How I Knew I Was Pregnant Before A Positive Pregnancy Test
/From tracking my cycle and ovulation to going over my early pregnancy symptoms, this is how I knew I was pregnant before I got a positive pregnancy test.
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Tracking ovulation and my cycle
In this video, I go over the early pregnancy symptoms that made me think I was pregnant before I took a test and got a positive!! I was 99% sure I was pregnant BUT I had felt this before. After all, you can trick your mind into pregnancy symptoms and I have done that before. They’re not huge or obvious symptoms but I know my body so here we go, pregnant at 40.
Remember - every pregnancy is different, every woman is different.
Natural Family Planning
This is how I knew I was pregnant before a positive pregnancy test. I tracked my ovulation and cycle on Flo and in my diary. We practised natural family planning: I had regular periods and I knew when I ovulated so we could avoid/plan for pregnancy.
symptoms in Days Past Ovulation:
2 days sore boobs (only time)
3-6 days headaches/migraines, stopped drinking coffee, quicker (than normal) to get annoyed
7-11 days nausea, clear skin, less hair falling out
8 days cramps on the left side (implantation?), increased discharge, tired, emotional
9 days back pain, bloating
14 days past ovulation POSITIVE TEST
my last period
I got my period on my birthday and just thought “Why?!!” It felt like such a rubbish birthday present. But, in hindsight, this was to be my last period and so dated the pregnancy which was pretty cool and actually a really great birthday present.
Other symptoms
Ingimar pointed out that Mia had become very clingy to me, she has never really favoured one parent over the other but suddenly she was a bit more of a Mummies Girl. She was always by my side, telling me she loved me and stroking me. It was lovely but also like she just knew something was up.
And what followed
The last few weeks and months have been spent feeling very tired and nauseous. My days are ok but come 4 pm, the nausea kicks in, and then by 6pm I’m so tired (toddler mum) and nauseous that I can’t finish cooking dinner. By 8 pm, after the bedtime routine, I fall asleep with (or before) Mia.
