Community post

Okay, so it's not a game per se but I'm trying to keep my head together during the TWW and not make myself TOOOO crazy spotting symptoms that may not be there.

So I thought it might be fun to share my list of symptoms with you all and I hope you will do the same, but there is a catch - beside each symptom, please write what it could be from OTHER than pregnancy when possible. The goal is to help keep your symptom obsession in check and also find those super-cool symptoms that can't be "rationalized away"!!

So, here are mine:

* Bloating - could be normal PMS bloating
* Gas - we eat a lot of legumes, which make us gassy, but I have noticed that I am gassy even when DH no longer is! (TMI haha)
* Cramps & Twinges - could be PMS but started way earlier than normal and are not as bad
* Very heavy, tender breasts - exact same as normal PMS, but what was weird was that my cramps started BEFORE my breasts hurt, and usually it's the other way around!
* Moodiness - right on cue with my normal cycle
* Weepy - was extremely teary last night and woke up this AM and started crying right away over nothing! Can't explain that one - it's never happened before!
* Increased sex drive around time of ovulation - this happens every month but this month it lasted days longer - I couldn't get enough ((TMI again haha)!! But could be explained by just being excited about BDing.
* Headaches at night - could be explained by the fact that I've all but eliminated caffeine from my diet
* Stuffy nose & sore throat - could easily just be minor allergies or something - I get sore throats all the time.
* Fatigue - Could be caused by 1000 things other than pregnancy!
* Chills/Hot flashes - has been happening rarely, this is a little unusual for me but not unheard of. I may be paying more attention now because of TTC.
* Dry CM - If you're PG you're supposed to have more, right? Well I usually have a lot all the time and since O I have been dry dry dry.
* Vivid Dreams - I don't know, I think my dreams are usually pretty vivid!
* Constipation - it happens when I travel sometimes and we have been traveling for the last week, although it did happen once before we traveled too.
* Decreased Acne - I usually break out right before AF, but it hasn't happened yet and I am expecting her Sunday.
* Nausea - UGH, I've had this almost every day since about 3DPO! Not major, but little waves of nausea all day long. I do get nauseous very easily though and this is a symptom my brain could easily "invent" if you know what I mean.
* Weird taste in mouth - this happened only once and it was SOOOO weird! DH and I were eating pasta with tomato sauce and suddenly I had to spit it out because it tasted like the whole inside of my mouth had been coated with like lard or something!!! It didn't go away completely till the next day. Not a metallic taste, but really a strange one that I just can't explain!!

There you go, hope you had fun reading. I would love to read some of yours ladies! Just a little something to do while passing the looooong TWW and waiting for our !