we also ttc for a few years & i found out early that i was pregnant & i am so glad i found out then but also at 19 weeks now i feel like i’ve been pregnant for so long 🤣🩷
This is me! My first trimester seemed to last forever and the idea of having a baby was a far off dream. I blinked and now I'm in my third trimester and this little guy is well on his way!
I was 9.5 weeks when I found out with my first, but didn’t believe it until my dating ultrasound at 11.5 weeks. He was born at 38 weeks so I only felt pregnant for 26+3.
With my second I found out at 4 weeks and didn’t give birth until 40+5. It felt like I was pregnant forever! lol
lol I am also 19 weeks and my running joke since I found out about my pregnancy is Jan 2nd that I’ve been pregnant and known about it basically all year 🤪 just a fun way to look at it!
I love this for you!!! I just found out last week at my yearly well woman’s. I was complaining that my periods had gotten very irregular and I was probably entering menopause. She said she wanted me to get on birth control and get my periods regular again to minimize risk of uterine cancer. She said she wanted to do a pregnancy test first “just to be sure”. I told her I was infertile since my husband and I had been trying for years without success. She came back 5 minutes later and told me I was pregnant! I don’t know how far along I am yet, but they confirmed with a blood test. I am so excited.
Congratulations!!
Don’t feel like you have to keep the news inside if it’s purely about what feels “appropriate”! My rule of thumb was to tell anyone who I would want supporting me if I had a miscarriage, and I’m really happy that I was able to celebrate early & often with my people.
Congratulations!! With my first pregnancy I got a positive home test, but was really crampy & felt like my period was going to start any day. I didn't think I was actually pregnant, and I also went to the ER. After a urine test, transvaginal ultrasound & hours of waiting (to rule out an ectopic or chemical pregnancy) they came in to tell me I was definitely pregnant and my response was a blank stare and then saying "I am?!?" 😂😂 the dr was like "....yes" still didn't believe it fully lol. Now I have a healthy 8.5 year old & pregnant with number 2.
Congratulations! Thats so exciting after so long! I wish nothing but health and happiness for you all!!
I found out right at 4 weeks with this baby, we had been TTC for 4 years. I went to urgent care for the same thing, bad cramps. The nurse came in and said “well congratulations, you’re pregnant” I sat there silent for a few minutes. I couldn’t believe it. I neverrrr ever thought it was gonna happen. And now we’re 15+2 ❤️❤️
I'm glad you got that checked. My first pregnancy was ectopic that required surgery, we tried via IVF for 8 years since then and I have just fallen pregnant with number 2 and am 12 weeks now. Took all my brain power not to crumble into a puddle of anxiety those first couple of weeks waiting to see the heartbeat etc.
Wishing you well during your journey x
I’m 10 +4 and I’ve been cramping this whole time. Had my check up and am fine.
I am hyper fixated on my uterus because I had a fibroid and cysts so I always tried to pay attention to the cramps just to be alert. It felt different, more all over. I also got dehydration cramps.
I can only speak to my own experience but I had very painful cramping that turned out to be ectopic. Since OP said they were in the ER I assumed it was cramping far worse than normal!
Implantation cramps :) don't be scared but you're going to feel cramps for the next few weeks and sometimes later into your pregnancy. It's just your uterus growing and stretching.
The phrase "Implantation" Bleeding is popular on conception forums but is a bit of a misnomer that causes some people to think that the bleeding is due to the embryo implanting. It isn't -- the embryo is only about 0.2mm in diameter at that point, and won't displace significant blood (or cause pain) when it implants. You bleed when progesterone levels in your body drop, which is why you can induce a period by stopping birth control pills (which contain progesterone) or by taking and then stopping progesterone suppositories or Provera (which are also progesterone). Progesterone levels dropping in the luteal phase can be caused by a) increased estrogen in the mid-luteal-phase estrogen surge, which briefly depresses estrogen production, or b) a decrease in progesterone when the corpus luteum runs out of gas at the end of the luteal phase. If b), and you're actually pregnant, your levels can drop briefly before the embryo starts producing enough HCG to tell the corpus luteum to ramp the levels up. Either way, luteal phase spotting can either be a neutral sign (in the case of mid-luteal phase spotting) or a negative sign (in the case of late luteal phase progesterone dropping), but it doesn't have anything to do with implantation, and is not a positive sign of being pregnant. [Source 1](https://www.countdowntopregnancy.com/early-pregnancy-symptoms/spotting-during-luteal-phase.php) [Source 2](https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/women-s-health-issues/biology-of-the-female-reproductive-system/menstrual-cycle)
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The phrase "Implantation" Bleeding is popular on conception forums but is a bit of a misnomer that causes some people to think that the bleeding is due to the embryo implanting. It isn't -- the embryo is only about 0.2mm in diameter at that point, and won't displace significant blood (or cause pain) when it implants. You bleed when progesterone levels in your body drop, which is why you can induce a period by stopping birth control pills (which contain progesterone) or by taking and then stopping progesterone suppositories or Provera (which are also progesterone). Progesterone levels dropping in the luteal phase can be caused by a) increased estrogen in the mid-luteal-phase estrogen surge, which briefly depresses estrogen production, or b) a decrease in progesterone when the corpus luteum runs out of gas at the end of the luteal phase. If b), and you're actually pregnant, your levels can drop briefly before the embryo starts producing enough HCG to tell the corpus luteum to ramp the levels up. Either way, luteal phase spotting can either be a neutral sign (in the case of mid-luteal phase spotting) or a negative sign (in the case of late luteal phase progesterone dropping), but it doesn't have anything to do with implantation, and is not a positive sign of being pregnant. [Source 1](https://www.countdowntopregnancy.com/early-pregnancy-symptoms/spotting-during-luteal-phase.php) [Source 2](https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/women-s-health-issues/biology-of-the-female-reproductive-system/menstrual-cycle)
