For those of you who had success after long bouts of inferiority, did you “know” you were pregnant? Did you feel different the month you were pregnant?
I did. But truly I think I was just being delusional because I conceived the day before the 2024 election and my husband maybe wanted to stop trying after that.
Only cramping on my left abdomen at like 9dpo. A teeny bit nauseous. Realistically I only tested because i kept having the cramping that just not go away.
No, in fact because I didn’t feel different, I just knew the disappointment was looming as I went in for my blood test. I did medicated IUIs and got pregnant on the third try. I did my bloodwork early that morning and they said they’d call by the afternoon with my results - but about 20 mins before I received the call that I was pregnant, I told my husband I feel no different than usual and we need to be prepared for another another letdown. I was shocked!
No. Spent six years trying. I might be reading into this post by giving this advice, but just wait for the positive pregnancy test. You will drive yourself crazy every month otherwise. Many pregnancy symptoms are the same as what many women experience during their periods. Good luck to you if you're trying!
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Yes, especially my last since it was twins. I was highly emotional really early on. I felt different each time but I’m pretty sensitive to shifts with my hormones I feel like.
Not at all. We tried for 25 months before finally being successful. Some of those months I would symptom spot and later was disappointed when my period would start. I was even delusional some months thinking it wasn’t my period and googling implantation bleeding.
The night I got my BFP I had spent the day hiking. I was convinced I felt no different from previous months and that my period would start inconveniently on the trail where a bathroom would be no where in sight and so I wore a menstrual cup all day. I was so convinced I felt no different that I even had a couple of cocktails that night.
I only took a test when I realised my period didn’t start and I just happened to have pregnancy tests in the bathroom. Even for a days and weeks I couldn’t believe it due to the lack of symptoms. I would go back and re check the test to make sure it still had two lines and every time I went to the toilet I would check for my period.
Wow thank you for your story and congrats on your pregnancy! Did you have any fertility diagnosis? Did you do anything differently the month you conceived?
My hubby had slightly low testosterone and low ish sperm count/ motility. We were told IVF was our only option moving forward however he started taking Clomid (oral pill used off label) for 2 months. Either the timing was a fluke or the Clomid raised his sperm enough that we were able to conceive
No! We tried for 19 cycles for our first and conceived our second on the first try. Both times were a huge shock. I felt the exact same and learnt that symptom spotting is a total waste of time.
I know we’re all different but I think a lot of people who say they “knew” weren’t trying very long and were just way more aware of their PMS symptoms when they started trying.
Thank you so much for sharing and congrats on your success. Did you do anything different the cycle you conceived your first? Did you go through fertility treatments or have any diagnosis?
Nope! We had no diagnosis and no fertility treatments. The only changes were that I stopped using period underwear, as I had read that it could lower your lactobacilli. I have no idea if that was linked. I also did a little less exercise.
im at 5 weeks and still don't feel different🫣
I did. But truly I think I was just being delusional because I conceived the day before the 2024 election and my husband maybe wanted to stop trying after that.
Only cramping on my left abdomen at like 9dpo. A teeny bit nauseous. Realistically I only tested because i kept having the cramping that just not go away.
I didn’t
No, in fact because I didn’t feel different, I just knew the disappointment was looming as I went in for my blood test. I did medicated IUIs and got pregnant on the third try. I did my bloodwork early that morning and they said they’d call by the afternoon with my results - but about 20 mins before I received the call that I was pregnant, I told my husband I feel no different than usual and we need to be prepared for another another letdown. I was shocked!
No. Spent six years trying. I might be reading into this post by giving this advice, but just wait for the positive pregnancy test. You will drive yourself crazy every month otherwise. Many pregnancy symptoms are the same as what many women experience during their periods. Good luck to you if you're trying! Edit: spelling
Yes, especially my last since it was twins. I was highly emotional really early on. I felt different each time but I’m pretty sensitive to shifts with my hormones I feel like.
Not at all. We tried for 25 months before finally being successful. Some of those months I would symptom spot and later was disappointed when my period would start. I was even delusional some months thinking it wasn’t my period and googling implantation bleeding.
The night I got my BFP I had spent the day hiking. I was convinced I felt no different from previous months and that my period would start inconveniently on the trail where a bathroom would be no where in sight and so I wore a menstrual cup all day. I was so convinced I felt no different that I even had a couple of cocktails that night.
I only took a test when I realised my period didn’t start and I just happened to have pregnancy tests in the bathroom. Even for a days and weeks I couldn’t believe it due to the lack of symptoms. I would go back and re check the test to make sure it still had two lines and every time I went to the toilet I would check for my period.
Wow thank you for your story and congrats on your pregnancy! Did you have any fertility diagnosis? Did you do anything differently the month you conceived?
My hubby had slightly low testosterone and low ish sperm count/ motility. We were told IVF was our only option moving forward however he started taking Clomid (oral pill used off label) for 2 months. Either the timing was a fluke or the Clomid raised his sperm enough that we were able to conceive
No! We tried for 19 cycles for our first and conceived our second on the first try. Both times were a huge shock. I felt the exact same and learnt that symptom spotting is a total waste of time.
I know we’re all different but I think a lot of people who say they “knew” weren’t trying very long and were just way more aware of their PMS symptoms when they started trying.
Thank you so much for sharing and congrats on your success. Did you do anything different the cycle you conceived your first? Did you go through fertility treatments or have any diagnosis?
Nope! We had no diagnosis and no fertility treatments. The only changes were that I stopped using period underwear, as I had read that it could lower your lactobacilli. I have no idea if that was linked. I also did a little less exercise.