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

Thats good to have other things to focus on seany then you never know what may take you by surprise...!

Its embarrassing really having no motivation to lose 3 and a half pounds when dh lost 10 stone in 10 months. There should be some inspiration in this house but i cant find it, maybe its hiding behind the packet of biscuits!

Oh bossy I know how you feel. DS is 7 now & so more able to stand up for himself, but when he started preschool I would ask who he played with & he would say 'no one wanted to play with me'. It broke my heart. On the upside though - when I asked his teacher if he had any friends she said yes he played with a couple of children, so somtimes I think that while he didn't have many friends he said no one because he couldn't be bothered to remember who it was he played with!

Hi to TA, I'm newbie here too!

Ooh ooh seany - a wedding?? How exciting! I love love love a good wedding plan. I had the big day in 2001, and then divorced in 2006. The new BF is COMPLETELY uninterested in proposing, and I feel like I can't ask for more commitment than TTC, so I need to know every little detail of your plans please!

Have a great holiday! It's definitely a good idea to get away and a wedding is a really good project to keep you busy.

What about flushed cheeks - does anyone get that? LOL.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Hi MrsFC!

Oh oh oh, TA, I was cooking dinner at the weekend & the BF said 'what have you been doing you look so PINK!'.

I rushed to the mirror to check and he was right! I got all excited & thought it was OBVIOUSLY a sign!

Then remembered I'd been crouching in front of a hot oven shaking the roast potatoes. Bugger...

I've so been there!

Are there actually any symptoms that really mean anything? I think they are all made up anyway, just to make us increasingly obsessed with every little change in our bodies.

I find eating biscuits and apple pie helps!

I am trying to pretend that I am not bothered about whether I get my AF tomorrow but I really am - this sucks

You haven't tested yet ta? I am in totla awe of your restraint....

omg i cant breathe..This thread always makes me laugh
Are we really all mad? . I think a quick read over all the above posts will confirm that we in fact ARE!!!

MrsFC i think you might get sick listening to me after a while . Dont worry you will get details of my dress/flower arrangements/menu etc in great detail

TA i think you've just cracked it!! We actually dont get symptoms at all, we just make them up as we go along lol Funny enough that actually makes me feel better

Hi TA...welcome to the madness.

Bossy, I love how you are so positive, its inspiring.

Im not having a good day today. Had a really busy day with the valuer person going around the house (we're in the process of house hunting),MIL, FIL, BIL and SIL came over ...BIL to help with the valuer person and everyone else just. Was nice when everyone was here and when everyone left, I felt suddenly down and absolutely knackered.

DD is asleep but Im sure she'll decide to wake up as soon as I lie down for a nap, so i wont bother.

Seany - Not done another test yet...I thought I'd leave it another week, so test again when Im officially two weeks overdue.

But I hate being in this limbo state.

Feel upset and tired and bleary.

Sorry to dampen everyones mood ...........Erm, maybe I should go out and get another test

go test Cherry!! not that im pressurising you or anything .sorry your feeling so down in the dumps. chin up xx

was thinking my god this woman is strong waiting another week, then i read the next one nope shes absolutely normal! Dont know how anyone can resist testing, AFs just left me im on cd6 not even ovulated never mind done the business but if i had a test in the house i couldnt resist using it in case last time it was wrong!

Do you think the 2 minutes of exercise i did today cancels out years of Cadburys abuse??? Tho i could cling onto the idea that with dd i lost 3 and half pounds at the start of the pregnancy so maybe next time round i will again therefore i shouldnt feel so bad about sitting in this chair or is that more straw clutching

cherry go test - go test! Weepy? Tired? Signs surely? Please don't be sad. Moving house is stressful enough and I applaud you having all your IL's round at once! I reckon, go to the shop, buy lots of Cadburys, wine and some FR. Eat the chocolate, drink the wine (it could be your last chance!) have a lovely bath & then snuggle in bed ready to POAS tomorrow am xx

And bossy? Yup, two minutes count. Deffo.

Thanks seany (hugs)

Lol bossy...........Im doing it tomorrow now as advised by FC and Seany....and lol again at the two mins of exercise.....hmmm, it sure counts but not sure about the years of abuse

FC....awwww, what a lovely post, thank you and that is exactly what Ive done, minus the wine, and got a kitkat instead of lots of chocs, as far as my healthy freaky side will allow it

|Cherry is All set for tomorrow girls!

I'll be thinking of you tomorrow cherryaid good luck! Enjoy your kitkat xx

Right then! Only joined mn today, although admittedly i've been trawling through the posts for weeks, but hi all

So my crazy insane symptoms are as follows:

Bad memory, lack of concentration, needing to "go" more often, more emotional, slight back pain (even though i get back pain sometimes anyway), being convinced i could smell fish when there was no fish*, constantly wanting crisps and chocolate (usually I never want any, honest...) and a period which only lasted 2 days which I have practically convinced myself is decidual bleeding. That last one was only a few days ago and I'm still not sure what else it could be, seeing as I'm normally on for at least 6 days. Hmmm...

*As it turns out, my mother was cooking fish in the next room, so that was well off

Hello dicegirl welcome to the madness group!

