Pregnancy symptoms after "period"

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Registered: 09-20-2004
Pregnancy symptoms after "period"
Sat, 12-09-2006 - 1:46am

I just wanna know if anyone has had pregnancy symptoms after what they thought was a normal period. In October I had that...and had plenty of symptoms. In November all the previous symptoms stopped and new ones started. Now I'm waiting to see what happens this next period. My whole situation is crazy so I'm going to copy and past from another forum...THIS IS MY STORY!!

Back in October was when I had my period a few weeks after sex. I felt normal before and during that period. But afterwards is when I started feeling weird and definitely thought pregnancy. I always bloat the day my period starts, but it didnt start until the day after my period was over. I had that along with a full/heavy abdomen feeling, changes in appetite, back pain, hip pain, leg pains, shortness of breath, headaches, dreams galour (not a dreamer). Had weird butt pains and spasms, lol.

Then in November, my last period, was weird. My periods usually last 5 days and always start on the third Wednesday of each month, early in the morning. I was expecting it but it didnt show. Let me add in that it's came on time even during stress since I started these birth control pills a year ago. I felt like I normally would...all the past symptoms stopped. Anyways, it ended up showing on Thursday, a day after the norm. It only lasted 4 days, then I had 2 extra days of brown spotting. When I always finish on that 5th day, never any extra spotting days. Well, when that period ended, I became really fatigued. Still am. I also became really thirsty and I pee a lot. Still am. Easily overheated, especially during sleep. Got lower leg cramps. Also have been having lots of discharge.

I told my younger sister about it and most of the things I said she had. And she just had her baby about 4 months ago. I've taken three pregnancy tests and they all came back negative. I'm still taking my pills, just in case I'm not. I'm on a very low dose, so it's not going to hurt the baby if I am. But since I am on birth control, this is weird too. Birth control stops ovulation, but I had cramps around the time I would have had it (recently). I felt them like two days straight and looked at the calendar and sure enough it was right on that time. I dont know what that was about. I'm waiting to see what happens during and after this next period, which will be in less than a week. If this one isnt normal, I'm definitely going to get a blood test done! I'm back to feeling weird like I did back in October not the pains, but just feeling full after a little of eating. I've also had a dream of taking two pregnancy tests and they came back positive. If I'm not pregnant, I'm going to get an ultrasound done to check for cysts.