Preggy Symptoms 101

[MamaVolpe]

How is everyone feeling today? Is everyone excited to have preggy symptoms or are you already tired of them? I have fortunatly had relatively mild symptoms. Some nausa but no vomiting, some light cramps, a bit moodier than usual, and sore boobs and nipples. None of it is dibilitating just a nice reminder that I am Pregnant! Yeah! So excited about that part that I don't mind the rest. How about everyone else. Ups or Downs? Any good remedies for the Morning Noon and Night Sickness?

[saslewis11]

Right now I'm just super tired and feel a little bit flu-like. I also have a metallic taste in my mouth. I didn't start feeling really sick with ds until around 6 weeks, so I probably still have a couple of weeks yet...

[bugnbean]

Some cramping but I'm really feeling the fatigue the most. Some nausea if I haven't eaten in a while.

[thismama]

I had symptoms this time before I had a positive test, I swear to gawd. Totally different than with my DD. I have:

- waaay lower appetite - I've lost about 8 lbs!
- tired, tired, tired
- but, if I don't do enough physical activity in a day, I'm restless and have insomnia
- nausea - was mild, just starting to get a bit more serious the last two days
- uterine twinges/cramping (nothing unpleasant though)
- less patient than usual (probably from being tired)

[Vermillion]

I’m not really having many “typical” symptoms yet, but it wasn’t until about 6 weeks or so with DS until I felt anything so we’ll see…

What I do have- Not much of an appetite. Not because I feel sick, just nothing really sounds good right now. Except for sardines, which I normally wouldn’t even look at let alone put in my mouth :lol

Boobs are a little sore on and off. Nipples are darker.
Some light cramping on and off. cramping was pretty evil with DS so this light stuff is different for me.
I'm pretty beat most of the time. Never got tried with DS.

The worst symptom for me so far though is the damn congestion. Ugh.. I've been stuffed up for almost 2 weeks now and it's starting to drive me nuts! I didn't even know this was a common pregnancy symptom until I looked it up. Time for a neti pot I guess.

[MamaJ2005]

My symptoms started really early. @ 4dpo I swear I got all dizzy and hot and felt like I was gonna pass out, puke, and poo at the same time. Sore Boobies when DD nurses. Huge & Puffy Areolas ~ Dark And Veiny too! Major Fatigue. A little Nausea ~ Mostly just sensitivity to smells. Bachache. Weird Twinges & Thumpy Feeling in my uterus. Round Ligament Pain ~ Especially when I try to jump out of my recliner too fast! Gassiness & Bloating. Increased Appetite. Aversion to junk ~ It makes me SOOO sick to my stomach! CRAZY Hormonal Mood Swings ~ It's just awful! I think that's about it! Hehehe...

[alegna]

No real symptoms yet. Making me nervous. Maybe hungry. No queasies. No boob veins. No boob pain.

-Angela

[thismama]

No real symptoms yet. Making me nervous. Maybe hungry. No queasies. No boob veins. No boob pain.

-Angela

You just got your BFP recently though, kwim? I happen to have a lot of symptoms this time, but with my DD I had NOTHING. Didn't even know I was pg til 5 weeks, and then only because I did a test and had no period.

Everyone is different, and every pregnancy is different. I find myself wondering if my symptoms are weaker today than yesterday, as strong this week as last week, etc.

Gah, I hate the obsessing about everything, worrying, worrying. I like when they are moving and you can tell everything is okay.

[MamaJ2005]

I agree! Obsessing SUCKS!!!

[SunRise]

Not many symptoms here (wish makes me wonder). I do have sore breasts. No food aversions, which surprises me - I can handle the smell of coffee and other things that made me nauseous during my first pregnancy. Occasional dull pain. I am about 5 weeks. I dont recall dull aches with my first pregnancy.

[MamaVolpe]

I have been having really weird sleeping patterns lately too :dizzy: For some reason I have been waking up every night between 4-5 AM! Yuck:irked: It wouldn't bother me so much if I could go back to sleep but I can't I just lay awake until the alarm goes of about 7 AM. It is starting to drive me nutz. The only good thing I can think of about it is that I am going to Sicily on Friday for a week and maybe my jet lag won't be so bad since I am waking up early everyday anyhow. I just hope it doesn't continue when I get back.

:fingersx: Just crossing my fingers hoping I don't get bad morning sickness while I am over there or on the plane. The last thing I want is to :Puke Italian food all thru my vacation. Especially as I love Italian food usually.

[alegna]

You just got your BFP recently though, kwim? I happen to have a lot of symptoms this time, but with my DD I had NOTHING. Didn't even know I was pg til 5 weeks, and then only because I did a test and had no period.

