https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:56:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-or-pregnancy-symptoms#post-489846 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:44:02 +0000 Vegmama 489846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh my goodness! So exciting. My boobs are typically tender right before AF. My first pregnancy (ended up being a chemical pregnancy), my nipples were noticeably bigger and more tender 5 or 6 days before my BFP. I thought AF was coming, but then I started getting dull cramps, and decided to test. So, sore boobs are definitely a sign for me (and for most women). I tried so hard not to go crazy with the symptom checking, but I think it's part of the fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-or-pregnancy-symptoms#post-486993 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:42:26 +0000 LindsayInNY 486993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FuzzyPeaches - I don't remember it either but I've been on BC since I was 17ish so anything before than is probably just me not being in tune with my teenage body ;) AF *should* be due sometime this week so we'll see... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-or-pregnancy-symptoms#post-486976 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:28:58 +0000 fuzzypeaches 486976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never remembered this symptom from before bcp - but last cycle was my first cycle off bcp in 10 years and I had exactly the same experience. I think I even posted about it, because I too was convinced I was pg! I tested zillions of times. </p> <p>This is now my second cycle and again I have noticed nipple pain/breast tenderness in the second half of the cycle but it is not nearly as bad as the first one. Whether this is my new normal, or whether I'm still regulating after bcp or whether its a (fingers crossed, but unlikely) pregnancy thing, is too early to say!! </p> <p>Good luck!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-or-pregnancy-symptoms#post-486304 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:11:59 +0000 LindsayInNY 486304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SSLM - I don't remember this being the case pre-BC but then again I was in my teens then... I'm giving it till this weekend (assuming AF doesn't visit before then). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-or-pregnancy-symptoms#post-486302 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:11:06 +0000 LindsayInNY 486302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@RunnerD - Mine is the same! Although he did claim to have super swimmers, LOL ;) I asked him how he would know?! Problem is, I keep googling "symptoms" and there is bound to be at least one other person who experienced the same thing before a BFP. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-or-pregnancy-symptoms#post-486281 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:05:19 +0000 sslm 486281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always had sore nipples after ovulating, pregnant or not! Only time will tell unfortunately :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-or-pregnancy-symptoms#post-486278 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:04:00 +0000 mlm2934 486278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNYC: my DH thinks I'm crazy when I tell him all the possible symptoms... He's like, so everything that happens to your body could be a "sign"? He's a skeptic to say the least :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-or-pregnancy-symptoms#post-486256 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:55:13 +0000 LindsayInNY 486256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ahhh, now I'm getting the hiccups a lot! Need to resist the urge to google every single "symptom," LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-or-pregnancy-symptoms#post-485669 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:12:12 +0000 LindsayInNY 485669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsJYW - Thanks!! Not gonna lie, I'm definitely being a little selfish when it comes to this... We upped our insurance for this year so I don't want it to go to waste ;) I'm hoping the nipples aren't a normal (for me) AF sign... We're going to be in MI more once there's a LO for sure! MIL runs a daycare at home and is SO excited to be a grandma! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-or-pregnancy-symptoms#post-485637 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:04:48 +0000 mrsjyw 485637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LindsayInNYC: baby dust ur way ny friend! So sad u were in Mi! So close yet so far!!! Xo </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-or-pregnancy-symptoms#post-485633 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:03:29 +0000 LindsayInNY 485633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Grace - I'm waiting till this weekend to test. I'm due for AF this week (I think) anyways so we'll see! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-or-pregnancy-symptoms#post-484743 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:18:41 +0000 Grace 484743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It took me months and months and months to come to terms with this, but AF symptoms and pregnancy symptoms are pretty much the same. You'll have to test to be sure. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-or-pregnancy-symptoms#post-484617 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:39:48 +0000 Ash 484617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My boobs feel like they've been through the ringer. The only other time they've felt like this was when I got my bfp in august. It isn't a normal post o symptom for me. Wait to test till Saturday. Your cycles are still trying to adjust. Good luck. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-or-pregnancy-symptoms#post-484590 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:34:23 +0000 .twist. 484590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a longer cycle too and didn't get a positive when I should have based on a 28 day cycle. Weird, sounds so similar to what happened to me. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-or-pregnancy-symptoms#post-484584 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:33:12 +0000 LindsayInNY 484584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BAO - I did on Saturday and it was negative. But pre-BC I had longer than 28 day cycles (usually 32-33) so if that holds true now, I would've ovulated Dec. 27 or 28 so I figured this past Saturdays test may have been early. If no AF by this Saturday, I'm gonna test again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-or-pregnancy-symptoms#post-484551 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:25:13 +0000 autumnlove 484551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-or-pregnancy-symptoms#post-484542 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:21:34 +0000 Bao 484542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's hard to say, because they can both be so similar, so take a test! It should come up positive by now if you are due for AF by the 10th. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-or-pregnancy-symptoms#post-484538 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:20:45 +0000 mlm2934 484538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>sore nipples are a normal post-ovulation symptom for me off and on until AF </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-or-pregnancy-symptoms#post-484518 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:14:54 +0000 .twist. 484518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hm. I have pretty much the same story as you. On BC for year and my first cycle off BC was when I got my BFP, my nipples, specifically, were and are still very sore! Ultimately, AF &amp; BFP symptoms are soooo incredibly similar it's really hard to say. Take a test!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/af-or-pregnancy-symptoms#post-484503 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:10:27 +0000 LindsayInNY 484503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went off BC last month so this is my first cycle being off of it. I've been on BC continuously for 12 years so I don't know "normal" AF symptoms. I last had my period starting December 10 so I'm anticipating getting it soon-ish. Yesterday my nipples started hurting. Not my whole boob or the area around the nipple, just the nipple specifically. Almost like someone pinched them both really hard. Is this a normal pre-AF sign/symptom? I know a lot of people talked about sore boobs before a positive POAS so I'm not sure which this is! </p>