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Did anyone else 'just know' that they were Pregnant?

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nicannie · 19/08/2019 11:55

FTM, outline of my dates below

Last period started 4th June (cycle can be anywhere between 28-33)
Tested positive on 1st July on FRER (thought I'd be 3w+6 from working back dates)
Had private scan on 8th August, thought I was 9w+2 according to date of last period, but I must have ovulated late and I was only measured at 8w+4.

This means my first positive test happened when I was only 3w+1, does anyone else think that is super early to positive test? I was the day before my periods was due, but it seems so bizarre! I know everyone is different. I only tested the day before my period as for the whole week previous I was ill, felt so different, and I genuinely kept saying to my OH 'I think I'm pregnant...' - it was very strange feeling like I knew, but there's no chance it could have been symptoms that early?

Anyways, just wondering when you all got your first positive test? Just out of interest.

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Makingawish · 19/08/2019 13:22

I also had my first positive test at 10DPO which I think was 3 weeks exactly but I just had that 'feeling' that I was pregnant and the only real symptom I had was tiredness. I don't know yet if I'm maybe a little further on than I thought because I was shocked how strong my positive was at that time too.

Did anyone else 'just know' that they were Pregnant?
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nicannie · 19/08/2019 13:55

That looks very similar to my test at 3w! It seems to crazy looking back thinking you just knew though, right? PS - congrats!!

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Makingawish · 19/08/2019 14:04

@nicannie thank you - same to you 🤗💜

I always thought it was nonsense to feel pregnant that early on but clearly not!

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nicannie · 19/08/2019 14:07

@Makingawish I have been told the exact same, hence I'm a little weirded out by it I guess haha! The worst part is finding out early and all the waiting to then tell people - or is that just me?? xx

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Makingawish · 19/08/2019 14:11

@nicannie definitely not just you! 😄 I'm a few weeks behind you as well so am yet to even have my early reassurance scan so I just spend all the time in my own head 🙈

EssentialHummus · 19/08/2019 14:20

Yes, me - we were abroad in Japan when I was one/two/three weeks pregnant and I just sort of knew not to eat certain foods/immerse myself in the sauna etc. Tested when we came back and yup, pregnant.

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nicannie · 19/08/2019 14:27

@Makingawish it's definitely hard! I couldn't' wait for my 12 week scan hence I ended up paying the £50 odd for the private scan early - have you got your date for a scan yet?

@essentialhummus that's insane !! I think it is right that for some people there re clearly obvious signs that we feel in ourselves

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Makingawish · 19/08/2019 14:37

@nicannie no, I don't even have my booking in appointment for another 3 weeks! I'm booking a private scan for 8th September I think when I'll be 7+4 😊

Newyearsameoldshit · 19/08/2019 16:39

I think I was about 9 days post ovulation when I got a whisper of a line - I woke up starving hungry at 3am and just knew.

(But then there were unsuccessful cycles where I 'just knew' and was totally wrong Smile)

bearface45 · 20/08/2019 18:47

It does seem early, I took the test about a week after period was due but have been slightly irregular. Recognised the crampy stretchy tummy pains low down I had last time as pregnancy rather than period pains so fully expected the positive I got

SRK16 · 20/08/2019 18:54

I was almost certain I was pregnant before I tested. I had symptoms from 8 days p/o ( was using ovulation induction meds and scans so know when I ovulated for sure). Things smelt funny, my boobs hurt, I just felt pregnant. I waited to test until 11 or 12 days p/o and got a positive.

I’m now nearly 34 weeks :)

Gebbstick · 20/08/2019 18:55

I was starving and tired before I even missed my next period

caffeinebuzz · 20/08/2019 18:57

I had positive digital tests with both my viable pregnancies at this stage, but both times I was already pretty certain they'd be positive.

And in the weeks leading up to discovering an ectopic (at 6 weeks) I was regularly saying to DH "I haven't felt like this since I was pregnant" but ignored as I had a coil fitted. So not just wishful symptom spotting!

