I mean, even before the “being late” part.
I was having a conversation with a girl at school, and she “just knew” she was pregnant before she even came up with symptoms. She apparently “felt conception.” 
Although I am PRETTY sure that last part is impossible, what about the rest? Is there a bit of women’s/maternal intuition that goes off?
I’ve never had a child, so I am wondering if there is going to be a big EUREKA! moment even prior to the peeing-on-the-stick thing.
Just wondering. 
My husband and I are trying to conceive, and there have been two times where I KNEW I was pregnant. And then my period showed up.
The whole “felt conception” thing sounds a little crazy, but I’ve heard that some women feel symptoms before they miss their period. I wonder sometimes if it is wishful thinking, because most of the people who I have heard say that they could tell were couples that had been trying in the first place. I’ve never heard anybody who was pregnant unplanned say they could tell before they were late.
My stomach began feeling queezy before I missed a period. It’s how I knew - that wierd sensation of being hungry and feeling like you’re going to puke at the same time. I’ve only had it when I was pregnant.
The second time around (unplanned) I didn’t “know” at conception, but I suspected I was pregnant about three days before my period was due. I figured either I was knocked up or I was catching a stomach bug. They both come with the same general queasiness and mind numbing fatigue. That particular stomach bug turns three in two weeks. And she’s very cute.
The rational part of me says that there’s no logical reason for a person to feel conception. The egg is floating along, the sperm is swimming along, bam! It doesn’t implant for days, so the fertilized egg is still floating around in there. No reason I can see for a person to feel it. The less rational part of me knows better than to dismiss things point blank, and that the workings of the human body are still somewhat mysterious even with our current level of medical knowledge.
I knew, but I didn’t “feel conception.” My breasts were tender and I had to pee a lot. Then I missed my period.
I’ve had all kinds of months where I “felt pregnant”, and never was. The one time I actually got pregnant, my husband was out of town for his job, and I just went to visit him for the weekend – Boy was I surprised! We’d been trying though.
I always wonder about those people who say that they just knew. I can see possibly feeling some symptoms in the days leading up to your period, though I didn’t, but to know the day it happens? Whatever!
My GF knew, in the sense that she went into deep denial about it.
“My breast hurt”
“They do seem bigger”
“Dunno why I’m puking every morning”
“Errr…when was your last period ?”
“Don’t remember”
“… get a test, honey ?”
“No, I’m not pregnant”
“Better make sure don’t you think ?”
“I’M NOT PREGNANT !”
<cue hysterics>.
She was, BTW. Pregnancy over IUD. That somewhat sucked…
Bummer - I went through that for three years - several time I “knew” I was pregnant - and wasn’t.
When we did get pregnant - not trying - I missed most of the first trimester - never occurred to me I could be pregnant…and one of my fertility issues was out of whack cycles.
With my second, I felt like I “knew” immediately. I remember getting out of bed and thinking “I’m pregnant.” Very odd. I might not have been pregnant then, but I was definitely preggers within a week or two.
With the first, I didn’t know until the doctor told me, and I was three months along. That’s teenage denial for ya. With the other two, I didn’t know until I missed a period. Probably more denial. 
I knew within two weeks that I was pregnant, even thought I had a light period between conception and the positive test. I had almost managed to convince myself that I was completely nutty, too. But I kept feeling so damn full - you know, like how you feel the morning after a huge holiday meal when you wake up still full. Kind of a food hangover. That’s exactly how I felt, even though I’d been losing a bit of weight because I was so full feeling I couldn’t eat.
The memory of finding out is so clear in my head. I can even recall the smells. What a great way to start a day.
cite?:dubious:
I “knew” I was pregnant, but it was probably wishful thinking that turned out to be correct. I was house-hunting and looked at a house that had a master bedroom with a door directly into a smaller bedroom. The last occupants had painted the room a cheerful yellow and decorated it with teddy bear friezes - clearly it had served as a nursery. When I saw the room, an absolutely physical wave of certainty that I was pregnant hit me.
OTOH, friends of mine had tried unsuccessfully for about a year to conceive, and the wife never felt like she was pregnant when she wasn’t. Then, she was, and she knew immediately that this time conception had occurred.
My WAG: there are indeed some immediate changes to a woman’s body that can clue her in on a subconscious level, but the effect is probably almost entirely eclipsed by wishful thinking or denial.
Didn’t realise until I had some time on my hands and got to thinking that gee, shouldn’t I have had a period by now, and what’s with this vague queasy feeling… uh oh.
BUT!
I do remember having the strangest sensation in my abdomen that month. It happened, I thought “What the hell was that?!” and then it never happened again. When I found out I was pregnant, I wondered if it was implantation that I felt. Pretty damn unlikely, but it was the strangest feeling and I’ve never had anything like it before or since.
For the record, the gal I was talking to is a little…off. According to her she literally received seed and “POW!” knew she was pregnant. :dubious:
I am apt to agree with the wishful thinking theories, though. But I am pretty sure there may be some latent, primal, maternal thing that happens along the way somewhere that gives you that “feeling.”
Thanks for the replies, ladies, I am really enjoying reading them, even though I have NO clue what any of these sensations are like! 
My friend (an extremely fertile gal- gotten pregnant on the pill AND with an IUD) always knows when she’s pregnant before she misses her period because her face breaks out. If you have certain symptoms and you’ve been pregnant before, I think you can tell a little early.
One day about 5 months ago I walked into her house to find an array of pee sticks on the counter, all negative, but she insisted she was pregnant.
The twins are due in April.
I felt it happening - I was thinking - that’s it - I’m pregnant. A teeny tiny spark and much as I thought I was imagining it she will be 20 next month. Wow - thanks for reminding me.
I knew with the first one–not sure how to describe it except to say it was like my entire body just shifted gears and moved into a weird dimension. The whole pregnancy was that way though. The second one, I just always felt so normal I joked it was just bloating from gas.
well, not a lady doper but…
I called it correctly all three times when my wife was pregnant. Not only was I right when she was-I got it right when she wasn’t but used a pregnancy test just to be sure.
So I certainly think there are “signs”. Not sure what they are though.
I think after you have one, it might be easier to tell for #2 and so on.
For my one and only I had some weird feelings, cramps, headache etc. But thought I was just getting my period, so took a bunch of Midol! oooops.
It was Valentines day of 2003 and we were at MR. Cat’s Grandma’s funeral of all things. I just didn’t feel right.
We had been trying for a couple years, so I just never expected it to happen I guess, and didn’t think about it much. But, 3 days after that I remember thinking…hmmmm where is that period that I thought was coming on. I peed on a stick right away, and then again, and again…Yes every time!!! whoooo hoooo.
The best part to this story besides the circle of life thing with Grandma dying, and me being pregnant, is that I conceived on my birthday that year. Feb. 1st. Trust me, after 2 years of trying, you track everything. So I knew.
As for feeling “conception”. I am not so sure about that. But what I felt, was implantation. That can cause period like symptoms, and was easy to feel.
Also…my mother who was pregnant 8 times, said she just “knew” every time. ??? It could be possible.