What symptoms are you having?

[AugustineM]

So far I've just been crampy (sometimes really achey) off and on, and I have to pee a lot. I can't make it through the night anymore!

No sickness at all yet, but I never really had it with my first two pregnancies either.

I'm due Nov 1st, so only 4 wks pg or so...

[Bella Catalina]

I was just going to post a thread asking the same thing ;)

I have been having heartburn for the past few days, and I was nauseous last night and much of today, along with the feeling of excess saliva which is so nasty. Ugh. My breasts feels somewhat fuller tonight and a little achy, but no real nipple tenderness yet. I feel more tired at night and like I am peeing more but maybe that is all in my head :lol The other thing is that my Crystal stick stops working - it's usually the first sign that I'm pregnant...

I am thrilled to be having symptoms so early, I will be 4 weeks tomorrow. After the m/c it helps to reassure me that things are progressing. I didn't really have a lot of symptoms with DS, some queasiness and tender breasts as well, but all that started around 7 weeks and didn't last too long.

[andi-mama]

I'm due November 1 as well- so 4w2d. I keep telling myself my "symptoms" must be in my head as it's sooo early!

I'm really crampy- that's one I can't fake. It's not period crampy, just achey. I've felt this way since 5DPO, two days before my BFP. I'm EXHAUSTED (thought that was from toddler chasing, but it really is pregnancy exhaustion). I'm also peeing like crazy.

[natalieadw]

Sore Boobs! Yeeeeooooooooooooouuuuuucccchhhhh!!!

[hannybanany]

Sore boobs, waves of nausea, strong gag reflex while brushing teeth, and I'm TIRED! And occasionally crampy, but I like to ignore that one.

[tireesix]

I am tired and constantly cold...... Unless the heating is up full I am just shivering. TThats it, usually by now I will be tired, able to smell dog poo a thousand miles away and have swelling, sore boobs, but except for the tiredness, none of that has happened.

[because]

I actually feel totally normal. I never had a PPAF after DS so if it weren't for TTC and charting, I'd have no idea that this was happneing! I'm pretty early, thuogh, so my usual early pg symptoms still have time to kick in. The only thing that I can attribute (but probably wouldn't raise any flags if I weren't thinking about it) is that I my sense of smell is heightened.

[chisub]

Cramps and fatigue have been my symptoms the past week. I also have been having a hard time spelling correctly and reversing letters. Don't know if that's a symptom, but I noticed it before my BFP and I wasn't even thinking about it.

[Mrs-Mama]

I'm waaaaaay tired, and last night I noticed those little glands appearing on my areolas! What are they called? I was happy to see them. I mean, I believe the :+ and all, but it's nice to see some actual signs from my body (besides being late) :D

Oh, and TMI, but isn't it way too early to have pg-related hemoroids? It's almost like my body is remembering how to be pregnant and just picking up where it left off last time :lol

[chaoticzenmom]

I'm due Nov 2 and I have no real symptoms. I crash some during the day and want to nap, but no major fatique. No cravings or aversions. I have a few small cramps/twinges of pain in the lower abdomen and have started waking at 3am to pee.

I have a feeling that this pregnancy isn't going to stick though. Not sure why. I already have 3 children, so maybe I'm just afraid of the possibility that this pregnancy will stick!LOL I'm going Monday to have my naturapath look around and see if all looks normal.


Lisa

[JMarie930]

I haven't been feeling too pregnant, none of my usual symptoms at first. But now, all I want to do is sleep. Lots and lots of sleep. Yep, definitely pregnant. And the boobs are starting to tingle, so it won't be long before I can't sleep without a bra on. I HATE sleeping in a bra!

[Zimbah]

I'm pretty tired and my boobs are a bit sore. No proper sickness yet thank goodness (hopefully I will miss that altogether!) but feel a bit queasy some of the time. And I've been light-headed for most of the past four weeks.

[tireesix]

Ok, still no real symptoms, still incredibly cold all the time sorta... Its so weird, one minute I will be freezing cold so I get a blanket but with the blanket I will be so hot so I take off the blanket and end up really cold. If I have a blanket half on half off then half of me is freezing and half of mee is boiling........ Then, the rest of the time, no matter whether the heating is on or not, no matter how many layers of clothes I am wearing, I will feel freezing...... I have icicle hands at the moment apparently, they are usually cold but not this cold...... And then at night I am doing thee hot cold thing again but included wiht it is AWFUL night sweats....... Its so WEIRD.

[AugustineM]

Tireesix, that sounds hormonal related. Hope it passes soon!!

[tireesix]

Yeah, I have googled and it looks like it is hormones, I have just never ever had this in pregnancy before..... This pregnancy is completely different to my otherr 3.......

