Early Pregnancy Symptoms

[Marie78]

I am getting excited and want others to share their knowledge. This is our first month ever TTC. If we aren't pregnant then I should have AF in a week give or take a day. My question is what were your earliest pregnancy signs? I've looked up what they could be online, but it's not as helpful as hearing from actual mommies. I mean really early, like a week before you expected to even be able to test.

I have tender/sore breasts (especially the nipples) sorry TMI

I have to eat and if I get hungry I feel like I have a sick tummy and must eat quickly.

I have been craving chocolate (not new for me) but also peanut butter and chocolate (peanut butter cups).

I have been more tired in the afternoon at work, but that comes and goes for me on a regular basis.

I've been going to the bathroom more, but I have also been drinking at least 8 glasses of water a day and that would make anyone go....

I've been moody. I will be annoyed by the world one moment and feel like crying because someone looked at me funny. I have had painful sinus ongestion this week though, so that might be making me cranky and over tired.

What do those of you who have been there done that think? Do these sound like the signs you had ?

[hwmabire3]

The sore breasts, sick empty stomach, and moodiness all are key symptoms.

One symptom I had very early on (5 wks) was that I woke up one morning and all my food tasted like metal. I went to Walgreens and picked up a test and found out I was expecting. I then took 5 more tests just to make sure. :-)

Best of luck to you! If you ever need anything, send me a PM and I'll be glad to chat with ya.

[Marie78]

I'm even more excited now. I really hope it's a positive our first month, I know it's a lot to ask the first time around, but it seems like the waiting takes forever. I am itching to get an early test and try testing this weekend .

[Iansmommy]

The first symptom for me was the sore breasts. The sick tummy didn't happen for me until around 8 weeks. I wouldn't say I had cravings of any type of food, but had food aversions which started the same time as the sick tummy. The tiredness also didn't start until a little later.

Good luck!!

[AmyBoz]

The sickness was my first sign.

I'm anxiously awaiting the results of your test!

[Marie78]

I jumped the gun and tested just now... I know it's early but the test I had here said I could test up to five days before AF was due to arrive. The test for positive is 2 lines and I had a test line and another faint line. The box said any faint second line means a pregnancy hormone has been detected. I think that means I am. I'll test again in a few days to see if the second line is any darker then, but I am very excited! A little freaked, but very excited. I won't tell anyone but my mother and Dh for a few months. I had to share my good news with all of you though, because I need people to be excited with me and I can't spill the beans early with my real life friends/co-workers.

[Nishu]

Congratulations! A second faint line is a positive. I wouldn't even waste money on a second test, tbqh. I'd just wait until after flo is due and then get an appointment with your doctor. False positives are extremely rare.

[Marie78]

I have tested twice now and twice I have gotten a positive result. I have a Dr.'s visit Monday for a follow up with my sinus infection and I will ask if they can perform a pregnancy test too. I also plan on calling my ob/gyn Monday to try and get an appt. with her soon. I am excited and still a bit nervous. This is what we wanted, but now I feel all keyed up. I have had insomnia for the last few nights, despite how tired I have been overall.

I am disappointed in my mom and my best friend's reaction. My mom didn't even congratulate me when I told her the good news, in fact she didn't sound all that excited for me at all. I asked her not to tell anyone, since I haven't had my first ultrasound yet and I didn't want a lot of people to know yet. Then within half an hour she had told my stepfather and called and told my sister and then acted like I was over reacting that she spilled my news. This will be her first grandchild, and I didn't get the response I had hoped for. I am married and 30 years old!

Then I told my best friend for the last 20 years, since she is 3 1/2 months pregnant with her first baby. She didn't congratulate me either and told me it was wise not to tell more people then my mom and her because it's "sooooo early" still and anything could happen still. I was horrified by her reaction. When she told me when she was 2 months along I hugged her and congratulated her, even though I was slightly jealous, because we wanted to be pregnant too, and were waiting until I had all of my lab results back from the Dr.s (making sure my cholesterol was normal and that my immunizations were still working against measles, mumps, and ruebella). The test results came back fine and that was our green light. Since it was the only thing on a checklist I found for what to do before trying to conceive, that I hadn't done yet.

