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12-13-2012 at 8:45 PM
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Confused.

Strange cravings and food aversions all the time.

Best thing in the world right now? Cream cheese and Fritos. Craving it like crazy.

4 days before AF took a Hpt and got a bfn.

Too soon?
Has anyone had a bfn 4 days before af but ended up with a BFP?

So confused and discouraged.
 
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12-13-2012 at 8:46 PM
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Like 2 weeks too soon for cravings if you're pregnant.

Many people have gotten a BFN before their period to get a BFP later on.  Less likely if you're charting and really know your ovulation date.

All you can do is wait. 
 
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12-13-2012 at 8:48 PM
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Are you charting your basal body temperature? That is really the only way to know for sure when you ovulated, which is the only way to know for sure when AF is due.

If you have enough pregnancy hormone in your body to produce symptoms, you have enough to trigger a positive test. If you're getting a negative test, it means no matter how weird your cravings may be, they aren't pregnancy related.
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I have cravings when I have PMS. So there's that.
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FWIW, I crave certain things right before I get AF. I mean, to the point where I get b!tchy if I can't eat what I'm craving. I also get picky and think certain foods I like are gross. Def. AF, every time.
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I have cravings when I have PMS. So there's that.

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Is this JoniF2012 looking for better answers?

I shall repeat to you what I wrote in your last post:

 

Oh dear, I had cramps exactly 4 days before my period with almost all of my little elves. Congratulations are likely in order. 

If you don't have any pregnancy tests around the house, you can pee on a Candy Cane. If it turns yellow, you are pregnant; if it stays the same, you are not; if it turns green, go to the doctor because your vagina is likely infected. 
 
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Fritos and cream cheese is fantabulous!!!
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cream cheese and fritos sound pretty damn good, I'd better go poas.


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GertrudeClaus:
Is this JoniF2012 looking for better answers?I shall repeat to you what I wrote in your last post:nbsp;Oh dear, I had cramps exactly 4 days before my period with almost all of my little elves. Congratulations are likely in order.nbsp;If you don't have any pregnancy tests around the house, you can pee on a Candy Cane. If it turns yellow, you are pregnant; if it stays the same, you are not; if it turns green, go to the doctor because your vagina is likely infected.nbsp;



Definitely not JoniF...whatever you said. But thank you for your answer : very helpful!
I've been laying down for about an hour with some pretty bad cramps and I never have symptoms before AF, so I'm confused.
I get hungry all the time, pee all the time, super emotional, cravings, food aversions, exhausted...


Also, there was a faint positive on the test at first, but it disappeared. Not sure what that means?
 
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I don't actually know what the norm is, but I didn't have any cravings until I was well into my pregnancy...my first symptoms were cramps, nausea, and aversions to pretty much every food except tomatoes.

Weird cravings? Yes. Do they mean you're pregnant? Maybe. If it is a real pregnancy symptom, you'll turn a test positive. Good luck!

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12-13-2012 at 9:08 PM
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CMSullivan326:
FWIW, I crave certain things right before I get AF. I mean, to the point where I get b!tchy if I can't eat what I'm craving. I also get picky and think certain foods I like are gross. Def. AF, every time.
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That makes sense, but I have never been super sensitive with AF before. I would have no idea when I was starting. Zero symptoms without fail.

But I used to drink coffee every morning, now just the idea of coffee makes me sick. And if I try to drink some, it tastes gross.
 
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12-13-2012 at 9:09 PM
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Fritos and cream cheese is fantabulous!!!



SO GOOD. With Garden Vegetable cream cheese... Best. Thing. Ever. Yummmm.
 
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Omg.... I want to try this cream cheese and fritos combination you speak of....
 
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12-13-2012 at 9:21 PM
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hqinmd:
Are you charting your basal body temperature? That is really the only way to know for sure when you ovulated, which is the only way to know for sure when AF is due.

If you have enough pregnancy hormone in your body to produce symptoms, you have enough to trigger a positive test. If you're getting a negative test, it means no matter how weird your cravings may be, they aren't pregnancy related.



