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Readers Respond: How did you feel in early pregnancy?

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exited but very sick

I'm 14 weeks but still feeling very bad, all day long I feel like vomiting sometimes I do and have a lot of saliva that I can't even swallow. I'm exited as it is my first angel but I wish I could feel a bit better so that I can enjoy my pregnancy.
—Guest nana

No clue!!

My breasts hurt really bad a week before my period was due. Then stopped. I was really tired & gassy. I had some brown spotting the day my period was due. Seven days later I started cramping & I have low back pain. I also have a lot of discharge which kept me running to the bathroom thinking I was coming on any minute. Also constipated and have frequent urination. My breast just started feeling tender again. I'm almost 6 weeks!!!
—Guest Temeka

Just a little tired.

I would probably not have known without a positive pregnancy test and missed period, my only symptoms were tiredness and a feeling of being very weak when exerting myself. From about 8-12 weeks I had a slight tendency toward motion sickness, mostly in the afternoons. I did however, go up an entire bra cup size by week 5, so I guess that might have tipped me off!
—SparrowMama

Hung On For Dear Life

I was swollen and deep into morning sickness before I even got a positive test at only four weeks...the ride didn't get much easier for me and was just as quick to happen and stronger with my second pregnancy.
—hostdiane

Nothing especally significant!?

I am in my 3rd pregnancy, and with all my pregnancies (including this one) the only symptoms I really get are nausea/morning sickness, sore breasts, and tiredness. If I didn't have those symptoms, then I wouldn't feel pregnant at all early on. I never really feel anything else until after 12 weeks.
—chez6205

7 weeks 3 days

I've dealt with swollen tender breast, bloated feeling in my lower part of my stomach and period like cramps. Think god I haven't experience vomiting and nausea. But for the most part I feel good and I'm excited to be a new mom.
—Guest Monique

Excited but scared

I had a dream last night that I was pregnant to which my hubby laughed. Although my period was not yet late. Due today! I have been felling really tired and had a sickly feeling in my stomach all week. So I decided to take a test (actually 3) to make double/triple sure. Those two blue lines confirmed it.... I'm pregnant! I just feel really nervous.
—Guest steph

6 weeks and nothing

I found out a week back that I am pregnant - other than gas, my symptoms are very few. I do feel bloated especially in the evenings. No nausea / vomiting yet (thankfully). I have or should I say had a really flat chest and I see one of my breasts is a little sore and a little bigger than the other. I wonder when do we start getting those food cravings?
—Guest Sheetz

8 weeks

I'm exactly 8 weeks.. I'm tired a lot.. I just feel lazy like I don't wanna do anything. Food makes me sick... I get nauseous but haven't thrown up..(lucky) I get rumbling bubbly feelings in my lower stomach.. my back aches.. lower and upper (sometimes) Sometimes I get pains in my stomach and they go away.. I get trapped gas pains... constipation... which all makes my tummy achy and hurt. My boobs don't hurt thou and they haven't swollen..(I'm small chested) so I thought they'd get bigger..lol. Uhh I get vaginal discharge.. milky water like...I think that is it.. hope i helped!
—Guest crystal

URGH! Definitly morning sickness!

After trying for 9 years we finally got that special positive. But wow, everyone told me morning sickness was bad, I think I have an extreme case of it. I cant smell hardly anything without losing it. My once favorite foods, well no more are they allowed in the house. I am 5 weeks today and counting weeks until this goes away with the morning sickness. I am also feeling the common weird tingy feelings, which after trying so long still has me freaked out, but may 25th we will get to see our little angel and hear the heartbeat.. I cant wait! It will all be worth it than:)
—Guest symons

EXCITED!!!!!

I was late for my period this month but didn't think anything of it because I just got off the pill a few months ago and since then my periods haven't been bang on like before. I decided to take a test after 4 or 5 days of being late! IT WAS POSITIVE :) We have only been trying for 2 months! I have not had morning sickness just feel queasy after I eat anything. REALLY sore breasts, can't even run up the stairs without being in pain, I am also VERY tired. Other than that I feel great! I am 5 weeks!!
—Guest Sarah

AWFUL!!!

I'm 6 weeks and I feel like I got a stomach flu. The only thing that relieves me from my nausea is sleeping. Then I wake up just to rush to the toilet. I don't want to be intimate with my partner because I feel so sick and I can't eat. Also I smell like a hound. Just the smallest most normal smell can trigger me to puke. My head hurts and I'm breaking out. "Baby! Why are you doing this to mommy?" I find myself crying out. But on the up side my breast are big bouncy and beautiful. And my stomach is still flat so I'm really enjoying how I look in and out of my clothes. But I know that wont last for long once I start to show. I pray that this gets better because I don't know how much longer I take this. I feel so sick!!!!
—Guest PregoPrego401

gassy

I just found out that I am pregnant. My symptoms so far have been, tiredness, breast soreness, bloatedness, mild cramping and gassy. I feel sorry for my boyfriend that I am so gassy.
—puppylove777

Feeling... normal?

It's the strangest thing, I am 6 weeks pregnant, today. And other than mild cramping the first few weeks (like my period would start at any minute), I don't have any 'real' symptoms. My boobs are tender, I'm sleeping great, I'm not emotional, not sick... I'm not sure that's normal! This will sound strange, I keep forgetting that I'm pregnant!
—Guest Tanya

Not doing bad

Just took a pregnancy test today and I am pregnant! Since I was on the pill for ten years I didn't think it would happen three months after I quit taking them. I took the test because I was about seven days late. Now that I think back on it in those seven days I have had some mild cramping, and just slightly tender touch to my breasts. I fall asleep easier than ever before. But find that I am waking earlier than ever before also. I blame that on the anxious feeling that I have about being pregnant. But all in all I feel great so far.
—Cass25

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