[amazing_love]

I'm sure you remember how crazy you feel in the 2WW. Well it's so hard to know whether my symptoms are AF coming or pregnancy. I feel like i'm out because I feel pretty much the same as i always do before AF. So i'm wondering, what were your earliest symptoms and were they any different than your normal AF symptoms?

Thanks for helping the crazy lady out!!

[Resi]

I had nothing but AF symptoms before finding out. I would have never guessed I was pregnant!

[~*Bethy*~]

my earliest symptoms that DIDNT feel like AF was the breast tenderness that went all the way to my throat. And with my daughter I had no AF symptoms, just my ribcage expanded and I had instant M/S. Really its different with each pregnancy. The 2WW SUCKS and hang in there, cuz pregnancy can feel the same as af!!!

~Beth

Cramping!!! I really thought I wasnt preggo and that AF was on her way!! I had meg cramping, usually I get cramps 12 hours (max) before AF shows..but I went a full week with straight cramping and no AF..so despite me thinking AF was coming, I tested. And SURPRISE! I was pregnant.

My boobs were real sore as well, but that was normal for AF to be coming as well.

[IamMom]

I have a really whacked cycle and I never had AF symptoms - when she showed she showed - could be 3 months in between. Both times I was preggo I had no symptoms....with my son I took a test it was negative and headed off to the OB for testing on why my period was so wacky.....surprise - preggo! This time I wasn't even paying attention but I got to 10 dpo and still hadn't had spotting (the 3 or 4 cycles before that I had spotting by 4 or 5 dpo) so I tested - surprise preggo. So I guess I'm no help at all am I

I hope you're preggo!!!! (I'd test it I was you....I got a very positive positive with this baby at 10 dpo!!!) I'm such a pusher

[Angelaosaurus-rex]

I was very sleepy all the time and my boobs were really sore. I don't know how your pms feels but my early pregnancy symptoms felt like AF was coming. I'm crossing my fingers for you!!!

[thepinkleprechaun]

I could definitely tell I was pregnant both times. And both times I got a super early BFP (Aden at 10 DPO and Phin at 9 DPO). I started having symptoms about 3 days before I got a BFP, nausea, really tired and my boobs hurt really bad. Usually before AF starts my boobs get a little more tender, but nothing like the early pregnancy ouchies.

Oh, I also had implantation bleeding with both of them a couple days after I O'ed. And then with Phin I had really really bad cramping, I was terrified that it was going to be an ectopic pregnancy or something it was really bad!

sorer than normal BBs and spotting until 14DPO when i tested

[szczepanski]

I was exhausted the entire week before I had any idea what was going on. Then I had weird cramping/pressure in my abdomen and was just like "I wish my period would hurry up and get here this is annoying". My girls got pretty sore too, but they also normally do before AF.

I had really bad cramping a few days after DTD..since we weren't trying, I wasn't sure if it was O pains or implantation craziness so I tried not to think about it. But a day before AF was supposed to show, I tested and it was a BFP. Whoops...haha.

My symptoms felt EXACTLY like pre-AF stuff. After I got my BFP, like around 13dpo until 6 weeks preggo, I was EXHAUSTED. Just suuuuper sleepy all the time.

[amazing_love]

Thanks for your responses. It really does help a lot! I guess there's really no way for me to know except to test. I'm planning on testing sometime toward the end of the week if my temps stay up. Wish me luck!!

[HopeWishWait]

Two things really stick out to me (looking back, because at the time I had NO clue). The first was the hot flashes I was getting at night..all night every night. The second was that my boobs DIDN'T hurt. Usually 3-4 days before AF showed up they would get very sore but that month..nothing. Got home from my cruise, was a day late and decided to test...lo and behold we have Conner

[Mars]

The month I got my BFP I had no symptoms until I was 12DPO. I went to shower the night and decided to do a breast exam and my boobs were very lumpy. It scared me a little and I decided that I needed to test the next day in case I was pregnant or make an appointment to see my gyn for cancer testing. I was pregnant.

The months when I wasn't pregnant my most noticeable symptom was heartburn which I don't usually have.

Good luck!

[~Jess~]

I had LESS symptoms when I was preggo than when I wasn't. When I got my last bfp I was shocked because I had zero symptoms.

[soImarriedAnerd]

my pregnant months I didn't have anything, My non-preggo month I had tons of symptoms (which I have now learned is the same as jet lag! LOL)

[Oriyan]

I HAD TO HAVE Mexican food. That was my only real symptom.

[**jessie**]

I had no definite symptoms either. I was just testing on a whim at 9 dpo on an internet cheapie and was shocked to see a line! I had way more symptoms all the months I wasn't pregnant. The symptoms I did get, at about 4.5 wks, were vague- I was quite tired, and had certain food aversions. I'm 7 wks now and still don't have much more in the way of symptoms.

[soImarriedAnerd]

I got some symptoms about 7 weeks along.

[Oriyan]

I should also mention, i hate mexican food so that was the big clue LOL

Only early symptoms were some twinges that I never had and now know to recognize as preggo twinges, and my spelling took a nose dive. It is still pretty bad

Oh and my other symptoms were the same as PMS--no more or less then usual.