Ridiculous Symptom Spotting... come on... you know you do...

[millymoo1234]

OK, so since TTC I've thought (or wondered briefly) the following might be signs of being pregnant...

funny rash on my legs - still don't know what this was
three spots on my forehead - I was convinced this was a hormone induced 'breakout' as I don't normally get spots)
General bad mood - turns out I'm just grumpy
crazy dreams
needing a wee
not needing a wee
not liking the smell of coconut - weird
feeling very weepy and sore boobs - hmmm... this could have just been PMS!
stuffy nose

This month I have a massive craving for Mango which I'm normally indifferent to - I am of course CONVINCED that it's my month...

Am desperately trying to hold out till next weekend to test... I need distractions! anyone else had any funny symptoms and wondered if it could be a SIGN?

pleas join in the madness and let me know I'm not the only one! xxx

Agh we must all be mad!! I bet the men in our lives have no idea about all that we go through, and that's before 9 months of pregnancy and birth! I could go on!

Still no AF here yet (so still hopeful!).

I still think the best adivce is to hang on until AF late before testing. BFN is still way more dissapointing than seeing AF arrive.
Stay away from the tests ladies!! ( I should know!)

Oh my, there are many of you out there just like me!

I've been driving myself mad for 11 days now as started getting very odd crampy pains last monday for 4 days just a few days post ovulation distinctly different to period pain (similar to the pain i experienced when i had a mc).

Since then I've been symptom spotting to the maximus.

I've had oddness to smells and felt a bit sick in the last couple of days (although convinced I could be making this up), tiredness (although I get that all the time anyway), a bit weapy (which could just be PMT) and slightly sore boobs (although that could be due to all the prodding I've been doing 'just to check' if they might be sore!).

Still getting odd pains down there on and off. And last night I got a bit of odd milky discharge at a point in the month when I don't usually get anything.

Oh, and the first sign I was pregnant last time was adversion to my husbands breath, couldn't kiss him without holding my breath!! Well, that too has been happening for the past 2 days, but, then again, I have made him a rather strong flavoured home made bread, so in fairness it could be due to that.

I'm not due till tues/wed but took a test this morning, not suprisingly, it was negative. sigh.

My DH just can't understand my compulsion to need to know. He doesn't understand my impatience, and I am (according to him) a very impatient person

I'm just counting down the days to find out..last time we conceived on the first month of trying so DH didn't think I was pregnant when I thought I was, he said it's unlikely to happen first time, we are now on our first time of trying again after mc in dec, so he says we're even more unlikely to conceive first time again.

Another thought for everyone though, have you ever considered that those months when you have had tons of symptoms that you actually were pregnant, it just didn't take so you had AF as normal with no knowledge that the egg was ever fertilised? If I get AF next week, I'll still be sure in myself that I was pregnant (if this early can be classed as pregnant that is) it just didn't work out, as apparently happens most of the time.

xx

Ahhh....it's good to be back! Have only had internet on my phone for last few days!

I am glad my malteasers were a nice random symptom....and they were in their sell by date!!

I had a sharp crampy pain yesterday morning, similar to the ones I get before AF, I usually have a few the days leading up to AF, and I'm due on Turesday so it's not looking good for me. I just hope I don't get anymore and then there is a possibility it could be implantation, but I've not had any spotting!

I am incredibly tired as well, had a nap in the car yesterday while DS was asleep in his car seat, was so tired I could have cried! That is either because I'm pregnant.....or because I am doing my full time job, setting up my own slimming world group and raising a 1 year old!!

I love reading everyone elses symptoms, nice to know I'm not on my own! Especially 1 suspect boob....that has to be one of my favourites!!

Hi angels1, I have thought that before about AF could be that it just hasnt took.

I also suffer from making my boobs sore from all the prodding to check if they are sore!

