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Early pregnancy symptoms

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Jmr95 · 27/01/2019 11:00

Hi all,
Me and my partner have been TTC.
The last 11 days i’ve experienced cramps, light and sharpe, Twinges and butterfly like feeling in my lower abdomen on the left and right side.

I’ve been extremely tired, could have fallen at sleep at work a few times and been having to go to bed so early.

My boobs feel rock hard at the top, and sore to touch. My nipples are also very sensitive. They look good though! Halo
Also, last week I was so hungry I had absolutely no motivation to stick to SW.

My lower back has been aching for almost 2 weeks now. I never get symptoms this far before my period is due. I am due on in 4 days (31st Feb) I did take a test this morning but it was negative, I used a first response 6 days early.
I’m hoping these symptoms aren’t my mind and body playing tricks on me. I am not going to tell-test until the day of or the day after if I miss my period.

Has anyone else had these symptoms? And tested negative and then got a positive? Feeling disheartened :(

Thanks x

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Jmr95 · 27/01/2019 11:02

31st Jan!! Not Feb! Lol

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Natta1 · 27/01/2019 14:38

I’m having similar ones. My period is almost 2 weeks late and I’ve been experiencing nausea, extreme tiredness, lower abdominal pressure and sharp twinges but absolutely no sign of period - normally I have extremely sore boobs a week and a half before my period and absolutely ravenous and didn’t have those symptoms this time round. My period is also like clock work every month! I’m scared I’ve gotten my hopes up but I feel different, so I expect we need to trust our gut feeling!

Did a clear blue test twice and it’s coming back negative but heard that often happens with clear blue so going to try the boots test (aparrently that’s quite sensitive)

Keep us updated on how you get on :)

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Jmr95 · 27/01/2019 17:33

Ohhh fingers crossed for you!! Have you been to the doctor for a blood test as you are two weeks late?
Everything has completely
Changed today. This morning my boobs were hard and sore and I still had feeling going on in my low stomach and now, nothing! My boobs are back to normal (as they would if I was due on) I’m literally wishing this week away! lol! Xx

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Natta1 · 27/01/2019 18:24

I’ve managed to get an appointment for Thursday and just going to keep testing until then :) fingers crossed for you too, apparently symptoms come and go. Is this the first time you’ve had these kind of symptoms? Xx

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JoshMumsnet · 27/01/2019 18:37

Hi OP,

We asked Clare, a midwife, to go over some early pregnancy symptoms, might be worth a watch for some things to look out for.

Good luck TTC!

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Jmr95 · 27/01/2019 20:04

Oh excellent :-)
I have doctors tomorrow for my back! Hoping I get the chance to talk about some of these symptoms too.
First time I’ve experienced these, yes :-) x

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Natta1 · 27/01/2019 21:04

Ahh good luck at the doctors, definitely a great opportunity to talk symptoms :) here’s hoping for both of us :) xx

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Jmr95 · 28/01/2019 20:24

Update!
I’ve had light cramping and back ache and I had a slight bit of pink on the tissue after I wiped. (Sorry for the tmi) haha.
Really really hoping it isn’t my period coming early! 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

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AshBabyMama2019 · 31/01/2019 15:15

Hi girls, I'm 11 weeks with my first ever pregnancy & just wanted to share my symptoms with you. We tried for 6 years so I feel you when you are looking for everything and hoping and prying its a sign .... I totally feel youuuuu!!! I done this every month! Convinced my self it has to be it's not normally this bad, and every Month my Period always showed up! Sometime a few days late as I was so stressed and think my body was sick of me stressing out about wanting a baby. Anyway.... my First sign was my boobs were so so so sore! I literally have a size a boob so not much there but hurt to walk down the stairs. When I would not wear a bra ( I do this often) it would be awful I would feel so uncomfortable and in pain even if I noked them ever so slightly! My second symptom was my late period!! I was 5 days late when I done a test and sure enough it come back pretty strong! We hadn't even tried that month as I was so so sick of getting fed up that we give in for a little while so I could concentrate on my business. Other wise I probs would have done a test much sooner 🙈🙄 it did work out that we had been 'active' on the right date though! Total luck as I had stopped filling in my Calendar and was just letting life go by! I hardly realised I was late until my cousin said she had come on and I thought back and remembered a conversation we had the month before about her starting a bad period and it was just as I was finishing mine! Soo.. moral of the story is I Only had one symptom before my missed period and it was a normal ovulation symptom for me (about a week in between every period) but it just never went away! Hope you ladies get all your baby wishes in 2019. Hope this helps ❤️

Natta1 · 31/01/2019 16:12

I’ve had the cramping and back ache (my back as been killing me) but still negative HPT tests. Went to the doctors and there was a very very faint line there which he showed me but he was still inclined to say negative :(

He sent me to have a blood test done so that should be back on Monday!

@ashbabymama2019 - congrats on your pregnancy!!!! Thanks so much for sharing your symptoms with us :)

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