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Did you 'just know' you were pregnant? And were you right or wrong?

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Createcomets · 07/06/2022 07:44

I find myself in a very odd situation...

Husband and I dtd on Thursday night and I woke up the next day and thought "omg I'm pregnant".....but we aren't ttc and I'm on the pill and taking it correctly.

I've had two previous pregnancies. First one was early miscarriage, second was my son who's now 20 months. Both times i knew I was pregnant within 2 days. I know lots of people will tell me thats not possible, but within 2 days I was being sick and feeling really nauseous every time I ate.

I feel like that again right now. Sicky, sore and heavy boobs (I get a whole tonne of PMS symptoms but never get sore boobs!)....and I'm too early for PMS symptoms yet.

I don't know why I'm posting this other than I just don't know what to do with myself at the moment. I feel really sick and strange but not ill. Last time I went to Dr's feeling like this I was pregnant. But I've only had sex once this cycle and I'm taking my pill so I have no reason to suspect I would be pregnant....except I can't shake the feeling that I am 🙈 It can't even be tcc paranoia because we're not trying! We'd be happy if we are, but we're not trying.

Has anyone else experienced anything like this? I don't know what to do with myself because I feel rubbish but not ill, and I can't focus on anything because my brain keeps wondering if I'm pregnant and if I am, whether I'll soon lose the pregnancy 🤦‍♀️

Just.....Arghhhhhhhhh! 🤣

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Bundaberg84 · 07/06/2022 08:56

Yes I have! And I was right. It ended up being an ectopic though, but that is irrelevant to this. But that being said, I had a similar feeling a few cycles back and I ended up with a BFN. The feeling I had when I was pregnant though was much stronger.

ThatsNotMyMuffin · 07/06/2022 08:58

I don't think there's enough pregnancy hormones in your body the day after having sex to detect anything different or to make you feel like you're pregnant.

LouiseBelchersBunnyEars · 07/06/2022 09:04

I’ve been pregnant 3 times and never made it to missing a period before I knew.
I’ve also tested a couple of times and been wrong/it been negative, but all three times it was I knew

Imabitbusyatthemoment · 07/06/2022 09:08

Both times I knew two weeks before the test agreed with me.
the second time, like you, I was just hit with a weird ‘knowing’ the day after DTD. Not actively trying.
I also had the same feeling a third time, with strong nausea, but then it went away - I’m convinced it was a chemical pregnancy.

Soafi · 07/06/2022 09:09

I did with my second, I was right!

IncompleteSenten · 07/06/2022 09:09

Yes. Not the next day but soon I started to, I don't really know how to describe it. I suppose become aware of my womb would be the best way to put it. I found myself thinking about it, feeling it not physically but hyper aware of it. And then I just felt pregnant. I did a test, it was positive. I had a bit of bleeding a couple of weeks later so had a scan and it dated I think it was 6 weeks, or 7. It was 22 years ago so can't remember exactly but it was very early.
Morning sickness kicked in after I got the positive result.

Same with my second except when I took the test it said negative. I knew it wasn't right because I was again hyper aware of my womb weeks before I started getting morning sickness. When I started throwing up I took another which was also negative Hmm
By the time I got the confirmation I was 4 months gone and my second was born 15 months after my first.

JMPB · 07/06/2022 09:11

I have and I was right. I just ‘new that I was pregnant’.
Dont know how it why but after 11 months of trying I new that it was our month 🤷‍♀️

Mumwantingtogetitright · 07/06/2022 09:11

Yes, I knew before I missed a period.

I also knew when my dsis was pregnant. God knows how.

Thejoyfulstar · 07/06/2022 09:15

Just over a year ago I was absolutely convinced I was pregnant but I wasn't. Was the following cycle though. I've never 'known' in the way you mean but with my first I went to Home Bargains about 5 days before my period was due (we were ttc).

I bought 3 cheap tests for 79p and when I got home, I peed in a cup because I knew it would be positive and that I wouldn't believe it and would want to test again straightaway. It was positive, I didn't believe it and dipped the other 2 tests. All positive. He's 7 now.

2 years later, a few days after DTD, a song from Trolls came on the radio. 'True Colours', sung by Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick. I burst out crying and (in my head) said to the baby 'I love you for who you are!' Could not stop sobbing. Positive test just over a week later.

I've TTC all my babies so don't know if it's psychological or not.

britneyisfree · 07/06/2022 09:17

Yes. I was right and baby is now two!

