Zoe and I were having a theoretical discussion last night over dinner ---theoretical, since neither of us have reason for practical application anyway.
She was listing the symptoms of pregnancy--- nausea and morning sickness, missed periods, growing tummy, darkening skin, etc. But we began arguing on whether the symptoms were definite indicators, because both of us had friends or knew girls who didn't have morning sickness and who even had their periods during pregnancy, so they didn't realize they were pregnant until their tummies got big. I even knew a girl (in fairness, she was only 16) who had been raped by a relative and who didn't know she got pregnant from the rape. She ran in the 800 meter dash during our school intrams two weeks before she ran to the bathroom because she was having a bellyache and the baby popped out instead, and that was when the whole thing about the rape was revealed. We just thought she had gotten fat, but she didn't even show, and the baby was a big surprise to everybody, especially to its mom!
Pregnancy symptoms aren't really reliable indicators of pregnancy, aren't they? :p *tongue-in-cheek*
LayaMaria posted on Nov 07, 2007
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wombat said on Nov 07, 2007....
That's kind of scary..Only thing I can add is that I "knew" when I was cooking bacon and took the whole pan outside and dumped it.I thought it was rancid.I spent a couple of mornings pouring my coffee out--then I decided I should get a test.Sorry to hear about your friend. That happened to me once (when I didn't know I was pregnant until there was a problem, I mean) -
Fallyn said on Nov 08, 2007....
all three of mine were different......no....the symptoms aren't a good way to tell. -
the_infernal_optimist said on Nov 12, 2007....
My pregnancies were night and day. The first two had no morning sickness or anything except heartburn (though the first one ended too early to get into some of it), and all hell broke loose with the third.
I can see how someone might not know they were pregnant for a few months at least, though I'm not sure about the entire time. Some people even bleed off and on throughout.
~Infernal
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Fallyn said on Nov 12, 2007....
there have been documented cases where the woman REALLY didn't know she was pregnant.
i knew within a week with my first......
didn't know at ALL.....or have thefoggiest clue with my second till around 4 MONTHS....
and knew the day OF with my third.
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VioletEyes said on Nov 17, 2007....
Wow Fallyn, the day of? That is amazing........... So it is normal to get morning sickness badly with one, and then maybe nothing at all for another? That IS worrisome.............. -
Fallyn said on Nov 17, 2007....
violet....it was such a feeling. i can't describe it...it was physical but not.
and then a week later it was proven.
but i KNEW.
with my first i had morning and evening sickness for NINE MONTHS STRAIGHT.
with my second....nothing at all. the whole time.
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VioletEyes said on Nov 17, 2007....
Fallyn - I am officially freaked out now. I have been trying to resist it, but that was the straw that broke the camel's back so to say................. -
VioletEyes said on Nov 17, 2007....
So similar topic, how reliable are hometests? Hypothetically of course......... -
Fallyn said on Nov 17, 2007....
VERY. especially if you've taken more than one of them........hypothetically.
it didn't used to be...but now days they are the same tests doctors offices use. they are very accurate if you are doing it right.
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VioletEyes said on Nov 17, 2007....
Ok, I just hear all this stuff about the false negatives, and then I wonder if it would really even ease my freaking out, because until it shows, I'm going to wonder if the test was wrong.......... -
Fallyn said on Nov 17, 2007....
did the test say you are? or you aren't? -
VioletEyes said on Nov 17, 2007....
I haven't take one yet. I know it will probably say I'm not, because really I am probably not. I'm probably just freaking for no reason. -
Fallyn said on Nov 17, 2007....
they are very accurate. but go take one so you can quit freaking.
oh...you have to read on the box how soon it might be accurate...i'm not sure...but i think you may have to wait a week or two from conception to find out......
but read on the box. it will tell you.
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VioletEyes said on Nov 17, 2007....
lol. I should. Not sure how much it will calm my nerves. But it can't hurt. Maybe you're right and it will help. lol. Look at the posts we have made on this blog....... LayaMaria, I hope you don't mind. -
LayaMaria said on Nov 29, 2007....
Do go on and discuss all you want. I don't mind. I haven't logged in for a while so I've read your comments only now. They are interesting. ^_^ -
VioletEyes said on Nov 29, 2007....
Well thank you, and just to let you know on the topic of this discussion, it seems possible to have the symptoms, but not the cause. Although whether that is body or mind....... I cannot say. -
Fallyn said on Nov 30, 2007....
violet...you aren't then? -
VioletEyes said on Nov 30, 2007....
No, thankfully I'm not... lol. I ended up being about 10 days late, with so many of the "symptoms" that I think I got myself all freaked out. It's funny, cause I'm at that stage where my son is just 3, and the body seems to go into this "I want a baby mode", but mentally, so not what I want right now. Have you ever noticed this?
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