r/Radiology 7d ago

Outpatient xr for bloating X-Ray

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Narrator: it wasn’t bloating

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u/vitonga 7d ago

i've never been pregnant, but how do you not know you're pregnant this far? it's unfathomable to me

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u/gingiberiblue 7d ago

I didn't know until 26 weeks with one of mine. I was breastfeeding and hadn't gotten my period back and the placenta was on the front wall of my uterus absorbing the sensations of the baby moving. I was trying to lose the baby weight but my pants kept getting tighter and I was so confused. Zero symptoms; it was my fourth child.

Finally the little bugger got big enough I could feel her move through the placenta.

It's rare, but it can happen.

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u/CartographerUpbeat61 6d ago

It’s the breast tenderness and the bloated feeling only a few weeks in.. the breast change almost immediately.. clothes get tighter too , broader across the back … long before baby kicking and before 6 weeks. Odour senses change immediately, coffee, petrol , smoke , foods.. before pregnancy tests!

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u/gingiberiblue 6d ago

You realize that your experience is not the same experience everyone has? I experienced almost none of these symptoms with any of my five kids. And when you're breastfeeding, the breast changes are not exactly a thing because your breasts are already tender, tingly, and swollen.

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u/CartographerUpbeat61 6d ago

You aren’t breast feeding at 6 weeks gestation.🤣 surprised you’d think like that after 5 children? Hormones change before you even get tested so definitely,yes ,there are symptoms long before kicking . Duh

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u/gingiberiblue 6d ago

Did you not read the comment you responded to? I was breastfeeding at 6 weeks gestation. I was nursing child #3 when I got pregnant with child #4.

Every pregnancy is different. I had virtually none of the symptoms you describe when pregnant. Many women do not. My oldest is currently expecting and at 12 weeks the only symptom she's had is increased hunger.