New to this whooole pregnancy thing...

freyabello

Hello Ladies!

I am pregnant with my first child, so far I am about 4 weeks and 5 days preggo. I had a feeling I was pregnant before I missed my LMP. I kept thinking it then doubting myself, I also had cramps, bloating trouble sleeping, lots of nausea (still lots of nausea), I am also extremely hungry but then when I go to eat all the food looks really gross and the thought of eating it is just yucky. when im not waking up to pee for the 3rd time in the middle of the night im waking up because im hungry and im not sure if im going to be sick.

Did any of you just KNOW you were pregnant before it was proven by a pregnancy test?

Do any of you have advice for how to get more sleep when I am woken up by extreme HUNGER or having to pee?

I have no idea if this is anything but i get cramps in my butt cheeks and my legs. 

 anyways dispite these things I LOVE BEING PREGNANT and hope I continue to love it the entire way through which I'm Positive I will. Throw all the advice you can at me please! thanks!

mrs+harlow

I knew I was pregnant prior to testing positive. My husband thought I was crazy but I just knew!

GreenFlamingo7

Waking up to pee is Mother Nature breaking you in slowly to the sleep deprivation exercise known as parenthood.

JFH2010

I knew for sure about a week after we conceived. Right before we took the test I said to DH, "get ready, because this is going to be positive!"

in terms of sleep, for me, symptoms come and go, and sometimes one is more obvious than another. So you may get some relief just because some will subside for awhule. Make sure you're drinking lots throughout the day, then cut yourself off a few hours before bed. Eat regularly throughout the day, including a snack before you go to bed. That's the best I can offer - GL and congrats!

gisa886

MrsSparklebottom:

No tips on the sleeping thing. I hated it when people said this to me, but it's worse in 3rd tri. The peeing calmed down for me in 2nd tri.

The peeing is so much worse in the 3rd tri! I think it is because you are so big and uncomfortable that you have a harder time going back to sleep after waking up to pee. OP I knew both times that I was pregnant before it was confirmed. After the first pregnancy I think you just know your body well enough to know and for the first I was having symptoms that I'd never had and I was about a week late on my period.

alr5

On my third pregnancy in three years so I had a pretty good idea that I was PG when certain signs started popping up. As far as the peeing thing goes it's just something to get used too, and because of "morning sickness" which is usually much more like all day sickness I find it helps to keep a snack and a glass of water by the bed because usually if you eat something like peanut butter crackers it will help with the nausea and make you not feel so sick in the morning when you first wake up. H&H 9!

laurakaz13

Ha, ha.  It only gets worse, honey.  Hang in there. 

lunurse2007

For this pregnancy and my first I just "knew" I was pregnant before I tested... I don't really have any pregnancy symptoms except for being very exhausted, strange cravings, and baby dreams... but for some reason I just know, it's strange and my hubby thought I was crazy but i've been right both times )