[LotusBirthMama]

I feel really, really tired and I also feel like a horse kicked me in the stomach. I hace had hyperemesis with all my pregnancies so I'm trying to enjoy these first couple weeks b/c soon I know I will be miserable.

[Patchfire]

I am already shocked at how similar this is to my first pregnancy - lightheadedness, craving meat, a little bit of nausea. The lightheadedness is going to be a big problem, though - when I was pg w/ dd, I was a college student that walked most places, drove maybe twice a week. Now we're in the suburbs and I drive every day, more like. Being lightheaded while driving = no fun!

[AugustineM]

I seem to be having more cramping than I remember before. Sometimes it is really annoying and almost painful. I am also lightheaded often. Exactly 6 weeks now.

[Mrs-Mama]

Sore nipples: CHECK

And, holy sense of smell! We had to leave a restaurant tonight b/c of the smokiness. It's one of those places where the bar area is kind of open, and the smoke goes through the whole restaurant. I was a coughing mess for the few minutes we were there.

[selena_ski]

tired, gassy, sore boobies (which isn't great with DD still nursing), nausea on and off, some cramps, tired, increased urination and sense of smell, i can even smell a slightly wet diaper within seconds. hehe.

major food aversions, oh and did i mention tired, I am so exahusted. i hope that symptom doesn't hang around for long. and i am really hoping the M/S doesn't get any worse. right now i am controling it pretty well with a supplement from the health food store, i think it is called morning ease or something like that. it has ginger and milk thistle, and some other goodies too.

[buckysprplmonkey]

I actually suspected I was pregnant before I took the test (or was late for my period). I guess third time around, you start to know, lol. The first thing that made me suspicious is that my toddler's been really wierd about nursing. She's at the age where she's just been comfort nursing and at bedtime and naptime to wind down, but she'd get mad at me every time she nursed and keep switching sides. I've heard other people say that their nursing babies/toddlers can sense the hormone change of pregnancy. Then I started to notice I was ravenously hungry, I wanted to bake all the time (wierd symptom, I know, but I had it the first two times too. . .), heartburn constantly and I have to go to the bathroom ALL THE TIME.

[hattifattener]

Not too many symptoms. (That's OK, right? I am SO paranoid this time around.) Just cramping, tiredness, and the increased allergy problems I remember from last time. (Or maybe it's just the spring pollen, not necessarily baby related?)

[Kleine Hexe]

My breasts are tender, I'm bloated, and starting to have excess salvia. I also woke up at 5:30 this morning and I was starving. So DH made me some scrambled eggs. I ate and happily went back to sleep.

[nznavo]

I have sore boobs, am tired, always cold (remarkable as I live in the tropics), and have just been hot by nausea. This is both reassuring and a huge pain!

[starkyld]

I'm queasy on a frequent basis, can smell what someone's eating from clear across a large room, am sleepy all the time, have weird little abdominal twinges, am startled by how much my boobs hurt every time I take off a bra, keep having to pee, and have burped up food a few times already (no full-blown vomiting yet, though).

[mirandahope]

I am cold a lot too. Sore nipples, at times more than others.
When I am hungry (I think) I am quite sensitive to the ethnic food spices in our neighbourhood restaurants.
I am tired at times; hardly have to pee which makes me wonder... am I actually pregnant?
And then I will have a hard time with the smell of noodles cooking.
Today I HAD TO go get something to eat from a neighbourhood cafe while out with Boots (almost 2). My stomach said "EAT NOW or I will eat YOU!"

I hate being touched at times.
I am stressed! and holding it in my back between the shoulder blades. that makes me feel quite sick sometimes. Already on the Rescue remedy ;( (but it does help!)

[AugustineM]

I have felt stressed too! I wondered if it was just life or it was being pg. But nothing particularly unusual is going on, except for my kids being sick. I also have felt more emotional than normal, and cry easier.

I actually feel like the m/s might have cleared a bit today... I feel much better. Hungry, though!!

[PookieMom]

I've actually not had anything noticeable yet. I guess I go to bed earlier and my sniffer is on overdrive, but things are relatively calm so far compared to the last two. But I am soooo bloated. I feel like I'm starting to look pregnant already! I'm not even officially four weeks yet. I couldn't button my pants this morning yet I've lost 5 lbs.....weird.

I'm starting to wonder if we'll be able to keep it to ourselves till mother's day.

[Kleine Hexe]

I forgot to mention that I'm also peeing all the time. I had to get up 3x last night to go to the bathroom.

I'm also craving meat like a pp mentioned. I had DH make steaks on the grill two nights in a row now.

Last night I dreamt I was in a bakery and I couldn't decide what I wanted so I started picking one of each. :lol

[Erlaine]

Tired
Ravenous several times a day, but then I get heartburn at night
Have to pee a lot, especially during the night
Have to poop a lot
Really thirsty
Amusingly, embarrassingly abundant gas

[Stacymom]

So tired....

