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

Hi Cherry, you'll fit in here rightly lol Where are you in your cycle at the mo?

Ant thanks for the words of wisdom

Seany - I dont GET all this talk about cycles and number crunching ..do you mean when is my period due???? And the answer to that is....I dont know because my periods have been soooooooooo irregular that I dont really have a clue what on earth is going on. All i do is dream of a baby and pee on sticks every day

oh dear cherry that must be costing u a fortune!!

When did you have your last period? You count that as day 1 of your cycle and you should be able to work out what day you're on now.It could be that you are pregnant but you're just testing too early. Have your periods always been irregular?
How long have you been ttc#2? we've been ttc#2 for 2 years exactly . it only took 5 months for #1 so this has been a big shock for us.
I too had irregular periods rangeing from 24 day to 32 day cycles and after 18 months trying to convince my gp that something was wrong,i was finally diagnosed with annovulation(which means i wasnt ovulating) and was referred to a gynae consultant and had my virst appointment in october 2009. im on clomid to induce ovulation at the moment.have had 5 cycles of this but no luck so far.

Well girlies i am now on cd37 and still no af . haven't tested since wednesday as i refuse to waste anymore money on stupid bfns! have to go to docs on monday for a blood test.its also my birthday on monday so im hoping that might bring me some luck .
As for that tiny spot of pink i saw yesterday morning,ive had nothing since.im actually starting to think i imagined it! lol

Oops i really have rattled on there,sorry about that
How is everyone else today? bossy what news? ant when are you testing?

Hi seany, Hi everyone,

Oh and just to add, my mum never had a bfp and the doctors thought she was mad but having been pg before she just knew she was. Luckily she convinced them and a few months later I was born!

Thanks Bossy .

Sorry that af came,i can see how you were confused during that cycle but it just goes to show that our bodies like playing cruel tricks on us. I am sure you will have better luck next cycle

wow that must have been hell for your mum!! I have heard of that happening before though.my friends exboyfriends mum was preg years ago and kept getting bfn hpt+blood tests and eventually they sent her for a scan and she was 5 months preg!! It took her that long to convince doctors lol

Im trying to stay hopeful but i've had enough disappointment in the past and so don't trust my body at all!
I don't know wether to buy another test today just in case or wait until monday for the blood test,but that means i wont get results until wednesday .

I do still have really sensitive nips which look swollen at times,and i have a crampy and dodgy stomach this morning. I woke at about 6 this morning and felt like i was going to throw up but it passed.
But the nips could just be af coming and the stomach could just be a bug.Theres no point trying to guess lol

oh the joys...

Im quite good at deluding myself and looking through my diary i felt extremely tired all month, way before even ovulation but this time the evidence was clear to see or so i thought. Think im going to try and relax a bit more this time and see if i can resist buying any tests until af is late, easier said than done.

I dont know how you could resist testing again, but its the disappointment if its not, its a tough one. I keep meaning to get a Predictor test as that was the one i used when i fell pg last time - that was a shock seeing that ever so feint dot, then i went to asda and got their cheap 2 pack and had a def line - fond memories, cant wait to experience that again!

How do you mean seany - is the first day of your period the first day of your cycle???

So what am I counting to?? to find what??

Hey ladies,
Bossy - sorry to hear about AF Hope you have better luck next month

Seany - If I were you, i would wait and get Doc to take blood. That way you won't have to use up/buy a test and if it is neg - you won't be left with a bit of 'what if i tested too early' iyswim

Cherry - Yes, the first day of your period is the first day of your cycle. if you know how long your cycles last e.g 28days, then you should know how long until your AF is due and when to start testing like a mad thing

I have been having no symptoms of anything although I still don't feel like AF is on her way. So maybe my body is having a long cycle ??! Will have to wait. I am trying to be as patient as i can with regard to testing but can go mental with symptom spotting, so i am going to wait for a while to test.

Hope everyone is well

Morning everyone

Well explained re cycles Ant lol. cherry hope you are able to work it out a bit better now,sorry my explaination was keek

Well i guess no january 2011 baby for me . Had more tiny watery pink spotting yesterday and woke up this morning to bright red,so AF def will be here by later on today. Im so glad now that I held my willpower and didnt buy another test.I guess deep down I knew I wasn't pregnant. Cant explain the weird swollen nips though,but at least I will know next month just to ignore them.

I have decided there is no point being upset that AF has arrived,so im just going to quietly take my last round of clomid and see what fate brings. If i have no luck then i am going to very NOT quietly kick up a stink at my next apt with the gynae consultant in july and make it well known how shitty my level of care has been, with no monitoring etc

Thats my mentalness out of my system for the day,i vow not to be sad today cause its my birthday and im off into town for an eye test and a shopping spree with my lovely little son in tow, and will enjoy being off work for the day even though its raining .

