I thought it was so unlikely, almost headed out the door, remembered and squeezed out the tiniest dribble ever.
The lines appeared immediately and I just froze, staring at it in complete shock because I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I don't think I've ever sat so still for do long before!

No, I didn't know. Was my second IVF round. No physical pregnancy symptoms. And mentally I "just knew" it hadn't worked. Reluctantly went for the "14 days post egg retrieval" blood test at the clinic, mainly because it would be useful to the doctors to see blood HcG levels so they'd know whether nothing at all had happened, or whether the embie had tried to stick, though personally I kind of preferred not to know if the latter as it would be even more upsetting. When the nurse rang later and said, "congratulations you're pregnant", it was a profound shock! I had no pregnancy symptoms to speak of in the first trimester apart from persistent bleeding and spotting and sky high anxiety. (The baby was fine.) Not everyone gets "a feeling", or symptoms.

@Ceara im glad to see that not everybody gets that feeling

@Bumblebee413 my cycles vary so much that i cant keep up i have gone 23 days and aslong as 40 odd days like yourself. I cant help but feel its just never going to happen. I have no idea what cycle day i am but i have a rough idea. I have a phone appt with the dr this morning. I last had a period around the start of june the weekend i moved to be precise but i didnt log it in my app because i was too busy, i havent logged anything in a while as it was getting too intense

Nope, didn't have any hint of feeling 'different', and no symptoms or anything - just the faintest of lines at 12dpo. Had been trying for eight months, so I was definitely on the lookout. Was convinced I would "just know" as I'm usually pretty in tune with my body, but not a clue

DD- no idea, first month trying and I thought it was too early to test but gave it a go just in case. It was such a strong positive it didn't take anywhere near the time noted on the box.

DS- third month of trying and was still too early to test. Loading the dishwasher, I stood up, looked out the window and out of nowhere thought "I'm pregnant and it's a boy". Bought a test on the way home from work and didn't expect it to come up because I was testing early. Again came up strong positive as the control line was still coming in and the 20weeks scam confirmed it was indeed a boy.

Yes, I knew even before a test could pick it up! I just had a feeling - couldn't tell you what it was, but I just knew - took a test that came up negative. And then waited about 3 days and took another which came up positive.

I was TTC, so think spider-senses we're just heightened. I imagine that if it was an accident I'd have had no idea for another few weeks

I came off the pill in April and got the positive in Jan.

I have known three days later when hyperemesis kicked in that's for sure!

She's three now

@xoxochellexoxo it took us 6 months. Although first month using OPKs, think i was just missing my peak the months before as I was only following my OVIA and Flo apps for the first 5 months which actually were about 4 days out from when I actually got a positive OPK.

@Wishing56 i have tried opks but i just cant understand then at all and it got to the point it was all i was thinking about so i stopped everything and took a f**k it approach. I had a phone consultation this morning with my dr and he said that i wont be reffered for help till 18months TTC because im only 31 so in the next 6 months they will do investigations to see if anything is wrong ect. I just feel im failing as a woman because i cant get pregnant and its really getting me down

I just feel im failing as a woman because i cant get pregnant and its really getting me down

I hear you OP. You're not failing - but me telling you that, probably doesn't help. I recognise that feeling of failure. I remember running out in tears from dinner with friends because conversation turned to what superpower people would choose if they could, and all I could think was that I didn't want a bloody superpower, I just wanted to be able to get pregnant like every other woman was able to, and why was I so useless? But you know, 1 in 7 couples don't find it easy to conceive and it takes a while or we may even need fertility treatment. You just tend not to hear about most of us IRL because people guard their privacy, or because of social taboos around talking about it. We're not failures as women. But when it feels that way, be kind to yourself. It may also help to find others in the same boat, IRL or online support groups, to vent those emotions with when you feel down.