early symptoms question

mel6304

just curious for those of you on this board since you are pregnant, did you have any symptoms before missing your period? some things i read say you can notice certain symptoms, and other sites say you don't really have them until around the time you miss your period or after. figured i would find out what real women have to say.

 

thanks, and congratulations to you all!

nygirl07

I had weird cramping and swore AF was coming...but that's it

mopsie

I didn't have any symptoms til I was 20 weeks pregnant and the baby started kicking.

mchupie

nygirl07:

I had weird cramping and swore AF was coming...but that's it

Yep, this.  And I was really tired.

sweetgirl425

Well, it definitely is different for everyone and for every pregnancy! I can't say for sure that this is all related to pg, but this week before BFP I had a migraine for 2 days, I used to get them all the time before my period, but haven't for a long time! I was also more thirsty, and just since yesterday have been really tired, I have also been really hungry the last couple of days, with just a bit of dizziness/light-headedness yesterday!

klregelm

I could smell things that I shouldn't have been able to smell- like almost immediately.  I wrote on another post that I could smell my husband's breath whenever we were in the car together- it got to a point where I couldn't stand being in the car with him!  That was the only sympton until about 4-5 weeks when my breasts started getting really tender/sore and I was constantly needing to go to the bathroom. 

JenGarden

nygirl07:

I had weird cramping and swore AF was coming...but that's it

This; I was also very hungry and my abs felt like I'd done tons of crunches (both of these probably 9 - 10 dpo, and I expected my period 13 dpo).

izzourclue

I got my BFP before AF was due.  Wasn't really noticing symptoms just felt like testing.  If you think you are having symptoms, test.  You will test positive if your symptoms are from being pregnant.  Otherwise, they are probably unrelated.  Unfortunately most early pregnancy symptoms are the same as PMS.

AutumnBride102007

Nothing at the beggging.

Around 5 weeks I started having more hunger and fatigue.

Now, in week 7 I have cramps

 

zxcvbnm1

I didn't.  It took us 15 months to get pregnant and I had "symptoms" every time except the time I was actually pregnant.  My sinuses were killing me the day I found out, so now that I think about it, maybe that does count as a symptom.  Its kind of funny actually-I was at the store buying medicine flipping out over what I could take in case I was pregnant.  Then I told myself, "You've been doing this for 14 months.  You've had several colds where you didn't take anything because you were afraid you were pregnant.  You're not pregnant!  Accept it!"  So I got something that probably isn't the best for pregnant women and 12 hours later I found out I'm pregnant.

bethanno

I definitely had symptoms before my period. I had the sore breast, and felt sick to my stomach. I ended up taking 3 tests about a week before my missed period and they all came out positive.

Good Luck!!

spring06

With #1 had bad PMS symptoms, this time really bloated and both very exhausted!

Everyone is different and each pregnancy is too.

 

MrsPreK

:::Fishing::: =D

That being said, I never have symptoms, just no AF. Each pregnancy has been about the same thus far

GL!!

KLResq

I had menstrual-feeling cramps 8 and 9 DPO, which was really early for me.  Starting at 10DPO, I had terrible indigestion and kept burping.  The indigestion was not normal for me, so I tested the morning of 11DPO and got a fairly dark line, pretty quickly.

I also remember feeling like I had been hit with a freight train.  My muscles all ached, and I felt flu-like, but didn't have any flu symptoms beyond the aching muscles.  I wound up googling that and saw that some people experience it before getting their BFP, which also made me suspicious.

IncogNeato

Not that I noticed, and really, I didn't test until about 18 DPO so my period was already late. I think I felt a little icky but blamed it on my vitamins or something I ate. Then, after the BFP I realized that everything smelled stronger.

Now I have a cold so my only symptom is a "nervous" feeling tummy.

rach0528

The only symptom I noticed but didn't attribute to bfp was really bad bloating!

choppinbroccoli22

1 dpo, the day I became pregnant, I felt a surprising warm rushing feeling in my uterus. I had absolutely no idea what it was, because I'd never felt anything like it before! I called my mom, who was also with my female cousin, and they both said they felt the same thing and they were absolutely certain that my uterus was triggered by the conception to start expanding. It was an amazing feeling, and now that I am 3 weeks and 4 days PG, I know for a fact that was the day I became pregnant. :-) HTH

AudgePaudge

I had sore breasts and really sensitive nipples... just had that feeling that something was up.

stbmittleman

I burst into tears and cried at the slightest most ridiculous things about a week before AF was due. When I was sobbing at DH saying something sarcastic to me, I knew I was pregnant.

pawcall

I was super irritable, I felt like I could smell EVERYTHING, and I had cramps - nothing outrageous though, just felt like AF was on her way.