First signs of pregnancy

My friend had no symptoms at all. Not even her taste preferences changed. She only found out she was pregnant after a considerable delay.

I just collapsed onto the bed after work and slept, as if all my energy had drained away.

My first pregnancy began with such extreme fatigue in the evenings that I could barely stay on my feet. By ten in the evening, I would pass out wherever I was and sleep through until morning. It was frightening. Once, when we drove to the country house in the evening, my husband had to carry me from the car upstairs to bed, and I didn’t even wake up.

Then came the nausea and changes in taste. The main thing throughout this time was that my stomach cramped so much that I felt my period was about to start any moment, either that day or the next.

The two subsequent pregnancies were much the same, except I didn’t feel the overwhelming urge to sleep, and severe morning sickness began from the fifth week.

The feeling is like just before a period, but it never arrives, breasts are swollen, and there's either a desire to sleep or constant fatigue. There might also be a particular food you really fancy eating.

I also experience increased fatigue towards the evening and a low-grade fever, 37.1 - 37.3, along with mild chills. My breasts have become swollen and painful to the touch.

The first and last sign of pregnancy is a missed period.

There were no others throughout the entire pregnancy - nothing ever twinged anywhere, and never once did I crave anything out of the ordinary.

The doctor said that this is what's called a normal pregnancy, without pathologies.

Four days before my period was due, I started feeling a pull in my abdomen, thinking my period was coming. I was constantly sleepy, and my breasts were swollen and sore... I might have had a temperature too, but I didn't check.

I slept practically standing up and ate like a horse.

I had chest pain and tingling below.

Sore throat, chest pain. Well, that's exactly the first 2-4 weeks. What comes after... I don't know...

My first pregnancy went by almost unnoticed, except for some food cravings. But this time is completely different, perhaps due to my age, as there's quite a gap between them. I'm only 5 weeks along, yet every morning starts with nausea, I feel dizzy throughout the day, have a pulling sensation in my lower abdomen, my breasts have enlarged, and I'm constantly sleepy. Even though the pregnancy tests are still showing negative!

Are you sure that you are pregnant?

Reasons for false negative pregnancy test results

1. Poor quality test

2. Pregnancy duration is shorter than expected (possibly due to an irregular menstrual cycle)

3. Pregnancy complications (ectopic, missed miscarriage, threatened miscarriage)

4. Stale urine sample

5. Low concentration of hCG in urine due to high fluid intake or urine collected during the day

My bones and joints were being wrenched! It felt as though I was being taken apart and put back together again! From the very first days, my chest started to ache, and I couldn't stand any perfume! Then, after about two weeks, I, a sweet tooth, stopped craving sweets! I couldn't even drink sweet tea! And then I began to lose weight visibly because I could only eat sour things and drink only tomato juice!

I had stomach and lower back pain like before my period, but no nausea, and I kept craving juicy fruits all the time. Then, at around 2-3 weeks, I felt terribly unwell and lost consciousness, it was awful. After that, I bought tests, did them both in the evening and the morning, and both times they showed two lines!!!

Girls, during pregnancy, the temperature might be 37.3, there's a pulling sensation in the lower abdomen, and a fear similar to before exams... I'm running to the toilet frequently and even had heartburn a couple of times. All this happened right during the days of ovulation... Has anyone else experienced something like this? There are still 10 days until my period.

My stomach was pulling as if my period was about to start, and on the first day of the delay, I needed the toilet very early. As soon as I got up, I ended up lying down, actually on the floor, and it seemed I even blacked out for a few seconds. Well, and my breasts started hurting so badly (you know, it reminds me of that pain when they first began to grow during adolescence), and this was about a week before my period.

Hello girls, could you please advise? I already have two children, but my husband and I want a third. We haven't had any luck for a year, and now something is happening to me that I didn't experience with the first two. My nipples are incredibly sore, as if they've been chafed, my lower back and lower abdomen ache like before my period, and I'm constantly dizzy. Has anyone else experienced this? I'm afraid to check because if it's not confirmed, I'll be devastated—I'm tired of waiting. Thank you if you respond.

Girls, please advise!! On May 6th, I had my first sexual encounter... initially without contraception (and even then, he went in and came out). On the same day, we had protected sex using condoms; everything was fine, nothing broke.

After that, I started feeling nauseous in the mornings, experiencing back pain, headaches, stomach and breast tenderness, and occasional pain in either the right or left ovary. On May 16th, there were a few drops of brown discharge, and on May 17th, my period started (right on time, no delay at all)... but it wasn't like usual: dark red, burgundy, and scanty... it lasted only 3 days. What could this mean? Could I be pregnant? My cycle is 32 days, and the sexual encounter occurred on the 20th day of my cycle. I'm worried that when we tried for the first time, pre-ejaculatory fluid was released, since it's possible to get pregnant from that, and my boyfriend said there was a little bit.

I'm already getting myself worked up that it's implantation bleeding and so on.

OLGA, I've had heavy breasts for two weeks now, an aching lower back and spine, and occasional but noticeable dizziness. There are four days until my period is due, I'm afraid to take a test. Girls, what do you suggest?

In non-pregnant cycles, I found lots of symptoms, but in the pregnant one, there were hardly any. Unlike in regular cycles, my breasts only swelled up 5 days before my expected period. There was nothing else. However, the pregnancy ended at 5 weeks.. so at the slightest pains - to the doctor urgently!

All these signs are not a certainty at all! I get these symptoms every month, and no pregnancy ever comes!

Girls, could you tell me who has been through this already? How long after intercourse can pregnancy symptoms appear?