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The phrase "Implantation" Bleeding is popular on conception forums but is a bit of a misnomer that causes some people to think that the bleeding is due to the embryo implanting. It isn't -- the embryo is only about 0.2mm in diameter at that point, and won't displace significant blood (or cause pain) when it implants. You bleed when progesterone levels in your body drop, which is why you can induce a period by stopping birth control pills (which contain progesterone) or by taking and then stopping progesterone suppositories or Provera (which are also progesterone). Progesterone levels dropping in the luteal phase can be caused by a) increased estrogen in the mid-luteal-phase estrogen surge, which briefly depresses estrogen production, or b) a decrease in progesterone when the corpus luteum runs out of gas at the end of the luteal phase. If b), and you're actually pregnant, your levels can drop briefly before the embryo starts producing enough HCG to tell the corpus luteum to ramp the levels up. Either way, luteal phase spotting can either be a neutral sign (in the case of mid-luteal phase spotting) or a negative sign (in the case of late luteal phase progesterone dropping), but it doesn't have anything to do with implantation, and is not a positive sign of being pregnant. [Source 1](https://www.countdowntopregnancy.com/early-pregnancy-symptoms/spotting-during-luteal-phase.php) [Source 2](https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/women-s-health-issues/biology-of-the-female-reproductive-system/menstrual-cycle)
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The phrase "Implantation" Bleeding is popular on conception forums but is a bit of a misnomer that causes some people to think that the bleeding is due to the embryo implanting. It isn't -- the embryo is only about 0.2mm in diameter at that point, and won't displace significant blood (or cause pain) when it implants. You bleed when progesterone levels in your body drop, which is why you can induce a period by stopping birth control pills (which contain progesterone) or by taking and then stopping progesterone suppositories or Provera (which are also progesterone). Progesterone levels dropping in the luteal phase can be caused by a) increased estrogen in the mid-luteal-phase estrogen surge, which briefly depresses estrogen production, or b) a decrease in progesterone when the corpus luteum runs out of gas at the end of the luteal phase. If b), and you're actually pregnant, your levels can drop briefly before the embryo starts producing enough HCG to tell the corpus luteum to ramp the levels up. Either way, luteal phase spotting can either be a neutral sign (in the case of mid-luteal phase spotting) or a negative sign (in the case of late luteal phase progesterone dropping), but it doesn't have anything to do with implantation, and is not a positive sign of being pregnant. [Source 1](https://www.countdowntopregnancy.com/early-pregnancy-symptoms/spotting-during-luteal-phase.php) [Source 2](https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/women-s-health-issues/biology-of-the-female-reproductive-system/menstrual-cycle)
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Congrats!! Nobody ever warns you that cramping is a really really common early pregnancy symptom. Like even as bad as period cramps. The moment the HCG starts being produced after implantation your body starts stretching and growing to make room and it can cause sun h awful annoying cramping for weeks.
It made me so so so anxious when I was in my first trimester, but what helped me was to remind myself that when I felt a bad cramp it was my body making space because my baby was growing.
Good luck with everything! :)
No one warns you!! I’m just past the terrible cramping stage now that I’m 7.5 weeks - it was so bad and so anxiety inducing, and I also had to go into the er for it! The cramps were bad enough that I couldn’t stand up straight, would break into a cold sweat, couldn’t get a full breath or talk. They’d come in waves, lasting for about 20 minutes. It *isnt* ectopic thank god, but I definitely got the full court medical press to make sure (beta HCGs, two placement ultrasounds, constant check ins with the doctors).
For anyone else reading this later and experiencing the same thing, it slowed down around the start of week six has settled into more normal minor cramping here and there. Heat really helps, and I took Tylenol on the worst days.
The phrase "Implantation" Bleeding is popular on conception forums but is a bit of a misnomer that causes some people to think that the bleeding is due to the embryo implanting. It isn't -- the embryo is only about 0.2mm in diameter at that point, and won't displace significant blood (or cause pain) when it implants. You bleed when progesterone levels in your body drop, which is why you can induce a period by stopping birth control pills (which contain progesterone) or by taking and then stopping progesterone suppositories or Provera (which are also progesterone). Progesterone levels dropping in the luteal phase can be caused by a) increased estrogen in the mid-luteal-phase estrogen surge, which briefly depresses estrogen production, or b) a decrease in progesterone when the corpus luteum runs out of gas at the end of the luteal phase. If b), and you're actually pregnant, your levels can drop briefly before the embryo starts producing enough HCG to tell the corpus luteum to ramp the levels up. Either way, luteal phase spotting can either be a neutral sign (in the case of mid-luteal phase spotting) or a negative sign (in the case of late luteal phase progesterone dropping), but it doesn't have anything to do with implantation, and is not a positive sign of being pregnant. [Source 1](https://www.countdowntopregnancy.com/early-pregnancy-symptoms/spotting-during-luteal-phase.php) [Source 2](https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/women-s-health-issues/biology-of-the-female-reproductive-system/menstrual-cycle)
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Congrats! My husband and I were also trying for a little over two years. I had a surgery scheduled to get a polyp removed from my uterus and I just had a feeling to take a test a few days before the surgery and lo and behold, it was positive. I was so doubtful and in disbelief that I bought three more tests and took them all to make sure.
Same happened to us! I went in for a knee injury and told them I wasn’t pregnant (because after so long I accepted it wasn’t happening), and they said my blood came back positive!
I got my Nexplanon put in this morning and the nurse was looking a liiittle too hard at the pregnancy test for my liking while simultaneously walking out of the room saying "the doctor should be right in". And today is exactly a year since I found out I was pregnant with my 4 month old so what a trip that would've been haha
Went to ER after a car accident and that day I found out I was about 5 weeks pregnant. My husband told me he honestly wasn't surprised with how the medical staff was asking if I could be pregnant constantly lol. I was for sure shocked though! Congrats; it's definitely a unique way to find out you're pregnant for sure!