Everyone is different, and every pregnancy is different. I find myself wondering if my symptoms are weaker today than yesterday, as strong this week as last week, etc.

Gah, I hate the obsessing about everything, worrying, worrying. I like when they are moving and you can tell everything is okay.

I got the BFP on Thursday.... so going on 5 weeks preg.

sigh.

yeah, everything is probably fine... ordinarily I am queen of laid back...

-Angela

[alegna]

I have been having odd dreams. Have the weird dreams started for anyone else?

-Angela

[Lucilla]

I feel pretty good. A little nauseaus, and tired at times.

I have been having odd dreams. Have the weird dreams started for anyone else?

-Angela

No, but I'm sure they will soon. :lol I got the strangest, most vivid dreams ever when I was pregnant with DS.

[bluepetals]

Odd dreams...? Oh yes! The other night I had a dream that I was in a one room cottage with DS and two cops. A crazed man was outside shooting at us (this is a recurring bad dream for me, though DS isn't usually in it, I am sure that is pregnancy related!). The cops got the bad guy and when I looked out, I saw that it was Dr. Oz from Oprah! Now, if anyone can figure that one out, please be my guest! LOL!

[alegna]

Oh, I don't even TRY to figure out pregnant dreams :lol

-Angela

[thismama]

I got the BFP on Thursday.... so going on 5 weeks preg.

sigh.

yeah, everything is probably fine... ordinarily I am queen of laid back...

-Angela

Well with my DD I had no symptoms at 5 weeks, no real symptoms til 7 or 8 weeks. And that little bugger turned out just fine! (Well, relatively speaking :lol)

I'm thinking good thoughts for you. It must be hard, I totally get the anxiety, although funnily enough I swear if I had a loss I would be less anxious the next time around. "Paid my dues" type of statistical thinking, yk?

Don't want to go so far as to wish you morning sickness soon. :lol I shall wish you peace of mind.

[saslewis11]

Count me in on the weird dreams...Last pregnancy, I was on Paxil, and quit cold turkey when I got my BFP...I attributed the weird dreams to withdrawals from that...Now I'm thinking it was hormones...

My dreams are all really scary, though :(

[alegna]

Well with my DD I had no symptoms at 5 weeks, no real symptoms til 7 or 8 weeks. And that little bugger turned out just fine! (Well, relatively speaking :lol)

I'm thinking good thoughts for you. It must be hard, I totally get the anxiety, although funnily enough I swear if I had a loss I would be less anxious the next time around. "Paid my dues" type of statistical thinking, yk?

Don't want to go so far as to wish you morning sickness soon. :lol I shall wish you peace of mind.

Thanks! Yeah... I'd think I'd be less anxious too, since statistically what happened before was a total fluke. I'm just going to be pissed off if I put in MORE pregnancy time and still don't get a baby out of the deal :lol

-Angela

[rach03]

I'm pretty crampy...don't remember being this crampy with my last 2 pregnancies. It's freaking me out a little, but I'm just telling myself the little one is burrowing itself deep! I think it might be a cyst...the cramping is mostly on my left side and left back, and I know I ovulated on the right last cycle. I assume I probably ovulated on the left this time. And I was on Clomid, which probably made my corpus luteum bigger than normal.

[MamaJ2005]

Crazy Dreams? Oh Yeah! They are either violent or very strange and sexual. I've had a couple of dreams involving boy/girl twins. I tend to forget a lot of my dreams anyway, so I am sure there is even more freaky stuff going on inside my brain @ night.

[*Aimee*]

I have really sore boobs, a lot of cramping, some mild food aversions and I'm sooooo sleepy. I was really freaking out that I'm not having worse morning sickness but now that I know I'm not as far along I'm not worried. Well okay, I'm totally worried because thats just my nature :lol but it does make me feel better.

I had a dream last night that I had a baby girl, and when I birthed her she was 3 months old. I forgot to breastfeed her and we went to the mall. So I was walking around trying to find carnival rides for DS to go on and bf this baby all over. It made me happy because I had a bad bf relationship with DS that ended at 3 month so I guess my nervousness about failing this time too is showing up in my dreams!

[Molliejo]

I am sooooooooo tired and am also having serious mood swings. Round ligament pain is not as bad when I remember to drink plenty of water.

So far no nausea, though. I can't wait until it starts! :eyesroll

[hanbanan]

Seems my symptoms have mellowed out. RIGHT after ovualtion I started cramping, kinda painfully, for many days. Didn't happen with ds. Had some other clues, like peeing a lot, and semi-sore breasts. Much less than with ds! NOt tired, not sick. Not worried!

