Need advice from experienced!

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Registered: 08-23-2003
Need advice from experienced!
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Mon, 08-25-2003 - 6:15pm
Hello!

I was just wondering about some symptoms that I have been having, and was hoping the experienced moms could give me some advice!

We are ttc #1, we just started! On Aug. 6 was my last AF. I ovulated around the 20th. Since a couple days after that, I have been kind of light-headed, headaches, a feeling of heart-burn, but not as bad as heart burn. Also, a gurgly feeling in my stomach and intestinal tract, but I have not had that "barfy" feeling. Also, today I have been really bloated.A couple of "pinched" feelings also.

Has anyone else experienced this before and ended up being pregnant?

Also, my next AF is due on the 3rd. How many days past should I wait to get the best response, and what is the best kind of HPT to use?

Thanks for your help,

Jennie

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Registered: 07-30-2003
Tue, 08-26-2003 - 1:56am
well, try to wait until you are at least late by 1 day. that will help with the response... if you can (haha, easier said than done) try to wait for a week past AF's due date.

as far as those symptoms, yeah, i had them, with DD... my breasts were quite tender, i wanted to take my bra off, but they hurt worse then. i was quite bloated, felt like AF was on its way for days, and it never showed. i had minor cramping, which turned out to be stretching ligaments (the pinching you're feeling- between groin and hips? that's what that would be) i was exhausted, and moody, and thirsty... heartburn, yes~ not real bad, but just like you burped up a little acid~ the strange intestine thing comes from the hormone that relaxes the uterus, to allow it to grow- it relaxes ALL smooth muscle tissue in the body, including the intestines, making digestion slower, also adding to the bloated feeling.

so hon, it sounds promising, to me! :D good luck with the wait!

bec

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Registered: 04-08-2003
Tue, 08-26-2003 - 12:01pm
Good luck....I'm in exactly the same position (but due for AF on 9/1) and anxiously awaiting the news. I've had 2 MC and both times I spotted at the time I was due for AF. Any input about the cramping? I have a mild burning/cramping (heartburn like) in my belly/sternum area. It started on Sunday (my O dates were August 15-20....somewhere in there and I think it was the 15th) That is what is making me think I'm PG. I'm SO anxious to take a test it is making me crazy! I want to test NOW but know I can't as it is too early. You think waiting until next week is best? What about the First Response early test?
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Registered: 08-23-2003
Tue, 08-26-2003 - 7:06pm
Thanks so much for the advice! I am very excited, but trying not to get my hopes up too much!

So, did (do) the symptoms come and go at all for you girls? This morning I woke up feeling fine, but in the afternoon the symptoms started up again.

I love this board! Y'all are so awesome....I think I need a tissue :)

Thanks!

Jen