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Pregnancy

Talk about every stage of pregnancy, from early symptoms to preparing for birth.

What was your first sign/symptom of pregnancy?

89 replies

Skye90 · 06/09/2021 20:18

As reads in the title

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thingymaboob · 06/09/2021 20:33

Sore boobs

bethabean · 06/09/2021 20:33

Tiredness

Quornflakegirl · 06/09/2021 20:33

Bleeding gums when brushing.

EccentricaGalumbits · 06/09/2021 20:34

Needing to pee all the time.

MarshmallowsOnToast · 06/09/2021 20:35

Raised BBT, it's what made me test as if written myself off that month.

Then I didn't really have any symptoms until nausea kicked in a few weeks later.

adeleh · 06/09/2021 20:36

Feeling very faint.

Lincs90 · 06/09/2021 20:36

Cramp and very low mood.

SolitaryTree · 06/09/2021 20:39

First time around I was very young and it took me a while to realise.
Second time around…. Intuition. I knew before my period was due. I just KNEW. And I knew whether I was having boys or girls both times too with pretty much 100% certainty.

SW1amp · 06/09/2021 20:41

Always, always needing to get up in the night for a wee

Starts 4 or 5 days before I get a BFP

never happened on unsuccessful cycles, happened before ever single BFP

possibleimpossible · 06/09/2021 20:45

I just felt off, I even took a couple of days off work because of how I felt, I was very teary and down. It didn't even dawn on me I was pregnant until I found out a few weeks later.

VaguelyInteresting · 06/09/2021 20:45

Went off booze (unheard of).

SilverOtter · 06/09/2021 20:46

With my first, my heart rate jumped up by about 10 beats per minute, VERY early on (well before my period was due.

With my second, I felt so nauseous. Again, this was well before I actually got a positive test.

MyMabel · 06/09/2021 20:46

First pregnancy, the line on the test. No symptoms all the way through.

Second pregnancy.. the line on the test. Only symptom so far is extremely sensitive nipples 😂 12 weeks in Wednesday.

ZZGirl · 06/09/2021 20:51

Ridiculous sense of smell

Forgothowmuchlhatehomeschoolin · 06/09/2021 20:52

Constipation

romdowa · 06/09/2021 20:53

Boobs were sore in a way they never were before, my tummy was really upset and I just felt different, night before I took the test I just knew because I felt so weird

AndThatMyFriendIsClosure · 06/09/2021 20:54

Headache

Wineandroses3 · 06/09/2021 20:55

Obviously missed period but my very first sign was a mild pain like period pain.

wouldukissafrog · 06/09/2021 20:58

Insomnia

Faevern · 06/09/2021 20:58

Sore boobs every time, in the days when we used to wait for a missed period my boobs were sore around the time the period was due, tender and painful, including my nipples.

Trinacham · 06/09/2021 20:59

Nothing obvious. I think i had sore boobs. No nausea at all. Thought my test would be negative!

QueenLagertha · 06/09/2021 21:02

1st pregnancy moderate cramps, nausea, extremely sore boobs, exhausted.

2nd pregnancy. Massive increase in RHR on Fitbit, insomnia, mild cramps, tiredness

sociallydistained · 06/09/2021 21:04

Feeling like SHIT lol… didn’t find out until 8.5 weeks Blush started feeling like shit about 5 weeks in. thought I was suffering the after effects of the Covid jab 😳😂

Greytminds · 06/09/2021 21:07

Heightened sense of smell a couple of times. Weird dreams and broken sleep every time. Plus just a sort of inkling that I might be. All a few days before period was due.

Mommabear20 · 06/09/2021 21:08

Nausea both times, literally the day I missed my period it hit me like a train!