Health for Conception and During Pregnancy

What to Eat While Pregnant

Avoiding Miscarriage

Cord Blood Banking

Packing for the Delivery Room

Tips for the New Mom

Bringing Home Baby

Getting Baby to Sleep

Budgeting for Baby

Traveling with Baby

Dressing Your Newborn

Breastfeeding Myths

Finding a Safe Baby Crib

Soothing a Newborn

Losing Weight After Pregnancy

Early Pregnancy Signs and Symptoms: Detecting Pregnancy Yourself

Many women wonder what pregnancy signs or symptoms they will be able to detect after conceiving. These pregnancy signs and symptoms are signals being sent by a woman's body to make her aware of the growing baby inside the womb. There are a lot of ways that a woman's body will signal her about the drastic hormonal alterations occurring inside her body, and these include significant alterations in both physical and mental health.

Common Early Pregnancy Signs and Symptoms

• Morning sickness
Morning sickness commonly occurs between the fourth and eighth weeks of pregnancy, and a lot of women get this symptom beginning about two weeks from their date of conception.

Morning sickness is a misnomer because it can be happen at anytime. The most common cause of this symptom seems to be the rapid increase of estrogen produced from the placenta and fetus. Another cause for nausea is smells.
Common foods that can induce morning sickness are spicy foods, coffee, meat, and dairy products. However, it is important to know that anything can induce nausea and/ or vomiting during pregnancy.

• Breast tenderness
One of the early and most noticeable signs of pregnancy is swollen and tender breasts. You may detect this sign when in bed, when getting dressed, when showering, or when exercising. When you become pregnant, your body starts preparing your breasts for producing breast milk. The nipples may feel tender or more sensitive. A lot of women find that their nipples darken in color.

• Light bleeding and/or cramping
The most common cause of the faint bleeding that can occur early in one's pregnancy is implantation. Implantation bleeding happens while the embryo embeds itself in the uterine wall which usually happens 10 to 14 days after conception. Bleeding induced by implantation is very faint. The only sign is minor blood spotting on panties.

Cramping pain that is like menstrual cramps happens early on in pregnancy and occurs when the uterus starts to enlarge to build room for the embryo to grow into a fetus.

• Missed menstrual period
One of the very early pregnancy signs is a missed menstrual period. For some women, a missed menstrual period is the first sign that they are pregnant, especially with women who have a regular menstrual period.

• Increased urination
Increased urination occurs due to the increasing amounts of body fluids processed by the kidneys which finishes up in the bladder. This symptoms will most likely only worsen when your pregnancy progresses.

The symptoms of pregnancy are not the same for every pregnant woman. Pregnancy symptoms may vary in their duration, frequency, and intensity. Some women get a lot of signs and symptoms, while others get few.

If you’ve got all, some, or even just one of the early pregnancy signs and symptoms above, you should get a pregnancy test kit and get yourself tested. If you have any doubtful outcomes, go see the doctor as soon as possible.

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About the Author: Narisa R. works as a medical doctor in Thailand. She is also an online editor of the Pregnancy and Childbirth Information Center (http://pregnancybabybirth.com).

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