Hello everyone, girls. I have this situation and need your help. My period started on January 10th, with bleeding for two days, followed by brown discharge until the 18th. On the 19th, my breasts started to hurt so much that I couldn't wear a bra. I took a test, and a faint second line appeared with a pink trace. My areolas have darkened significantly, as if outlined with a pencil, and a line from my navel has also appeared. I've been taking tests since then, and they're now negative. I went to the doctor for an ultrasound, and they found a corpus luteum measuring 11/8 mm. I occasionally feel a slight pulling sensation low down and have terrible weakness in the mornings, even a bit of nausea. Please advise, what could this be?

Girls, please tell me, I have a two-week delay, I'm extremely tired, I go to the toilet frequently (to pee), and the test shows one line. Could it still be possible that I'm pregnant?

Hello! Has anyone experienced this situation: no period for the second month in a row, but the tests are negative. Question: is it possible that this is pregnancy?

No, it's cystitis and self-suggestion.

My first sign was a clear discharge. Usually, that's normal during ovulation; before menstruation, the discharge becomes thick and white. And during pregnancy, after ovulation, it doesn't change. That's exactly what happened to me. It's a very accurate signal, tested by me.

And I often have a rumbling in my stomach, and it literally hurts for a few seconds a day, like before my period, then it goes away after about 5 seconds. My breasts were sore as if before my period—I didn't even think they wouldn't come—but then they started hurting strangely. I took 5 tests, and all showed two lines. My period was supposed to come this week. It's never shown a pregnancy before—if there isn't one, there just isn't, or there might be some issues or an exception. I'm going to the doctor on Tuesday. I think I'm about five weeks along, as it were.

Hello girls! Can you tell me if I'm pregnant? A week ago, I started going to the toilet frequently with loose stools, and it hurt when peeing, so I thought it was cystitis. But then I began falling asleep on the go, my taste changed, my head keeps spinning, I start shouting for no reason, and I'm losing my temper. What should I do?

Daria, is there a missed period? Have you taken any pregnancy tests?

I started having strange dreams at first, and my breasts began to ache. But that's always how it is for me with PMS, so I didn't pay any attention initially. Then, at night, I began getting up to go to the toilet many times—that was the first warning sign! And then suddenly, I felt a sharp pain on the lower left side, like an electric shock. With four days left until my period, I decided to take a test just in case, and there were two lines! We're at 5 weeks.

Lovely mums-to-be, congratulations to all of you!
As for me, something strange is happening))) My tastes haven't changed, but four days before my period, I had this twisting sensation in my groin near the uterus, so I thought my period was about to start, but no, No-Spa saved me. My body temperature has been staying at 36.9-37.3 (I don't feel it), and my nipples have been tingling, giving me the impression that I need to breastfeed any moment)) Tell me, could I be pregnant?

Why does the stomach hurt in early pregnancy?

Here's my situation. I had a two-week delay. My period came as usual. It's been almost a week since it finished, but strangely my breasts have started to hurt, my ovaries ache, and my lower back is sore. Basically, everything feels like it does during my period. I'm wondering what this could be, and I can only see a doctor next week. Has anyone else experienced something like this?

A two-day delay. Only a headache and a slight pain in the lower abdomen. And nothing more.

I haven't taken the test. And I go to the toilet frequently.

Good day! You wrote that you got sick in some strange way, and in what way does the strangeness show??? I just really want a baby

Future or current mums! Are there any signs of pregnancy within the first 10 days?

There are. Fancy a nap... and craving something salty (I was running to drink pickle brine in the mornings like a madwoman)))...

Hello everyone! I've been on a long business trip where I experienced a hormonal imbalance (my period lasted for a month). It's been two weeks since my period ended, and I've started having severe breast pain, diarrhea for over a week now, which makes me afraid to eat, a temperature of 37°C, and frequent headaches. Could I be pregnant after the hormonal imbalance and having had intercourse right after my period?

Please advise what this might mean - I have severe chest pain and constantly feel like sleeping, every morning I feel unwell, could it be tonsillitis?... Though I'm not nauseous and don't have much appetite)) I don't have children and don't understand what's happening. My husband and I use contraception.

Please advise, I'm experiencing frequent headaches, nausea, a feeling of heaviness in the lower abdomen, fatigue, a basal temperature of 37-37.2°C, and my period is already 4 days late. However, I've had a hormonal imbalance before and unfortunately don't know if my hormones have returned to normal. My boyfriend and I do not use any contraception at all.

And the same for me 😞

Hello everyone, could you please advise, I've had a temperature of 37-37.2°C for four days now... measured my basal temperature - 37°C, my period is due in four days, I took a test, one line(((( and it feels like my lower abdomen is pulsating, my doctor is on holiday... Can these be considered signs of pregnancy or should I not get my hopes up? Has anyone experienced anything similar?... Thanks in advance.

So, did your period come??... I just have exactly the same symptoms and still 4 days until my period....

Good evening :) No, they haven't started, and I don't feel them coming... Measured my temperature again, 37.1 :) The doctor referred me for an hCG test, I'll go tomorrow to take it, I hope everything is confirmed :) I couldn't resist and did a test, unfortunately it didn't make me happy, I think it's too early... So there's only one option - it's the blood test :) When I find out the result, I'll write back :)

будем надеяться что месячные и не придут))) у меня тоже температура меньше 37 не падает уже неделю... только что была на улице как бросило в жар, потом в холод, муж домой забрал с магазина на машине, думала сама не дойду, вся мокрая, а на улице мороз.... может это тоже симптомы... но думаю вдруг себя накручиваю, от желания что бы это было правдой, боюсь потом разочароваться... месячные должны быть 29го.... сегодня тест сделала как и у вас одна полосочка... будем надеяться что скоро их там будет две))

Yes, let's))))) Tomorrow the hCG result will give a definite answer) and God willing it will be good))))) I'm hoping for you too))