Leading up to your BFP...

MrsMAF

Hi Ladies,

I pop in occasionally from the GP board to get some insight...I am 11 DPO right now and waiting to either get AF or test in a couple of days.  I am wondering, the days leading up to your BFP, what did you feel like? Did you feel like AF was coming? Did you feel anything significantly different then cycles prior?  Please describe...Thanks so much!

I LUBBINS YOU!

My abdominal area hurt...major bloat...sniffly nose (which some say is a symptom), headaches, and just feeling exhausted in general. 

JCM052707

I definitely thought AF was coming. B/c of our awful timing that month I knew for sure I'd finally O'd, but didn't think there was a chance in hell I'd be pregnant so I was just waiting for AF. 

When 14DPO hit I thought, hmm I guess fertility treatments have lengthened my LP.  I think I finally tested at 18DPO b/c I still felt like AF was coming but had no spotting (which I normally get leading up to full flow) and was, honestly, just getting worried that I'd ovulated, but still wasn't getting a period.  We had sex NINE days before I O'd due to some confusion about my O date.

So I took a test just so I could call my Dr. or acupuncturist and be like "wtf". lol Boy was I shocked!!!

Leading up until BFP I was VERY tired, food I normally liked just sounded really unappealing, and I was in a horrible mood (that might have had to do more with it being Christmas the day before I tested and still no BFP in sight).

Mrs.RCP*2007*

I got a BFP on my 2nd cycle. The first cycle I thought I was having so many symptoms for pregnancy. I felt sick, I was tired and I could have sworn that I was pregnant. But I wasn't.

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This month, I woke up with a sore throat a few times after ovulation and I had some back pain and that was it. I wouldn't have ever guessed from my symptoms that I was PG.

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Good Luck!?

jhelly77

Felt completely the same as always before AF.  Was pretty sure I'd get another negative.  VERY shocked to see two lines

kaekee

The main symptom that lead me on to the fact that something was different was cramps.  I NEVER get cramps before my period starts... I always get them the day after.  Needless to say, my period hadn't started yet and I was getting some mild lower abdominal cramping.  The cramping was intermittent and diffuse.  I really didn't think I was pregnant (we weren't trying) so I had even gone and made an appointment with my GYN because I thought I might have a cyst or something.  The only other symptom I have really experienced is the fact that my breasts are extremely tender.

kaekee

Oops- forgot to mention.  My emotions were crazy.  My DH and I went to go see Seven Pounds right before I found out I was pregnant.  I cried- not like, normal crying- like, uncontrollable sobbing.  Now I can look back and just blame it on pregnancy

rosesandpeonies

The only different thing was that usually my breasts stop hurting a day before I get my period and they just remained sore.  Other than that nothing.

MrsMAF

Thanks so much ladies for your responses....hope to be a regular on here soon Good luck to all of you!

Helms

I also had real minor cramping about a week before my BFP.  For about 3 weeks before, my BBs hurt SO bad.  They're still tender but now more huge than anything!

JCapp8306

I had a sharp pain on my right side (I'm guessing my right ovary and being implantation pain?) for a couple of days after O. ?My BBs started hurting about 8 DPO in, and I tested 12 and 13 DPO and got 2 negatives(night before New Years), so I figured AF was going to show up. ?My BBs continued to hurt very bad, and when AF became "late", I tested about 19 or 20 DPO and got my BFP!

farmlinz

I had AF-like cramps, major thirst for about a week...mostly, I felt completely normal, but I was super-nervous, like deep down, I knew it would be positive... good luck!

yale

I had AF-like cramps starting at 5 dpo. I usually only cramp during AF. And I was also quite tired.

Abc123

For the entire week before I tested I was just "off" I didn't feel right...like I wasn't fitting in my own skin.  And then the Saturday before I tested (sooo 4 days before I tested) I had a really bad dizzy spell, I almost fell over.  We ate out that night and I got so sick.  It was awful!  Then the next day I felt fine, in fact I felt great but from Saturday night until I tested on Wedneday morning I had been having dreams where other people were telling me I was pregnant.  Since it was the first cycle of us trying I was convinced that I just wanted it so badly I was thinking about it all the time and thus the dream.  Well even if that was the case, I got my BFP on Christmas Eve (the day after AF was due)

EJDIII

I was so tired I felt like i had mono... and I had bad cramps like AF was coming.?

Pathrell

I was exhausted the week before AF was due. Had a yeast infection (the only other time I've had one was after rounds of major antibiotics) and my poor nipples felt like they were going to fall off. AF is slightly irregular, so I waited over a week after day 28 to finally test and was glad to see those two lines!

MrsLeslie030405

I had constant low level burning achy cramps (and I normally don't ever get cramps) and couple boughts of narcolepsy a few days leading up to POAS.  Still don?t have soar boobies but my nips leading up to BFP felt tingly like I had put icy-hot cream on them or something? hard to describe I guess.

I had a feeling but then again the cycle previous I felt the same and gotten a faint + followed by negatives days after (possible chemical pregnancy) so I was hopeful but never sure until the test came back with days of strong positives... still POAS internet cheapies just to make sure

..still has not sunk in yet!

water-fairy

I felt completely normal, like every other BFN cycle.

TashaLee

I felt a little bit different than I did normally leading up to AF. Normally my boobs don't really get sore, and they were sore from about 7DPO. And normally before AF comes I am really moody and I crave chocolate BIG TIME, and I didn't really have either one of those which I thought was really odd and gave me an indication I should test. I tested at 11DPO and got a BFP!! GL!!

zeesbride

Felt no different than previous cycles...thought AF was coming. GL to you!!

ani25

Lots of bloat and some abdominal pains. GL to you!!

MidwestTexan

My boobs got HUGE for the week leading up to my BFP and my nipples were sensitive to everything (bra, water in the shower, nightgown, etc.). Normally these symptoms last just a couple days leading up to my period, so when they were still in full swing a week later, I had my suspicions.

ghdst1

The only differences that I noticed from when AF comes and when I got my BFP is that I was more bloated than usual and my boobs HURT more than normal.  I really thought that AF was coming but as i got closer to my period I started to really wonder based on those two symptoms.  Good luck!

ZacksBride

I didn't have any symptoms.. but i tested at 10dpo, so it was pretty early.  Had I waited till AF was due, I would have felt AF cramps that were more intense and diffuse than usual, as well as lots of bloating and constipation.  gl.