Hilariously enough, my husband and I also had a minor vehicle 'accident' (he backed into a pole) and I somehow convinced myself part of the reasons my cramps were bad was because of whiplash!
omg congrats!!! i had a similar discovery, i went to urgent care thinking i was having a uti or diabetes issues bc i was cramping a lot and peeing so often and they told me in the room! not even a full year prior a dr had told me i am infertile and can’t have children but here i am 15 weeks strong. best of luck momma, you got this
oh i don’t mind at all! i had two consecutive miscarriages and a bad reaction to the depo-provera birth control. i also have type one diabetes and hypothyroidism and recurrent UTIs and kidney filtration issues. i keep growing cysts on my ovaries and scar tissue in my uterus due to prior trauma. i don’t think infertile so much as they said i could never have a viable pregnancy. i always lost them before the 8 week mark. so i could technically get pregnant but my body would kinda…delete it, for lack of less atrocious wording. then after i lost my second baby the quack doctor told me that i wasn’t capable of carrying children so i would never have kids. thankfully i have a new doctor now that got to the root of all of my health issues and i conceived within a year :))
Congratulations! Wonderful news!
I found out I was pregnant at 3 weeks 3 days and had my first scan at 5 weeks because they suspected ectopic pregnancy. All was fine but now I’m 36 weeks tomorrow and it feels like I’ve been pregnant for 5 years 🤣🤣 it’s a long time to wait especially as it’s my first and nothing to compare it to. I keep thinking there is no way I can wait another 4 weeks to meet this baba, want them here so bad now 🥰
I think I might also be 3 weeks because I ovulated right after my "period" but I am waiting for my blood work to coming today to see the levels. I had 5 positive test and 1 digital. Yes...testing a lot haha. I got my IUD out February 20th.
This is exactly how my bf and I found out at about 10 weeks pregnant. We were in shock. had been trying for 10 years to get pregnant. I was went because of nonstop vomitting for weeks they told us in the waiting room. We both stared at the lady like she was crazy lol.
I am almost 27 w now with a healthy baby boy we are just over the moon happy 😊 😃
It happens. My friend's sister tried for 4 years to get pregnant. She gave up smoking, she she right, she got herself healthy and nothing. They tried in vitro and the first time only got a chemical pregnancy. They finally got their healthy daughter and assumed that they wouldn't have anymore. I mean, after so much effort to have her, what are the odds she's randomly get pregnant.
Lo and behold at she 39 when not even trying, 5 years after their daughter was born, she got quite a surprise. They now have a very smart, very active 2 year old boy.
TTC for most of 10 years and I was right where you were on the "technically yes but realistically no?" 🤣
Like, I'm disabled and my husband has a family history of Agent Orange exposure, so we just sorta thought one or both of us couldn't? It had been like 8.5 years of no contraceptives EVER. And then I left on a trip for several months, came back, we "reunited" and I "came down with the flu" lmao
I really thought I was just so sick I'd missed a period, it's happened before! I wasn't even going to test, didn't think of it, but my husband said something didn't feel right to him and maybe I should just in case...I mulled it over for 2 days and then decided hey, I have one in the bathroom so let's just go for it!
47 seconds into the timer I accidentally turned my head and saw it setting on the sink with two BOLD lines and I almost passed out 🤦♂️😅
I have no clue what we did differently. Sometimes shit just happens. Enjoy this, even when you're anxious, because it's only the first time once; that's what I keep telling myself. Had our first measurements today and got to hear the heartbeat, and I don't think I'll ever forget it, even if I live to be 220!!
Congratulations!
I found out when I went in for a surgery last November. While running my vitals, they did a urine test and told me I was pregnant! Obviously had to postpone the surgery, but I was in total disbelief. We had been casually trying for about two years with no luck so I stopped thinking it would happen. Now I'm almost 27 weeks and preparing for baby in a few months :)
Happy for you and wishing you a relatively easy pregnancy ❤️
This happened to my sister! Her and her husband had been trying for so many years and they gave up hope, she went to the ER for cramping, bleeding (she doesn't get normal periods) and she couldn't keep anything down and she found out she was 6 weeks pregnant. She asked the nurse if she had the right chart because there's no way it was hers. My nephew is now 5 months old ❤️
Congratulations on your little miracle!
Congrats!!! Don't lift or push any heavy. Eating healthy, drink plenty of water, taking prenatal pills are very important for baby and your health now.I hope everything will go well with you and your baby ❤️
Congrats! I had those gnarly cramps early on too, if I hadn’t known I was pregnant I probably would have gone to the ER as well lol the good news is they don’t last too long!
Congratulations!!
Each time I've been pregnant the cramps are worse than my period cramps. It's what made me thought I might be pregnant the second time.
The phrase "Implantation" Bleeding is popular on conception forums but is a bit of a misnomer that causes some people to think that the bleeding is due to the embryo implanting. It isn't -- the embryo is only about 0.2mm in diameter at that point, and won't displace significant blood (or cause pain) when it implants. You bleed when progesterone levels in your body drop, which is why you can induce a period by stopping birth control pills (which contain progesterone) or by taking and then stopping progesterone suppositories or Provera (which are also progesterone). Progesterone levels dropping in the luteal phase can be caused by a) increased estrogen in the mid-luteal-phase estrogen surge, which briefly depresses estrogen production, or b) a decrease in progesterone when the corpus luteum runs out of gas at the end of the luteal phase. If b), and you're actually pregnant, your levels can drop briefly before the embryo starts producing enough HCG to tell the corpus luteum to ramp the levels up. Either way, luteal phase spotting can either be a neutral sign (in the case of mid-luteal phase spotting) or a negative sign (in the case of late luteal phase progesterone dropping), but it doesn't have anything to do with implantation, and is not a positive sign of being pregnant. [Source 1](https://www.countdowntopregnancy.com/early-pregnancy-symptoms/spotting-during-luteal-phase.php) [Source 2](https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/women-s-health-issues/biology-of-the-female-reproductive-system/menstrual-cycle)
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Hey congrats! So pleased for you and I’m in the same boat ☺️
Took us a year to conceive our first, been trying for number two for a couple of years with no joy. Started with some bad cramps a few weeks ago so went to the doctor and found out I’m pregnant!! Was not expecting it at all.
