My DH and I have been TTC for 5 months now (this being my 5th), I’m currently 9dpo. Now this is my situation: I have always suffered from PMS, I’m now 30yrs old, and for the very first time I am not showing PMS symptoms at all!!!. Usually they start right after I ovulate. In fact, one of my complains is that I’m “always” in pain, because my PMS symptoms start right after my “O” pains and then my periods are pretty painful as well.

I used to obsess over my PMS symptoms, since they are supposed to mimic pg symptoms and now I’m totally clueless!

What I’m trying to ask is: Is my lack of PMS symptoms an actual pregnancy symptom?? How many of you had absolutely no PMS symptoms (even though you used to before) and turned out to be pg?? My period is due next Wednesday and the wait is driving me crazy. I would appreciate your help.

Hi! Great to have you join our boards
I'm Shilo, one of the co-hosts here....
Its really hard to say.
I had o pains in the cycle that i last conceived... they didnt go away, got worse and worse and i thought for sure a real wicked visit with was on her way, but nope... i was preggo...
and last cycle, in March, i had the same thing , and i was SURE i was preggo again, but 15 hpts didnt lie, ....
I think alot of times, we might get a corpus luteum cyst after o and this causes us much grief until , and maybe in your case, the LACK of pain is a sign that you ARE pregnant. I often think that when a cycle is quite different from our 'norm' that it is most definitely a pregncy sign.
Best wishes!
When will you test?

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Shilo: thanks for your reply and warm welcoming. Hopefully this sudden change in my cycle means that I'm INDEED pregnant, like you said. AF is due next Wednesday; most likely I'll wait until then to test.

Such willpower!!!
if you are 10dpo, then doesnt that make due tuesday? (luteal phase of 14 days)
Maybe you can satisfy us nosey type and test early! lol

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Moonrise:

Actually I miscalculated; I was only 9dpo when I posted, 11dpo today, AF is due on Wednesday. And...I tested this morning and got a BFN. That's the reason I didn't want to test! So far I haven’t' had not ONE single symptom. I'm really desperate; I just wish I could know!!!

Oh I'm sorry...I meant to say that I was 8dpo when I posted the first time not 9!! Can I report “distraction” as a symptom? lol

Forgot to mention that I was specially hopeful this month because for the first time I used an OPK and pre-seed.

Have any you gotten your BFP after using Pre-seed?

I havent used preseed, but some people swear by it
Questions= has your hubby ever had a sa done? How long are your cycles normally? Have you ever temped?

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Moonrise: My cycles last 28 days, once in while AF shows a day earlier...I do not temp and my DH has never done a S/A before. We haven't even thought about it...I guess that if nothing happens within a year we'll start seeking for help and/or running tests. I did go to my OB before we started TTC.