Am I pregnant or overthinking?

[TheOpalTurtle]

Hello!

so for the last couple of weeks I’ve been feeling so run down and I just put it down to stress at first. Then about a week ago I was experiencing awful mood swings, so bad that my partner actually asked me if I was pregnant (I have been pregnant before and this was the first symptom I had). It never crossed my mind that I was pregnant until I started thinking about all the little things that add up.

According to Flo, my fertile window was 22-28 Feb, and I know I had unprotected sex, probably all of those days without realising I was fertile. Thinking back on 2nd march, I was having sneezing fits all day. Last week I was convinced I was going to start my period because I was getting cramps and backache very far down. I have been super thirsty for over a week, and my boobs have gotten bigger and are sore. My armpits are aching and I have slight shooting pains up and down my inner thighs sometimes.

I am exhausted all the time, but cannot sleep well when it comes to the night time. Another strange thing I noticed was my gums are slightl my swollen and have been bleeding a little bit and I can always taste blood/metal.

to top it all off I’ve been waking up with terrible nausea and have been dry heaving but not vomiting.

of course most of these things happen to me when I’m due on my period, the only difference between my period and being pregnant is my nipples growing and hurting and tingling all the time.

so basically I would like to know if anyone has experienced all of this and still got their period when it’s due. I don’t a test a few days ago and again today - negative. My period is due tomorrow so I’m not going to do another test until I’ve definitely missed it, I’m just really stressing out not knowing. Is it normal to have nipple changes before a period? I’ve never had this before.

I appreciate any help or experiences any has to offer. Thank you

I am pregnant now and didn’t test positive until the day of my period.

On a separate note, are you trying to get pregnant?

Congrats!! And no not trying at all, I have issues with contraception and mental health, so not taking any form of contraception at the minute so I think it’s definitely likely, but now I’m just worried I’m looking for things to prove to myself I’m pregnant, even though I’m not bothered if I am or not.

Hi all, hope someone can help me. I am currently 16 dpo so due my period today but no period. I took a test but not sure if these are positive or evaporation lines. Could someone help thank you!! X

Annoyingly they could be PMS.. I've had similar and still not been pregnant but absolutely could also be early pregnancy signs. Which tests did you use?

Did any of the lines appear within 5 mins of doing the test or later?

I can see a line, I would say this is a positive result if it appeared like that within the time frame

i used the boots early response tests and one from Sainsbury’s, and a clear blue, the only thing that’s really got me thinking about being pregnant is the tingling sensation in my nipples, and the fact they’re double their normal size, which never happens to me before a period, only when pregnant 😫

@AibhinOCal
I tested the day after my missed period and got a negative. I tested the next day with an early response test and only after 5 minutes did I get a very faint line that looked just like yours do. I thought it might be an evap line. Anyway, I tested with a clear blue and it said not pregnant. I tested daily and gradually the line got darker. I got a ‘pregnant’ on a clear blue and long story short, I’m 7 weeks on Thursday. Keep testing!! Try the early response once too which are more sensitive. Good luck.

It appeared roughly around 3 minutes. Just not sure as I’ve gotten negative on clear blue digitals. Not sure if they are evaporation lines. Thank you!