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What was your first symptom of pregnancy???

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Spagblog · 29/12/2008 09:09

What first alerted you to the fact you were pregnant. Was it the missing period, or did something else trigger the "hmmmmm, what if" feeling???

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Bink · 03/01/2009 19:45

Deep blue veins suddenly visible in (very pale) breasts - just like in the Robert Browning thing of the Bishop ordering his tomb. I noticed it with dd (who was a 'surprise') - and it was a very oh, oh, I get it, moment.

Bink · 03/01/2009 19:46

PS dd is my second - so I was recognising it from my (not very long since, at that point) pregnancy with ds

TwentiethCenturyHeffa · 03/01/2009 19:48

My first sign was nausea - I felt really nauseous during a meal out at about 2.5 weeks and it just got worse. Got a BFP at 4 weeks.

chefswife · 03/01/2009 20:25

DH knew right away when i declined to have morning coffee.

Seriya · 03/01/2009 20:30

Ballooning boobs.

Remember walking down the street in a fairly tight T-shirt noticing I was getting quite a few stares. Back home a quick check in the mirror confirmed I was practically falling out of my bra. This was just about as my period was due.

MrsDoylesMole · 03/01/2009 20:32

When i got pregnant the 1st time with dd1 i only knew because i had the strangest pains and flips in my tummy and yet i was only about 5 weeks at the time.I even used a slendertone machine and was unable to feel a thing even when it was on high which i thought was odd.I bled on/off throughout so didn't even miss a period and had no other symptoms.

With dd2 i missed my period and had every symptom imaginable.

loobyt · 03/01/2009 20:45

Def. sore boobs for me.

tiredandgrumpy · 03/01/2009 21:00

dh suspected before I did - he reckoned my skin smelt different. He noticed the same thing second time round, too. This was only about a week after implantation.

ohdearwhatamess · 03/01/2009 21:09

couldn't drink coffee - normally can't get going until I've had 2 cups

baltimore97 · 03/01/2009 21:21

With DD1 and DD2 had some implantation cramping, went off booze and had a very heightened sense of smell and taste. All this kicked in a few days before missed AF, which is extremely regular so by the third day without bleeding I was sure I was pregnant.

stephla · 03/01/2009 22:56

I tried a new conditioner and thought, great I finally have found a hair product that works. A couple of weeks later, the true reason for lustrous locks became apparent. Five years later, I am still looking for a hair product that works. Maybe one day they will find a way to bottle that hormone and someone will make a lot of money!

pinkypanther · 04/01/2009 10:03

Sore boobs - started popping out of my bras and couldn't sleep on my stomach like usual! Also, had to take the spare meat off a turkey carcass and was practically gagging - that was when I knew. Tested positive the next day...

tribpot · 04/01/2009 10:22

I think the first symptom was completely miscalculating what time I needed to leave home to get a flight to Copenhagen. Cue frantic phone calls to Norwich Airport begging to be allowed on the plane about 6 mins before it was due to take off.

Next was really struggling to walk a mile or so to work, couldn't understand that as I'd done loads of walking previously.

Then nearly gagged in the fish counter of a supermarket.

Then had to take a day off work due to what passed for only moderate alcohol consumption on my project in Sweden!

Cicatrice · 04/01/2009 11:41

Coffee tasted horrible. Couldn't understand how DH could drink it.

newmumtobe84 · 04/01/2009 14:24

Everything smelling disgusting! Particularly the cocoa butter moisturiser I use (still can't stand the smell now at 27 weeks!)

ByThePowerOfGreyskull · 04/01/2009 14:28

very very sensitive boobs about a week before period was due
smell of everything drove me mad
and with hindsight and 2nd pregnancy knowledge my hearing went very very sensitive.

Fizzfiend · 04/01/2009 16:27

A really big blue vein appearing from my nipple diagonally across my left boob. Somehow I just knew!

fustilarian · 04/01/2009 18:20

My sister bought me a mooncup for my birthday. 2 1/2 months later, she said, 'how's the mooncup?', and I blithely said, 'Oh, I haven't had my period yet', followed by a deathly silence and my sudden realisation that I was feeling knackered and sick and hadn't even noticed- was too busy looking after DD.

JingleJools · 04/01/2009 18:22

My nipples went extremely hot for a few hours, and two days later, I was giving a presentation and they started feeling really odd - I can only describe it as "fizzing" !! Very disconcerting - I was convinced everyone could see something going on !!

Eilatan · 04/01/2009 18:45

off booze despite trying! cold and tired all the time, dizzy and erm.... a sharp pain up the bum!

treacletart · 04/01/2009 18:51

metal taste in my mouth and the cat stopped avoiding me - she only ever likes me when I'm up the duff.

sickofthisrain · 04/01/2009 19:31

Boobs spilling out of bra within 2 days of getting pg - how?!

Instant dislike of coffee and garlic. The garlic one was a nightmare throughout pregnancy, I could walk into a shop and tell if someone in there had had garlic. DH even had to sleep in a different room if he'd had it at any point during the day..

Period like pains - a dull ache - implantation pains I guess!

I knew straightaway with both - almost no need to take the test tbh.

apollo11 · 04/01/2009 20:36

bigger tits

NorktasticNinja · 04/01/2009 20:37

Extreme thirst, especially at night.

Crazycatlady · 04/01/2009 20:38

Nothing of note at all until AF was due, but had the following in the day or so before I did a test (CD 27/28):

  • Complete inability to run on the treadmill in the gym - could typically do an hour straight, but really struggled beyond 10 minutes and wondered what was up. Got really emotional and cried on the way home from the gym!
  • Bought a salmon and cream cheese bagel, usually my favourite treat, took one bite and didn't fancy the rest
  • Started to feel a little sick when I got over-hungry
  • AF pains on CD27 which then went away

None of these really made me suspect I was pregnant though, although I wasn't expecting to be! It was only lack of AF and husband bullying me to buy a test that made me think.

'Proper' undeniable pregnancy symptoms didn't start for a week or so after I tested, then it was full on 24/7 nausea, exhaustion and sore boobs!