I've had some minor headaches, (and one major one!) and I have a touch of queasiness on and off through the day. I have to focus on eating every 2-3 hours or I start feeling like total crap. Then once I eat and feel better, I wonder why I don't remember to eat more often. :eyesroll

And holy sense of smell! Its become a ritual for me- it happened last pregnancy too- I'll go downstairs to get my kids some breakfast, and once I open the frige and smell it, I'm dry heaving. Its called the fridge of death. And I've cleaned it out multiple times!

And did I mention I'm tired? And yet, I have wicked pregnancy insomnia for the first trimester where I can't stay asleep. I'm up a thousand times a night, just staring at the walls. But during the day, all I want to do is sleep...

[knittinmama]

I had sympton that were too concidential especially for having an almost 9 month so I was in denial even before I was late for my period.

Nausea - dd and dh were just sick with the stomach bug...thought i was next
sore nipples - ds adjusting to his new teeth
TIRED - life as we know with an infant

I waited until I should have gotten my period and then took a test....oh and I was having dreams!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shelleyd]

I am only 4wks but I'm having lots of symptoms. I didn't have any symptoms this early with my dd. I swear it's some kind of body memory and now that I'm pregnant, my body just kicked in with every symptom from last time. I'm exhausted, peeing like crazy, naseaus, smelling everything like a bloodhound, having night sweats and crazy vivid dreams. Oh and I feel really emotional and want to cry at the drop of a hat. :irked:

Shelley

[birthangeldoula]

Symptoms today:

ravenous followed by periods of nausea
lower back pain
very bloated
acne
sore breasts
crazy dreams

[Erlaine]

Oh yeah, I have that insomnia thing too. If I can manage to get to sleep, I can never stay asleep. DP is over there deep breathing away, and I'm literally counting sheep. But during the day, I am a champion napper.

[Kleine Hexe]

And did I mention I'm tired? And yet, I have wicked pregnancy insomnia for the first trimester where I can't stay asleep. I'm up a thousand times a night, just staring at the walls. But during the day, all I want to do is sleep...

same here.


I'm so bloated it's not funny.

[tireesix]

I just feel so bloated, I am not constipated anymore, just really bloated, windy and I think its all mostly IBS but its so bloody uncomfortable...........

[LaurenAnanas]

Ok, still no real symptoms, still incredibly cold all the time sorta... Its so weird, one minute I will be freezing cold so I get a blanket but with the blanket I will be so hot so I take off the blanket and end up really cold. If I have a blanket half on half off then half of me is freezing and half of mee is boiling........ Then, the rest of the time, no matter whether the heating is on or not, no matter how many layers of clothes I am wearing, I will feel freezing...... I have icicle hands at the moment apparently, they are usually cold but not this cold...... And then at night I am doing thee hot cold thing again but included wiht it is AWFUL night sweats....... Its so WEIRD.

Ugh, I know exactly what you mean. I can't get to sleep because I'm freezing cold, so I get up to add another layer to my PJs (and pee), and I fall asleep....then I wake up boiling hot! It seems to be less of a problem during the day, but it's really bad at night.

In addition to that, I've got fatigue, mild constant nausea, a rollercoaster appetite, light cramping, increased urination, hyper sense of smell (why did I think it was a good idea to put on perfume this morning?), sore breasts, and MIIIIIGRAAAAIIIIINES. The migraines are the worst, and there's pretty much nothing I can take except extra strength tylenol, which doesn't do anything. And since I get them at work most of the time, I can't exactly just go to bed. I got a referal to an acupunturist who is also a CNM, but she just left town to go on Spring Break with her family! :(

[GreenFlower]

nauseous

breasts very sore and already noticeably much larger (they went up about 3 cup sizes with dc#1)

getting the fatigue more frequently

have to get up at night to pee

can't sleep on my stomach anymore

bloated, sometimes constipated

gassy (burping ALL the time!)

but it's all SO worth it :thumb

[happythistle]

crampy
tired - or maybe that's the 2 y/o ds :)
sore boobs
pee all the time
huge aversion to smells


We just found out and are still in a state of shock. I think I've checked the pee stick every hour to see if I really saw 2 blue lines!:D

[Birdie B.]

I haven't really had any...it's a little worrying. I have been SO tired, though, and I have to pee a LOT. My breasts are sore and tender, and I think I already have a little tummy - or maybe I'm just suddenly getting fat! But I feel very normal, and I hope that's okay. I can feel something 'different' in my uterus, it feels heavy or something.
Hugs to everyone who's feeling sick! I hope it gets better soon!

