Your pregnancy symptoms

For me it was the extremely heightened sense of smell. This started extremely early on for me - even before my period was missed. I could suddenly smell everything and anything and many familiar smells began to bother me. Other than this I experienced sore breasts and the nausea started at about 6 weeks. All pretty common symptoms :)

During my both pregnancies, I had severe nausea and morning sickness. I was over sensitive to smells, rather certain smells would make me vomit. It was so difficult for me to cook meet and use onions in cooking because I couldn’t stand the smell.
Similarly, strong fragrances would make me sick. I could not stand loud music or strong lights. Pregnancies have been quite difficult for me.

With my first child, my sense of smell was so sensitive. I am a chef and worked in a kitchen at the time. I remember walking in and being able to smell every single thing in the kitchen. It was so weird! It eventually weaned, but was a strange first trimester thing.

With my third, and only daughter, I was very nauseous all the time. I wasn't that sick, but just constantly nauseous. Looking back, perhaps that was the indicator that it was a girl!

When I first became pregnant, I was tired. I needed to nap more and slept longer through the night. Also, my breasts were tender.

Other than that, it was the missed period that clued me in, followed by the positive home test.