Why would my own mother and my close friend of 20 years respond the way they have? My reaction is to keep my distance from my mom for a few weeks, because that really hurt me. My other reaction is to not share anymore of my good baby news with my friend, unless she asks about me. After all it's really "soooo early" and I guess I shouldn't be happy that we are expecting, or at least not in front of her . Thank you for letting me vent, some people are "sooooo non-supportive."

[YankeeMom]

First off.... CONGRATULATIONS!!! I am so happy for you guys

Second, I am so sorry you didn't get a very nice response from the people who matter most to you. I hope they come around and realize what a great and exciting time this is for you and treat you accordingly.

Third...have you figured out your due date yet?

[frugalfriend]

Congratulations, Marie! I'm thrilled for you!! I don't understand the reactions you've been getting , but I bet they'll be changing their tune as things progress. Let us know how your visit goes on Monday!

[Marie78]

First off.... CONGRATULATIONS!!! I am so happy for you guys

Second, I am so sorry you didn't get a very nice response from the people who matter most to you. I hope they come around and realize what a great and exciting time this is for you and treat you accordingly.

Third...have you figured out your due date yet?

Thank you so much for your well wishes, it is hard when the people closest to us don't react the way we would like them to. I don't understand either, because I am very excited and yes I'll be disappointed if something should happen, but at the same time, it doesn't make me any less happy to know that I am pregnant right now. I don't get how people think!

I used an online calculator and it looks like July 23rd is the expected due date. It feels like a million months away, and I am so anxious right now. I am excited, nervous, feeling off, hoping for the best, worried. I can't believe all the feelings I have had lately. Crabby at times too. I wish I could quiet my mind for awhile, even when I wake up during the night I am aware that I am pregnant and I usually feel hot, my breasts are tender, and I can't seem to get comfortable .

[Marie78]

Congratulations, Marie! I'm thrilled for you!! I don't understand the reactions you've been getting , but I bet they'll be changing their tune as things progress. Let us know how your visit goes on Monday!

Thank you, I feel the most support on this site. I hope as the weeks go on the people in my life will be happy for me. I don't know if I will tell people at work until at least my 4th or 5th month. I plan on keeping it a secret there until I am showing. We will tell most of our close family at Christmas, because I will be further along then. I wish those I have told would be happy for me, even a hug and a congratulations from them would comfort me right now. I'll let you know what I find out on Monday and I hope I can have an ultrasound this week or next at my ob/gyn so that I feel more reassurance about my baby to be .

[Sassyclass]

Congratulations. Don't worry about the others, we'll be happy for you and there are more of us than them.

Cat

[Marie78]

I just got off the phone with my mom and it was awful. She asked me how I was feeling and I told her tired and a little off today. She suggested maybe I was coming down with the flu. When I pointed out that I had just recently "come down" with a baby, she said "you are only 4 weeks you can't be feeling any symptoms yet. I was pregnant twice and I know all about that" When I laughed and told her I was having symptoms and that two tests confirmed I am pregnant she asked what I wanted from her. I told her to act like she was happy for me, then she said "what do you want me to do, jump up and down and hug you or something?" I couldn't believe that she was acting sarcastic, and why wouldn't I want that? I told her good bye and got off the phone with her. I feel like I don't want anything to do with her for awhile. I won't be calling her and I won't be sharing any news with her for a long time. She is acting like such a jerk and I don't understand why. I am trying not to cry and not to be stressed about her. She has really disappointed me and hurt my feelings and she doesn't seem to get it!

I guess I seriously over estimated that my family would be happy and supportive of us having a baby. I am 30 years old and have been with my husband for several years. We just got married and it's basically a just after the honeymoon baby, but that's what we wanted. We are happy and the heck with the rest of the family!

[Missy]

huh. I don't get their reactions at all. Wonder what's up with them. Don't worry about them. They will either come around or they won't. That won't stop this from being a great thing for your hubby and yourself.

In any case, we are excited for you!