I also suffer psychologically as well, thinking about am i tired? I usually yawn, Have i been going to the loo more? I need the loo, have i felt sick? i start to feel sick! I was getting cramps a lot at a time in my cycle i dont usually get them and i was late but didnt think i was pregnant as we werent actively trying then and we were just avoiding ovulation times so just seemed very unlikely. I just felt v.uncomfortable and went to see a dr and said there was nothing wrong but see if AF came and how i felt the next month. Of course straight after that appointment i felt much better, and never had those cramps again!

I am now getting used to looking and feeling 4 months pregnant each time af arrives. Im only on day 9 of my cycle so a long way to go this month but ive been having short cycles 25-27 days long.

Thinking about it, when dd was conceived on our 2nd month of trying it was a month where we were tired, very busy and only bothered the once...opened the test thinking dh would be annoyed at me wasting yet another test, thinking af was due that day but it was still early and could come later or in the next couple of days, then i thought no i just feel different and yey it was bfp, brilliant feeling, cant wait to experience that again!

My implantation bleeding is looking increasingly like AF...Plus got a BFN this morning. Might be time to accept defeat this month. Yep, that's why I just went out and bought a load more tests!

If it helps anyone, I just ordered my shopping online and in sainsburys they have money off pregnancy tests...only a couple of pounds, but it all adds up

hi all

day 30 and about ready to admit defeat (as *claire196) put it. BFN on day 28, boobs no longer sore, haven't even looked at anything remotely unhealthy foodwise today, feeling reasonably sprightly and have just had a very small amount of mucus tinged with pink so guessing period will be here before the day is out (too late for implantation bleeding as last had sex on 1st April )

feel like giving up! it's been about 18 months (on and off) of ttc with one BFP resulting in a miscarriage. 40 this year too ....arrrggghhhh!!!

Hi MissWooWoo,

Try not to lose heart. I know of a number of women who have conceived into their 40's and your not there yet! Without seeming rude have you tried having you know what every other day from as soon after AF as possible? It worked for me with our two ( I know I must be mad wanting a 3rd! )

I think the only reason it hasn't happened for us yet is because we are TTC a little half heartedly. BFN this morning but still so AF & day 30 for me too!

Keeoing my fingers crossed for us all!

not rude at all to ask, nothing is scacred on these 'ere ttc threads

the most we have managed this time round is every other day from day 9 to day 15 and that was this cycle. we don't have the energy for every other day throughout the whole cycle - my dd (2.10) is very very energetic and demanding - aren't they all - and dp works long hours so we're both knackered (and old)

when I got pregnant last year we only had sex once in the cycle - unbelievable!

it's a funny old thing this ttc

oh yes forgot to say fingers and toes crossed here too!

Still no AF and day 31 now. Keep getting AF type cramps so convinced it is starting, but then they go away after a few seconds. I have no idea if this normally happens before AF and I just dont notice it when I am not looking for symptoms.

Boobs still hurt, but no funny taste, not peeing more and no nausea. Have had 32 day cycles in the past, but i think I might weaken and go out and buy another test today...

hey MyThumbs and everyone on their 2WW ... good luck and hope this is your month. Sadly, it's not mine as came on late last nightthis. Boooooooooooo!

Oh sorry to hear that misswoowoo. Bucks fizz is a fabulous idea!

I just tested again today....and I think...its a BFP!!!! The 2nd line is fainter, but its definately there. I am in shock.

oh lovely news MyThumb ... I'm so pleased for you

oh brilliant that made me smile, inspired me to try and wait till day 32 to test unless af comes sooner that is. Not ridiculous symptom spotting at all then!

wow....congrats mythumb!! Ilove hearing about BFPs, thet
Y give us all hope!! Hope you don't mind me asking....how long have you been TTC now?!

Yeh big congrats from me too Thumbs! Feels like we are all going on a journey together! Wierd cause I have never joined a group like this before. Well done you!

Still no AF here yet so maybe i'll be joining you! Don't want to get my hopes up though. Day 32 here now as well! Will resist the urge to test. Feel a bit sickly at times during the day (am I being paranoid?) not so much of the metalic tast but still there at times too (again am I imagining it). Take care of yourself.