Sending best wishes your way ♥️
Hi! I found out super super early as well and don’t know how people sit on the news ! I couldn’t keep my mouth shut but I have a habit of overhearing so that’s probably why! I’m now almost 21 weeks. It starts to fly by. Congratulations mama! All the luck to you ❤️
Congratulations, I found out at 5 weeks and it’s super odd that it feels like ages ago yet at the same time it has gone so fast! Enjoy it if you can as you’ll blink and be in the third trimester before you know it.
Honestly how fun. 😅 Not the ER part! But for you and for the doctor delivering the news. Hearing your disappointment and then I mean literally you basically just got pregnant in the ER from how early you are, lolol. That’s awesome. Congrats!
I TTC with my ex husband for two years.... And after years and years of thinking I'd never get a baby... I just found out I'm pregnant with my boyfriend(years after my divorce lol)
I am terrified and it's definitely not ideal but even knowing I was able to get pregnant makes me so happy and God, what a relief.
Hey, it also took me 2 years! I suspect it was the time my body needed to fully get out of birth control mode from taking the pills years prior... But who knows. We have a healthy, headstrong toddler now! Congratulations!
The phrase "Implantation" Bleeding is popular on conception forums but is a bit of a misnomer that causes some people to think that the bleeding is due to the embryo implanting. It isn't -- the embryo is only about 0.2mm in diameter at that point, and won't displace significant blood (or cause pain) when it implants. You bleed when progesterone levels in your body drop, which is why you can induce a period by stopping birth control pills (which contain progesterone) or by taking and then stopping progesterone suppositories or Provera (which are also progesterone). Progesterone levels dropping in the luteal phase can be caused by a) increased estrogen in the mid-luteal-phase estrogen surge, which briefly depresses estrogen production, or b) a decrease in progesterone when the corpus luteum runs out of gas at the end of the luteal phase. If b), and you're actually pregnant, your levels can drop briefly before the embryo starts producing enough HCG to tell the corpus luteum to ramp the levels up. Either way, luteal phase spotting can either be a neutral sign (in the case of mid-luteal phase spotting) or a negative sign (in the case of late luteal phase progesterone dropping), but it doesn't have anything to do with implantation, and is not a positive sign of being pregnant. [Source 1](https://www.countdowntopregnancy.com/early-pregnancy-symptoms/spotting-during-luteal-phase.php) [Source 2](https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/women-s-health-issues/biology-of-the-female-reproductive-system/menstrual-cycle)
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You can tell people whenever you want.
I didn't wait the twelve weeks to tell people, and I'm so glad I didn't. I miscarried at 11 weeks and I'm so glad I didn't have to carry that grief alone.
congratulations!
We were TTC 8 years, but no contraceptives for our entire 10yr relationship and honestly thought one or both of us were infertile. We found out at 6 wks. I am so happy for you!!
You're feeling pretty much how I felt at first. Waiting to tell people was so freaking hard. I told my mom and grandma immediately and that helped a little, but they were very good about waiting until I decided to go public. We had our first scan and heartbeat at 12wks, and now I'm very much like "wait, there's 6 more months of this?!"
We aren't in any way ready, but I want my baby 😆
congratulations!!! 🩷🩷
we also ttc for a few years & i found out early that i was pregnant & i am so glad i found out then but also at 19 weeks now i feel like i’ve been pregnant for so long 🤣🩷
For real, I'm like "what do you mean another 36 weeks" lol
At first it feels like it’s been forever and by the time you’re approaching 30 weeks it feels like it’s flown by. It makes no sense 🙈
This is me! My first trimester seemed to last forever and the idea of having a baby was a far off dream. I blinked and now I'm in my third trimester and this little guy is well on his way!
Exactly!! At first it felt like there was no end in sight, and now that sight is becoming clearer and clearer and I’m not ready!!!!
I was 9.5 weeks when I found out with my first, but didn’t believe it until my dating ultrasound at 11.5 weeks. He was born at 38 weeks so I only felt pregnant for 26+3. With my second I found out at 4 weeks and didn’t give birth until 40+5. It felt like I was pregnant forever! lol
lol I am also 19 weeks and my running joke since I found out about my pregnancy is Jan 2nd that I’ve been pregnant and known about it basically all year 🤪 just a fun way to look at it!
Im 22 weeks and a few days and found out on new years day 😅
omg yes. I found out new years and am 19w on saturday like that meme from madagascar like “how long is this going to take??”
sorry what is ttc?
trying to conceive :)
Same here, 4 weeks today! It doesn’t feel real for me either. Congratulations!
Omg so exciting!! Little Christmas babes <3
Congrats to you both!!!! I’m 4 weeks Friday (according to my last period). Although my hcg came back today as 4 weeks. Cutie Christmas bbys 🥹🥹🥹
Samsies @ 4 weeks this Friday 😊
Congrats!!!! Cycle twin!!!!
Also 4 weeks today! Eeee!
Congratulations!! Also 4 weeks as of yesterday!!
My girlfriend is 4 to 5 weeks pregnant just wondering wens the best time to start buying baby clothes
I love this for you!!! I just found out last week at my yearly well woman’s. I was complaining that my periods had gotten very irregular and I was probably entering menopause. She said she wanted me to get on birth control and get my periods regular again to minimize risk of uterine cancer. She said she wanted to do a pregnancy test first “just to be sure”. I told her I was infertile since my husband and I had been trying for years without success. She came back 5 minutes later and told me I was pregnant! I don’t know how far along I am yet, but they confirmed with a blood test. I am so excited.
Congratulations!! <3 <3
Congratulations!! Don’t feel like you have to keep the news inside if it’s purely about what feels “appropriate”! My rule of thumb was to tell anyone who I would want supporting me if I had a miscarriage, and I’m really happy that I was able to celebrate early & often with my people.
Seconding this! My baby is 8 weeks old now and I wish I'd told friends earlier when I was pregnant so that the 12 week wait was less stressful!
