Could I be?

[kylieeee]

Please be kind, this is all SUPER new to me (I still don't quite know all of the Mumsnet abbreviations either so sorry for not including the cool lingo in my post (& length)😳

SO... Fiancé & I have been together for 6 years. I'm 24, he's 26. We have wanted to start a family for so long and decided in August that we would kick things off around October.

I stopped taking my pill at the end of August and had my 'period/bleed' from the 28th Aug - 1st Sept. Being on the pill has always kept me regular so it has one pro I guess! Based on the Flo app (albeit not overly accurate as I haven't had any real 'cycles' yet, I ovulated around the 11th September. We had unprotected sex on the lead up to this, probably 4/5 days before. Bare in mind Flo might be out by a few days, and I had the standard ovulation symptoms around when we DTD e.g watery ahem 😳 and pains in my lower sides (mainly right side).

So there's my rough thrown together dates! Now onto what's been happening the last couple of weeks. Well for a start, what the hell is up with my nips? My boobs have gone from a barely there B-cup to spilling over the top - RESULT😄 But my nipples have been really sore, look slightly darker and have a lot of gland spots appearing from nowhere. I have gone off my lunch that I was once obsessed with, the thought of it made me want to vom. I've been headachey, tired and nauseous. I also keep feeling lightheaded and faint for no reason. I can't really explain how I feel, I just feel different. I don't know if I'm making it worse on myself because I could be getting over excited at the thought of being pregnant, but I'm not imagining this. I feel like shit😂 I've been emotional and craving such sweet foods too.

Based on my previous bleeds, my next is due in about 4/5 days. I'm usually like clockwork and when I came off the pill once before for other reasons, my cycle stayed intact so I'm pretty lucky. I took a test a couple of days ago and it was negative. I'm trying to hold out because I know it's pretty rare to fall pregnant right away, but surely these symptoms can't all mean nothing??? I'm really hoping this period never comes ... am I just getting myself at it?

Don't get your hopes up too much as I'm not sure this early on pregnancy would make you bulge out of your bra tbh. I got my first symptoms about 2 days before af was due and that was just sore boobs but I guess everyone is different

Hormones are a pain, these could be early pregnancy signs or just signs of your hormones settling back into a normal pattern after being on the pill. The only way to check is to take a pregnancy test. You may not get a positive result if you were until at least 2 weeks after conception.

@smartcarnotsosmartdriver haha, love the username! Honestly I'm trying so hard not to get my hopes up, I know I'm just not that lucky! But I can't help thinking I could be. I know I'm just setting myself up for a huge fall when I get my period soon. I just really hope it never comes! Xx

Have u bought an early detection test ? Mine showed up I was pregnant 6 days before my period

@White19 I haven't and I'll be honest I really want to but I'm scared to be disappointed so thinking of just waiting and seeing if I get my period. I think I've let my hopes get too high - I don't even know what the chances are of me even having a proper ovulation yet? X

I got pregnant before my first period so yeah, you could well be. However what I would say is this - your withdrawal bleed was not a real period (in the same way that the pill did not make you regular as your periods were fake periods) so you can’t date yourself from that. You could ovulate a week later, two weeks later, three weeks later... you wouldn’t be able to predict. Your withdrawal bleed was not day 1. At the moment you have to just wait for a period or test sporadically as you have no way of knowing when you are due, unless you are tracking ovulation of course.

Also if you have enough HCG to give you any symptoms you have enough HCG to give you a positive. So test.

It was the week or two after coming off the pill (before I’d ovulated) that I actually found I had the most changes - sudden lethargy, hot and cold flushes etc. It was quite odd.

I was very lucky and fell pregnant on our first month of 'trying'
It is possible but it is so easy to get over excited and get your hopes up. It's easier said than done I know ... :) I wish you all the best though and I really hope you get the news you want! Xxx

I got pregnant 2 weeks after my withdrawal bleed after being on the pill for 6 years. My nipples were the absolute worst. Everyone was like oh it's probably just from coming off the pill. Nope. I felt all sorts of awful too. I'm 14 weeks now.

@hlo91 @Yvonne1988 oh I'm so happy for you both!! How lucky you are ♥️ I hope I have the same luck as you both xx

It's possible to be pregnant straight after stopping the pill but please don't get your hopes up too much. It can become a soul destroying obsession. Wait until your period should be due before you POAS. Some women just know they're pregnant before they take a test but try not to let symptom spotting eat you up. Good luck and I hope you don't need to wait too long for your BFP!

