How does it feel when you're first pregnant?

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Are there any tell tale signs that you might be able to look for without doing a test? When does morning sickness kick in? I'm not pregnant, but ttc, and right now my period is a week late but I've just done a test and it was negative. Tests are expensive, so don't want to have to buy one each time I'm late or suspect something.....

Thanks for your responses. Problem is that in the past I've had endometriosis and PCOS and for quite a few years was advised to take the pill continuously without a break to get rid of the pain and continuous bleeding. However, I came off the pill last June, and we've been having unprotected sex since then. Between June '06 and Feb '07 I only had 2 periods. Since Feb I've been regular as clockwork. However, my last period was the second week of June and now I'm late, but I'm soooo disappointed that the text was negative - I'd almost convinced myself it would be positive! Both I and my hubby need to lose weight and we both know this, but we have had no success in the weightloss either. I try to eat as healthily as poss and drink as much water as poss, but I just don't know what to do now. Dr appt is the next step I know, but I guess it will be ages until an NHS consultant appt comes up (I'm 34 and know time is running out for me).

Answer 1

Here is a list of the first signs of pregnancy....

10. Tender, swollen breasts
One of the early signs of pregnancy is sensitive, sore breasts caused by increasing levels of hormones. The soreness may feel like an exaggerated version of how your breasts feel before your period. Your discomfort should diminish significantly after the first trimester, as your body adjusts to the hormonal changes.

9. Fatigue
Feeling tired all of a sudden? No, make that exhausted. No one knows for sure what causes early pregnancy fatigue, but it's possible that rapidly increasing levels of the hormone progesterone are contributing to your sleepiness.

You should start to feel more energetic once you hit your second trimester, although fatigue usually returns late in pregnancy when you're carrying around a lot more weight and some of the common discomforts of pregnancy make it more difficult to get a good night's sleep.

8. Implantation bleeding
Some women have a small amount of vaginal bleeding around 11 or 12 days after conception (close to the time you might notice a missed period). The bleeding may be caused by the fertilized egg burrowing into the blood-rich lining of your uterus — a process that starts just six days after fertilization — but no one knows for sure.

The bleeding is very light (appearing as red spotting or pink or reddish-brown staining) and lasts only a day or two. (Let your practitioner know if you notice any bleeding or spotting, particularly if it's accompanied by pain, since this can be a sign of an ectopic pregnancy.)

7. Nausea or vomiting
If you're like most women, morning sickness won't hit until about a month after conception. (A lucky few escape it altogether.) But some women do start to feel queasy a bit earlier. And not just in the morning, either — pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting can be a problem morning, noon, or night.

About half of women with nausea feel complete relief by the beginning of the second trimester. For most others it takes another month or so for the queasiness to ease up.

6. Increased sensitivity to odors
If you're newly pregnant, it's not uncommon to feel repelled by the smell of a bologna sandwich or cup of coffee and for certain aromas to trigger your gag reflex. Though no one knows for sure, this may be a side effect of rapidly increasing amounts of estrogen in your system. You may also find that certain foods you used to enjoy are suddenly completely repulsive to you.

5. Abdominal bloating
Hormonal changes in early pregnancy may leave you feeling bloated, similar to the feeling some women have just before their period arrives. That's why your clothes may feel snugger than usual at the waistline, even early on when your uterus is still quite small.

4. Frequent urination
Shortly after you become pregnant, you may find yourself hurrying to the bathroom all the time. Why? Mostly because during pregnancy the amount of blood and other fluids in your body increases, which leads to extra fluid being processed by your kidneys and ending up in your bladder.

This symptom may start as early as six weeks into your first trimester and continue or worsen as your pregnancy progresses and your growing baby exerts more pressure on your bladder.

3. A missed period
If you're usually pretty regular and your period doesn't arrive on time, you'll probably take a pregnancy test long before you notice any of the above symptoms. But if you're not regular or you're not keeping track of your cycle, nausea and breast tenderness and extra trips to the bathroom may signal pregnancy before you realize you didn't get your period.

2. Your basal body temperature stays high
If you've been charting your basal body temperature and you see that your temperature has stayed elevated for 18 days in a row, you're probably pregnant.

And finally...

1. The proof: A positive home pregnancy test
In spite of what you might read on the box, many home pregnancy tests are not sensitive enough to detect most pregnancies until about a week after a missed period. So if you decide to take one earlier than that and get a negative result, try again in a few days.

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How does it feel when you're first pregnant?
Are there any tell tale signs that you might be able to look for without doing a test? When does morning sickness kick in? I'm not pregnant, but ttc, and right now my period is a week late but I've just done a test and it was negative. Tests are expensive, so don't want to have to buy...

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I have two children and trying for a third. With my first I noticed I was getting dizzy easily at roughly 4 to 5 weeks pregnant and then a few weeks later I was sick till 3pm every day for 5 months.

With my second I had no symptons at all for the whole pregnancy except using the bathroom constantly for one day at the beginning.

Who knows what our third will be like when that happens! It's crazy! LOL But fun.

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i have tears in my eyes reading ur story bcos am going thru d same thing as u -but i know all hope is not lost -so we will keep trying, my hubby is so impatient he wants 2 leave me and it's breaking my heart bcos i luv him --gudluck

Answer 9

i didnt have any signs, everyones different. my boobs were really sore, but that was like wk 10 of my pregnancy. didnt have morning sickness till third month! just wait and see, i no its a bummer but im sure things will b ok x

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i didnt have any signs except missed period. tesco own brand tests are less than £4 for 2 and very reliable.