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What prompted you to test for pregnancy and how far along were you?

Was it a missed period? Several? Strange cravings? Stomach pains? Persistent nausea? Routine physical exam?

I am writing a story and in it my character becomes pregnant, but because she isn't trying to and therefore isn't paying attention to her body, has no idea. I would like to know realistic hints I can work into my story and how long a woman could reasonably go without knowing.

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  • 1 decade ago

    the first time i was pregnant, my husband told me i was before we took a test or anything. i guess i had been unusually moody towards him for a week or so. i remember we were in the middle of a fight and he busted out with "im getting you a pregnancy test because youre pregnant". i thought it was ridiculous but we got a test and i was pregnant. i was only about 2 weeks along and sadly it ended in a miscarriage at 3 weeks.

    the second time. i still hadnt missed my period yet and i had no nausea. i used to smoke (bad habit, i know) and i went to smoke one day and it tasted like pure ashes. it was so bad i gagged. then all the sudden i was like "im pregnant!'. i had read somewhere that some women who smoked and got pregnant, the cigarettes started to taste terrible. so i went to the store and got a test. sure enough, i was pregnant. the only other symptom i had was being tired but i never thought about being pregnant..i just thought maybe i was getting sick or something. i was about 4 weeks along at the time. when i took the test, it was about 5 days before my period was due.

  • 1 decade ago

    Well I was getting really bad cramps so for sure I thought that I was getting my period. My hubby and I were trying to have a baby so one morning I woke up when he woke up at 5 in the morning and I went to the restroom to Pee Pee and when i wiped myself the toilet paper was a bit dirty not really bloody so with disappointment in my voice I told my hubby that I had started my period. I then put on a tampon and when I took it off to change it the tampon was clean. At that moment I still didn't think that I was pregnant I just inserted another tampon and when I took it out again it was clean it was then when I told myself that maybe I was pregnant. I waited for like 2 days until I took the pregnancy test and when i did the results came out Pregnant within a matter of seconds. I took a picture with my phone and i send it with to my hubby he was super excited he took me to the doctors because I wanted to be 100% sure that I was pregnant and yes I was...The nurse told me that I was 5 weeks already. Beautiful moment im 35 weeks pregnant today with a little boy...My first baby I'm super excited and I cant wait to hold him in my arms...

  • 1 decade ago

    With my 3 year old I missed my period, peed my pants and bought a test. Got the test results and peed my pants again. Lol my daughter was very unplanned and was a scary blessing.

    With this pregnancy I found out on complete accident. I went in to see if I was anemic and they tested for pregnancy also. I was barely 3 weeks pregnant and hadn't even missed my period.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    i was having symptoms for awhile. it was like the worst PMS of my life that was lasting for over a week with no period. i didnt freak out or anything because i knew how small the chances of me conceiving were, so when i counted down the weeks and was later then normal i knew it was time to go to the doctors. i had an eating disorder so sometimes my period would come late or hardly be noticeable, but it always came - and never that late.

    I knew i was pregnant when the doctor walked in shaking lol

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I missed my period on November 6 but never suspected anything. When i started having these stomach cramps, nausea, bitter taste in my mouth, loos of appetite, fatigue and painful breasts i just thought it was the usual pre menstrual signs. i decided to test three days ago and got a positive.

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    1 decade ago

    When my period was two weeks late, I was like.. "uh, that's not right"

    My period was ALWAYS on time. There was also one day where I felt HORRIBLE, so that night I took a test and it was positive. The next day is when I started having morning sickness.

    I was 6 weeks pregnant.

  • 1 decade ago

    Me and my husband were trying to conceive. I was a week and a half late on my pregnancy so i took a test. I was five weeks pregnant when i found out :)

  • 1 decade ago

    Mmm... interesting, well i had sore nipples, really itchy and they hurt. Even when i slept face down. Also missed my period, and had morning sickness eeeww haa, and well when i wore high heels i got dizzy twice, so i bought a pregnancy test and bammm i was prego lol. Goodluck with your story and i hope i helped:))

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    i just knew i was. some women just know their pregnant and turns out i was, i found out at 3 weeks. along with 'knowing' i was tired all the time and sore/sensitive boobs (i found out before i missed a period so that wasnt a sign for me)

    Source(s): personal
  • 1 decade ago

    As I've heard here, some people can go up to 3 or 4 months without knowing....

    it depends person to person.

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