# When did you first suspect you (or your partner) where pregnant? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 13, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-suspect-you-or-your-partner-where-pregnant/360596 "2006-06-13T17:59:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-suspect-you-or-your-partner-where-pregnant/360596/1 "2006-06-13T17:59:07Z")
I married a wonderful man back in May. (Pictures soon, I swear šŸ™‚ ) We have been talking about starting a family in a couple of years. Iā€™m just curious about when someone realizes theyā€™re pregnant. Did bouts of nausea clue you in? A missed period? Thanks guys! ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-suspect-you-or-your-partner-where-pregnant/360596/2 "2006-06-13T18:02:29Z")
No personal experience, but my mother claims she always knew right away. No outside signs or anything, she says she just knew. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-suspect-you-or-your-partner-where-pregnant/360596/3 "2006-06-13T18:07:33Z")
1. Period lighter than usual, week later realized it never really ā€œappearedā€ and I was very tired. 2. Period lighter than usual, day later peed on a stick. 3. and 4) see 2. In hindsight, think there may have been one earlier pregnancy, 3-4 years earlier, where 1a occurred but was followed, 3 weeks later, by period much _heavier_ than usual. Never ā€œjust knewā€. Though with 2-4 we were using ovulation predictor kits so had a fair idea that it was a possibility. ---
**Author:** ![Stainz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-suspect-you-or-your-partner-where-pregnant/360596/4 "2006-06-13T18:10:54Z")
Period was a few days late (nothing new). Decided to do a test because I wanted to party for my b/day. Was glad I took the test. Did not party for my b/day - used the old ā€œIā€™m on medicationā€ excuse. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-suspect-you-or-your-partner-where-pregnant/360596/5 "2006-06-13T18:25:23Z")
A friend of mine said she knew she was pregnant (after her first child) because the scent of alcohol on anyoneā€™s breath made her violently ill. And she swears she could smell it across the yard. ---
**Author:** ![MrsMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@MrsMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrsMonkey)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-suspect-you-or-your-partner-where-pregnant/360596/6 "2006-06-13T18:30:47Z")
I was extremely tired (waves of fatigue would hit me), and extremely sore breasts. And was extremely emotional (though didnā€™t recognize it at the time), hubby was just like??? Then the late period. Havenā€™t much nausea at all with this pregnancy. I think I had a prior pregnancy that didnā€™t ā€œtakeā€ (never got a positive test result but period was late among other things). The main symptom with that one was extreme nausea. They say every pregnancy is different, and every woman is different. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-suspect-you-or-your-partner-where-pregnant/360596/7 "2006-06-13T18:37:09Z")
> [@MrsMonkey](#): > > I was extremely tired (waves of fatigue would hit me), and extremely sore breasts. Ditto. Even before the missed period. All I wanted to was sleep, but I couldnā€™t sleep on my stomach - boobies were too sore. I was thinking, ā€œWTF?ā€ and then it hit me. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-suspect-you-or-your-partner-where-pregnant/360596/8 "2006-06-13T18:40:22Z")
Really sore boobs and some fatigue before I tested. Oh, and a really weird increased sense of smell - ElzaHub got into the shower one morning, which is across the hall and down from our bedroom - and when he got out, I could smell the water all the way in bed. That kind of clued me in that something was really weird. E. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-suspect-you-or-your-partner-where-pregnant/360596/9 "2006-06-13T18:43:33Z")
When she woke me up and said ā€œIā€™m pregnantā€ I responded ā€œoh, okā€ and went back to sleep. This may have been a mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-suspect-you-or-your-partner-where-pregnant/360596/10 "2006-06-13T18:46:45Z")
Knockers Nuclear. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-suspect-you-or-your-partner-where-pregnant/360596/11 "2006-06-13T19:10:04Z")
Felt PMS-like mood swings two weeks before period was due. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-suspect-you-or-your-partner-where-pregnant/360596/12 "2006-06-13T19:33:05Z")