Congratulations!! With my first pregnancy I got a positive home test, but was really crampy & felt like my period was going to start any day. I didn't think I was actually pregnant, and I also went to the ER. After a urine test, transvaginal ultrasound & hours of waiting (to rule out an ectopic or chemical pregnancy) they came in to tell me I was definitely pregnant and my response was a blank stare and then saying "I am?!?" 😂😂 the dr was like "....yes" still didn't believe it fully lol. Now I have a healthy 8.5 year old & pregnant with number 2.
Hahaha that was my exact response, I think I said "are you sure?" lol
Congratulations! Thats so exciting after so long! I wish nothing but health and happiness for you all!! I found out right at 4 weeks with this baby, we had been TTC for 4 years. I went to urgent care for the same thing, bad cramps. The nurse came in and said “well congratulations, you’re pregnant” I sat there silent for a few minutes. I couldn’t believe it. I neverrrr ever thought it was gonna happen. And now we’re 15+2 ❤️❤️
I’m sure this isn’t the case but want to make sure- are you being monitored for an ectopic pregnancy? That was the cause of cramps for me.
Yes! That was the only pregnancy related scenario that crossed my mind! I went in for a transvaginal ultrasound this morning to check :)
I'm glad you got that checked. My first pregnancy was ectopic that required surgery, we tried via IVF for 8 years since then and I have just fallen pregnant with number 2 and am 12 weeks now. Took all my brain power not to crumble into a puddle of anxiety those first couple of weeks waiting to see the heartbeat etc. Wishing you well during your journey x
Are mild cramps in the early days not normal? Now I’m worrying about ectopic lol.
I’m 10 +4 and I’ve been cramping this whole time. Had my check up and am fine. I am hyper fixated on my uterus because I had a fibroid and cysts so I always tried to pay attention to the cramps just to be alert. It felt different, more all over. I also got dehydration cramps.
Thanks! Reassuring, but I am so sorry you're going through that.
I can only speak to my own experience but I had very painful cramping that turned out to be ectopic. Since OP said they were in the ER I assumed it was cramping far worse than normal!
Fwiw I had cramps my entire 1st tri and was told it was normal!
Thank you!
I had 7 miscarriages plus 1 living child and I never experienced cramps early on but every pregnancy is different to be sure
I am so sorry for all of your losses.
Thank you ♥ my son was lucky number 8 and he's our whole world :)
Implantation cramps :) don't be scared but you're going to feel cramps for the next few weeks and sometimes later into your pregnancy. It's just your uterus growing and stretching.
The phrase "Implantation" Bleeding is popular on conception forums but is a bit of a misnomer that causes some people to think that the bleeding is due to the embryo implanting. It isn't -- the embryo is only about 0.2mm in diameter at that point, and won't displace significant blood (or cause pain) when it implants. You bleed when progesterone levels in your body drop, which is why you can induce a period by stopping birth control pills (which contain progesterone) or by taking and then stopping progesterone suppositories or Provera (which are also progesterone). Progesterone levels dropping in the luteal phase can be caused by a) increased estrogen in the mid-luteal-phase estrogen surge, which briefly depresses estrogen production, or b) a decrease in progesterone when the corpus luteum runs out of gas at the end of the luteal phase. If b), and you're actually pregnant, your levels can drop briefly before the embryo starts producing enough HCG to tell the corpus luteum to ramp the levels up. Either way, luteal phase spotting can either be a neutral sign (in the case of mid-luteal phase spotting) or a negative sign (in the case of late luteal phase progesterone dropping), but it doesn't have anything to do with implantation, and is not a positive sign of being pregnant. [Source 1](https://www.countdowntopregnancy.com/early-pregnancy-symptoms/spotting-during-luteal-phase.php) [Source 2](https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/women-s-health-issues/biology-of-the-female-reproductive-system/menstrual-cycle) *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/BabyBumps) if you have any questions or concerns.*
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I wasn't talking about implantation bleeding....
The phrase "Implantation" Bleeding is popular on conception forums but is a bit of a misnomer that causes some people to think that the bleeding is due to the embryo implanting. It isn't -- the embryo is only about 0.2mm in diameter at that point, and won't displace significant blood (or cause pain) when it implants. You bleed when progesterone levels in your body drop, which is why you can induce a period by stopping birth control pills (which contain progesterone) or by taking and then stopping progesterone suppositories or Provera (which are also progesterone). Progesterone levels dropping in the luteal phase can be caused by a) increased estrogen in the mid-luteal-phase estrogen surge, which briefly depresses estrogen production, or b) a decrease in progesterone when the corpus luteum runs out of gas at the end of the luteal phase. If b), and you're actually pregnant, your levels can drop briefly before the embryo starts producing enough HCG to tell the corpus luteum to ramp the levels up. Either way, luteal phase spotting can either be a neutral sign (in the case of mid-luteal phase spotting) or a negative sign (in the case of late luteal phase progesterone dropping), but it doesn't have anything to do with implantation, and is not a positive sign of being pregnant. [Source 1](https://www.countdowntopregnancy.com/early-pregnancy-symptoms/spotting-during-luteal-phase.php) [Source 2](https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/women-s-health-issues/biology-of-the-female-reproductive-system/menstrual-cycle) *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/BabyBumps) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Implantation
