How did you know?

[Rose Han]

I am not a mother, not yet any ways. I was just wondering how did you guys know you were pregnant with your kids. Also, how long till you found out?  

[MercyWild]

With my first child I found out when I was about 3 weeks along. Due to a medical condition my cycle isn't regular so if I have gone more than three months without a period I tend to take a pregnancy test just in case and that is how I found out I was expecting her.

With the twins it was a bit different. Again I was testing just in case and it came back positive, but I also was having extremely bad pain on my left side of my abdomen, the doctor thought I had an ectopic pregnancy and sent me to the ER for an ultrasound. Laying on the table in the ultrasound the tech asked me if I knew their genders, I said what and turned toward the monitor, on the screen was a clear image of two babies. I was three months pregnant at that time.  

[Digital Fiend]

Like Mercy, I have a very irregular cycle. My husband and I had been having unprotected sex for 7 months, then he lost his job and I told him we had to go back to protection.

But, January came around and I would be starving but food would disgust me. I just put it to depression, because last time I was severely depressed, I lived off of soup. I didn't want to eat no matter how hungry I was.

Eventually I got around to taking a test. It was the first pregnancy test I took via peeing in a cup, so James and I were in our room when we got the result.

I was in shock, happy happy blissful, and then in denial again. I was afraid that I had messed up the test somehow or maybe my body was faking being pregnant. I was around 9 weeks when I found out.

Then I heard the heartbeat and it was heaven.

My mom told me that she knew both times she was pregnant right away without taking a test. I'm rather jelly of her.  

[Rose Han]

MercyWild

With my first child I found out when I was about 3 weeks along. Due to a medical condition my cycle isn't regular so if I have gone more than three months without a period I tend to take a pregnancy test just in case and that is how I found out I was expecting her.

With the twins it was a bit different. Again I was testing just in case and it came back positive, but I also was having extremely bad pain on my left side of my abdomen, the doctor thought I had an ectopic pregnancy and sent me to the ER for an ultrasound. Laying on the table in the ultrasound the tech asked me if I knew their genders, I said what and turned toward the monitor, on the screen was a clear image of two babies. I was three months pregnant at that time.

surprised You had twins?!?!? I bet they were a handful. Were they both the same gender or opposites?  

[Rose Han]

Digital Fiend

Like Mercy, I have a very irregular cycle. My husband and I had been having unprotected sex for 7 months, then he lost his job and I told him we had to go back to protection.

But, January came around and I would be starving but food would disgust me. I just put it to depression, because last time I was severely depressed, I lived off of soup. I didn't want to eat no matter how hungry I was.

Eventually I got around to taking a test. It was the first pregnancy test I took via peeing in a cup, so James and I were in our room when we got the result.

I was in shock, happy happy blissful, and then in denial again. I was afraid that I had messed up the test somehow or maybe my body was faking being pregnant. I was around 9 weeks when I found out.

Then I heard the heartbeat and it was heaven.

My mom told me that she knew both times she was pregnant right away without taking a test. I'm rather jelly of her.

Well congrats, I m guessing you instantly fell in love as soon as you heard the heart beat. Its amazing how a mom and baby bond works.  

[MercyWild]

Rose Han

surprised You had twins?!?!? I bet they were a handful. Were they both the same gender or opposites?

They are quite a handful. They are both girls, we think they are identical, we found out to late in the pregnancy for the docs to be able to tell for sure. They are almost 4 months old now.  

[ilover1508]

I found out a few weeks after I got married and I was 7 weeks by that time! I found out because I didnt get my girly thing and so i took numerous tests  

[PSM Guild Mule]

How I found out...

Well a week after Sept 5th everything just pissed me off.
I kept getting mad and and I would overreact to everything.
I was really moody and didn't want to eat cause anything foodwise made me sick.
Well due to my pissy attitude the boyfriend took a break and went to his moms. I was a week late and I took three tests all different brands all positive.
I told him and he came home rather quickly lol.
He is so excited!
Our first dr appt is the 29th of October.

 

[digital iiroko]

I didn't find out I was pregnant until 10 weeks. whee I still had my regular flow during pregnancy up until the 2 or 3 month! There was this weird feeling I obtained when I was pregnant so around 10 weeks is when I grabbed pregnancy stick & tried it out! After that, I couldn't believe it so I bought 5 more pregnancy tests and tried them out spradically!  

[A Redhead Angel]

I found out on the first day of my missed period, but my husband knew the moment of conception apparently. He told me he "felt pregnant". lol

We were trying for a baby, but this was the first actual attempt sans protection. I thought we missed the boat because it was the end of my ovulation cycle and we didn't have sex again for a couple days. My boobs started hurting really bad andI had aches in my front abdomen, but not in my back like a period. I told my husband I was either pregnant or something was wrong. I took an at home test at 3wks 6days and got a very pale pink line. I took 2 more at home test, then went to the doctor at 4wks 1day, the earliest they would see me.  

[Mehlenna]

I found out probably when I was 4 weeks along. I hadnt got my period and my room mate at the time was all paranoid I was so she made me take a test and at first it was a very pale positive but it looked as though it could've passed for a botched test so the next morning we bought another and it was a positive. Though I was pretty sure I was pregnant before the test, and I am 99% sure I know just when the conception happened haha. Now I am just glad to have my beautiful 16 month old baby girl who atm is fighting off a stomach bug she caught from her cousin ):  

[Angelic_Highlights]

With my daughter i had no clue i was pregnant i have always been irregular with mother nature so therefore thought nothing of it and was not getting any pain or nothing. I was working a lot at the time in a care home so i was pretty much tired all the time due to that but then i began to feel sick but not being sick and i decided to take a test. BFP and i told my partner when he got home and was so excited then it hit him hed have to tell everyone haha

With my son it was different i had been trying to concieve and we kept getting BFN month after month and then one morning i woke up and felt weird. I could not describe it, i just did not feel well at all, i did not feel sick just really out of it. I took a test and saw a extremely faint line. I knew then i was pregnant full on and i had back pain, sickness, tiredness from day one til a month before he was due.

I took a test again two weeks later and boom much darker BFP i was 3 days pregnant when i knew and three weeks pregnant before the strong positive.  

[luna-spiritu-solis]

I actually knew the moment my son was conceived. It was a strange feeling, but I felt the engagement of the egg and sperm... not on such a tiny level but yeah. After I felt that I just stared at the father and said "F*ck". I got weird cravings a couple days later, like wanting pickles, and ramen with hot sauce. I ate nothing but ramen w/ hot sauce and pickles for 2 weeks. Then, my appetite disappeared. I wasn't hungry at all. At the time I was 93 lbs and I could see a small bump right next to my right hip. If I leaned back it would stick out farther. I started feeling sick in the morning and I kept trying to avoid taking a pregnancy test because... well... I was 15 and my dad wasn't exactly the type to be welcoming to the idea of a grandchild. but I missed my period twice, and at school I had to get a shot from the doctor or I was gonna get expelled. So I went into the doctor with my dad and I asked the doc if this shot was going to harm me or my child granted I was pregnant. He said yes. So, we did a "pee in the cup" pregnancy test and as I already knew, I was pregnant.