Pregnancy Symptoms in the First Trimester

I am in the TWW wait period and will be testing if AF doesn't come tomorrow.
I have v sore boobs, but did last month too.
So sensitive to all bodily signs.
Mrs G

Hi guys, i am only 5weeks and have had those same kinda cramps. They feel like my period is due anyday but then nothing comes. I have also been really tired and starting to get sore boobs. Also can anyone tell me how i get the little charts to say when my little one is due??? the ones that you put at the bottom of your post?? thanx guys.

Im currnetly in TWW doing a natrual Ivf cycle. I have had cramping on and off as well. I usually get really sore boobies and start spotting on day 21 its day 22 and all I have is slight cramps. Ive been reading all your posts and I cannot wait to be posting here it must be so exciting good luck to you all.

Can i add ovary pain to this list. sorry if its been listed but its something that is bugging me whilst sitting at the computer.

im used to cyst pain (i've been plagued with them for the last 14 years) and its similar to that, just not so severe. i've noticed its more constant now that im pregnant and is getting a little more aggravated the further along im getting.

oh, and can i add bloating as well, something else i've been suffering from to the point where certain pants dont fit me.

like i said, sorry if its been mentioned!

Jenna

Hi Kyliejane :-)
I am in the same boat, i just can't wait til the 12wk mark so i can say its all ok and then i can get more excited AND tell everyone. :-) i dont even know exactly how far along i am until i have my first scan on the 24th of july. Well good luck with your pregnancy :-)

Collo, we are all here waiting for you babe...I am sure you will be here soon telling us what symptoms you are having....hugs.

Best wishes collo, i have my fingers crossed for you. :-)

Hi everyone,
I am in my 1st pregnancy...conceived after 1st IVF/ICSI cycle (:confetti:) and am currently 7weeks. I too have been exhausted and slightly nausious. The tender breasts have been around since throughtout ICSI cycle though, so, i can't remember what it's like without them!!
On the cramping symptoms, I've had the most severe cramping in my lower abdomen and continue to get it at odd times during the day, particularly if i cough or stretch my arms by moving them back over my head. It really freaked me out at first, cause i'm one of the lucky girls who rarely upon rarely has ever had period pain, so scary pains really set the fear through me...but after a lot of internet reading i've decided that given there's been no associated bleeding it's all good stretching in preparation for a big healthy bub :bellyrubs:
What i can't find anywhere is an indication when i will actually start to 'show' that i am pregnant. Given the success of IVF we've told everyone the news already (i know a little over zealous and risky but it was too exciting to not share with our loved ones), but now i am eager for them to actually see the reality! Does anyone have any clear cut idea's on when we will start to show??

Hi Kimbe, congratulations on your pregnancy! There is no definate date that you will show, everyone is so different, but if you want to read when other BellyBelly members started to show go to this thread which was started recently: https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...ad.php?t=41816 .

Wishing you a happy and healthy pregnancy!

Im 11 weeks and 5 days. Today I have been feeling light pain each side near my hips. More to the left than the right. I hope its ok. I still have sore boobs and other reg symptoms. Maybe my jellybean is on the move to the tummy?

I'm really hot at night. Normally I feel the cold a lot, but right now I am at 6 wks and I'm cooking as soon as I put the doona over me!

Hi Ladies
I have just been totally put at ease by all stories of cramping and first trimester woes.
I have just found out that i am PG and am about 5 1/2 weeks. Yay for me!
Cramping and sore boobies, and come to think of it a little gassie (from both ends)
Am seeing the doctor next Wednesday to confirm and get a greater insight into what options are there for me and what i need to be doing next.
Take care
Mrs G

Congratulations Mrs G.

I have just found out that I am PG with bubby number 1 and am roughly 5 weeks aswell. DH is SSSOOOO excited and neither of us can wait til our scan in 2 weeks to confirm dates.

However, I am finding it a little hard to believe that this is all really happening at the moment. Everytime I go to the bathroom, I'm expecting dear old AF to be there.

Symptoms wise, well, I've had the tender BBs for about 1 1/2 weeks now, very tired, nright yellow wee and feel nausous towards the end of the day more so than in the morning.

