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I look like I am pregnant???

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lovecloud · 18/07/2005 21:36

Hello

I was on here last month because I suspected I might be pregnant, I had all the symptoms. I got some early detection tests and tested a couple of days before I was due but got BFN, then my period came but was so light and at points actually stopped. I really thought I was pregnant and tested after I finished but still BFN. Anyway I forgot all about it and I have continued as normal, was out at the weekend and got very very drunk. Today I put on a tight vest that I only wore the other week and was suprised at the shape of my stomach. It is sticking out alot more than normal, high and and round and quite firm. I said nothing and waited to see if my partner noticed and straight away when I walked in the room , he was like "Look at your stomach, I hope your not pregnant with all that alcohol you drank on Saturday"...

I have heard storied about people doing lots of tests and getting BFN for a couple of months. If I am pregnant it would mean that I am about 6.5 weeks approx - would I show this early wit a second pregnancy? I mean my stomach is not massive but I am quite slim, if I had just put some weight on surely it would go around my hips, bum, face etc...not just cause a high tight bump - what do you reckon? Shall I test or sit tight and wait for next period whaich is not due until the end of next week? Also last week I broke out in lots of spots which I only normally get the week before I am due.

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lovecloud · 25/07/2005 21:55

Hello

I went last week and she sent me away to get a pregnancy test which said negative.

I am now due on this Friday so if it does not arrive I will go back for a blood test (gp's orders)

I have just started another thread "Reasons for bug instead of big tummy" to see if anyone else can offer an explantion...

I really think I am but if 4 tests say I am not then what???

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megandsoph · 25/07/2005 22:15

u should go back after your next AF (if it comes that is), if it hasn't changed and this time the dr/nurse should have a feel of your tummy....

I can see how desperatly u want to be pregnant flower (and I truely hope you are) but there are other reasons your tummy can go like this...

I have an idea.... I know chemists usually have tablets to reduce water retention, to rule water retention out would you consider trying them???

I know there is a natural alternantive to help water retention, is natural apple cider vinegar tablets which I think may be safer just incase you are pregnant.

I remeber the feeling LC, of not knowing grrrr

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lovecloud · 25/07/2005 22:55

hello

thanks for your sweet message.

what is water rentention and would'nt I put on weight with it? as i have lost a few pounds.

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megandsoph · 26/07/2005 09:08

hmmm aye i guess you would [confused emoticon]

I still would recommend u going to the gp's just so they can have a feel of your tummy.

I really don't want to worry you but there could also be a growth of some sort going on in there IYKWIM

Toothache · 26/07/2005 09:14

Lovecloud - I have been SO hoping that you are pg, but really I think as others have said it sounds like water retention. Even if you are pregnant you wouldn't have a noticable bump for a few weeks yet. When I was 5 wks pg with dd my GP felt my tummy and as I thought I might be further on (lots of bloating!!). He said that if I was pg I was only about 5 or 6 wks coz he couldn't feel anything. My big tummy was caused by water retention..... which was caused by my pregnancy!

All is not lost, but you definitely need to find out what the swelling is. Good luck!!

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lovecloud · 26/07/2005 13:09

Hello

I am definitley going to go to the gp next week if I dont come on this Friday. As I am worried it could be some kind of growth too.

My friend who is also pregnant with her 2nd was showing at 5 weeks, that is why she tested as people kept asking her if she was! So I was also hoping that my lack of toned muscles was showing an early pregnancy. We will just have to see this week. Today I feel like I have for ages, sicky and smelling everything. My tummy looks smaller in the day and grows into the evening. It is still firm. There is no pain and I have not had any pmt symtoms yet that I normally get. I normally shout at dh for the whole week before. I think alot of this is wishful thinking and I need to bring myself down and accept that I am most probably not. It would be shocking if I was actually about 12 weeks!!! I have to say my last few months of periods have been very light - now that would be a shock

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hope4bump · 26/07/2005 15:14

Lovecloud - keep us all informed.

Diddle - do you have any news yet? hope its BFP

Trying4bump - are you still waiting to test this weekend?

Im 8DPO and getting inpatient, ive got 3 ultra early pg tests, thinking of testing Friday.
Will keep you posted.

Hope we get some BFP this month.

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lovecloud · 26/07/2005 16:19

Hope4bump - fingers crossed for you, I am waiting for Friday too.

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lovecloud · 27/07/2005 10:30

Just got back from docs, they did an internal and external examination - yuk! Took three blood tests to detect pregnancy, thyroid and gluten tolerance.

He reckons it's IBS, also said thyroid can cause sickness.

He said it seems to be coming from the top of my abdomen rather than the womb so Im afraid its not a baby in there but he is not 100% so took the blood to test.

I guess I am another IBS sufferer, everyone i know seems to have that these days.

I am a bit gutted but if I really think about it I would prefer to stick to my original plan and try later this year, plus we have been arguing alot lately and not having enough sex, i dont really feel close to him right now so i think we need to sort that out first.

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hope4bump · 27/07/2005 11:26

Hope everything works out for you. Sorry you and hubby not getting on at the moment, maybe cos of all the stress of how you been feeling. keep us updated.