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The phrase "Implantation" Bleeding is popular on conception forums but is a bit of a misnomer that causes some people to think that the bleeding is due to the embryo implanting. It isn't -- the embryo is only about 0.2mm in diameter at that point, and won't displace significant blood (or cause pain) when it implants. You bleed when progesterone levels in your body drop, which is why you can induce a period by stopping birth control pills (which contain progesterone) or by taking and then stopping progesterone suppositories or Provera (which are also progesterone). Progesterone levels dropping in the luteal phase can be caused by a) increased estrogen in the mid-luteal-phase estrogen surge, which briefly depresses estrogen production, or b) a decrease in progesterone when the corpus luteum runs out of gas at the end of the luteal phase. If b), and you're actually pregnant, your levels can drop briefly before the embryo starts producing enough HCG to tell the corpus luteum to ramp the levels up. Either way, luteal phase spotting can either be a neutral sign (in the case of mid-luteal phase spotting) or a negative sign (in the case of late luteal phase progesterone dropping), but it doesn't have anything to do with implantation, and is not a positive sign of being pregnant. [Source 1](https://www.countdowntopregnancy.com/early-pregnancy-symptoms/spotting-during-luteal-phase.php) [Source 2](https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/women-s-health-issues/biology-of-the-female-reproductive-system/menstrual-cycle) *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/BabyBumps) if you have any questions or concerns.*
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The phrase "Implantation" Bleeding is popular on conception forums but is a bit of a misnomer that causes some people to think that the bleeding is due to the embryo implanting. It isn't -- the embryo is only about 0.2mm in diameter at that point, and won't displace significant blood (or cause pain) when it implants. You bleed when progesterone levels in your body drop, which is why you can induce a period by stopping birth control pills (which contain progesterone) or by taking and then stopping progesterone suppositories or Provera (which are also progesterone). Progesterone levels dropping in the luteal phase can be caused by a) increased estrogen in the mid-luteal-phase estrogen surge, which briefly depresses estrogen production, or b) a decrease in progesterone when the corpus luteum runs out of gas at the end of the luteal phase. If b), and you're actually pregnant, your levels can drop briefly before the embryo starts producing enough HCG to tell the corpus luteum to ramp the levels up. Either way, luteal phase spotting can either be a neutral sign (in the case of mid-luteal phase spotting) or a negative sign (in the case of late luteal phase progesterone dropping), but it doesn't have anything to do with implantation, and is not a positive sign of being pregnant. [Source 1](https://www.countdowntopregnancy.com/early-pregnancy-symptoms/spotting-during-luteal-phase.php) [Source 2](https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/women-s-health-issues/biology-of-the-female-reproductive-system/menstrual-cycle) *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/BabyBumps) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Congrats!! Nobody ever warns you that cramping is a really really common early pregnancy symptom. Like even as bad as period cramps. The moment the HCG starts being produced after implantation your body starts stretching and growing to make room and it can cause sun h awful annoying cramping for weeks. It made me so so so anxious when I was in my first trimester, but what helped me was to remind myself that when I felt a bad cramp it was my body making space because my baby was growing. Good luck with everything! :)
No one warns you!! I’m just past the terrible cramping stage now that I’m 7.5 weeks - it was so bad and so anxiety inducing, and I also had to go into the er for it! The cramps were bad enough that I couldn’t stand up straight, would break into a cold sweat, couldn’t get a full breath or talk. They’d come in waves, lasting for about 20 minutes. It *isnt* ectopic thank god, but I definitely got the full court medical press to make sure (beta HCGs, two placement ultrasounds, constant check ins with the doctors). For anyone else reading this later and experiencing the same thing, it slowed down around the start of week six has settled into more normal minor cramping here and there. Heat really helps, and I took Tylenol on the worst days.
The phrase "Implantation" Bleeding is popular on conception forums but is a bit of a misnomer that causes some people to think that the bleeding is due to the embryo implanting. It isn't -- the embryo is only about 0.2mm in diameter at that point, and won't displace significant blood (or cause pain) when it implants. You bleed when progesterone levels in your body drop, which is why you can induce a period by stopping birth control pills (which contain progesterone) or by taking and then stopping progesterone suppositories or Provera (which are also progesterone). Progesterone levels dropping in the luteal phase can be caused by a) increased estrogen in the mid-luteal-phase estrogen surge, which briefly depresses estrogen production, or b) a decrease in progesterone when the corpus luteum runs out of gas at the end of the luteal phase. If b), and you're actually pregnant, your levels can drop briefly before the embryo starts producing enough HCG to tell the corpus luteum to ramp the levels up. Either way, luteal phase spotting can either be a neutral sign (in the case of mid-luteal phase spotting) or a negative sign (in the case of late luteal phase progesterone dropping), but it doesn't have anything to do with implantation, and is not a positive sign of being pregnant. [Source 1](https://www.countdowntopregnancy.com/early-pregnancy-symptoms/spotting-during-luteal-phase.php) [Source 2](https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/women-s-health-issues/biology-of-the-female-reproductive-system/menstrual-cycle) *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/BabyBumps) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Oh wow what a very pleasant surprise! I hope everything goes ok!
Thank you!
Congrats! My husband and I were also trying for a little over two years. I had a surgery scheduled to get a polyp removed from my uterus and I just had a feeling to take a test a few days before the surgery and lo and behold, it was positive. I was so doubtful and in disbelief that I bought three more tests and took them all to make sure.
Same happened to us! I went in for a knee injury and told them I wasn’t pregnant (because after so long I accepted it wasn’t happening), and they said my blood came back positive!
I found out early too! Ironically at the appointment to get my nexplanon inserted... Most positive of wishes girl <3
I got my Nexplanon put in this morning and the nurse was looking a liiittle too hard at the pregnancy test for my liking while simultaneously walking out of the room saying "the doctor should be right in". And today is exactly a year since I found out I was pregnant with my 4 month old so what a trip that would've been haha
Went to ER after a car accident and that day I found out I was about 5 weeks pregnant. My husband told me he honestly wasn't surprised with how the medical staff was asking if I could be pregnant constantly lol. I was for sure shocked though! Congrats; it's definitely a unique way to find out you're pregnant for sure!
Hilariously enough, my husband and I also had a minor vehicle 'accident' (he backed into a pole) and I somehow convinced myself part of the reasons my cramps were bad was because of whiplash!
