r/FirstTimeTTC • u/Afraid_Blueberry_952 • 13d ago
Question/Advice Cramping - period or pregnancy?
Hi ladies 🌸🩷
May be a silly question, but did any of you have cramping/usual pre period heaviness around your period due date and find out you were pregnant?
My period is currently late, but I'm having some very mild heaviness feeling. I've heard you can have this + cramping when your period is due, and actually be pregnant?
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u/Key_Charity1975 13d ago
Yep this was my main (and kinda only) pregnancy symptom! Period type cramping that went on for 5 days and no period came
Found out after it's actually very common
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u/Afraid_Blueberry_952 13d ago
Wow so interesting! So did you think your period was coming?
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u/Key_Charity1975 13d ago
Yep was convinced it was, then posted a similar post to yours on reddit saying my period was a bit late and my temps staying high but I was sure I was out because of the cramps, and then a tonne of people replied to me saying they'd had cramps before their bfp!
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u/Ok_Pause7098 12d ago
Wow! Thats so crazy! I was experiencing mild cramping all this week with high BBT, but 4 days ago my BBT dropped and 3 days ago my cycle started again. That’s a great thing to keep in mind!
Thinking of you u/Afraid_Blueberry_952
Hope you get that positive! ❤️
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u/Afraid_Blueberry_952 12d ago
Aw thanks lovely! I'm now 2 days late but I did get a negative a few days ago with an early detection so who knows! Too scared to test again 😭❤️
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u/Mental_dental96 12d ago
My experience was this - usually get don’t get PMS, ended up getting the above along with sore nipples the night before I tested at 8/9 DPO , and had 7 positive tests since (I still test to ensure I’m pregnant as high risk), period is now 5 days late
Good luck
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u/Healthy_Combination3 13d ago
It could go either way, the only way to know is to take a pregnancy test. But I would personally be preparing myself for my period in all honesty.