Post by dancingirl21 on Jul 1, 2015 10:08:22 GMT -5
Humor me for a minute. DH and I are loosely TTC. As in, we've stopped preventing and whatever happens, happens over the next couple of months.
We had some very well-timed sex last week. My cycles are like a clock and I can usually tell you the day I ovulate.
I'm all crampy and feeling just off the last few days. It feels like period cramps both in my ute and back. I also had some pretty sharp pains last night, which I remember having when I was newly pregnant with J.
Anyone have these types of cramps early on? I still have like 10 days before I test so it seems early to have symptoms.
I would say my biggest symptom that early was just feeling "off". I wasn't nauseous exactly, but sort of, that's the best way I can describe it. I was also a bit more bloated than I would normally be with just PMS.
I would say my biggest symptom that early was just feeling "off". I wasn't nauseous exactly, but sort of, that's the best way I can describe it. I was also a bit more bloated than I would normally be with just PMS.
This is kind of how I feel. I'm not really nauseous but I don't have much of an appetite and food doesn't sound that appealing.
I thought I had Lyme disease when I was very early pregnant (lol I'm so dumb). I felt off, tired, and instantly my workouts were a thousand times tougher.
Post by blueberry10 on Jul 1, 2015 10:28:03 GMT -5
Period-like cramps were some of my earliest signs - I typically only started cramping after AF started, so that was my first clue that something was up.
I had this weird bladder hurting thing my last two pregnancies. It would feel like I had to pee really bad and it would come out of nowhere but it wasn't just a pee feeling, maybe a bladder cramp? It was so weird, I can't describe it. Anyway, with both pregnancies I tested and I didn't get a positive for close to a week after these symptoms hit.
Post by charlotteandwilbur on Jul 1, 2015 10:35:01 GMT -5
With DD, my mom told me I looked off & super tired. Which made me mad but also inspired me to test early. She was right-- and i did feel pretty off my game. Tired and kind of queasy.
Post by longtimenopost on Jul 1, 2015 10:38:58 GMT -5
With the second two, cramping was my first sign. Felt like period cramps, started around 10dpo before I got positives on FRER. At the time, I was getting what I thought were evap lines on wondfos because they showed up long after testing.
Cramping was my first sign with both. Although once I started having symptoms, I had faint positives on pregnancy tests...So maybe you should go ahead and test...
God. This is where I admit that I'm an idiot and DID test last night at like 5 DPO, lol. I knew it would say negative but I couldn't stop myself. I have like one million wondfos and they expire in September so whatever. I've told myself that I won't test again until my period is due next weekend. Which also happens to be J's birthday party where we are having our families over. It will be oddly suspect if I'm not having a drink. I'm going to wait until the day after the party to test. I think.
how many DPO are you? you said you have like 10 days left until you test and i don't know if that means you're a crazy like me and you're 0.3 DPO or your one of those unicorn self-control-havers, and you're already like 9 DPO and just waiting for your missed period.
I actually think I'm 6 DPO. So not nearly enough time to be testing.
With DS1 I literally had to pee every 3 seconds. I thought I was crazy because that is supposed to happen when you basically have a full grown baby inside you but I googled and it's legit. We had a 5 hour trip that weekend, and had to stop a bunch. I also had period-like cramps.
I had veeeeeeeeeery light implantation bleeding (spotting, really) both times, too.
You are making me really hopeful!! I was just at the dr yesterday because I thought I had a UTI because I have had so much urgency to pee. No UTI per the lab results.....so pregnant? I hope so! Still too early to know.
Post by thebreakfastclub on Jul 1, 2015 11:27:12 GMT -5
I TTC for 14 cycles, so I had months and months of phantom symptoms I could tell you all about.
For the successful cycle, I did feel a little funny and had some twinges in my uterus the day before I tested, at 10 DPO. I wouldn't have even bothered testing so early, but I was temping and had the classic temp surge.
With my first pregnancy (mmc) and DS, I had cramping and the sharp pains like you described. It was the sharp pains that prompted me to test with DS.
This pregnancy was cramping and spotting. I assumed I was getting my period but the spotting never turned into anything else. Then I had to run to MMM to ask if I was pregnant like a newb, lol.
Last night I had an insane dream. It involved my dad (whom I have a great relationship with) trying to keep DH and I in a house and then have us killed. Then Betty White was one of the killers.
I had the boob hurts. I also had this random allergy-like attack out of nowhere and was so miserable, I had to leave a dinner party early. 1) I never leave a dinner early and 2) if I'm going to have bad allergies, they always start much earlier in the day.
I also was working out and watching what I eat and not losing a single pound. I was convinced I had reached the "metabolism slows as you get old" phase of my life.
I still have like 10 days before I test so it seems early to have symptoms.
This part I can't really help with because when I had 10 days to test, I was still waiting to see the temp shift so I could stop with the pressure of EOD (or more) TTC sex. I kid, but seriously I had a LP that was usually 10-11 days. How many dpo are you? At 11 dpo, I felt crampy like you describe, and was positive I was getting my period imminently. 12 dpo, faint BFP with red spotting. No spotting since; currently 19.5 weeks pg. That cycle was just like any other until 11dpo though.
Post by yellowbrkrd on Jul 1, 2015 12:38:11 GMT -5
I had 3 dreams about people close to me dying. I would wake up sobbing so I looked it up and there was an old wives tale that it meant you would be pregnant soon.
Then I thought I was getting my period bc I had back pain like usual, but my cramps were more pulling and pinching than usual.
I also got car sick in the backseat on a weekend trip, which is unlike me.
Tested a few days after the trip and sure enough, BFP.