Advice please!

[JadeM21]

Hi, I'm really desperate for some advice or thoughts please. My cycle is normally 27 days and my husband and I had unprotected sex on day 9. Roughly 5 days after that I had lower left abdominal cramps and back pain that lasted a day and a half. Since then I've been fatigued, bloated, had mood swings, feeling faint. Does this sound like it could be conception related? These aren't usually symptoms I'd get with ovulation. How early can I take a test? I'm on day 17 of my cycle now. I've had a look on Google and it says it would be too soon for symptoms so maybe I just have an illness?

It would usually be too soon to be pregnancy related OP. For the pregnancy to cause these symptoms, your HCG should be elevated enough - if that’s the case, you would be getting your BFP days ago. It’s most likely post-ovulation / pre-period symptoms, they’re pretty normal even if you don’t usually get them - out hormones vary from month to month. You can usually test a few days before your period if using a sensitive test or on the day of the missed period with a normal test x

Thank you for your advice!