Grab a test! (For anyone wondering if they're pregnant)
in Pregnancy ·
Look, people might laugh at me or think I’ve completely lost my mind and have no clue what’s going on with my own body.
But let's be real—you notice when your body starts acting weird immediately.
About two weeks ago, I started feeling this intense pulsing in my stomach, like a heartbeat thumping inside my gut. It was totally new.
Pregnancy wasn't even on my radar because my period has always been clockwork.
But last Monday, things went sideways:
Nausea in the morning, burping, bloating, then these pre-menstrual cramps (even though I shouldn't have been due), heavy discharge, visible veins in my groin, more headaches, and random leg cramps. It was just one weird symptom after another all week. I’m usually pretty healthy and I definitely know when something is off.
That’s when the "what if" hit me. I grabbed a pregnancy test—negative. Still felt suspicious, so I bought another one—also negative. Trusting the tests, I went to see my primary care doctor, but she was stumped too. Her advice? Go to an OB/GYN and get some stool samples done...
The thing is, I still feel like something is up. I truly feel pregnant.
The only window where it could have happened was about three months ago, and we were using a condom, though I thought it was my fertile window.
Plus, I’ve had three regular periods since then—same flow, same duration as always. So, I'm basically saying I've been pregnant for three months despite having periods and negative tests... 😕, and by the time the nausea kicked in, I would've been about eleven weeks along.
I’ve been scrolling through forums, and apparently, there are women out there who have dealt with this exact same thing.
I feel okay physically right now, but my stomach feels like it's growing. In the morning it looks flat, but by evening, I look six months pregnant. The veins in my belly and groin are getting more prominent, that pulsing hasn't stopped, and my digestion is a mess—constantly alternating between constipation and diarrhea with non-stop stomach growling.
Obviously, I’m rushing to the OB/GYN, but I wanted to ask anyone with experience: could this actually be pregnancy based on these symptoms? Has anyone else lived through this? I know the comments will be full of people telling me it’s impossible or that I’m making it up, but I really trust my gut on this one.
But let's be real—you notice when your body starts acting weird immediately.
About two weeks ago, I started feeling this intense pulsing in my stomach, like a heartbeat thumping inside my gut. It was totally new.
Pregnancy wasn't even on my radar because my period has always been clockwork.
But last Monday, things went sideways:
Nausea in the morning, burping, bloating, then these pre-menstrual cramps (even though I shouldn't have been due), heavy discharge, visible veins in my groin, more headaches, and random leg cramps. It was just one weird symptom after another all week. I’m usually pretty healthy and I definitely know when something is off.
That’s when the "what if" hit me. I grabbed a pregnancy test—negative. Still felt suspicious, so I bought another one—also negative. Trusting the tests, I went to see my primary care doctor, but she was stumped too. Her advice? Go to an OB/GYN and get some stool samples done...
The thing is, I still feel like something is up. I truly feel pregnant.
The only window where it could have happened was about three months ago, and we were using a condom, though I thought it was my fertile window.
Plus, I’ve had three regular periods since then—same flow, same duration as always. So, I'm basically saying I've been pregnant for three months despite having periods and negative tests... 😕, and by the time the nausea kicked in, I would've been about eleven weeks along.
I’ve been scrolling through forums, and apparently, there are women out there who have dealt with this exact same thing.
I feel okay physically right now, but my stomach feels like it's growing. In the morning it looks flat, but by evening, I look six months pregnant. The veins in my belly and groin are getting more prominent, that pulsing hasn't stopped, and my digestion is a mess—constantly alternating between constipation and diarrhea with non-stop stomach growling.
Obviously, I’m rushing to the OB/GYN, but I wanted to ask anyone with experience: could this actually be pregnancy based on these symptoms? Has anyone else lived through this? I know the comments will be full of people telling me it’s impossible or that I’m making it up, but I really trust my gut on this one.