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How soon did you feel you were pregnant?

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desperatehousewife · 04/02/2005 16:00

When I was preg with DS I knew within about 5 seconds that I was pregnant...never had that feeling before and was very bizarre.

What's the earliest you felt different?

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myermay · 04/02/2005 16:03

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lowcalCOD · 04/02/2005 16:04

before first period
had my one and onely wave of nausea in waitrose fozen foodsa aisle with ds3 and thats it

Kelly1978 · 04/02/2005 16:05

Around the time my period was due. i just knew it wasn't going to come! This time I was even using contraception but I jsut get this feeling in the pit of my stomach - no other symptons, v strange!

bakedpotato · 04/02/2005 16:11

like Desperate, i knew instantly with DS. i woke up feeling so knacked, i had to crawl back into bed after breakfast. With DD i had the killer exhaustion within about a week.

dinosaur · 04/02/2005 16:12

When I got pregnant with DS3 I swear I actually felt the moment when the egg was released and conception took place - felt really weird and dizzy for about half an hour!

Lonelymum · 04/02/2005 16:13

I always had an idea before taking a pregnancy test just after period was due, but not because I had any symptoms, just because my periods were usually regular enough for their absence to be noted IYSWIM. First real symptoms probably at about 7-8 weeks.

lilsmum · 04/02/2005 16:15

same as myermay... but i did "know" i was pregnant the day my period was due, i knew it wasnt going to come and knew the test would be a positive!!!

leglebegle · 04/02/2005 16:18

knew with both pregnancies almost immediately. had little cramp pain deep in uterus, and knew something was different.

sweetkitty · 04/02/2005 16:25

knew the day after the deed just felt different

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desperatehousewife · 04/02/2005 16:27

bakedpot and leglebeg - did you feel nauseaus quickly too?

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bakedpotato · 04/02/2005 19:37

no don't think i felt sick instantly. it's a bit woolly now though.

motherinferior · 04/02/2005 19:41

I was totally exhausted after my first conception, but only actually realised I was up the duff when my period didn't arrive. (Unplanned, dd1.)

Second time - tested day my period was due (dd2 was planned). I may quite feasibly have been exhausted too but the ordinary exhaustion of my life masked it IYKWIM.

leglebegle · 04/02/2005 19:49

desperatehousewife - yes I think I did feel nauseous very quickly, not immediately but within days. Just slightly, enough to know something was amiss. I didn't wait for the correct number of days for either pregnancy and bought a test when i was about a week pregnant and an extremely thin blue line showed on each. did a follow up test a week later and it was darker.

jabberwocky · 04/02/2005 19:51

At about 2 weeks on, before my period was due. Just had a different feeling in my uterus.

HappyMumof2 · 04/02/2005 20:40

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stupidgirl · 04/02/2005 20:48

I knew right away with ds - about an hour or so after the deed, but not with dd. It's weird though, because you're not physically pregnant for several hours afterwards, isn't that right?

bonkerz · 04/02/2005 20:53

Posted on here about 8 days before period was due that i felt odd and my tummy felt detached! found out 10 days later when period was 2 days late that i was pregnant! (sadly no more)

ThomCat · 04/02/2005 21:12

The first time I knew as soon as he came that I'd conceived. Something kind of went 'pop' and I just knew it had happened. However have had 2 miscarriages and didn't know that I was pregnant until I was miscarrying. Trying again now. Had 3 nights in a hotel without child and the time was right but somehow dodn't think anything has happened yet.

HappyMumof2 · 04/02/2005 21:18

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expatinscotland · 04/02/2005 21:18

I knew the moment she was conceived. It was just different somehow. I thought, afterwards, 'That's it!'

The week before my period, my only 'symptom' was overwhelming exhaustion every day around 4PM. I literally couldn't keep my eyes open.

I just knew my period wouldn't come, but waited till I was three days late (I'm NEVER late) before testing.

The nausea didn't set in till I was about 6 weeks gone, however.

ThomCat · 04/02/2005 21:21

That's quite mad isn't it.

Hope i am pregnant after 3 days of lots of sex but somehow think not, watch this space though!

HappyMumof2 · 04/02/2005 21:24

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ThomCat · 04/02/2005 21:26

Cheers mate, xx

lilsmum · 04/02/2005 21:28

how did you "know" just after you concieved? very interesting, would you just call it intuition? or an actual physical feeling?

expatinscotland · 04/02/2005 21:35

It was just intuition. I just knew. I didn't have any other 'symptoms' besides fatigue.

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