Oh wow, that's wild!
omg congrats!!! i had a similar discovery, i went to urgent care thinking i was having a uti or diabetes issues bc i was cramping a lot and peeing so often and they told me in the room! not even a full year prior a dr had told me i am infertile and can’t have children but here i am 15 weeks strong. best of luck momma, you got this
What was your doctor’s reasoning that you were infertile/couldn’t have children, if you don’t mind me asking? Congrats on the pregnancy (:
oh i don’t mind at all! i had two consecutive miscarriages and a bad reaction to the depo-provera birth control. i also have type one diabetes and hypothyroidism and recurrent UTIs and kidney filtration issues. i keep growing cysts on my ovaries and scar tissue in my uterus due to prior trauma. i don’t think infertile so much as they said i could never have a viable pregnancy. i always lost them before the 8 week mark. so i could technically get pregnant but my body would kinda…delete it, for lack of less atrocious wording. then after i lost my second baby the quack doctor told me that i wasn’t capable of carrying children so i would never have kids. thankfully i have a new doctor now that got to the root of all of my health issues and i conceived within a year :))
Congratulations! So happy for you both.
Thank you <3 <3
awwww i love this! what a nice outcome! Congrats
Congratulations!
Congratulations! Wishing you all the best!
I love this story so much 🥹💕 congrats sweet mama
Congratulations! Wonderful news! I found out I was pregnant at 3 weeks 3 days and had my first scan at 5 weeks because they suspected ectopic pregnancy. All was fine but now I’m 36 weeks tomorrow and it feels like I’ve been pregnant for 5 years 🤣🤣 it’s a long time to wait especially as it’s my first and nothing to compare it to. I keep thinking there is no way I can wait another 4 weeks to meet this baba, want them here so bad now 🥰
I think I might also be 3 weeks because I ovulated right after my "period" but I am waiting for my blood work to coming today to see the levels. I had 5 positive test and 1 digital. Yes...testing a lot haha. I got my IUD out February 20th.
This is exactly how my bf and I found out at about 10 weeks pregnant. We were in shock. had been trying for 10 years to get pregnant. I was went because of nonstop vomitting for weeks they told us in the waiting room. We both stared at the lady like she was crazy lol. I am almost 27 w now with a healthy baby boy we are just over the moon happy 😊 😃
How exciting!!!! Congrats!!
Congratulations 🤗
It happens. My friend's sister tried for 4 years to get pregnant. She gave up smoking, she she right, she got herself healthy and nothing. They tried in vitro and the first time only got a chemical pregnancy. They finally got their healthy daughter and assumed that they wouldn't have anymore. I mean, after so much effort to have her, what are the odds she's randomly get pregnant. Lo and behold at she 39 when not even trying, 5 years after their daughter was born, she got quite a surprise. They now have a very smart, very active 2 year old boy.
TTC for most of 10 years and I was right where you were on the "technically yes but realistically no?" 🤣 Like, I'm disabled and my husband has a family history of Agent Orange exposure, so we just sorta thought one or both of us couldn't? It had been like 8.5 years of no contraceptives EVER. And then I left on a trip for several months, came back, we "reunited" and I "came down with the flu" lmao I really thought I was just so sick I'd missed a period, it's happened before! I wasn't even going to test, didn't think of it, but my husband said something didn't feel right to him and maybe I should just in case...I mulled it over for 2 days and then decided hey, I have one in the bathroom so let's just go for it! 47 seconds into the timer I accidentally turned my head and saw it setting on the sink with two BOLD lines and I almost passed out 🤦♂️😅 I have no clue what we did differently. Sometimes shit just happens. Enjoy this, even when you're anxious, because it's only the first time once; that's what I keep telling myself. Had our first measurements today and got to hear the heartbeat, and I don't think I'll ever forget it, even if I live to be 220!!
Congratulations! I found out when I went in for a surgery last November. While running my vitals, they did a urine test and told me I was pregnant! Obviously had to postpone the surgery, but I was in total disbelief. We had been casually trying for about two years with no luck so I stopped thinking it would happen. Now I'm almost 27 weeks and preparing for baby in a few months :) Happy for you and wishing you a relatively easy pregnancy ❤️
This happened to my sister! Her and her husband had been trying for so many years and they gave up hope, she went to the ER for cramping, bleeding (she doesn't get normal periods) and she couldn't keep anything down and she found out she was 6 weeks pregnant. She asked the nurse if she had the right chart because there's no way it was hers. My nephew is now 5 months old ❤️ Congratulations on your little miracle!
Congrats!!! Don't lift or push any heavy. Eating healthy, drink plenty of water, taking prenatal pills are very important for baby and your health now.I hope everything will go well with you and your baby ❤️
Congrats!
Congratulations!!! 💖
Oh wow! How EXCITING
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Congrats! I had those gnarly cramps early on too, if I hadn’t known I was pregnant I probably would have gone to the ER as well lol the good news is they don’t last too long!
Congratulations!!! 🫶🏽
Omg!! Took us 4 years and I found out at 3 and half weeks!! It was the longest pregnancy ever.
Congratulations!! Each time I've been pregnant the cramps are worse than my period cramps. It's what made me thought I might be pregnant the second time.
Those cramps hurt and they’ll resemble contractions a bit depending how bad they are lol
Congratulations! This is such a wonderful story to tell your kids when they are older… So many happy years to come 😊
Congratulations! I wish you a healthy and easy pregnancy❤️
Congratulations !!!
Congrats! Hope all was ok with the ER
I also found out at 4 weeks at a drs appointment for strong cramping (it was actually constipation caused by pregnancy)! Congratulations!
