Pregnancy Symptoms

Dean Marian,
typical signs of early pregnancy are nausea/vomiting, breast tenderness, increase urination, fatigue to name a few. You can do a pregnancy test 16 days after you were expecting a period. If you are not pregnant consider charting your cycles to see what is going on. Look up Creighton Method of Fertility Care..

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.

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!

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!

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.

I am 32 weeks pregnant with number 2.
This time we knew what to look for and expected to see early signs that I had missed the first time (we have gotten pregnant right away and I was SHOCKED the first time so wasn't paying attention). So I started taking tests at 10-12 days past ovulation. all negative. I took a test the day I missed my period, negative. Finally I waited until I was 2-3 days late and finally the faintest of lines.
I looked really really hard this time and didn't have any signs or symptoms that were definite until I was 5-6 weeks pregnant (nauseous, sore breasts, etc). The only definite sign I had was the missed period. However that being said, with both my pregnancies, about 6-8 days past ovulation I had funny painless cramps that preceded when my period was due. They only lasted a couple of hours and were out of the normal period cycle which is why they seemed so funny. it was like a wringing feeling that would be strong and then relax. But I always had them during the day for a few hours, if I had had them at night I would have slept right through them. I believe these cramps to have been implantation. I also got some heavy discharge on those days, also out of the norm.
Hope this helps--and GOOD LUCK!!!! Be patient, the waiting seems interminable, but you'll feel that way when you are 32 weeks pregnant too!

those were my pg symptoms also.

The best advice I can give is to focus on something else. It is so easy to obsess over every little symptom during the 2 week wait. I tried for 2 years to get pregnant with a miscarriage during that time. I am finally 5 months pregnant and the month it happened I was on vacation after ovualtion so I was relaxed. Also, don't test until you have missed you period. I wasted so much money and cried so many tears doing that. Stay positive! Good luck!

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!