What are the symptoms? - first time TTC

[Cally1980]

Hello everyone!
I’m in the TWW (clearly becoming an obsessive symptom spotter) and wondering what I should be looking out for (I’m currently 2/3 DPO)
I’ve heard of tender breasts and some people have an implantation bleed but what else are people likely to experience?
excited

Unfortunately it's not really possible to tell if the symtoms you're experiencing in the 2WW are early pregnancy related or just pre-AF symptoms, as it's the same hormone that will cause them :)
A few women will get implantation bleed, but not many.
I had cycles where I was convinced to be pregnant. Metallic taste in mouth, breasts went up one cup size, certain smells made me gag. But I wasn't. And in the two cycles I got my BFP, I had literally NO symptom at all :)

For me, both times, the symptoms were exactly the same as just before getting my period which is obviously unhelpful. With dc2 I was so pissed off that I was clearly just about to come on that I didn't even bother testing until I was 4 days late.

Even the most obvious symptom (not getting my period) wasn't a certain sign of pregnancy since my body liked to trick me every few months by giving me an extra long cycle.

Some people report metallic taste in the mouth etc etc but for me I didn't get any of that until I was well into the bone tired weariness and sore breasts stage of the first trimester.