Biology wise, your body doesn’t recognise pregnancy until the egg implants into the uterus. Before that, it’s just some cells floating in your tubes. Implantation is about 7 days before your period is due. At that point, your hormones start to increase which is what will cause the symptoms. If you have symptoms, there should be enough HCG to pick up on a First Response test.

Good luck, I hope it’s your month!

Please don't become obsessed with symptom spotting. Just wait until AF is due. I was lucky that when we concieved we were on holiday, so I couldn't (or didnt) test until we got home, which was the day my period was due and got a clear positive. I had also had sore boobs for about 3 days but no other symptoms. Everyone is different of course. But even knowing I was pregnant from 4 weeks, it felt like a lifetime waiting until 12 weeks before we could tell people.

You sound very similar to me. I came off pill and my cycle returned to normal straight away and was very very regular. Make sure you input as much info onto Flo so it is more accurate. It worked for me and we were successful in our first official month of trying. But it's definitely better to wait until you know your cycles better!!

I know it is difficult not to be excited as I did this too, I was so impatient I took an early detection test and was given a faint positive which I thought was an evap line, the next day I took an early detection clear blue digital that said not pregnant. I was getting a faint line as I was so early on that even the early digital test didn't pick it up, I waited and tested again when AF was due and I got my BFP. I am now 19 weeks pregnant, so I would definitely hold off testing until AF is due to be 100% sure!

I had come off my pill about a month prior to conceiving. So it isn't unlikely it can happen straight away!

I hope you get the news you want x

@Peachy95 I needed this♥️ I can't explain it, I just feel pregnant. I've had hopes before but always known deep down I'm not, but this time I just can't seem to reason with myself and convince myself it's not true until I get my AF. I stopped off before work this morning to get a clear blue early detection test, just snuck home on lunch to do it and I got a negative (although the window turned half blue so it got my hopes up at first). Hoping it's just me being impatient and testing too early. Can't help feeling disheartened though. Hope I'm the same as you xx

@kylieeee That is the same test I did first off and I had the faintest line, and the next day I did the Clear Blue Digital Early one, however for early detection tests I would say first response is better. And if you're early on it might be better to test first thing in the morning as the HCG levels are higher then. I know exactly what you mean about feeling different, that's why I retested. It is definitely easier said than done about getting your hopes up, I've been there!

Good Luck I'll keep everything crossed for you xx

Op good luck hope you get your bfp soon it took me a long time so I know how frustrating it is

@Peachy95 @Jesskir89 thank you both so much. It makes me feel so silly but I think when you want something so much it's hard to get it off the brain and not misinterpret symptoms as something else. Here's hoping there's some baby dust around here somewhere xx

Get yourself a first response as they are the best for early detection.

When I was ttc I had so many months where I was convinced I was pregnant with similar symptoms ie sore swollen boobs but was always disappointed.

Fingers crossed for you!!

I'm probably getting my hopes up and seeing what I want to see, but I feel like there's a faint blue line there? I am testing really early (about 3 days before AF) does anyone else see this too? Or am I convincing myself it's there? I've darkened the picture to show it more clearly.. but I just don't know?

@Peachy95 are the above photos anything like what your faint positive looked like? Clutching at straws I know 😩

Congratulations! That looks like a positive to me!

@kylieeee

Hey lovely, I hope you don’t mind me joining. I was like you I felt “different” I had cramping and I’ve had an outbreak on my face (which is not like me at all) only very slightly sore boobs but over the weekend I noticed the odd wave of sickness and when I almost threw up in my sister in laws car she asked if I was!

(I took a test over the weekend and it was BFN) I took a text the next day when AF was due and it was a BFP! Too another this morning and the line is getting darker and stands out more!

Maybe wait just a couple more days and use your first pee of the day and if the HCG is there, it should hopefully start showing?

I hope you get your BFP

Good luck
Xxx

@kylieeee oh, forgot to mention, it was also my very first month at TTC so even though it’s rare it does happen xx

@Piplette you think?! It was super faint but it did make me wonder. Had some brown spotting today and cramping though so not sure if that's AF on route or maybe implantation???

@Pascal3 of course not, come on in that's such a relief to hear, I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much but it's so hard! Congratulations to you! Xxx

@kylieeee

I personally didn’t have implantation bleeding? At least I think I didn’t as I had spotting a week before AF was due along with cramping?
It’s soo hard to not overthink it, after I got the negative I was like ugh ok but when AF still made no appearance I got scared to test but when she did not show I told myself to get over it and it was so worth it!

So please let us know now you get on I’d love to know x