[Shanana]

Thanks! Yeah... I'd think I'd be less anxious too, since statistically what happened before was a total fluke. I'm just going to be pissed off if I put in MORE pregnancy time and still don't get a baby out of the deal :lol

-Angela

I so kwym!! I lost a baby at 9 weeks shortly before I got pg with my dd, and in addition to being sad I was really MAD! I went through most of a first trimester! And it was NOT pleasant! :lol

As for symptoms, I'm feeling pretty normal (as in not pg) so far, and I'll be 6 weeks on Friday. Sometimes it worries me a bit, but eh, it is what it is. I feel pretty good about this baby ... it has been hanging around for a while, waiting for me to be ready. Even if s/he doesn't stick this time, s/he'll be back :).

Thinking sticky thoughts for all of us :fingersx:.

[Shanana]

Oh yeah, I forgot about the frequent peeing. I am doing that, and did with dd too. It always confused the heck out of me. It makes sense to have to pee a lot later on, when there's a huge baby sitting on your bladder. But now? Then I read that the kidneys are working overtime, cleansing out the baby's toxins too, so it made a little more sense. I'm already getting up during the night to pee, but part of that may be because I'm lying awake half the night anyway :irked:.

[christinespurlock]

Lots and lots of peeing here. Bigger boobs. A bit of nausia. That's about it.

[pdxmomazon]

i just want to sleep.....all the time :) A litte nausea and my breasts are sore and getting bigger. I seem to be more sensitive to smells and such in the evenings. I can make dinner, but cleaning up is something else!

[dis]

So thirsty all the time; nauseated much of the time. Food is completely unappealing.

Boobs are up almost a full cup size already (YIKES!).

Last night the tiredness hit me and I fell asleep on the couch at 8:30! So much for the sewing I was planning to do! And this morning I woke up with a nosebleed - I'd forgotten that lovely symptom.

[Molliejo]

I think I may be starting to feel sick today. Feeding the dog made me almost hurl this morning. Also, I am very light-headed. :(

[dis]

Oh, and pregnancy nose! Forgot that one. Everything smells so bad right now.

[KingsDaughter76]

I am starting to get mild morning sickness...which actually for me last all day...boobs are swollen and sore... and I am getting that metallic taste in my mouth too...yuck! Everything is pretty mild at this point...I usually hit full symptoms at 6 weeks.. I am 5 weeks today! :-)

[rach03]

Is anyone having really bad lower back pain? My back is killing me!

[MamaJ2005]

I feel your pain! Definitely got lower back pain here!!!

[LeAnnie]

I am peeing, waking at 3 or 4am hungry, sore breasts nipples, and kind of a funny feeling in the tummy. Not quite nausea. I had it terrible with all the last pregnancies.

Anyone have MS and vomiting in the past then not have it in a subsequent pregnancy? I'm dreaming here that I won't get it this time!

I had lots of cramps with the other pgs but not as much this time.

[alegna]

Strange mild pelvic twinges anyone?

-Angela

[Taedareth]

No symptoms here, except a bit of heaviness in my uterus. And I needed a nap today. And dense foods (scrambled eggs, meat) seem to digest slower.

[Vermillion]

Strange mild pelvic twinges anyone?

-Angela

Yep. That and it almost feels as though my uterus itches at times.

[green_momma2007]

I've been having the weirdest dreams.....also nausea is starting to hit me hard I felt really nasty before lunchtime, but I forced myself to eat a spinach salad with mango dressing, and it actually made me feel better.I guess it's true that having an empty stomach makes the nausea worse. Also, I'm very tired by 9pm, and I'm peeing a lot more.

[symesa]

Peeing more
Going from not hungry to shaking for food in like 5 seconds!
Occasional "butterflies in my stomach" feeling (but heck, could just be excitement!)

[kristenok18]

I'm having lots of tugging/cramping feelings in my uterus.
Some ligament pain.
Dizziness/light-headedness, but that could be from the progesterone supplements.
OMG MY BOOBS HURT. They have been sore since before I found out I was pg, but tonight I was laying on the floor playing a puzzle game with ds. I got up to go do a load of laundry, and took my 1 good bra off to be washed. And now my breasts are so sore I can hardly stand it. I couldn't have outgrown my bra in a day, could I? I'm already so huge that without some support the sensitivity is much worse. What do you gals do for this? I don't remember this from the first go-round... I wonder if the progesterone supplements are making that worse, too. They sure are making me b**chy! :o