Cherry busy waiting for an update...

2 minutes did count ladies ive lost half a pound! Actually feel great like ive lost the whole 3 and a half pounds, the mirror suggests i have so not so bothered now - the scales are obviously broken

Actually doing well, havent been near the chocolate, tho it is only 9.50am i would have at least had a chocolate bar by now! Thinking about leaves for tea aka salad so that should help matters and if i hoover thats like exercise right?! Have to retrain my brain so that i know when they say have 5 a day they dont mean chocolate bars and biscuits

Ooh bossy well done!!Half a pound is half a pound!

I was looking forward to going to spin at lunchtime today, but I'm crying off as last night I got a very feint pink line! Hurrah! However, as I lost the last two at 5 weeks, I'm trying to be cool about it until I can get a six week scan.

cherrybaby? PLease have good news xxx

Oh thats wonderful! Sending lots of positive thoughts your way that is brilliant big hugs to you xxx

Hello ladies,

Hello newbies, hope your time on the thread is short

Cherry - waiting patiently for your result

Seany - A wedding? How exciting.I do love a good wedding. We still haven't got around to that, but when we do, it will be a five min job at the registrars I couldn't have loads of folk looking at me (don't like being centre of attention)

Bossy - well done on your weight loss. I'm sure hoovering must count as exercise, I spent all of yesterday trying to clear out this house from top to bottom.

I still have no symptoms. I certainly don't feel like AF is on her way. Maybe I am having an extra long cycle. Going to give it a few more days and take it from there.

Hope everyone is well

Woke up this morning at 6:25am to get a bottle for DD (14 months).

Decided to do a test then, and stood in the bathroom struggling with the cellophane wrap on the box...and finally, got a negative.

I am gutted to be honest, and confused, because I honestly believed I was preggers...what with no AF yet either, and yet another symptom last night of cramps in my calfs!

But at least now I'll be prepared if and when AF arrives.

MrsFC.....CONGRATULATIONS! So thrilled for you ..you deserve it ! Please keep in touch now that you'll be graduating from the thread big hug

Oh Cherry so sorry, i was the same last time felt quite sure in the end but hey its not over yet but if you feel better preparing yourelf for AF then you do whats best to get through the next few days.

BookAnt thats the kind of wedding I had! Hate everyone looking at me, quick wedding in fact was even quicker than i thought it would be tho glad to be out the way to celebrate with close family afterwards and for the measly sum of £800 i am the cheap wedding queen, should write a book about it really "how to get married when you are skint"

Oh cherry, so sorry. That is rubbish. Next month will be yours for sure - esp as now I'm sure of my 'optimum conception' rule - did you conceive DD in May?

bookAnt, no signs is a good sign surely?

and bossy - I'm loving your £800 wedding - if the BF ever does propose I'll come to you for tips please!

All the very very best of luck to you all, I really hope it all goes right for me this time. Thank you for all your support over the last couple of days xx

Hello all, have briefly read tried to keep updated... We are TTC #3 at the moment after we thought we were stopping at two, suspected \i might be preg last month and then were \gutted when AF arrived!
Anyway, we are only on the first month and already i am obsessed symptom spotting like crazy
i have
-stuffy nose
-tired (nothing to do with dc1 and 2 getting up at 5.30am...)
-had metallic taste (once. yesterday.)
-needing to go to the loo a lot
-a feeling (but had 'a feeling' last month, which turned out not to be true)
-quite strange womb/back pains over today and yest which kind of remind me of the last labour..

But only about 7 dpo I think. Got a week and a half before AF - driving me crazy!!

Hi everyone,

Cherry so sorry,i dont know what else to say. Try to stay positive. x

MrsFC congratulations!!!! Thats brilliant news. x

Bossy 800!!! (the keyboard on my laptop is messed up which is why i havent written a pound sign lol) . Im so impressed. We will def be having a conversation about that. Im all for saving money cause we dont have much

Welcome to the newbies and good luck!

Well girlies i am having such a bad day. Am apologising in advance for tmi...

As you know af arrived on monday 10 days late+has been pretty light up until this morning when i started to feel like i was wetting myself . I rushed to the toilet to find an extremely heavy af and loads of very large clots. i then started getting pulling type pains in my stomach. Obv i panicked so i rang my doctor and he said the fact that af was so late(and i have been taking clomid which has regulated my cycles),he thinks i could be having a very early mc, and if the heavy bleeding hasnt slowed by tomorrow i have to go to the surgery in the morning for an examination.

I was in work when all this happened and asked could i go home.
When i got in my car it wouldnt start.
I have a renault megane and its a keycard so i panicked thinking it was an electrical fault and rang dp,who got out of work and came down to look at it for me. turns out i left my indicator on andthe battery was dead . i felt like such a bimbo.

I have since been lying on the sofa with ds's blanket over me feeling very sorry for myself and stuffing my face with crap(cheese+ham toastie,miniture snickers bar,a snowy joey and a packet of nik naks).

Thankfully the cramps have eased though my back is still quite sore,and the bleeding is still quite heavy but havent had any clots in almost 3 hours.