Just wondering if once I find out I'm pregnant, presumably from a self-test kit at home, am I required to consult with a gyno/ob straight away or can I wait till I'm more stable, say around 2-3 months? Also, in the first two weeks after conceiving, are there any obvious signs to look out for? I'm in my 32 day cycle but have also had 36 day cycles, so I'm waiting to test myself after that but so far I've noticed that I get tired easily, feel hungry sooner than usual, needing to urinate more often...or maybe I'm hoping to conceive so badly that I'm imagining all this. Any advice would be appreciated, thanks.
Signs of pregnancy
- Thread starter Chy
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Hi,
For me it was a feeling of queeziness to some food smells...also my home pregnancy test was negative & I thought it to be right till I just happened to mention it to my GP in passing & she asked me to do a test again ( I guess I tested myself just on the 1st day of my new cycle)
For me it was a feeling of queeziness to some food smells...also my home pregnancy test was negative & I thought it to be right till I just happened to mention it to my GP in passing & she asked me to do a test again ( I guess I tested myself just on the 1st day of my new cycle)
For me, it wasw a general feeling of not being well, feeling of my period about to start any minute (!) and certain smells making me feel queasy. My first test was negative and but my second test was positive. I waited a couple of days before seeing an obs. and she was able to give me a scan and confirmed that I was 7 weeks pregnant and give me a rough expected delivery date. Seeing this little thing with a heartbeat inside you was just amazing!
carang
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i did a home test the day after my period was due... it said to wait a minute.. i had a positive result within 20 seconds...
i didn't feel queasy until i hit 6 weeks... then i proceeded to lose over 20 lbs during the next 10 weeks... i was only 5 lbs heavier the day i gave birth than the day i found out i was pregnant...
it was in the week leading up to when i should have gotten my period that i had sore boobs...
i didn't feel queasy until i hit 6 weeks... then i proceeded to lose over 20 lbs during the next 10 weeks... i was only 5 lbs heavier the day i gave birth than the day i found out i was pregnant...
it was in the week leading up to when i should have gotten my period that i had sore boobs...
Thank you so much for sharing your experiences with me, I guess it's different for everyone but I'm not experiencing sore boobs or quesiness to smells of food so I guess I'm not in luck there. I'm keeping my fingers crossed coz my period should be due any day now, and if after a week there's still no sign of it then I'll definitely do a home pregnancy test. Hopin n wishin!
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I felt absolutely fine and without any symptoms whatsoever till the 7th week when I was hit by nausea. I'm pregnant again now and it's exactly the same. I'm now 8 weeks and battling with nausea ! I tested at home a week after my period was due and got a positive almost immediately.
For some people freqrent urination starts later but for many it is one of the first symptoms in the first few weeks. Just remember reading that in the newsletters I'm having delivered to my inbox.
For some people freqrent urination starts later but for many it is one of the first symptoms in the first few weeks. Just remember reading that in the newsletters I'm having delivered to my inbox.
Don't give up hope - I had no symptoms at all for a really long time. In my whole pregnancy I haven't had any sore breasts or much morning sickness, which everyone else always talks about. The only thing I felt was a vague period pain.
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carang
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you are soooooo lucky to have had not much for symptoms!!!!
i think that my boy was trying to make sure that i experienced everything there is to experience during pregnancy! i think he had a check list in there that he was slowly but surely working his way through!!!!
yikes!
i think that my boy was trying to make sure that i experienced everything there is to experience during pregnancy! i think he had a check list in there that he was slowly but surely working his way through!!!!
yikes!
My period is now 5 days overdue and I still haven't really felt any obvious symptoms. I did a home pregnancy test this morning with Clearblue and I'm a little frustrated coz the result window showed positive (+) but the line running across is very faint but I suppose I should still take it as positive coz if it was negative then there wouldn't be a line running down vertically at all. I was hoping that it would be positive for a long time but now that it is I'm a little anxious. I'm thinking of making an appt with an ob/gyn to confirm this with a blood test. I'm hoping that if I really am pregnant that I don't experience any symptoms esp. morning sickness coz I don't know how I'll survive at work! Thanks all for sharing your experiences with me!
Good luck
Hey Chy,
Good luck with the doctors appointment!
And dont worry about the faint line - we did a test within 2 days of missing my period and it showed so faint that hubby and I laffed at how despo we seemed to be able to "see" the line clearly!
An it WAS a clear positive - it turned out.
Any way - do tell how the appointment turns out.
Take care
Hey Chy,
Good luck with the doctors appointment!
And dont worry about the faint line - we did a test within 2 days of missing my period and it showed so faint that hubby and I laffed at how despo we seemed to be able to "see" the line clearly!
An it WAS a clear positive - it turned out.
Any way - do tell how the appointment turns out.
Take care
Dr in HK
Hey Chy,
only dr we ever went saw - recommended by a friend - is Dr. Philip Ho. I have no clue what other doctors charge but with him - our first visit cost about 3k - including all blood tests etc and a first scan. After that the costs were about 1400/- with a visit which included a scan. He also offers packages which, in retrospect, we wish we had taken but did not know better at the time
i think there is a really nice list, somewhere on this site , whcih has all the drs listed witht heir contact details. Rani - could you help with that link, please? That should also help you find a doc on this side.
take care
Gin
Hey Chy,
only dr we ever went saw - recommended by a friend - is Dr. Philip Ho. I have no clue what other doctors charge but with him - our first visit cost about 3k - including all blood tests etc and a first scan. After that the costs were about 1400/- with a visit which included a scan. He also offers packages which, in retrospect, we wish we had taken but did not know better at the time
i think there is a really nice list, somewhere on this site , whcih has all the drs listed witht heir contact details. Rani - could you help with that link, please? That should also help you find a doc on this side.
take care
Gin
I'm wondering; if I don't feel nauseas now which I believe ultimately becomes morning sickness, could I likely be lucky enough to not get it at all or is it too early to know? I guess I should be around 4 weeks counting from the day of conception. Just that I'm told by some previously pregnant friends that if you're destined to get morning sickness, you start to feel nauseas and have the urge to vomit quite early on, often the first indication of pregnancy which I haven't experienced yet. Apart from feeling faint, dizzy, frequent urination, hunger urges, bad skin and fatigue, I'm not feeling another symptoms. I'm hoping and praying that I don't get morning sickness as it would definitely be both embarassing and inconvenient at work and my boss won't be very pleased I'm sure. Would appreciate if you could share your experiences with me, thanks!
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carang
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just so you know chy... most books count from two weeks before conception, which would make you 6 weeks...
that was when my morning sickenss began... although, morning sickness is a misnomer.... it should be called "every bloody minute of the day and night sickness"... at least for me!
that was when my morning sickenss began... although, morning sickness is a misnomer.... it should be called "every bloody minute of the day and night sickness"... at least for me!