metallic taste?

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Registered: 01-31-2007
metallic taste?
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Tue, 03-06-2007 - 5:48pm

Just a question...what else besides pg can cause a metallic taste in your mouth? I have been having it off and on for the past 2 weeks now. I have been on bc pills for 3 years and am good about taking them. The past 2 last periods have been really weird for me though. I just finished 7 days of light bleeding when usually they are heavy for about 3 days. The last one also came 4 days early. I have tested and bfn but we aren't planning on trying until after september. The other odd thing is that my bbs feel heavier then usual. I have had breast augmentation and have severe rippling underneath my left one...today i noticed that i don't feel the rippling at all! I also feel very bloated in my tummy and just generally icky and tired. I feel like i am still having pms symtoms even though I finished my period a week ago. I'm just concerned as my periods have been very predictible and I don't know why all of a sudden they are different. You hear the stories...everyone at work knows someone that was on bc and got pg...and didn't show up on a pg test until really late. I'm sure I'm not the only one on here thinking, "could I be one of those people??"

Thanks for listening, I think I just needed to vent more then anything. Anyone else having similar issues?
-erin

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Registered: 07-17-2006
Tue, 03-06-2007 - 5:53pm
Erin I'm right here with you, well sort of. I just starting having that metallic taste in my mouth a couple of days ago. It hasn't really gone away. I'm supposed to get my pd Sunday, so it's still too early for me to test, although I've thought about getting one of those early response tests. I've been cramping off and on, but my bbs aren't sore, which sometimes is the case before AF. I don't know. Just thought I'd respond and tell you that you're not alone.
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Registered: 10-31-2006
Wed, 03-07-2007 - 1:46pm
Hello,
I am feeling similar to you. I couple of days ago the metallic taste started in my mouth. As I started to realize the taste it dawned on me that it was a pg taste. I have had a few other syptoms, but like you am also on the pill. I was also one of those people who conceived my DS while on BC, so I know it is a possiblity. I went out an bought a home test, because I tend to be one of those people who is not sure if I am exaggerating symptoms (since it weighs on my mind), took the test and it did not come up with any result. Very frustrating! I hope things work out for you. Just wanted you to know that you are not alone.
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Registered: 01-31-2007
Wed, 03-07-2007 - 5:11pm

Phew! Thanks ladies for your replies! Nice to know I am not alone. So this morning I tested again because last night I noticed an evap line on my test from yesterday, which put a lot of questions in my mind because I couldn't tell if it was pink or not. This morning was completely white, but I worry because I got up 3 times last night to go to the bathroom. On top of that, I feel like crap today and the metallic taste is worse and driving me nuts! It feels like I have been sucking on loose change all day! And my trainer at the gym sent me home before we even started because he could tell I wasn't feeling good. Then I went to Keva and got an orange smoothie and it made me sick to my stomach. I dunno if i have a bug or what the heck is going on with me! I took my temp and I don't have a fever.
I also forgot to mention in my previous post that I have been extremely moody lately...I flipped out on my fiance last week because he scrubbed the floors. Instead of being all, "thanks honey for helping me out!" I turned into mega bitch and said, "what, am I not a good housekeeper or something??" and so on and so on. I'm not like this! I know, I know...I should just go to the dr. But when I called the dr the first time i had a weird "mini period' she said, just take a test and call me if it's positive. Am I crazy? I want a baby eventually, but not bad enough to make myself have psuedo symptoms right now. I just want to feel better again!

Thanks guys!
-erin

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Registered: 07-17-2006
Thu, 03-08-2007 - 9:48am
I was just going to ask how you were doing, but then I read your post. I'd try another HPT before going to the Dr., just because they seem to be more helpful if you've taken a test. I'm sorry you're feeling so out of it. I've never been pg, but from the sounds of things, you very well could be. Test again and please keep me updated. I'll do the same, slthough I'm not going to test until Monday, unless AF shows, in which case I'll update you anyway. I'm still having that freaking taste in my mouth too, but I don't pay that much attention to it, cause it doesn't seem to be going anywhere.
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