EmilyBolton · 07/06/2022 09:25

Yes, with my second. My boobs used to get very “tender” ( ha! What a polite euphemism that is- enormous and rock hard 🙄) before period..but when I was pregnant with first they stayed “tender” permanently for pregnancy. For second one I knew within a few days when tenderness did not go.

Notmytiep · 07/06/2022 09:26

I was wrong the first time. I had every symptom under the sun, late period and every test I took was negative. a few days after that period came.

The 2nd time I was right and was so sure that I didn't even take a test until it was time for my GP appointment.

HopingForMyRainbowBaby · 07/06/2022 09:32

4th pregnancy yes. Never really suffered with painful boobs but this was off the scale. Completely went off chocolate and anything with milk in tasted rank. I did wait until I was a week late before testing though cos part of me was still convinced I was going to come on my period from all the cramping I was getting. Pregnancy ended at 9 weeks. 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th ones no symptoms at all apart from a late period followed by a loss shortly afterwards. Identical symptoms again to my 4th but this time not Pregnant

Cattenberg · 07/06/2022 09:34

I didn’t know. However, I was lying in bed one morning and my uterus started quivering/trembling. Then I stretched my arms above my head and felt mild shooting pains go up each side of my abdomen, as though I’d just pulled the muscles. I now think this was round ligament pain. I tested positive two days later.

glamourousindierockandroll · 07/06/2022 09:37

I did but only because, without fail, I would wake up thirsty with a really dry mouth, as though i'd had a salty takeaway the night before. It always happened just the once, a few days before a positive pregnancy test and I've been pregnant four times.

BiscuitLover3678 · 07/06/2022 09:38

I ‘knew’ and I was wrong 🤦🏻‍♀️

glamourousindierockandroll · 07/06/2022 09:40

If you wear a apple watch or fitbit, check that too. I always noticed a sustained rise in my resting heartrate by about 20bpm well before a positive test.

Itsnotraining · 07/06/2022 09:43

I had a very very strong feeling with all 3, tested and was positive.
I has symptoms though. Achey boobs, extreme tiredness and thirsty

Stevie6 · 07/06/2022 09:55

Yes the morning After and he's now 17

Createcomets · 07/06/2022 12:20

Ah thanks everyone! You've made feel bit less like I'm going mental. If I have conceived then it was only 5 days ago. No mistaking the sore boobs, sickness and cramps at the moment....but whether its pregnancy, I don't know. I'm too early in my cycle for PMS though and it NEVER shows up as these symptoms unless I pregnant. So I'm a bit wary.

Went to soft play with 20 month old today. Not the best idea when feeling nauseated 🤣 tbh though I was making it up/going mad until I was chasing toddler through soft play and then thought "yeah, I'm really not feeling good!"

Several concerns atm...What if I am pregnant but lose it before it even shows up on a test? 🙄 What if I'm not pregnant, what the actual hell is my body doing?

Arghhhhhhhhh!!!!!

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MayMi · 07/06/2022 12:45

Yes I also sensed a change very quickly after I conceived my DD. At first, I just felt 'different', there wasn't a specific thing that I could put my finger on but I knew I was pregnant and I didn't really feel like myself.

Take a pregnancy test when you can, just in case!

Createcomets · 07/06/2022 13:25

MayMi · 07/06/2022 12:45

Yes I also sensed a change very quickly after I conceived my DD. At first, I just felt 'different', there wasn't a specific thing that I could put my finger on but I knew I was pregnant and I didn't really feel like myself.

Take a pregnancy test when you can, just in case!

It's really strange isn't it when you just know somethings different? I guess if symptoms are still persisting ill do a test....If I dtd last Thursday then I guess it's Thursday next week before I can do a test? 🤷‍♀️

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namechangeanonymous · 07/06/2022 13:54

Not the next day, but I had been trying for 7 years and I got in my head I could be I wasn't even late, but I was having odd aches and pains (like period but not) I took a test about 5 weeks (not unusual for me to miss a period) and it was BFP for the first time.

SpaceJamtart · 07/06/2022 14:14

Not the next day but within a few days i had an odd feeling like I was pregnant, was actively trying not to get pregnant so it was weird and but I was right.
I wasn't sick or having any symptoms just woke up one day and felt like I needed to check

Cheesechips · 07/06/2022 14:15

Yes I knew straight away. Just subtle body changes.

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