Ant it is so shit being in limbo all the time. Did you ever speak to your doc about your weird cycles?

Morning everyone

Well explained re cycles Ant lol. cherry hope you are able to work it out a bit better now,sorry my explaination was keek

Well i guess no january 2011 baby for me . Had more tiny watery pink spotting yesterday and woke up this morning to bright red,so AF def will be here by later on today. Im so glad now that I held my willpower and didnt buy another test.I guess deep down I knew I wasn't pregnant. Cant explain the weird swollen nips though,but at least I will know next month just to ignore them.

I have decided there is no point being upset that AF has arrived,so im just going to quietly take my last round of clomid and see what fate brings. If i have no luck then i am going to very NOT quietly kick up a stink at my next apt with the gynae consultant in july and make it well known how shitty my level of care has been, with no monitoring etc

Thats my mentalness out of my system for the day,i vow not to be sad today cause its my birthday and im off into town for an eye test and a shopping spree with my lovely little son in tow, and will enjoy being off work for the day even though its raining .

Ant it is so shit being in limbo all the time. Did you ever speak to your doc about your weird cycles?

That would be my crappy laptop causing the double post.really need to get a new one!

Happy Birthday Seany!!!!

It actually feels really good now af has finished as theres no symptoms to drive me mad as i havent even ovulated yet so its nice for a bit of normality! Now im not 'bloated' im actually left with 2 and a half pounds of extra fat due to all the comfort eating which started as me being starving all the time then just carried on as greed! So just as well im wearing a floaty dress at the weekend tho i did choose that style to hide a bump underneath good to know its not going to waste! But in the meantime its exercise for me...

Seany - sorry to hear about AF arriving, but like you said at least your not in limbo now, and better luck next month! And happy birthday !! hope you had a lovely day

Ant - thanks for the explanation! Ive worked it out and Im five days over. Which means that Ive been testing far too early as I started testing about ten days ago

Hey ladies,

Cherry - you know what that means then - go and get another test and do it tomorrow morning!!

Seany - I think its a fantastic plan to go give the docs hell!! Sorry to hear of AF's arrival - hope it doesn't put a dampener on your Birthday.

Bossy - Glad to hear you are feeling positive now Good luck with your exercising!!

As for me - still nothing of note happening. Oh well

Happy Birthday Seany! Exercise pppffftttt! Had a nice cup of tea and some chocolate, veggies for tea tho so that may cancel it out! Cant wait to get all the old baby clothes out of the loft, the last time i looked at them while having a sort out they all looked brand new Got to keep up with the positive thoughts for babies born in feb onwards...

1. slightly better weather for getting the washing out and for going for walks
2. still chilly enough to need one of those adorable snowsuits and lots of home knit cardigans!
3. Bit more of a break to recover from the expense of christmas
4. If you go into labour a couple of weeks early theres no chance if it interfering with your xmas dinner, lets face it altho a baby in time for xmas is a lovely idea wouldnt fancy spending xmas in a hospital

Carry on the list if you can think of anything!

Morning Ladies! Please can I join in your gang? I have been TTC since Jan 2009, very early MC in June 09 and Aug 09, and nothing since then. But I am more hopeful this month as I have a theory...! My DS was concieved June 02, and my other two pregnancies were also in the summer. You often hear of siblings all born in the same month, and I think some women have their 'optimum' conception time, and mine is summer. But I digress...

So this month I am on day 24 of my cycle, ovulated on day 14. I was dog tired at the weekend, but it could have been a virus that the BF & my DS had already had. (My seven year old already catches man flu, it's sooo dreary.) My boobs were stingy, but they are normaly like this every month and are now just heavy. So far, so normal. But... last night there was spotting. Not much, just the teenyest amount of red. This happened with MC 1 and DS conception.

Much excitement. But I did a FR test this morning & nada. So... should I stay optomistic or chalk it up to another month?

Hope you had a lovely birthday seany and were spoilt lots .Positive thoughts for Feb babies? Well the best one is that it's only a month till March when the clocks go back and the nights don't seem so long. Getting woken up at 5am never seems so bad when there is a glimmer of light...

xxx

Hello MrsFC, still early days for you fingers crossed!

