Hi everyone, I've been lurking and reading for a little while and just wanted to share my experience in the hope that it might help someone, as I know I had so many questions about symptoms etc!
Me and my partner stopped being careful from January this year but weren't actively trying and were using the pull out method as I had a work trip to America in April that would be quite boozy (once in a lifetime, paid for, etc) then decided we would try properly once I got back
Once we started trying, I'd read somewhere that Brazil nuts and pineapple core could help with implantation and I started taking folic acid and vitamin D. I've been eating 3 Brazil nuts a day since the beginning of my last cycle
AF was due on Saturday the 18th but I have had a bit of fluctuation in the past 6 months with my period coming a few days earlier or later, so I thought nothing of it but I do normally have spotting at least 2/3 days before I come on. My boyfriend had also said I taste different down there (sorry, TMI) and he was convinced I was pregnant a couple of weeks before.
Had every symptom I could think of that AF was gonna come, quite bad cramps, back pain, nausea, low cervix, but I was also incredibly emotional (I don't cry much and I've cried more over the past few weeks than I have in a year) and a bit snappy which I'm not normally
Tested on Monday night with a cheap strip Tesco test, faint positive, tested again last night with another Tesco one but the midstream one, another faint positive, tested this morning with FMU with a digital clear blue and it was positive 2-3 weeks pregnant!
I have NO idea if it was the nuts or the pineapple that did the trick or if we got lucky, but fingers crossed things go well 🤞🏻 we've also decided not to tell anyone yet because I'm a bit of a worrier, so I needed to get it off my chest 😂