Hi Mel,
I know that it is hard to believe! I am feeling the same, re AF, but am having faith that this time it will all be fine.
I was doing some reading on the weekend, and was pretty overwhelmed to learn that about now the little bubba g will be getting a heart beat.
I am trying to keep my excitement in check until i go to the doctors on Wednesday morning. i think that i will feel as though it is real after then.
Good luck with your journey, and stay in touch!
Amanda:dance:

I am nearly 5 weeks and I got lots of symptoms that knew befor the HPT

Light Headed - at about 4 weeks
Nausea - only very slight if I hadn't eaten for a while
No Period
Bright yellow urine
Increased trips to toilet to pee
Metallic taste in mouth - very strong
Eating alot but still feeling hungry - just can't stopping eating strange because with my first two pregnancies I didn't want to eat anything but fruit.
Period type cramping - very slight gone now
Headaches - had about 5 in 2 weeks
Gassiness -esp after eating alot of wheat. Laid awake last night with air swirling around my gut
Bloating - still very bad
Cravings - wierd sugar and salty food
Hungry - all the time
Easily Aggitated - maily by my DH
Pins and Needles - in my arm right arm

The one that I knew straight away was I have these dreams where spiders are crawling on my roof and walls and I woke up in a fright. I had them all through my 2nd pregnancy.

Hi ladies,
just found out I'm pregnant also!

I conceived on my 4th attempt at IVF/ICSI and the only thing that was different was that I started getting really bad AF type cramps about 8 days after transfer.

these have eased off a bit but they still occur here and there....now I'm just feeling nauseous, bloated, gasey and with sore boobs

....and worry every day that I will miscarry ....

Anyone else due around 14th April 08 ?? (I think this will be my due date - I am having the first ultrasound on 27 Aug)

congrats destiny!

i worry every day as well. in fact i've been having hideous nightmares about it :(

my symptoms were virtually non-existant till about the 7th week. from then i've really felt the following:
lightheaded
nauesous all the time
loss of appetite - in fact i've lost 1.5kgs! i simply can't eat the amount i use to
really sore and tender boobies
bloated

Had alot of those symptoms and also a sore neck. My doc said cos my joints are loosening up. It was bad cos I couldn't take voltarens.

I am six weeks and am so glad to hear of other people exoperiencing cramping I was getting a bit worried and kept rushing to the loo to check I wasnt bleeding... The baby is unplanned but both me and the father despite are best efforts to remain detacthed until the 12 week period are really excited and happy... I know worrying the worst thing i can do but i just am so pleased at the idea of being a family , the slightest pain is scary when its your first one hey... but so many forums i have read have people worried about these odd cramping sensatiopns that i am slowly begining to relax bout it all....
-x-

Hi Kaltiki,
Congratulations firstly !!!
I am 5 weeks tomorrow, and i've been having alot of AF type pains too, as well as what feels like a sharp stitch pain low down on my right hand side. It is good to read that others have it too, i dont remember having it with my other pregnancies, maybe now because im older my body is noticing it more and getting cranky with me lol
Good Luck for the rest of your pregnancy :D

i'm getting the cramping, the pukey feelings, sore bbs, dramatic mood changes and I'm off half the foods i normally like.
i'm only feeling like fried eggs or steak n chips, but my friend suggested grapes whenever i get sick and so far thay work, but i'm going through a bag a day!
mum suggested tea and a biscut, and thanks to decaf tea i can have a couple of those a day. does anyone else feel sick allllll the time? i'm feeling like i'm going to throw up from when i wake up at about 7 (or when the feeling wakes me up!) till i sleep at 11pm - plus i've now started waking up at about 3am and being wide awake for about an hour. last night i was sure i was going to be sick which had me sitting next to the toilet at about 4am! I'd much prefer the MS they show in movies - a lil puky in the morning then fine all day! how long does this go on for?

JDX,

LOL I too would like the morning sickness that happens in the movies, where it only lasts for a tiny bit, and the women still look beautifully made up all through it!

My sister has just ordered some Preggie POps for me to try so will give that a whirl. So far the dry biscuits and dry ginger drinks aren't doing anything! I like tea nomally but can't stomach the taste or smell at the moment.

Takes me ages to get to sleep although I am exhausted because I feel sick and then I wake up about 2.30 - 3.00 and then just doze on and off until I have to get up for work!

I don't know how women used to manage centuries ago!

