I have put this in the 'Health' topic as well, but not getting any replies so thought I'd try here as well.

[NatalieJane]

Health topic title: I have a pregnant belly, but I'm not pregnant (well at least probably not), it is not wind, I am not due on very soon, I don't get water retention, what the hell is it?

We are TTC'ing, but I am only on CD22 now, and although I do show very early in pregnancy (about 6 weeks with DS2, and just under 6 weeks with a MC in January) I have had this belly since Friday (I think, bank holiday shave mucked up my days....) it is getting bigger and harder by the day.

Obviously being a pretty much obsessed TTC'er, first thoughts turn to pregnancy, but I know it is very very unlikely to be pregnancy causing this so early on, so if it isn't that, and none of the stuff in the title, what is it?

I am driving myself mad. DH isn't helping.

Ae you very slim and have you been to the loo recently?

Not very slim, size 12/14 normally, and yes been to the loo recently

Have you taken a pregnancy test? Best to rule things out.

hi nat did you have a scan to say you lost? as i said befor with ds i mc at 8 weeks but didnt know i was carring an other baby! i lost a twin

Did a test, very stupidly on CD20, was to shut DH up more than anything, obviously was BFN.

I didn't get a BFP with DS2 till I was 9 days late for my period, so even if I am pregnant, CD20 was wayyyyyy too early to test.

Hiya Trace Long time no 'speak',

No didn't see anyone after the MC, but I have had normal periods since then, and if it was a twin that had survived then the HPT wouldn't have been BFN.

yes nat so did i till 6months gone, but yes i think a test would show bfp if it was , but i could be wrong as i didnt retest

Forgot to say, I was having some period-type cramping, that seems to have pretty much worn off, to be replaced with what I can only describe as tightness. Tummy muscles feel all lose but almost strained at the same time.

It does feel like early pregnancy in there, but it is the dates putting me off, surely there is no way on earth that it could be down to pregnancy? It is far too early to have all of this, isn't it?

I am just going round in cicles. My line of thought goes something like: is it pregnancy? No, wayyyyyy too early. So what the hell is it? . Shit, it has to be pregnancy because doesn't sound much fun, but it can't be pregnancy, it is wayyyyyyy too early for that..........

No if it was a surviving twin in there, I'd have been about 4 months gone by now, would deffo have shown on HPT.

Was your last period lighter than usual?

lol sorry for that but you know what its like when you ttc

You could be pregnant but it's just not showing up on the test, maybe hormones are different after the mc still?

Might be worth asking for a scan to make sure.

would love to read this story i just read in take abreak: lady getting fatter did loads a tests untill she was 6 months gone asks gp why its not shown on any tests? he says these things happen

No, my periods have been very erm.... yukky since the MC, getting better each time, but still not 'normal' for me.

LOL I know Trace, it has occured to me that I am having a phantom pregnancy..... Obviously in my head I want to be pregnant, so it is very easy to talk myself into believing that I must be now, but then my sensible voice contradicts that!

What are other causes for having a huge belly pitch itself over night?

But if I am pregnant, I would only be 3 weeks max, so it would even show on a scan.

LOL Trace, I think things like that happen in peoples heads..... ahem........

Sorry wouldn't even show on a scan.

lol no nat it happens! but never to people who really want it to!

You could be further along though, it's possible. An internal scan would be best. By the time you see a dr and have been referred it would be another week or two before a scan ime anyway, unless it's urgent.

How true is that?!!

I am just going to have to wait and see aren't I?

What if it is something medically wrong though....?

Gah!

I didn't think even an internal scan could pick up anything at 3 weeks though?

I don't see how I could be further on, it would have shown up on the HPT.

Sometimes pregnancies don't show up on tests for months, rare but it happens.

Also by the time you get an appt (could take couple of weeks) it would show up on a scan if you are 3 weeks now, plus you could have ovulated early etc.

An internal scan would not pick up anything at three weeks (don't think so anyway).

NJ - sorry you just have to wait.

I've found that my belly has gotten very big very quickly during this pregnancy as it follows so quickly after a miscarriage - everything is looser. I also had cramps during weeks 3-4.

Good luck!

By 5 weeks it would, even at 4 weeks they would see if a pregnancy was starting or not. I've had scans that early before and seen the start of a pregnancy.

yes at four -five weeks they should be able to see something.