Pregnant signs

[wonky]

Hello as i have been trying for a baby for 3 yrs i know the signs to look out for but its alright reading it from a book or the net but different hearing personal experiences so what i was wondering is what signs or changes did any of you experience in early (4 - 5 weeks) pregnancy?!

Also did you have any weird food cravings later on and what were they? x x

[OBonio]

Not from my experience but my wife's :

 

1.  Sore/swelling breasts

2.  Lethargy

3.  Constantly feeling sick, but not enough to be sick.

 

As for cravings, she went off brockerly (her fave veg) and took a liking to peperoni and pork sausages which, considering she's a vegetarian, was quite a shock.  Goes to show we're meant to eat meat!

[wonky]

How funny!! also out of all the meats to eat she ate sausages!!!

x x

[Kay]

I've had 4 kids all adults now. On each one I had itchy nipples,morning sickness which lasted day and night but stopped abruptly when I was 4 months. I peed more,ate more,craved ice cream,choccies and prawn curries. My skin was in lovely condition and my hair.Oh if I saw a bald man I would literally throw up,dont ask why as I could'nt tell you! No offence to any bald men,its the hormones!

[Jules001]

I was really sensitive to smells, even smells I normally love. If I went to Sainsbury's and they were baking bread I had to run to the loo and be sick. Also tiredness, I would come home from work and just lie on the sofa for a little while and about a hour or more later hubby would come home and find me asleep with no evening meal cooked.

I suddenly developed a liking for mustard pickle (I had hated it previously) - I still like it now as well

[wonky]

I hope i dont throw up everytime i see a bald man, my father inlaw is bald!!!!

[blueeyedlass]

constantly feeling sick and not being able to face any food apart from sugarpuffs for the first five months then i went onto pickled onions(an old obvious one although not with icecream just the onions) but as i worked in a chipshop at the time i had easy access to lots of them.

[5029]

why not try one of those early predictor pregnancy tests?  they told my friend that she was pregnant before she'd even missed a period!

[SGKelloe32]

I had a weird craving for cheesy wotsit and chicken paste sandwiches!! I couldnt stand the smell of bakeries. If i smeltpasties being cooked i would pass out!And i loved the smell of forest pine multisurface cleaner, if i could of ate it i would of!!

[l_h_kings]

In the Early weeks the first signs i had were dizzy and sickness (of course) craving for orange juice and milk (not together) and a feeling that every thing i touched was unclean so i was constantly wanting to wash my hands a bit like a compulsive obsessive disorder.

The thing i went off most was the smell of coffee, and i had cravings later on for cheese quavers and salt&vinegar snackajacks -they were very specific cravings had  I loved the smell of bleach and the smell of fresh-from-the-tap tap water. I had a strange desire to chew on a sponge, and in the last few weeks i crunched my way through about 3 trays of icecubes per day. (i had very strong teeth in pregnancy, couldn't do it now)

Thanks for asking, it was nice to remember some of the mad things being pregnant did to me, that i had forgotten about.

Good luck to you, i am also trying for another baby

Helena

[THFCUK]

i was fine until 3 months then the sickness started all day every day until my daughter came in to the world it was all worth it then! my cravings were chocolate fingers covered in mayo, and also when i saw chalk i would dribble i dont know why and i cant touch chalk it makes me shudder.  after having my daughter i can no longer have coke it has to be diet, also i have cut my sugar down in my tea/coffee.  also i cant have ketchup i used to smother it over every bit of dinner i had, the only time i have it now is if i do go to burger king or macca d's but thats not very often.

[wonky]

Thank you all for your funny stories.

Also what 5029  said was a good idea but i have already tried that i have done 4 tests two say positive and two say negative whatever that means!!!???

x x

[secretspirit]

I had NO symptoms at all until about 8 weeks except for typical PMT symptoms like achy boobs (and a positive test of course). If you've had ANY positive tests wonky you are pregnant because they detect the pregnancy hormone HCG (different tests have different levels of sensitivity) and it's almost impossible to get a false positive! So congratulations. I couldn't get a positive until a week after my period was due so it depends how strong the hormones are. Take care of yourself now!