I think some of us are just incredibly sensitive to the hormone changes.

sweetsaltypopcorn · 20/08/2019 22:14

No - I 'just knew' my IVF had failed and my period was going to start.
Got my BFP the next morning! Grin

EugeniaGrace · 20/08/2019 22:25

Yes - second pregnancy. I was around 9-10 dpp and had a a funny feeling at work - it was like a hot flash/total relaxation seeping over me all at once - and I just knew. I waited another week to test but wasn’t surprised at all when it was positive.

First pregnancy, on the other hand, I didn’t have a clue.

Robs20 · 20/08/2019 22:28

Yes. I knew last time. Wasnt ttc but just felt pregnant. Very odd and now desperate to feel that way again!

Lyingonthesofainthedark · 20/08/2019 23:29

Yes. Me.

WaitrosePigeon · 20/08/2019 23:33

Yes I just knew. My tits were sore and I just remember sitting at the end of the bed and thinking ‘yep I’m pregnant’.

avamiah · 20/08/2019 23:38

Yes I knew as my body felt totally different and it was my first child but I just knew from the first couple of days that I was pregnant .

ElizabethG81 · 20/08/2019 23:49

I was very alert to early signs as I had IVF. Had 2 very distinct periods of implantation pains a couple of days after embryo transfer, then the night before I tested at 10 DPO I looked in the mirror and saw bright blue veins all over my chest. Got a very strong BFP and twins about 8 months later Grin

DramaAlpaca · 20/08/2019 23:50

I had my children before the super-sensitive tests you can get now were available. Tests were expensive & you'd only test after your period was a few days late or you wouldn't get a result. So there was plenty of time for symptom spotting.

With DC1 I knew a few days before I was due on, my boobs suddenly went tender & veiny. With DC3 I swear I knew almost immediately, I had a sixth sense that I was pregnant. It was similar with DC3 as well. I've only ever used three pregnancy tests in my life, they were just to confirm what I already knew.

firsttimemum1993 · 21/08/2019 00:12

@Robs20

Me too, this is the first month we have been trying. I had a missed miscarriage 10 weeks ago and wasn't trying to conceive at the time but now want to be pregnant more than ever.

I don't know if I'm being of those crazy people where they imagine symptoms but my last period was on the 5th August and lasted 7 days and we have been going for it ever since, especially during fertile window and I swear my nipples are stinging like mad and I'm so veiny on my boobs, i have this gut feeling I'm pregnant but surely wouldn't have symptoms this quick... just strange only time I have had this nipple/veiny thing was when I was pregnant before. Don't have anything to relate it to because that missed miscarriage was the only time I have been pregnant.

I am probs just being crazy but so strange 🤭

Stroller15 · 21/08/2019 00:26

I also just knew. We were on our honeymoon and I was so tired and would randomly be nauseous with too much wine (completely unlike me!) - must have been 1 or 2 weeks pregnant at that time and just knew something was different with my body. Same with DS2, my DH argued there's no way I could know so early but here we are 2 boys later!

Congratulations!

Jackreacherismyhero · 21/08/2019 00:47

Has anyone 'known' from conception? I know this sounds insane but I felt I knew I would get pregnant after we had sex. I just had to wait for 2 weeks to confirm it!

NeverTalksToStrangers · 21/08/2019 00:47

I've had 4 pregnancies, 2 miscarriages.

The first pregnancy I remember dtd and thinking "I think I'm ovulating", but it was only about 10 days into my cycle. About a week later I said to DH "I'm either sick or I'm pregnant, but something is going on with my body".

I lost that baby and then became obsessed with getting pg again (we weren't 'trying' as such the first time, newly married and just not trying not to get pregnant). After 5 months I decided to hold off dtd every night and used a saliva ovulation thingy. Got definite indicator that I was ovulating, dtd and the next morning I knew I was pg. Like didn't have any doubt in my mind. My body is weird.

I've had other times when I've thought I might be pg (my hormones are nuts and my pre and post period symptoms vary vastly) but when I have actually been pregnant I've had zero doubt.

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