Not charting, because of a compromise with DH. But I'm 99 positive I ovulated on Dec. 1.
Got busy on the 30, 31, 1, 2 and 3... Sooo yah.
 
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12-13-2012 at 9:25 PM
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pixieshay:
hqinmd:
Are you charting your basal body temperature? That is really the only way to know for sure when you ovulated, which is the only way to know for sure when AF is due.

If you have enough pregnancy hormone in your body to produce symptoms, you have enough to trigger a positive test. If you're getting a negative test, it means no matter how weird your cravings may be, they aren't pregnancy related.



Not charting, because of a compromise with DH. But I'm 99 positive I ovulated on Dec. 1.
Got busy on the 30, 31, 1, 2 and 3... Sooo yah.

How do you know?

Even with well timed sex, there's only about a 20 percent chance of conception each month, just FYI.

And I think you mean the 29th and 30th, not 30 and 31. Insert winky face here that mobile bump disallows.
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12-13-2012 at 9:26 PM
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12-13-2012 at 9:34 PM
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hqinmd:
pixieshay:
hqinmd:
Are you charting your basal body temperature? That is really the only way to know for sure when you ovulated, which is the only way to know for sure when AF is due.

If you have enough pregnancy hormone in your body to produce symptoms, you have enough to trigger a positive test. If you're getting a negative test, it means no matter how weird your cravings may be, they aren't pregnancy related.



Not charting, because of a compromise with DH. But I'm 99 positive I ovulated on Dec. 1.
Got busy on the 30, 31, 1, 2 and 3... Sooo yah.

How do you know?

Even with well timed sex, there's only about a 20 percent chance of conception each month, just FYI.

And I think you mean the 29th and 30th, not 30 and 31. Insert winky face here that mobile bump disallows.



Oh my bad! You are right, 29, 30... Etc.

And I had intense cramping on my right side all day dec. 1. So starting ovulation? Or preovulation cramps? Not sure. :/
 
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12-13-2012 at 9:45 PM
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pixieshay:
hqinmd:
pixieshay:
hqinmd:
Are you charting your basal body temperature? That is really the only way to know for sure when you ovulated, which is the only way to know for sure when AF is due.

If you have enough pregnancy hormone in your body to produce symptoms, you have enough to trigger a positive test. If you're getting a negative test, it means no matter how weird your cravings may be, they aren't pregnancy related.


Not charting, because of a compromise with DH. But I'm 99 positive I ovulated on Dec. 1.
Got busy on the 30, 31, 1, 2 and 3... Sooo yah.

How do you know?

Even with well timed sex, there's only about a 20 percent chance of conception each month, just FYI.

And I think you mean the 29th and 30th, not 30 and 31. Insert winky face here that mobile bump disallows.



Oh my bad! You are right, 29, 30... Etc.

And I had intense cramping on my right side all day dec. 1. So starting ovulation? Or preovulation cramps? Not sure. :/

Just for reference, I had cramps the day of ovulation, the day after, and at least four days since. So what you experienced could have been O, or maybe not.

I really recommend charting. I'm even tracking anything that I might see as a sign of pregnancy or ovulation just so I can hopefully keep myself from convincing myself that every little strange thing I notice means pregnancy. I did that the first two months and drove myself batty.
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12-13-2012 at 10:18 PM
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hqinmd:
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hqinmd:
pixieshay:
hqinmd:
Are you charting your basal body temperature? That is really the only way to know for sure when you ovulated, which is the only way to know for sure when AF is due.

If you have enough pregnancy hormone in your body to produce symptoms, you have enough to trigger a positive test. If you're getting a negative test, it means no matter how weird your cravings may be, they aren't pregnancy related.


Not charting, because of a compromise with DH. But I'm 99 positive I ovulated on Dec. 1.
Got busy on the 30, 31, 1, 2 and 3... Sooo yah.

How do you know?

Even with well timed sex, there's only about a 20 percent chance of conception each month, just FYI.

And I think you mean the 29th and 30th, not 30 and 31. Insert winky face here that mobile bump disallows.



Oh my bad! You are right, 29, 30... Etc.