[Elowyn]

Minimal symptoms here (and probably most are attributable to the huge amount of progesterone I'm injecting/putting in my vagina each day.)

I've had, shall we say, gastrointestinal TMI since 9 dpo, and really veiny breasts, and am craving sour things and fresh veggies and milk (could be worse.)

[BBMcGee]

Oh yeah, my breats are super veiny too, its so weird. But I love it. I'm craving sour things as well, and not having much of an appetite in between...peeing a lot and kinda tired, but thats it! I also think I feel 'something' down below...heaviness, or something funny when I lay straight on my tummy. I love it! Wish my breasts hurt more, though, lol

[AugustineM]

I'm 8 weeks now and my pants are tight. I look like I'm getting a lot thicker around the waist. I did have some really bad nausea for about two weeks (but no vomiting) but today is the first day that I feel better...

No more sore breasts or nips (makes nursing DD easier) but I do feel hungry a lot.

[Carolann S]

And did I mention I'm tired? And yet, I have wicked pregnancy insomnia for the first trimester where I can't stay asleep. I'm up a thousand times a night, just staring at the walls. But during the day, all I want to do is sleep...
:yeah:

I've got queasiness that just lingers all day long. I wasn't sick at all with my dd and I'm wondering why is this pregnancy so different? I have no appetite but I force myself to eat and then feel slightly better.
I also can not stay focused on anything. I've definitely got pregnancy brain. :)
No sore boobs this time around though. I think it's because I nursed my dd until a few months ago.

[tireesix]

Ok, yesterday, I bought some Strawberries and cream tea and the bloatyness vanished after a cup of that tea which is weird. I especially bought chamomile tea for my bloatiness after a quick trip to a herbalist....... The Strawberries and Cream tea is DELICIOUS.

[goodheartedmama]

Nipple pain, especially when breastfeeding
nausea
bloat
overall warm feeling (kinda like a fever, but not)
exhaustion
frequent urination
tummy aches

[clavicula]

I have to pee ALL the time! Nothing else yet...yet.:wink

[PookieMom]

Oooooh the heartburn.....the heartburn is horrendous. It just started full force this morning. It's been hinting around about showing up for a day or two but now it is officially here.:( It hurts.

[kgrands]

Here's what I've got:

Increased sense of smell
Sore-as-anything breasts
Pimples of unknown origin
Crampy/Achy
Hunger (with nausea) every 3hrs
Gassy
Intermittent heart racing

I'll take it all though! :love

[Kleine Hexe]

I feel worse as the day goes on. I feel good in the morning and by late evening I feel crappy. I get so bloated and gassy at night. Still crossing my fingers that I don't get the horrible vomiting non-stop I did with my other pgs. So far so good....starting week 6 now.

[AugustineM]

I feel worse as the day goes on. I feel good in the morning and by late evening I feel crappy. I get so bloated and gassy at night. .

This is exactly how I feel. I was telling a friend I have the oppositve of morning sickness, I have afternoon sickness. I feel OK in the morning, sometimes fine, but at about 2pm I feel like CRAP. All I want to do is avoid moving... but even laying in bed feels awful. Then sometimes I perk up in the evening.

BUT I have discovered a few things that help with the nausea/indigestion: peppermint tea, wrigley's doublemint gum, and lemon water!

[catballou24]

metallic taste - which is so wierd to me because i never had this with my other kids...i never knew what people were talking about before until the day before my bfp when it felt like electricity was running through my teeth..:lol

heartburn - this happened with both the girls

borderline queasy - not really full blown yet, but food is not as much fun anymore...nothing sounds good.

tired - it usually hits late afternoon, then i get a burst of energy sometime around 11PM :eyesroll

sore bbs - sort of..not really quite there yet, but i can feel it starting. i'm still nursing dd, so i think it might have delayed this a bit.

cold - oh my goodness, another new one for me. i can't seem to warm up! even when it was almost 80 the other day i was cold...

mood swings - not as dramatic as with my last dd, but still there. i'm really working on being patient with the girls.

milk - i crave it...the only thing so far.

energy - lots going on in my uterus, but no cramping so far. the only one i really did this with was my last dd though.

round ligament - can it start this early?! i swear if i get up to quick the sharp pain just shoots through one side or the other...

of course when i feel normal i start to panic..:lol which i chalk up to another symptom for me...;) in another couple weeks i won't be panicking more than wishing i had those moments of feeling mostly normal..;)

[starkyld]

My skin is itching SO MUCH. I have chronically dry skin to begin with and usually try really hard to keep it moisturised, but slacked off for a week or so and it shows. I have huge bumpy rashes on my calves from where I've scratched them over and over again and it's really hard to stop. This is worse than my skin has ever been before and I'm not alarmed at this point but I am beginning to be a bit concerned.