How did you know you were up the duff?

My first indication was sore boobs. Which made me think...hmm....maybe...

As I never get sore boobs when I am approaching my period. Also, I seemed to have thrush, which I also don't get before my period, which I read can be a sign of early pregnancy due to the hormonal changes of pregnancy. And, this is a weird one, things smell different when you are pregnant, like down there, I remember the scent from when I was pregnant with my daughter.

And one thing I found strange was my overwhelming desire to eat red liquorice, not any type, only the ones from the dairy, I think they are Wonka and not the 2 pack ones either that you get from the supermarket, only the dairy ones. Like no kidding, I would often buy 5-10 pieces of red liquorice. To discover a few weeks later exactly why

ha! I didn't until I took a pregnancy test (completely convinced that it was just to 'rule it out' cos there was no way I was up the duff). then I figured the test was from a faulty batch.

Until I saw the ultrasound scan, complete with beating heart, accompanied by a sonographer who was very definite that I was pregnant, until then, I thought I had polyps or ovarian cysts or something malfunctioning.

nausea - thought was the result of an intensive week at college with art materials
tiredness - combination of it being end of term, working part-time, and joining a gym
weeing in the night - extra water intake from working out at the gym
hunger - combination of working out and being a foodaholic anyway
sore boobs - probably side effect of taking progesterone pills prescribed to restart my cycle as had spotted for first 6 weeks of conception

in real life, I'm generally pretty clued up on health things, and thought I was tuned in to my bod. This one blindsided me!