That is def another advantage and i like your theory about optimum conception time as I was going to say that we are starting to creep closer to babies being born in the springtime which is when dd was born the advantage here being that all of her old baby clothes are appropriate to the season so if I give birth in the winter those shorts and t-shirts and romper suits could be going to waste so thats my positive thoughts lined up if this isnt the month, wow how organised is that! Will give it a good go for feb anyway tho of course. But hey good news anyway, despite those weird 'pregnancy boobs' no longer being sore or looking as swollen they have remained rather perky so at least something good did come out of the month.

I feel im making great progress towards normality as I have no idea what day im on or when i ovulate, have very little written down and not looking for anything suspicious so feel quite calm and relaxed so heres hoping thats a good technique, how long it will last before the madness starts i dont know!

Heres an update, nearly gained another pound - damn that dairy milk bubbly! I was feeling rather comfortable being heavier for the first time ever, how nice not to have issues about gaining weight. I thought despite how heavy i feel I look fine...that was until i put my hands on my hips and found where the extra weight went. Oh i feel so splodgy! I must must must do some exercise and calm down the naughty snacks...this could be a good new focus for me, the last thing i want is to gain weight before i even fall pregnant, want to save all of that for helping baby to grow so im not small for dates again.

Thank you everyone, i did indeed have a lovely day.

Bossy you are full of positivity as always and i must admit it is catching . Im loooooving the list!!! Its all so true!

Welcome MrsFC . I have decided feb is a lovely month to have a baby

Im on cd6 I counted I counted I counted...! I quite like march as a month, like i can even choose!

Other advantages include it being a better time for outdoor toys given for birthday presents, march would be even better again for that. Oh i feel such positive vibes for march for me but not writing feb off i must must must must try for feb!

Thank you for welcoming me into your fold! Bossy, I know what you mean about weight. I gained about a stone after MC2 and was trying not to let it bother me, and I cut down excercising as I thought that may be contributing to my lack of baby... But then last month I thought 'sod it, this is ridiculous' and I've joined slimmers world, started jogging again & lost 4lbs. And I'm much happier. Which has got to be the best result surely!!

Yup seany, Feb is a good month - also - it means that all mat leave is taken over the lovely summer and we can get 'pram tans' a tan that stops at your knuckles from pram pushing!! And then back to work for all the Christmas parties & jollity. Hurrah.

Hi all - I hope you don't mind me joining you.

I have not really been on this site since I MC in August last year. I have had a really good laugh at the symptoms this morning and it has been worth avoiding work for an hour just to get through them all. Here are my weird ones which I seem to use to convince myself that I am not pregnant - I think it is a fear from when I MC before. I never noticed any of these before I started ttc:

really hot thighs about a week before my period (including heat rash sometimes) - does anyone else get this?
little stabbing pains in my stomach
back pain
'gassiness'
rumblings in my stomach - like bubbles or something

I have turned myself actually mental LOL. Seriously though, I woke up this morning deciding that I am going to look at the symptoms which might mean I AM pregnant and choose the optimistic route which led me to this thread. My AF is due tomorrow.

Thanks very much for getting me on the right track!

oh dear think that will start a new craze..checking our thighs! Thinking about it i do sometimes get a heat rash on my legs...def a new one to look out for

Im back on the chocolate, some kid at nursery said my dd couldnt play with her shes new and i just want her to make friends oh its made me so sad. I know dd will at some point be doing the same but i would want to know so I could talk to her about it as at age 3 she doesnt really know how awful it is but as an adult i do and its my job to teach her, and the boy who kept pushing her on the way home, dont know whats going on in that classroom but she often says someone pushed her over which i think only happened once but she likes to tell the story. Oh nice cup of tea wanted and some perspective!

oh bossy its so heartbreaking when our dcs tell us stories like that, cause like you said, they are still so little and they dont understand. Its true though that kids can be cruel.
My ds got almost bitten on the head by a boy in his creche and he told anyone who would listen the story for about 3 months. he has only just stopped telling it now. hes only 2 and a half so it obviously must have frightened him.

MrsFC well done on your weight loss, its such a great feeling getting on the scales and realising you've lost a few pounds . I lost 22.5lb while on weightwatchers from september til december last year but have almost put it all back on again. I am def going to rejoin soon.

Ant anything to report since yesterday?

Cherry have you tested again yet,seeing as you're late?

Hiya to TAcrazy
If hot thighs and heat rash are a symptom then i will be going mental when i go on holiday in 3 weeks cause i always get that on holiday.
Actually i am going to go away and not think about poas, symptoms, or even ttc. I have put my life on hold for too long now so im just going to enjoy myself and forget about it all.

My best friend bought me a wedding planner for my birthday so now i have something else to obsess over . Wedding isnt until june 2012 but its never too early to start planning!