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What were your very first pregnancy symptoms?

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sophhhxo · 12/06/2018 23:20

Helloooo!!

Just wanting to see what sort of things people experienced, I know everyone is different!

What were the first symptoms of pregnancy that you experienced?

xo

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WhyTheHeckMe · 13/06/2018 21:50

I am currently sat cuddling my 8 week old. Kept a list of my symtoms (dpo = days past ovulation when I got my confirmation no was ovulating). I had kept this list as I was sure I wouldn't be pregnant so I wanted to know for the following month what not to get excited about :)

4 dpo - evening only bad low back ache

5dpo - severe back and leg ache throughout the day

6dpo - nothing all day but twinges in boobs, abdomen and lower back during eve

7dpo - slight upset tummy. Very nauseous off and on all day. Headache off and on. Boob twinges.

8 dpo - very bad nausea and boob twinges

9dpo - no nausea. On off mild boob pain

10dpo - nausea off and on

11dpo - positive test

crumble9 · 13/06/2018 21:56

Crazy vivid dreams, I just woke up from the strangest dreams ever and knew something was different.
Sent DH to the shop as soon as they opened, it was a Sunday, so I was going stir crazy, got my BFP instantly

LadyRochfordsHoickedGusset · 13/06/2018 21:57

Oh yes the dreams. But they were after I found out. Giving birth to kittens and all sorts.

pumpkinbump · 13/06/2018 21:57

One sore boob. No periods obviously. I was also starving constantly for about a month and was dry heaving a lot.

MiddleMoffat · 13/06/2018 22:30

None physically until third month, (though I thought urine maybe smelled different,) then tiredness like you get when going down with a virus. - didn't really believe I was pregnant until scan.

Sophisticatedsarcasm · 14/06/2018 06:30

I didn’t have any symptoms before I knew, with DS I didn’t know I was pregnant till I was 3 months, I still had periods for the first 2 months. It was a mare tryna work out his due date. Even then I didn’t have no symptoms. With dd however I didn’t know till I was 8 weeks when I missed a period then I started to get headaches and occasionally felt nausea but only a tiny bit and I was never sick. Had a few dizzy spells near the beginning but they faded and I had nothing again. Even now DD gives me more trouble than DS 😂

ZenNudist · 14/06/2018 06:33

Epic carb and junk food craving

17caterpillars1mouse · 14/06/2018 06:38

With my first I had no symptoms until sickness kicked in at 6 weeks but I just knew I was pregnant before my period was even late. It was just a feeling

Second pregnancy first symptoms were tiredness and wanting to eat everything in sight. Sickness then kicked in at exactly 4 weeks but again I just knew I we pregnant

This time I had nose bleeds but had no feeling I was pregnant, infact just took a test as I was obsessing and knew it would be negative lol

MeadowHay · 14/06/2018 12:32

Period was about a week-ish late although my cycles weren't spot-on regular. Took a test and voila. Nothing else exciting in what was essentially just a 1-2 week length of time after all.

user1484167681 · 14/06/2018 12:36

Veiny boobs. I’m very pale at the best of times, and had read that could be a symptom, then was getting changed and DH commented “your boobs are looking quite veiny”. (Charming...!) I thought he was winding me up as he knew it was a symptom, but apparently not- he had no idea! The resulting bundle of joy is 4 months old and sadly I’m still veiny :/

MilkRunningOutAgain · 14/06/2018 13:42

Crying & feeling emotional, not like me at all, & tender breasts

poopsqueak · 14/06/2018 14:58

Boobs so sore I couldn't even lie on my front, nausea, weird taste in my mouth, nauseated by the taste of alcohol.

Implantation bleeding was so severe I thought it was my period so I didn't find out I was pregnant until I was 11 weeks.

Liverbird77 · 14/06/2018 15:03

Terrible nausea, within about a week. It happened all of a sudden at work in the middle of the day. I thought it was food poisoning!

Fintress · 14/06/2018 15:05

Crushing exhaustion swiftly followed by going off every food imaginable.

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sophhhxo · 14/06/2018 19:51

I love hearing these!! keep 'em coming! xo

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Dorsetdays · 14/06/2018 19:54

Gagging and retching when cleaning my teeth (even just thinking about cleaning my teeth would set it off). Never had it before or since but the second time around I knew I was pregnant before doing a test as had exactly the same problem.

tigercub50 · 14/06/2018 19:59

Heightened sense of smell ( DH calls me a bloodhound anyway so this was even worse!), tender boobs & just feeling different

mehhh · 14/06/2018 20:03

Weird taste in my mouth constantly - like a metal taste it was awful!!! And also constant nausea (not being sick really - just feeling it!)

Fintress · 14/06/2018 20:30

And also constant nausea

That was me too. The only thing I could eat for 4 months was a green salad and drink fresh orange and grapefruit juice mixed, not a combination I'd drank in the past.

BurpeesAreTheWorkOfTheDevil · 14/06/2018 20:32

All 6 pregnancies it was a weird pulling feeling in my lower belly when I stood up

speakout · 14/06/2018 21:08

My OH suggesting I may be pregnant- he said he could feel baby energy in my belly.

I was 14 weeks pregnant and didn't suspect a thing.

nannybeach · 14/06/2018 21:14

within a few days, REALLY sore sensitive, to any kind of heat, cooking, ironing, then I knew!

nannybeach · 14/06/2018 21:15

Oh, yeah, and that heightened sense of smell, even the loo paper and tissues smelt highly perfumed and made me throw up!

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sophhhxo · 14/06/2018 21:41

@speakout wow! thats amazing! xo

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Littlelantern · 14/06/2018 21:42

Tiredness! I couldn’t stay awake!