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Did you feel like you were getting your period when you got pregnant?

 My biggest symptom!! Had it with both pregnancies. I am 10 weeks now, and I still wake up some mornings really feeling like AF is here.

 I was totally sure my AF was about to start at any minute. My DH had to insist I take a test, because I didn't want to waste one when I was so obviously premenstrual.  :)

 Not for me – I had a few odd twinges in my lower abdomen, but nothing at all like my usual pre-AF cramps.

 I usually don't have many symptoms of AF coming, but I do get tired and a little irritable (not noticeable by others). I was certain AF was coming because I was both of these, plus I broke out – EXCEPT, I broke out on my back and shoulders, which wasn't the norm! I also had a temp dip that made me think AF was coming!

 What was so strange for me was that I had a bit of AF cramping without any of the heaviness or bloating that I normally get with it, & that's what made me suspicious! I tested on the day AF was due & it was +++++, so I'll see what happens next time.

 I was totally sure that AF was on her way when my husband convinced me to take a pregnancy test. My bbs were tender, as always – but it wasn't until he said, ''uh, honey, I think they're bigger'' that I thought ... hmmm....

 Usually I never get AF cramps until AF arrives. HOWEVER – had them starting 2 weeks (!) before AF was expected, up until about 10w pregnant!!!

 When I was pregnant with DD, I totally thought AF was coming. I was crampy & bloated feeling, but AF never came. This time I thought I HAD AF (bleeding for five days but lightly), but it turned out I was pregnant! (Never would have known if I hadn't been temping & the temps were really high.)

 Oh yeah, I held off on taking the test b/c I had AF cramps, the kind that have you running to the toilet, tampon in hand – I would have bet $$$ it was here. Then I'd get to the bathroom and ... nothing. After a week of this, I gave in and took the test. I'd read that this happens sometimes, but I was surprised at how *exactly* it felt like AF was here.

 I had major AF cramps and all my other AF symptoms with both of my pregnancies. I didn't test this last time until 18dpo, which was 6 days late for me, because I was so convinced it was coming – I was shocked when the test turned immediately positive.

 Not for me. I just woke up and realized I had not started the day before ... no cramps, no bleeding no nothing – just a good old hike from the AF fairy!

 Oh, yeah! I definitely thought AF was coming. I am almost 3 months pg, and still sometimes I feel like AF is coming. You just never know.

 I'm with everyone else. I also thought AF was coming. Actually, I had what I thought was AF for 3 days, when in fact it was implantation bleeding. I just happened to buy some tests via mail order and when they arrived, I took one. Imagine my surprise. To this day, I still get what I think are AF symptoms.

 When I was pg with DS, I was sure AF was coming. It took me a week of AF being late to finally say maybe I should take an HPT. With this pg, I knew I was pg. Since having my son, I never get premenstrual cramps anymore, so as soon as I started cramping, I knew.

 ME ME ME – in fact, I had gone to my general practitioner to get my allergy medication filled, and he asked me when my LMP was. I was only a day late at the time, which is NOT abnormal for me. My response was, ''I am about to start any minute, because I am cramping and my boobs are sore.'' These have ALWAYS been symptoms of my period. The Dr insisted I take a PG test, and it was POSITIVE!!

 I was CONVINCED that AF was coming ... I didn't want to waste a test, but my dh insisted, and I WAS PG!!!!

 I was a charter, and my temps were unusually high, so I was fairly convinced that I was PG. I didn't expect AF, but I did have some crampiness.

 I had AF cramps on and off until I was 10 wks.

 Absolutely!! I ran to the bathroom for 4 days straight just swearing that AF had started, and lo and behold, it never came.

 ABSOLUTELY!!!! I was sure that AF was coming! I ran to the potty every ten minutes, armed with a tampon ... but nothing!

 Oh, yes – I kept running to check, expecting a big mess, but nothing.

 Yup! I was positive it was coming any second! I had my usual PMS symptoms, so I didn't think I was pg ... I had AF cramps until 12 weeks, and get them occasionally at 33 weeks.

Other Early Pregnancy Symptoms

 I have my PG signs listed in my journal...feel free to check it out!

 Before I tested positive, nothing! I didn't even want to do the beta, but I was in fertility treatment, so I had to. About a week after a positive beta, I had a lot of AF-type cramping (5.5 weeks), and a week after that, m/s kicked in full swing.

 Ovulation was somewhere around May 21. Don't know exactly when, because I was not charting. AF was due June 8th or 9th or so. Usually 2 weeks before AF my boobs get sore, but they didn't until about June 6th. Tested afternoon of June 6th; it was negative. Didn't start AF on Saturday morning; decided to test, and it was positive. It was only after I tested positive (within a couple days) that I started frequent peeing and sore boobs. Otherwise, very few symptoms.

 2 dpo – Breast tenderness. Increasing cm (including white chunky cm); AF cramping.
9 dpo – Cervix soft and high, vaginal area dark blue-purple.
10 dpo – Tested + with EFR (very faint).

 Urinary frequency (bad!) at about 14 dpo, along with AF-like cramping and breast tenderness.
Bitchiness!! ;) But heck, I still have that!! LMAO.

 Period-like cramps, sore bb's, sick to my stomach. That's about it!

 Change in sense of taste & smell.

 Change in smell/texture of vaginal discharge. (Sorry if that's too gross for some, but I know what ''pregnant'' smells like!)

 Annoying yeast infection ... both times for me. Yuckkk!!! That's how I found out the second time.

 Porn-star nipples, metal mouth, teenage acne, fatigue, couldn't drink OJ, tea, coffee or alcohol, went off all animal products, cramps, the emotional stability of a newborn ... shall I continue? Oh, yes – and all my ligaments EVERYWHERE went phomf and I looked like a motor way map with blue veins EVERYWHERE, too! (They've still not gone...).

 Extreme exhaustion (before I even knew I was pregnant) and sore bb's. At about 6 weeks pg, really bad nausea.

 Extremely sensitive smell.

 Most of the same as everyone else. A few others were light-headedness (in the shower mainly) and gagging (or vomiting) EVERY time I brushed my teeth. Almost from implantation to delivery!

 Metal mouth, sensitive gag reflex, thought I had the flu (mild nausea), different smelling urine, areolas starting to darken.

 For me, I had no symptoms whatsoever way into my 2nd month of pregnancy.

 The funny thing too is that c/m feels a lot like you are ''leaking'', so for the first 10 weeks of pg, every time I felt something THERE, I ran to the loo expecting to have AF – except that each time I did, there was nothing. So after all this time, I'm used to that yucky ''leaky'' feeling & have learned to wear panty shields every day for freshness & to stop undie staining – yup, c/m stains!! I'm going to have to soak all my undies in Napisan for a week!!

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