Sorry to MissWooWoo. Crack open the champagne and keep the orange juice from your bucks fizz for when it is a BFP! ( I know it's too late for this bit of advice as it's 6pm!) Fingers crossed for next month xx

well I am feeling quite crampy this afternoon, but not my usual AF cramps, so I am getting my hopes up! So much so that I have bought another 2 HPTs...just tesco cheap ones, and I am going to test in the morning, if BFN then I will be testing again on Tuesday morning (AF is due tuesday!) in case anyone was wondering I am a POAS addict, once I start I just can't stop! With DS I tested everyday for 2 weeks....and one of those weeks was after my first BFP!! I need help!!

Also feeling exceptionally shattered still which was my first and lasting symptom with DS, it lasted until I was 14 weeks, so the longer it continues the more hopeful I become!!

bubble thinking of you, can't wait until you test!! This thread needs another BFP, get a bit of momentum!!

Ah, ladies, you're giving me hope! Have gone from certain not to have ovulated to maybe ovulated; in with a slim chance (super strength sperm necessary) to quietly hopeful that THIS IS IT. Have felt sick, crampy, and had tingly boobs for about 3 or 4 days now so just hanging on to test on Monday. Realistically it's highly unlikely I'm preggo but well, you never know.... xx

Thanks everyone Going to test again in a couple of days to make sure. No nausea, funny taste or needing to pee more, but still keep burping and boobs really hurt. I still can't decide if I have gone off coffee or not. Here's a funny symptom I've never heard of before - I havent needed to use blusher last 1 week. My cheeks have been really pink.

bubblebrain 32 days and no AF sounds promising. Fingers crossed! I've never been on one of these threads before either! They always seem so long already and I can't keep up. It's been fun here. Like you said, feels like we are on a journey together.

emma difficult to say really. We were "not being careful" for about 18months (DH dragging his heels) before officially starting, so I have been symptom spotting (often when the chance was super slim to none!) for about 2 years. And steadily driving myself crazy in the process.

Good luck decafgirl bossyboop and angels! I think your fertility is meant to be a bit higher after a MC isnt it angels?

Thanks for message 'Thumbs'! Let us know how repeat test goes! Sure it will be fine. You can have a false negative but not a false positive!

Well day 33 now and still no AF.

Here's a question for you all. First day of AF was 16th March. Had slight sort of AF two weeks later (weired but has been happening on and off since coming off pill in August '09). Should I count my cycle from what appeared to be proper AF or the second AF which lasted a couple of days? I know it's confusing and I'm starting to confuse myself now!

Just not getting any sign of AF coming any time soon and had ? implantation bleed around day beofore AF due (going on 16th March date!) BFN this morning hence mega confusion!

Thanks x

Ps Emma, any news?

Im on day 12 of what have been short cycles about 25-27 days long, so ovulate on day 11,12, or 13, had a very good week with dh and a very busy weekend and today cm is very stretchy so think todays the day. Of course typically dh is out tonight so hope our efforts at the weekend will prove successful, but will see what time he gets home for good measure!

Have to say that tummy just feels different, which could be a sign of ovulation!

Oh my god ladies, 2 days to go before AF should arrive, and i have just tried to cook chicken and the smell it's driving me mad is smells awful DH says it's me the chicken doesn't smell of anything! Fingers cross it could be a sign. Also i could cry at anything, nearly did as i was peeling a potatoe!!!!

H x

Hi ladies! Psycho poas tester here... after getting BFN on 3DPO (what was I thinking??!), 6DPO, 10DPO, now this morning at CD 43 of 46 I am at 13 DPO and have been rewarded with a definate but faint line ! I don't dare call it a BFP yet, still 3 days till AF due but it's looking like that's a definate option!

(I had a chem preg last cycle: had the joy of testing positive for a week then had a hideously painful and heavy period )

So am watching this space... x

HevaU - they do sound like reasonable symptoms, how can you resist testing?!