And I had intense cramping on my right side all day dec. 1. So starting ovulation? Or preovulation cramps? Not sure. :/

Just for reference, I had cramps the day of ovulation, the day after, and at least four days since. So what you experienced could have been O, or maybe not.

I really recommend charting. I'm even tracking anything that I might see as a sign of pregnancy or ovulation just so I can hopefully keep myself from convincing myself that every little strange thing I notice means pregnancy. I did that the first two months and drove myself batty.



That makes sense. I am going a little nuts right now. And I would love to start charting and keeping track of everything, but DH and I made a deal/compromise to let it happen naturally. So no trying: ie, charting, counting days to ovulation... Etc. but also no sort of contraception either. Just all natural.
It's a bit frustrating, but we figure if its supposed to happen, it will happen whenever the time is right, no matter how hard we are or are not trying.
 
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hqinmd:
pixieshay:
hqinmd:
Are you charting your basal body temperature? That is really the only way to know for sure when you ovulated, which is the only way to know for sure when AF is due.

If you have enough pregnancy hormone in your body to produce symptoms, you have enough to trigger a positive test. If you're getting a negative test, it means no matter how weird your cravings may be, they aren't pregnancy related.


Not charting, because of a compromise with DH. But I'm 99 positive I ovulated on Dec. 1.
Got busy on the 30, 31, 1, 2 and 3... Sooo yah.

How do you know?

Even with well timed sex, there's only about a 20 percent chance of conception each month, just FYI.

And I think you mean the 29th and 30th, not 30 and 31. Insert winky face here that mobile bump disallows.



Oh my bad! You are right, 29, 30... Etc.

And I had intense cramping on my right side all day dec. 1. So starting ovulation? Or preovulation cramps? Not sure. :/

Just for reference, I had cramps the day of ovulation, the day after, and at least four days since. So what you experienced could have been O, or maybe not.

I really recommend charting. I'm even tracking anything that I might see as a sign of pregnancy or ovulation just so I can hopefully keep myself from convincing myself that every little strange thing I notice means pregnancy. I did that the first two months and drove myself batty.



That makes sense. I am going a little nuts right now. And I would love to start charting and keeping track of everything, but DH and I made a deal/compromise to let it happen naturally. So no trying: ie, charting, counting days to ovulation... Etc. but also no sort of contraception either. Just all natural.
It's a bit frustrating, but we figure if its supposed to happen, it will happen whenever the time is right, no matter how hard we are or are not trying.

My husband felt like that at first too but he got on board pretty quickly when he realized that it doesn't happen with the snap of your fingers.

Charting doesn't have to be just for TTC. Some people use it for natural family planning, and I think down the road, if we had one kid and were thinking about more, I'd chart well in advance of when we started TTC just because now I like trying to understand what's going in with my body.

Best of luck to you.
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pixieshay:

That makes sense. I am going a little nuts right now. And I would love to start charting and keeping track of everything, but DH and I made a deal/compromise to let it happen naturally. So no trying: ie, charting, counting days to ovulation... Etc. but also no sort of contraception either. Just all natural. It's a bit frustrating, but we figure if its supposed to happen, it will happen whenever the time is right, no matter how hard we are or are not trying.

Dear, you do realize that charting is still natural correct? 

 
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pixieshay:
Definitely not JoniF...whatever you said. But thank you for your answer : very helpful! I've been laying down for about an hour with some pretty bad cramps and I never have symptoms before AF, so I'm confused. I get hungry all the time, pee all the time, super emotional, cravings, food aversions, exhausted... Also, there was a faint positive on the test at first, but it disappeared. Not sure what that means?

It means that you should POAS again tomorrow or Saturday with FMU (first morning urine). If it's +, congrats and head on over to the 1st tri board to post your BFP (and leave some of those fritos and cream cheese for the rest of us).

P.S: Use a FRER (First Response Early Result) or other pink dye test, not a blue dye.

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Ajoyd:
I have cravings when I have PMS. So there's that.

yep, me too. good luck OP...  

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I've been craving cake ever since AF a week ago! I must be pregnant! That's why my craving wont go away! I thought it was just because I haven't had a piece of cake!
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I have cravings when I have PMS. So there's that.

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