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lovecloud · 28/07/2005 18:31

thanks

we had a better day yesterday and if had a lovely love session last night and i did not think of babies

well tomorrow my period is due and i also got the results of my bloos tests to determine whether i am pregnant or there is a problem with my thyroid. i dont think i am pregnant now, my tummy has gone down a bit even though im due on tomorrow???
i have not had the usual period symptoms except for looking pale yesterday.
anyway i fancy getting pissed this weekend so its not that bad afterall

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lovecloud · 29/07/2005 14:23

hello

period due today but not yet here.

have to call gp after 3pm for blood test and pregnancy results!!!

i would get excited but i feel like i am going to come on, i have that familar tummy feeling and I have broke out into a pizza face.

but you never know

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Distel · 29/07/2005 14:25

good luck x x x.

hope4bump · 29/07/2005 14:26

Good luck for test results.
Keep us all informed.
i will be testing on Sunday will be 13dpo, still not sure if will be too early, but got ultra early pg test.

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lovecloud · 29/07/2005 14:30

thanks - good luck too, fingers crossed!

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lovecloud · 29/07/2005 15:06

NOPE - I am not

well i did think that anyway...

at least I can have a few bottles of red now

I just cant wait to come on here shouting POSITIVE... hopefully that will be this year.

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hope4bump · 29/07/2005 15:29

Sorry about pg test, have they said anything about other results?
i have said that i hope to be pg before xmas.
Lets hope at least one us will be if not both.

Toothache · 29/07/2005 15:31

Aw Lovecloud - I'm sure you won't have long to wait.

chicagomum · 29/07/2005 15:57

was thinking about you this morning and had fingers crossed. sorry to hear not positive, have you heard anything back from gp etc, anyway relax enjoy a few glasses of red over the weekend, and then as you said a while back you've got the chance to hone that body for a little resident take care

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lovecloud · 29/07/2005 16:12

thanks - the thyroid test came back ok too. i have to wait 3 weeks for the gluten test but i dont want to know about that one. how could i live a wheat free diet???

Its strange but my tummy is not as swollen as before and you think it would be as i am due on today. period not here yet!

If my tummy continues to be swollen i will go back in a couple of weeks but now i know im not i will start on the old tummy crunchies and get it toned for someone little - hopefully!

hope you all have a lovely weekend. x

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Debbsy · 29/07/2005 16:25

Hi lovecloud ive been following your story with interest sorry your blood tests wernt more positivehun.But it does sound very very much like ibs tight swollen tummy which is made worse from stress which as you said its worse at nite thats probably because your thinking about it more,I had the same sort of thing and did 10 pg all neg my stomach used too swell like a football and thats probably why your skin has broken out like it has.i know this ttc thing is v v hard trust me we have been trying for 16mths and ive recently had a salp im on cd 27 lots of symptoms of pg and 2 v v v faint positives but not in the allotted time frame unfortuneatly im 14dpo so will just wait and see what happens.But i suggest you get some colperamin tabs from the chemist and try to chill out a little bit as ibs can make you feel v poorly ((hugs))

hope4bump · 29/07/2005 22:42

debbsy are you going to test again?
lovecloud - i was told about 4 months ago that i was alergic to wheat,bran, milk and cheese, i thought it would be hard, but the only thing i miss is cream crackers (although i didn't eat them very often). i am having to have soya milk which i have now got used to, the things i have noticed is that my stomach does not get bloated like it used to, and my skin is a lot better and smoother, If i eat normal bread (more than a couple of slices) my stomach swells straight away. i had a free alergy test from my local health shop, booked with one weeks notice and lasts about an hour. i was also alergic to coffee and mushrooms - weird

munz · 30/07/2005 07:30

lc - as a fellow IBS sufferer it's horrid isn't it, really is I'd have spats where if I didn't go to the loo in that exact minute i'd feel really really sick the the point of being sick, anyhow my dr told me to avoid wheat, dairy, cafeen chocolate (ok didn't manage that one) but I switched to goats milk and funnily enough that really helped me, I was on a fairly sticted diet for about 6 months and it really helped. I think the goats milk was the big one, I found as well I couldn't eat a nice chip butty and a can of pop cos I'd be soo bloated and feel terrible it wan't feezable any more althou that was about 2 years ago and i'm now happy to report that all seems to be ok now (althou I have mega cut down on bread and wheat - it's hard to shop without wheat thta's the first thing i'll tell u! anyhow hope u get ur BFP soon hon.

babydee · 31/03/2008 02:34

hi

i am new so bare with me, i am also very confused. i was due my period on 23/03/2008. i have a regular 28day cycle. i got my period on the 17th and it spotted pink at first and then i bleed for 2days more spotting then stopped. i thought this unusual but i did have sex around ovulation. so i took 3 tests and got bfn. the last test was on the 28/03/08. but i feel pregnant, i have bloating, constipation, and opposite, i even had twinges in stomach, i have felt nausea although has decreased. but my stomach is hard and sticking out all the time. could the tests be wrong? should i test again? i aint had any other symptoms like sore breasts tho, am so confused help please!!

Lulumama · 31/03/2008 07:30

this is an old thread , babydee.. it is ok to start a new thread for yourself..

if you have tested and got a BFN, then it is possible you are pregnant, as it is possible to get a false negative.

as you are already late and have tested it is possible the tests have been accurate ..

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