M.R. asks from Sayreville, NJ on June 25, 2009
Pregnancy Symptoms
Hi, all:
I am trying to conceive for 2 years, I was pregnant on November 2008, but have a M/C in February 2009. I am 8dpo and I am feeling some bloating stomach and abdominal cramps. I know is to early to do a pregnancy test. I would like to know if this could be a sign of pregnancy? When I was pregnant before I didn't have any symptons, just a little tire at the beginning.
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I want to thank for all your response, I am not pregnant. I think I was very anxious about it that I was feeling all those symptons. I am very stress, sometimes I can't help. I have a fertility specialist appointment for the 21st of this month, hopefully he'll be able to find out what is my problem.
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L.D. answers from Albany on June 26, 2009
I've always looked for a "sign" like those as well but unfortunately, sometimes I was pregnant and sometimes it was just that time of month and sometimes still it was just gas. :|
I do wish you luck though as I know how it is to want to get certain results every month just to not get the answer you are looking for. I can speak from experience too that stressing about it will keep you from getting pregnant. My husband still laughs it took us a year to get pregnant with our first because I stressed about it. Every month I was disappointed when it didn't happen. One day he got injured on the job and ended up in a full leg brace. We both agreed that we could forget our chances that month. I guess not worrying about it helped because THAT was the month we got pregnant! (Now I'm not saying go bash your hubby's leg in or anything! LOL)
Good luck!
C.G. answers from New York on June 26, 2009
those were my pg symptoms also.
K.P. answers from New York on June 26, 2009
Each pregnancy is different, with different symptoms, feelings and everything. Try not to be anxious but be patient until you can take the test. Try to treasure each moment. Best wishes to you.
D.M. answers from New York on June 28, 2009
Have you ever tracked your basal body temperature? That will tell you before any test if you are pregnant...but only if you know what your baseline is. For example, every day of the month leading up to ovulation, my waking body temperature is 97.3-97.6 using a basal body temperature thermometer. It goes up to 98.3-98.6 at ovulation, and when I am pregnant it stays there. If I do not get pregnant, it drops back down to the 97 range shortly before I menstruate. Both times that I have been pregnant, this has reliably told me, before it registered on a pregnancy test. I recommend getting the book "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" -- it took me 18 months to conceive my daughter, and this book really helped me to understand what was going on with my body so that I could speak knowlegeably with my physicians. Good luck!
C.T. answers from New York on June 26, 2009
It can be really nervracking when you are waiting to test. Anything is possible with symptoms, you just have to wait. The 2 times i was pregnant my symptoms were different.
I suggest you find a high risk doctor who can help since you had a miscarriage. what was the reason? He/she can give you medication for low progesterone or maybe you need injections for blood clotting. or maybe the pregnancy just wasn't healthy buthaving a doctor who knows what to test for is very important in carrying to term. Best of luck, it will happen!
B.A. answers from New York on June 26, 2009
Try not to obsess about pregnancy symptoms right now. It is hard; I know. You very well could be pregnant, but unfortunately there is no way to be absolutely sure until 2 weeks after ovulation. I am now 21 weeks pregnant with my second child. I had a lot of difficulty getting getting pregnant this time because of some fertility issues. It took me almost two years. In that two years, I had many months that I was sure I was pregnant only to be heartbroken two weeks after ovulation when I was not.
Each month I would have a different set of symptoms after ovulation. Breast tenderness, cramping, bloating, dizziness, tiredness etc. It was driving me crazy. I'm sure there were at least a couple of months that an egg did get fertilized, but did not implant properly so that may have been the cause of some of my symptoms, but I think most of it was just psychological because I wanted to get pregnant again so badly.
When I finally did get pregnant, it was a month that I was sure that I was NOT pregnant because I didn't really have any symptoms at all (very different from my first pregnancy). Every pregnancy is different so it is impossible to know what your pregnancy symptoms will be this time around.
That two week wait after ovulation is unbearable when you want to be pregnant so badly and especially if you are an impatient person like me. I can understand, but just try to keep busy doing something that you enjoy, keep positive and try not to think about it too much until you can take a pregnancy test. Take care of your body and eat as healthfully as you can (imagine preparing your body for the baby that will be coming to you). Keep faith that you will have a healthy pregnancy when the timing is right.
I hope this is the month for you, but if it is not keep faith.
all the best,
B.
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