[QUOTE=Stars69;1009029]JDX,
My sister has just ordered some Preggie POps for me to try so will give that a whirl. So far the dry biscuits and dry ginger drinks aren't doing anything! I like tea nomally but can't stomach the taste or smell at the moment.
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oooo preggie pops? i haven't heard of them yet...
my body is getting very schizophrenic about what it likes. everyday now it's changing. two days ago it was lemonade/ginger ale, the next it was lemon lime & bitters - now i can't even look at them! :doh:
I used to be able to settle my nausea instantly with pizza or fried chips, or the tea thing i mentioned last time, but nothing seems to work now.

i guess i'm just getting more pregnant lol and it's supposed to get worse? but i honestly can't imaging another 6 weeks of feeling this bad!
i've tried the swisse pregcell sachets, and the blackmores MS formula... no results from either! :wall:

my latest 3 feel better things (that worked ok yesterday lol) lemon icey poles instead of softdrinks. fresh air (my whole flat is like a wind tunnel at the mo :rolleyes: ), and lastly this worked really well last night... plain jasmine rice.
I'm getting really pukey before bed now as well as all day, plus waking up at least 2 times in the night. last night we ordered thai food, and the plain rice was so brilliant for settling my tumy, that i put it next to the bed and had a spoonful each time i woke up. it gives the same nasty morning taste as midnight saladas, but its stodgyness let me sleep? so going to try it again tonight, see if it works again.

maybe try the rice trick during the late evening - if it settles your tummy maybe you can quickly go to bed before your body has the chance to feel sick again?
poor thing - i totally understand how you feel!

Thanks JDX,

I had never heard of Preggie Pops and my niece called and said she had ordered some over the internet. I think they are natural flavours and oils and things, like sour fruit...anything is worth a try!

Yep can't look at dry ginger now...lol! Just discovered Coke Zero works okay for me (At the moment anyway!).

Might try the plain rice tonight.:pray::pray:..at night I just get the horrible nausea and insomnia..I too can't imagine feeling like this for weeks and weeks ahead!!!

Funny I used to crave sweet things, now all I fancy is sour stuff...nothing sweet at all! THe thought of chocolate makes me ill!

I can't believe one tiny little thing can have such a big impact on your body!

Hope you are feeling good today,

Rach

Stars69 - be careful with Coke zero - pretty sure that's got caffeine in it and caffeine is bad for pregnant women.... to much is thought to cause miscarriage. It also contains chemicals instead of sugar and that's not good either. I've heard that sucking on any lolly pop can be good so might be worth trying a chupa chup before forking out the money for preggie pops.

Hi All,

I've just crashed in on your thread - sorry.

We've been TTC for about 3 months and over the past 4 days I've taken 4 HPT that have all come back positive!!!! woo hoo!!!! (Don't know why I keep testing - just to make sure it's still there I think??!?!? But also cause my period is only really due today, and we started telling our parents and immediate family yesterday.)

The GP says I'm due on 17th July,(but I reckon it's really a week later cause my cycle has been 35 days for past three.) and was wondering how you get into the groups of women due around the same time?

Also have been having some of the obscure pains you guys are talking about. I little concerning but I keep picturing that it's the little baby (sack of cells! ha ha) having a bit of a stretch to make some more room. Quite a cute picture when you think of it.

Glad to be hear.

Jules

Congrats Jules! :)

I'm due 5th July, so not too far away from you, and i think stars69 is about a week ahead of me :)
maybe 3 people constitutes a group? lol

oh and i was 28day cycle (as i was on the pill), but was 31-35 for the 2 just before i got pregnant... but they still said 5th July to me lol.

jessie x

Hey Jessie,

Me too! I am due the same day as you! 5 July 08.:dance::dance::dance:

Congrats Jules!

Satya thanks for your advice about coke zero, I have only had one can today and one yesterday, I hope that it is okay and has not done any harm!

Alrighty July 08 Mum's!! woo hoo!!!

Tell ya what, my bb and nips are tender!!! OMG!!! and i've also developed the navel line from bellybutton to pubic bone. Is that normal? Does anyone else have that already? I'm about 4 weeks.

