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What was your first sign/symptom of pregnancy?

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Skye90 · 06/09/2021 20:18

As reads in the title

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334bu · 06/09/2021 23:27

Overwhelming exhaustion which continued all the way through. Never did bloom.

Colinthedog · 06/09/2021 23:28

Heartburn!

DancingintheSpoonlight · 06/09/2021 23:33

Tiredness- I started napping every evening which was unlike me. Put it down to work but realised my period was a week late as well so tested! 3rd trimester reminding me of these fun times now!

With DD (over 7 years ago now) I remember getting those white bumps on my nipples and heartburn before realising.

Help23 · 07/09/2021 00:40

Sore boobs!

Lovethewinter · 07/09/2021 00:44

Weirdly, both times I had hot feet!

MrsAvocet · 07/09/2021 00:45

I went off tea. I used to drink loads but couldn't even look at a cup whilst pregnant.
That led to everyone I worked with guessing I was pregnant before we'd even told family. Then shortly after that I started vomiting. No chance of me keeping it quiet til at least 12 weeks as I'd planned!

allfurcoatnoknickers · 07/09/2021 00:46

Crippling depression and anxiety. Closely followed by ceaseless nausea and vomiting.

DramaAlpaca · 07/09/2021 00:47

I went off tea yes! I'd forgotten but that was my first sign with DC3. It's pretty much all I drink but I couldn't go near it for months.

ShellUK09 · 07/09/2021 09:05

@thingymaboob hahaha! Well I know what dreams you mean, but that wasn’t what I meant! I meant I’ve been having very detailed random dreams full of people I used to know, from like my school days, and very imaginative and weird, as if I am watching a soap opera! But I probably will have some of those dreams too as we were obsessed with DTD to get to this point Wink

mariebaby3 · 07/09/2021 09:23

Very vivid dreams

TornadoTrinity · 07/09/2021 09:26

Period pain and PMS but then no period! Total head fuck as we were TTC and then I had awful PMS and period pain. Thought "ah not this month". Then no period. Did a test (negative), so thought I was anemic as hadn't been eating meat. DH came home to find me cooking beef and was all Hmm. A few days later I did another test and got my BFP. She's nearly seven now Smile

Next time, I don't think I had any symptoms. It was a surprise pregnancy and I didn't know a thing about it till I missed my period. Did a test and got a faint positive, but just knew it was positive. Told DH who didn't believe me as it was so faint. That baby is now nearly four! Take THAT doubting DH Grin

HayB · 07/09/2021 19:20

Uninterested in food, nausea towards thinking about / cooking food. 7 weeks I was when I tested 😆

Roselilly36 · 07/09/2021 19:25

Extreme tiredness, I went off tea, the milk tasted sour. Couldn’t face certain foods.

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Ems2021 · 07/09/2021 21:23

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Sore throat/cold symptoms which looking back were around the time of implantation.
Same here! About 30 hours after embryo transfer, sore throat, body temp raised, felt like I was coming down with something. Think it was implantation as I had this with another of my kids
Roonilwazlib1 · 07/09/2021 21:30

A positive pregnancy test!

We were ttc so I did a test on the day my app said I was due to start my period and got a pretty strong positive. No other remarkable symptoms, only thing that stood out was I had a really weird and vivid dream the night before.

Beowoulf · 07/09/2021 21:42

Mood swings, feeling hot/hit flashes, feeling bloated and full all the time. That was the same with both pregnancies. When those early symptoms started with DS2 I knew I was pregnant before I took the test 😅

SweetPeaGirl · 07/09/2021 22:03

I got a tiny bit of spotting which I later calculated was implantation bleeding.

Then I ate some nutella and it tasted way way sweeter than usual.

Then I had mild cramp and nausea, like that I get when I'm flooded with hormones and about to start my period. But obvs the period did not come! It was only then that I tested and added the above together.

Esspee · 07/09/2021 22:11

A metallic taste in my mouth. Knew I was expecting the second time as I recognised it immediately.

bubblepond · 07/09/2021 22:12

Sore boobs

SweetBabyCheeses99 · 07/09/2021 22:14

Being desperate to pee frequently at night (not in day). And around the same time being very dizzy - not related to getting up too quickly. So much so that I didn’t feel safe driving.

tedsletterofthelaw · 07/09/2021 22:15

A very prominent vein in my left boob. Happened all three times. Is how I knew I was pregnant with DC 2 & 3 before I even tested

MintyGreenDream · 07/09/2021 22:18

Bad period pains and bloating

Webbo12 · 26/01/2022 11:52

Hi ladies, so we've been trying for a baby now after sadly a missed miscarriage last year.
I last had my period on the 30th of December 2021..
And now started with very sore boobs that have been like this now for the past 3 weeks. And I've now noticed the white bumps on my boobs!? Is this an early sign of pregnancy? I'm not 'on' till the end of next week! But don't want to test early Incase I'm disappointed :(

StylishMummy · 26/01/2022 11:53

Extreme fatigue and sore boobs