Is this an early sign or something else?
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Is this an early sign or something else?
| Wed, 03-18-2009 - 10:20am |
Hi, I hope this is not TMI....
The past three days I've been having diarreah in the mornings. I *think* it could be a new iron supplement I started on Saturday, but it isn't giving me any stomach aches or any other discomfort. So I am wondering if it could be an early sign of conception?

Sorry, but never heard of that as a sign of pregnancy...
Hi!
Are you taking OTC prenatals? I remember reading on here that Rx prenatals can contain a stool softener, so that could be it.
Generally iron will make you constipated, not the opposite. Like a PP said, it could just be stress.
I don't want to be giving you false hope or anything but I did find a few threads of people asking the same thing:
http://www.babycenter.com/400_is-diarrhea-a-normal-symptom-of-early-pregnancy_860275_165351060923.bc
http://www.babycenter.com/400_diarrhea-in-early-pregnancy_2690733_165363688652.bc?intcmp=rel_wps_qa
http://pregnancy.emedtv.com/pregnancy/diarrhea-during-pregnancy.html
I was looking this up anyway b/c I think I may have gotten food poisoning last night and as a result had the same "tummy troubles" as you are describing but my DH just had an upset tummy, now I'm hoping it is a sign of pregnancy!!
I found these same links, too. You know what's funny, I just noticed now, and yesterday afternoon, that my tummy is growling shortly after eating lunch, like I am hungry again. It's weird. Almost like something is sucking my energy?! LOL I'm not going to get excited yet, but I did see this, which makes sense:
In the first link it says your digestive system can slow down (constipation) or speed up (diarrhea). Well if it's speeding up and that's why I am having diarrhea, then maybe that's why my stomach is growling. Interesting. I'll let you know what happens. I stopped taking the iron supplement, so we'll see if the diarrhea stops or not.
Katherine
Hey,
When it comes to the diarreah, it actually could be a sign of EP(its not very
Thanks. Well, since I stopped taking BC about 6 months ago, my cycles have been crazy, anywhere from 25 to 29 days. So I'm not certain when I O'd but I think it might have been this past