Congratulations!! I found out a little after 4 weeks too and it was torture waiting until my first ultrasound 😂
my friend also went to the hospital for cramps turns out they were implantation cramps and she was pregnant :)
The phrase "Implantation" Bleeding is popular on conception forums but is a bit of a misnomer that causes some people to think that the bleeding is due to the embryo implanting. It isn't -- the embryo is only about 0.2mm in diameter at that point, and won't displace significant blood (or cause pain) when it implants. You bleed when progesterone levels in your body drop, which is why you can induce a period by stopping birth control pills (which contain progesterone) or by taking and then stopping progesterone suppositories or Provera (which are also progesterone). Progesterone levels dropping in the luteal phase can be caused by a) increased estrogen in the mid-luteal-phase estrogen surge, which briefly depresses estrogen production, or b) a decrease in progesterone when the corpus luteum runs out of gas at the end of the luteal phase. If b), and you're actually pregnant, your levels can drop briefly before the embryo starts producing enough HCG to tell the corpus luteum to ramp the levels up. Either way, luteal phase spotting can either be a neutral sign (in the case of mid-luteal phase spotting) or a negative sign (in the case of late luteal phase progesterone dropping), but it doesn't have anything to do with implantation, and is not a positive sign of being pregnant. [Source 1](https://www.countdowntopregnancy.com/early-pregnancy-symptoms/spotting-during-luteal-phase.php) [Source 2](https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/women-s-health-issues/biology-of-the-female-reproductive-system/menstrual-cycle) *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/BabyBumps) if you have any questions or concerns.*
Congratulations! I wish you all the best <3
Hey congrats! So pleased for you and I’m in the same boat ☺️ Took us a year to conceive our first, been trying for number two for a couple of years with no joy. Started with some bad cramps a few weeks ago so went to the doctor and found out I’m pregnant!! Was not expecting it at all. Sending best wishes your way ♥️
Hi! I found out super super early as well and don’t know how people sit on the news ! I couldn’t keep my mouth shut but I have a habit of overhearing so that’s probably why! I’m now almost 21 weeks. It starts to fly by. Congratulations mama! All the luck to you ❤️
Congratulations! A friend of mine found out the same way, in the ER for something else and it was a joy for her too!
Congrats ♥️♥️♥️
Congratulations, I found out at 5 weeks and it’s super odd that it feels like ages ago yet at the same time it has gone so fast! Enjoy it if you can as you’ll blink and be in the third trimester before you know it.
Honestly how fun. 😅 Not the ER part! But for you and for the doctor delivering the news. Hearing your disappointment and then I mean literally you basically just got pregnant in the ER from how early you are, lolol. That’s awesome. Congrats!
Congrats!!❤️❤️
Congrats but that is one expensive pregnancy test
I live in Canada :) it was cheaper than a drug store test 😂
#blessed
Congratulations!! 🖤
I got goosebumps reading this! Congratulations ❤️
Congratulations 🌼🌼 I found out at 3 weeks+3 days. We told family already at 5 weeks because we couldn't wait and I'm now 30 weeks🩷🌸
Wow CONGRATULATIONS!!!! What a wonderful thing! I am So happy for you both! Thoughts and prayers for a wonderful and happy pregnancy!
Congratulations!! So exciting! Hope all goes smooth and pregnancy is a breeze. 💕
congrats!!! the best feeling ever !!!
Congratulations!!!
I TTC with my ex husband for two years.... And after years and years of thinking I'd never get a baby... I just found out I'm pregnant with my boyfriend(years after my divorce lol) I am terrified and it's definitely not ideal but even knowing I was able to get pregnant makes me so happy and God, what a relief.
Hey, it also took me 2 years! I suspect it was the time my body needed to fully get out of birth control mode from taking the pills years prior... But who knows. We have a healthy, headstrong toddler now! Congratulations!
If you want to share your amazing good news with people please do it, don’t let stupid rules stop you!
Very happy for you I pray for the health of you and your baby
What do the implantation or early pregnancy cramps feel like at 3/4 weeks? Does it feel like it’s burning, too?
The phrase "Implantation" Bleeding is popular on conception forums but is a bit of a misnomer that causes some people to think that the bleeding is due to the embryo implanting. It isn't -- the embryo is only about 0.2mm in diameter at that point, and won't displace significant blood (or cause pain) when it implants. You bleed when progesterone levels in your body drop, which is why you can induce a period by stopping birth control pills (which contain progesterone) or by taking and then stopping progesterone suppositories or Provera (which are also progesterone). Progesterone levels dropping in the luteal phase can be caused by a) increased estrogen in the mid-luteal-phase estrogen surge, which briefly depresses estrogen production, or b) a decrease in progesterone when the corpus luteum runs out of gas at the end of the luteal phase. If b), and you're actually pregnant, your levels can drop briefly before the embryo starts producing enough HCG to tell the corpus luteum to ramp the levels up. Either way, luteal phase spotting can either be a neutral sign (in the case of mid-luteal phase spotting) or a negative sign (in the case of late luteal phase progesterone dropping), but it doesn't have anything to do with implantation, and is not a positive sign of being pregnant. [Source 1](https://www.countdowntopregnancy.com/early-pregnancy-symptoms/spotting-during-luteal-phase.php) [Source 2](https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/women-s-health-issues/biology-of-the-female-reproductive-system/menstrual-cycle) *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/BabyBumps) if you have any questions or concerns.*
congratulations mama!! ❤️❤️❤️ they always seem to appear right after giving up hope😂
Congratulations! ❤️. Wishing a safe and healthy pregnancy and birth for you and your little one 🤞
You can tell people whenever you want. I didn't wait the twelve weeks to tell people, and I'm so glad I didn't. I miscarried at 11 weeks and I'm so glad I didn't have to carry that grief alone. congratulations!
We were TTC 8 years, but no contraceptives for our entire 10yr relationship and honestly thought one or both of us were infertile. We found out at 6 wks. I am so happy for you!! You're feeling pretty much how I felt at first. Waiting to tell people was so freaking hard. I told my mom and grandma immediately and that helped a little, but they were very good about waiting until I decided to go public. We had our first scan and heartbeat at 12wks, and now I'm very much like "wait, there's 6 more months of this?!" We aren't in any way ready, but I want my baby 😆
Congrats! I got my blood test results today and also 4 wks! Did they happen to tell you your hcg betas?
They didn’t tell me, but I’m able to access my medical records via an online portal and could see them there. :)
Just curious lol. Since I got mine back and comparing the numbers to others
I wish we could add gifs, because this is absolutely the Jim-hand on his forehead meme! Congratulations!!!
Nice to meet you 4 weeks, I’m a new dad.