Hi Jules,

not yet.... BUT.... father of the lil bub came at me w/ a pair of tweezers 2 days ago...and plucked out a CHIN HAIR!!!! it was black and thick and long, like a bloody eyebrow hair! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

he said very matter of factly that it had been there about a week, but he didn't want to embaress me! under my chin of course where i couldn't see :(

oh and scorpiomum showed me where our group is
https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...28

there are stax of people all in our date range! yay!! :D

Jessie x

Hi Ladies
I am 9 weeks and counting.
I have had 2 mc, so cant wait to have my 12 week scan. Had one at 6 and saw a heart beat..... yay!
Feeling really tired, not so nauseaus, but have been experiencing the cramping feeling often.
I am not particularly concerned though, especially after reading of others experiences. I guess I just gotta have faith that it will all be fab!
Take care
Amanda

Hi ladies

I've had a lot of the symptoms already mentioned, the main ones being nausea off and on throughout the day, and its now at the point where i nearly go to throw up. Fatigue, i've never been one to have sleeps during the day but lately i've been wanting to just sleep and going to the loo alot more. Also have some cramping pains and keep expecting my AF but im now onto my 3rd day late. The last test i did was a BFN so i really wanna test but worried its still going to be neg... i dont know wat these symptoms could be if im not preg...wat do u think?? I really hope to have good news soon!:pray:

Hi.
I would not be too concerned with the negative reading. I did a HPT on the day my period was due and got a neg too. I then tested 5 days later and BFP was on the horizon.
My cramping also started pretty early and has been constant through the last 5 weeks. My girlfriend who is a natropath says that it is just the uterus adjusting and stretching to make room.
Hoping you get a BFP real soon. Fingers, toes and legs crossed.
Mrs G:pray:

Aww thanks Mrs G, I just get so disapointed seeing a BFN, decided that if AF hasn't come by Saturday morning i'll test again, dunno if the tests i got are faulty, they are cheapies from the net... I got my BFP with DD on one of those Forelife brands. So will see how i go, still no sign of AF and still got the nausea and everything else!!
Hope to have good news soon!!:pray:

Just an update, AF has arrived :( so I guess its back to the beginning now, wonder if it was my mind making up all those symptoms, i was so sure i was preg...

Hey Deb
I am really sorry to hear the AF has reared her head for you.
Sometimes when you really want something your mind does do strange things. I had a number of months where I was sure that i was pg but then the painters came.
Don't despair, just try and have fun trying! After all it is all about the love connection with you and DH.
Take care, and keep me in the loop with your progress.
Cheers
A

Hi Deb,

sorry to hear your news... we were trying like crazy, every2nd day, doing the who ovulation test thing - nothing! and then we stopped trying and this one happened by accident? my girlfriend said the same thing happened to her... good luck and have fun trying this month... :hugs:

As for the MS - an update for what its worth... I've had it for weeks now already and the nausea seems to be getting worse, but the last few days it almost totally subsides for an hour or two, then it gets really bad again. It's funny, because the morning time on an empty tummy is usually the worst, but the last 2 mornings I've felt ok till about an hour later. Which of course makes me worry. LOL so I'm totally confused - i wish the pukey feelings away, they go & i worry, they come back and i wish them away agin! :lol:
poor confused body!@!

It could be worse i guess, the lady in the post office had it so bad she couldn't stand up and was vomiting every 2 mins... at least its not that bad...

hugs to you all - hope you're all feeling non-pukey today :D

jessie x

Awww thanks girls, im just going to have fun trying. I'm not to fussed as we have Charlotte and I have always believed if you don't think to much, it will happen! I'll keep you all updated on how we go! :)

Hi all,

Well at the moment I am in the TWW, but I have the feeling that maybe, just maybe that I could be pg???
I have done a few tests, but all have come back BFN (my AF is not due until Sunday/Monday, and its Thursday now).
I have the feeling of bigger BB's and the bloated tummy at the end of the day, also a horrid metallic taste in my mouth. Oh (this could be TMI) I have thick kind of CM, but not in any way blood stained like it is just before AF arrives?

What do you guys think?

lj268 - don't know..... I didn't have any of those symptoms before I tested positive. I have heard of that metallic taste but the only time I ever got it (one day) I wasn't pregnant that cycle, same thing went for nausea - only had that feeling just once when I wasn't pregnant. I had sensitive BB's and bleeding gums from about week 3 of this pregnancy and a nice big dip on 6&7DPO which gave it away for me. Oh and also a stuffy nose from week 3. I was really tired from week 3 to about 6. I feel like I've had no brain since about week 3 as well.... forget things all the time. Anyway I hope you are pregnant.

In general, I've had no morning sickness whatsoever (I hope opening my mouth up about that doesn't doom me to get it for the rest of the pregnancy). My nipples have got bigger but BBs are about the same. I still have the stuffy nose and bleeding gums. My tiredness hit me again about a week ago. I've also had a couple of episodes of restless legs which is a really weird feeling. I'm off some food and almost vomit my vitamins when I try to take them most days and sometimes feel a little off at night but in general things are just great.