Massive fatigue, which started about 5 days after The Sex That Led To The Twins (I know, actual fertilization and implatation couldā€™ve been up to 72 hrs after TSTLTTT). It was about a week later that I took the pregnancy test; I figured I was either pregnant or had some terrible disease. I was only a few days late on my period. ---
**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-suspect-you-or-your-partner-where-pregnant/360596/13 "2006-06-13T20:08:33Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Knockers Nuclear. šŸ˜ƒšŸ˜ƒ Thanks Kalhoun, that made me laugh out loud. Iā€™m getting a little freaked out. My period isnā€™t due for two more weeks but I have been very tired. Maybe Iā€™m just borrowing trouble. . . ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-suspect-you-or-your-partner-where-pregnant/360596/14 "2006-06-13T20:28:58Z")
Mostly just sore boobs. They ached almost constantly and I couldnā€™t take a step without them hurting. And I felt full all the time. Not nauseated, but like I had just gorged myself on really fatty food. ---
**Author:** ![Marienee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Marienee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marienee)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-suspect-you-or-your-partner-where-pregnant/360596/15 "2006-06-13T20:46:24Z")
> [@Mouse\_Maven](#): > > I married a wonderful man back in May. (Pictures soon, I swear šŸ™‚ ) We have been talking about starting a family in a couple of years. Iā€™m just curious about when someone realizes theyā€™re pregnant. Did bouts of nausea clue you in? A missed period? > > Thanks guys! In both cases I knew when it happened. Well, okay, not during. But shortly after having sex I was unwaveringly certain that I was pregnant. But I didnā€™t actually put any credit in that knowlege either time until I took the test a while later. I have believed all kinds of weird shit in my life and certainty isnā€™t an index of anything. If you thinkyou might be, make like Rikki Tikki Tavi and run and find out for heavenā€™s sake. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-suspect-you-or-your-partner-where-pregnant/360596/16 "2006-06-13T20:47:00Z")
For me it was the unique feeling of feeling both totally nauseated and hungry at the same time. Happened right around the time of the first missed period. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-suspect-you-or-your-partner-where-pregnant/360596/17 "2006-06-13T20:50:44Z")
About two seconds after it happened. We had been trying for over two years with no result. But that time, I just _knew_. I rolled off of her and said ā€œOh, you _so_ just got pregnantā€. She didnā€™t believe me, but a month later the stick agreed with me. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-suspect-you-or-your-partner-where-pregnant/360596/18 "2006-06-13T20:54:54Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > About two seconds after it happened. > > We had been trying for over two years with no result. But that time, I just _knew_. I rolled off of her and said ā€œOh, you _so_ just got pregnantā€. She didnā€™t believe me, but a month later the stick agreed with me. šŸ™‚ :eek: Iā€™m impressed. I hope you both had a good time. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-suspect-you-or-your-partner-where-pregnant/360596/19 "2006-06-13T21:12:25Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > She didnā€™t believe me But Hal, her response was not, ā€œBah!ā€ but ā€œBaa.ā€ šŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-suspect-you-or-your-partner-where-pregnant/360596/20 "2006-06-13T21:30:57Z")
> [@MrsMonkey](#): > > I think I had a prior pregnancy that didnā€™t ā€œtakeā€ (never got a positive test result but period was late among other things). The main symptom with that one was extreme nausea. I think this just happened to me, too! Except I did get a positive test result on an at-home test, which I took 2 days after my period was due. Got my period 2 days after that, went to see the doc, and my PG test there was negative. The doc said either it was one of those very early miscarriages, or a false positive on the test. The reason I bring it up is because I KNOW I was pregnant, no matter what the doc said. I have been pregnant twice before (one miscarriage, one successful), and although it is hard to describe the feeling, I just felt different. I know my breasts felt unusually tender, and I had these weird lower-abdomen cramps that werenā€™t period crampsā€¦more like I was gassy, which I had both times before. I didnā€™t get nauseated this time, though, as this didnā€™t start for me until about the 8th week. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-first-suspect-you-or-your-partner-where-pregnant/360596.md?page=2)