Patient Comments: Pregnancy Symptoms - Experience

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Comment from: catalina09, 25-34 Female (Patient) Published: October 07

My fiance have been together for 8 years, we rarely argue and almost never have big fights. However one day I woke wanting nothing to do with him... he couldn't do anything right, everything he said was an insult, and I seriously considered finding my own apartment. I work in a male dominated field and am the only woman in my department, so normally i get on with men well, but I realized that I couldn't stand the thought of a man even speaking to me. Then a week or so later morning sickness kicked in... What a relief it was to find out I was pregnant!

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Comment from: alrsiler, 13-18 Female (Patient) Published: August 06

I'm 18 and experiencing lower back tugging pain, a lot of bloating, woke up my nipples were painful and around it was swollen. The foods I used to be obsessed with, I now think are nasty and it makes me gag. I am tired all the time, even though I am having 12 hours of sleep. I get massive headaches, and having cramps. I had these for bout 2 weeks now and when I do bleed its light. When I do have a period, it's not like what I'm experiencing now, its different, I know. I'm pregnant after going through what I've been through.

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Comment from: lilmama49072, 19-24 Female (Patient) Published: July 31

I'm 22 years old and this is my first pregnancy. I've experienced "night sickness" not morning sickness, which seems weird to me but was told that it was a common thing. My mood swings have been awful. One minute I'm happy, the next I'm crying. Also, I have bloating in my abdominal area. I'm very nervous and excited at the same time.

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Comment from: 35-44 Female Published: June 30

Earlier this week, I threw up, started having tenderness, bloating, indigestion, sleeplessness, and all that good stuff that I usually get when my cycle is about to start. Well, I was a week late for my period and took a pregnancy test this morning, and it came back positive. I'm 40 and my husband is 46, and this will be our first. I woke his butt up and told him it was his fault, and he was very happy to be blamed.

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Comment from: wantingorwaiting, 35-44 Female (Patient) Published: May 18

I believe that I am a person that ovulates earlier than normal. My children seem to be larger than the average baby for the weeks accounted for after a missed period. This leads me to question some symptoms I have experienced this month. I had the nausea and vomiting a week ago two weeks after my cycle. I have the bloating, fatigue and tiredness, frequent urination and sometimes dizziness. My mood swings lately go from stressed and not being able to sleep which is why I am typing this at 3:35 am. I will be 40 in a couple of months and my baby is 16. I had to have one tube removed because of an ectopic pregnancy that went longer than it should because I was still having a period, so I am not sure what is going on. Have not missed a period yet, but feel that something is taking place within my body.

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Comment from: Stef, 25-34 Female Published: May 04

My husband and I have been trying to conceive since February. I had a tubal reversal done only having one tube reopened. I did not ovulate like I normally would and am 3 days late for my period. I have the weight gain/bloating, lower back ache had some cramps with 2 spots of blood but no period. I have not tested yet with morning urine. Crave potato salad and have had wet feeling for two weeks in my under wear. I am very moody and have bigger breasts that are tender and darker around the nipple. Not sure if it is my mind playing tricks on me or my hormones are all over the place since my surgery. I don't want to get my hopes up. I have been charting but my temps have been all over the place all month. Exhaustion rules my life right now. I fight to stay awake and focused at work. My coworkers keep questioning if I am feeling ok. Is this my period symptoms or pregnant? It has been 7 years since I had my last and I am 32.

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