Early Pregnancy Symptoms

[CLD89]

Hi Everyone.
I thought I’d do this post because it may help someone out there. I know how much I hung on to every glimmer of hope each month & if this helps you feel any less crazy here goes ….

So some context, I’m 34 years old, I have one daughter who’s 4 … it took us around 7 months to conceive her.
move on 5 years from when I first tried and it took us around a year, trying for a baby mid 30s was not fun mentally, the stress of worrying why it’s not happening was on a different level this time, the clock is essentially ticking, and I tried EVERYTHING; Accupuncture, various vitamins, various ovulation techniques, etc and each month was painful (I honestly do feel so much compassion for people who try for years/decades) what an impact it also has on your marriage/relationship especially trying to care and give you undivided attention to a 4 year old.

I will also note I did order the Mira pregnancy device - quite expensive however I feel seeing that my hormone levels were okay and in order that did relieve some pressure. (Not that I used it on the month I fell pregnant)

Well fast forward to a year down the line… mentally I had just given up, I thought maybe it’s just not meant to be, but low and behold the month I feel pregnant is the month my head wasn’t really in the game (this happened the first time round 5 years ago)

I left it a week that my period was over due to test as I couldn’t bare another negative test like I genuinely had nothing left…..

symptoms this time round

• I like a good drink - this time/month I just was not fussed, we had some things booked in the diary and I just could not get in the drinking mood .. which is so unlike me.
• Came down with bug a week before period was due - very congested, and a chest infection
• bleeding gums when brushing - stared around 1/2 days late of my period
• TIRED - like I was falling asleep when coming home from work just felt exhausted
• a bit emotional - nothing too crazy though just a little more than expected

things that I’m not experiencing that I thought I would;

• sore boobs - like they are a little achy but nothing major
• frequent trips to the toilet haven’t increased
• no extra discharge
• metallic taste in mouth
• increased appetite- I was extra hungry a couple of days before my period was due but nothing more than what it would normally be like
• no sicky feeling - had this first time round so shocked that I don’t have this (would feel a little pang of nausea a few days after period was due first thing in the morning but it went like 10/20 seconds after)

got my positive result yesterday :) I was so scared to test but I had a gut feeling this time around. I hope this thread helps someone as I know how the dreaded symptom spotting can be. lots of baby dust to anyone trying & I’m sorry if this post triggers anyone who is in the dreads of baby making. You will get there X

Congratulations 🩷 I love reading these kinds of posts.

Congratulations!!
and thank you - this post has helped to ease my mind during the dreaded TWW. I am terrible for trying to over analyse every symptom 😂

CONGRATULATIONS!!

I am so glad I found your post! I haven’t tested positive fully yet, I’m still undecided whether I’ve been having evap lines etc, but have had the worst early pregnancy symptoms all week! I went to the doctors on Tuesday, and she assumed I had a UTI after a urine dip and gave me antibiotics! Well I finished them yesterday and don’t feel any different! I had a weird ‘ period’ from the 14th to the 18th of July where it was just pink and been having cramps and lower back pain for 8 days now. I’m now starting to wonder if I am pregnant and that’s the reason for the protein showing on my urine dip… I also had no other symptoms of a UTI.

I constantly feel like my period is about to start, even though I technically just finished one x

Thanks for sharing your early symptoms! Came online looking for this.

I've just got my BFP at 13DPO. Wish I had held out for longer to test because now it's all I can think about and can't tell if the symptoms are in my head or actually symptoms - a bit like the TWW symptom spotting I do every month! Think I'm a bit nauseous and have some mild cramping that comes and goes. But I feel like that when I'm about to get my period anyway. No sore boobs but I guess it's still early.

We've been TTC for a year and I stupidly assumed that once I got a BFP I'd be this perfectly calm person. I've read all the books and I'm prepared for this bit! But of course now there's early pregnancy symptoms and miscarriage risks to worry about instead!

Husband is of course going about his normal activities like nothing has happened!

Good luck to everyone on this wild ride x

Honestly I was the worst! You feel like your totally going crazy 🤍

Thanks for the message.
So on my first pregnancy the UTI was my first symptom, I was prone to them all throughout my pregnancy, so I deffo thought that would have been something but haven’t had it this time around. The weird period and cramps is a good sign, fingers and toes crossed for you. Keep us posted xxx

Congratulations! It’s such an emotional rollercoaster isn’t it …. You wait all this time for your BFP and then when it comes you really do over analyse everything … but it’s normal I remember this from my first time around. Once people know and you have the scan it all flows nicely .. maybe book in for an early assurance scan … I’ve booked mine already you can do from 5.5/6 weeks and trust me it really does out your mind at ease. I deffo couldn’t wait out the whole 12 weeks … but then everyone is different.

yeah I have the cramping for sure and started to get an ache under my armpit right across the top of my boobs and they are now feeling really heavy.

Men aye… they don’t tend to really get it until the baby is here, but again this is normal

wishing you the best of luck… what due date do you have ?

x x

I feel like women are always pressured to FEEL pregnancy symptoms but everyone is so different! I didn’t even know I was pregnant the first time! I just did a random test and it was a blazing positive! X

Yeah it’s so true, sometimes it’s our bodies playing tricks on us.

other than the UTI first time round I had no other symptoms! And who knows if that was even related … could have just had one.

x x

Thanks @CLD89 congrats to you too!

Husband is just a calm person generally so I'm trying to reassure myself that this is a good thing, one of us needs to be!

Due date 25th March according to the premom app. I'm not entirely sure that's right. It's got me at 4+5 days today but I ovulate later in my cycle so might be more like 4 weeks on the dot. I guess a few days either side is neither here nor there as it's not an exact science anyway! What about you?

Before we had TTC problems my main fear was miscarriage, my mum had several so I was worried I'll be the same. But it took us so long to get to this point that I'd kind of forgotten about those anxieties until I saw the BFP! I feel incredibly anxious today, hopefully that's a good sign of hormones doing their thing!