I found this post on another web-site and thought it was v. helpful so wanted to pass it on to give us all a boost!
We're all guilty of it, in our 2ww - as we know we have our lovely embies on board, we assume that our bodies will suddenly start kicking out all the pregancy hormones and we should all be feeling something 'positive' to say 'YES' we're definately pregnant!
Well, I've been trying to think a bit logically about this (OK, have the occasional blip - where logic just goes out of the window!). Lets face it, we have our embies put back between 2-5 days post EC, well the day of EC, is classed as the day of Ovulation, so you then need to allow 6-10 days post ovulation, for the embies to implant (or there abouts anyway!). Once implanted, it's not suddenly going to produce mountains of hormones, these will build up over the coming weeks, or months, at which point you may then expect the various symptoms (bare in mind, many women don't experience any symptoms at all!).
I think we are all so desperate for some sign, that our imaginations run wild, we analyse every twinge, every bit of tiredness etc......
So, not sure if this is helping anyone, but I've found the following information about Early pregnancy Symptoms, which I think has to be the most down to earth stuff I've read;
Q: What are typical early pregnancy symptoms and pregnancy signs? Can I feel the pregnancy signs and symptoms before missing my period?
Many women have typical pregnancy symptoms even before they miss their period. However, most of the typical pregnancy symptoms and signs are directly related to the pregnancy hormone hCG. Small amounts of hCG enter the blood stream several days after implantation, about 8-10 days after ovulation. Thus, typical pregnancy symptoms typically do not appear until the hCG has reached sufficient levels which is about 1-2 weeks after you miss your period (3-4 weeks after ovulation, or 2-3 weeks after implantation), at a time when the hCG has risen enough. Nothing will really confirm a pregnancy except a positive pregnancy test.
The first symptoms and the time of their appearance are listed here:
Temperature drop (dip) on Implantation day
Implantation bleeding or spotting:(a slight staining of a pink or brown color on average 8-10 days after ovulation))
Lower abdominal cramps
A positive blood HCG pregnancy test: About 10 days after fertilization/ovulation
An elevated bbt curve for 15+ days without a menstrual period
A missed menstrual period (amenorrhea):
A positive urine pregnancy test (HPT): As early as 10-14 days after ovulation/fertilization or 3-4 days after implantation. The more sensitive the HPT the earlier the pregnancy test will be positive.
Nausea: as early as 2-4 weeks after ovulation (BrJObGyn 1989b;96:1304)
Nipple or breast tenderness: 3-4 weeks after conception
Fatigue: 3-10 weeks after conception
Vomiting: 3-10 weeks after conception
Food cravings: 1-2 months after conception
Frequent urination: usually after 1-2 months
Softening of cervix: usually not before 6 weeks after LMP
Constipation: later on
Lower back pain: later on
Darkening of areola (breast nipple): After 14 weeks
Fetal heart beat on sonogram: 8-9 weeks after conception
Fetal movements: 16+ weeks after conception
The Link for this site is;
http://www.babymed.com/docs/english/21.asp
Hope you find this useful - so lets stop stressing!!! Remember everyone is different and there are many pregnant people that were convinced they were not pregnant and thought af was about to arrive any moment!
Take care and big up the positives ..........
Love
Nickie
