Early Signs of Pregnancy

There are several signs and symptoms ofPerhaps the hallmark of early pregnancy signs is
pregnancy that you may experience very earlynausea. This is also a symptom that many
on in your pregnancy, before your period is everwomen will blame on food poisoning or a bug that
missed. Unfortunately, these signs are not unlikethey must have caught at work. Because the
the symptoms you experience before yournausea usually grows gradually, being very slight
period, making it hard to distinguish what is reallythe first few days and then increasing, it's often
going on. Determining you are pregnant before athought to be a stomach flu or something of the
missed period or before you take a pregnancylike. Nausea that doesn't subside is often the first
test is a bit like putting together the pieces of aindication to a woman that she may be pregnant,
puzzle. You may or may not experience all of theespecially if she hadn't planned the pregnancy.
signs, but it is likely that you will experience atMany women report that they feel achy along
least one of them.with the nausea; although many doctors believe
First, you may notice that your breasts are verythat this is simply a psychological response to the
tender. Many women experience tender breastsmental preparation for one's period.
and associate it with PMS, but raging hormonesA missed period is a sure sign that there is
also cause this when you first become pregnant.something going on, usually pregnancy. If you do
The breasts may not be tender, but they maynot keep track of your periods or you do not
be a bit swollen in the first hours and days afterhave regular periods this one can take awhile to
conception. From the moment you becomecatch onto, but if the nausea doesn't tip a woman
pregnant your body is preparing itself for theoff to the fact that she is pregnant, than the
development and birth of your child.missed period usually will.
You may notice that you have a general lack ofAbout the time that the missed period and
energy. Many women feel very tired early on innausea set in, other women report an increase in
their pregnancy. They often attribute thishunger. This is probably owed to the fact that the
tiredness to other things that are going on in theirbody is working hard to support the development
lives, but it is often owed to pregnancy. Thisof the embryo. Other women report that they
fatigue is a result of changing hormones and bodyhave no appetite at all. This sign can swing either
chemistry as well as the sheer amount of workway and may vary from day to day depending
that a woman's body is doing when conceptionon nausea and other pregnancy symptoms. You
occurs. The best thing you can do if youcan read about some other less common
experience this is to get to bed earlier and evenpregnancy signs if you visit the website.
sleep in later if you can!Unfortunately there isn't a checklist that one can
Next, you may experience implantation bleeding.be given to determine that she is pregnant. Every
This is a very rare sign of pregnancy, but it doeswoman, in fact, every pregnancy has different
happen. A few days before your menstrual cyclesymptoms. Some women report that they had
should begin; you may experience a brown orno symptoms at all, while others realize they had
slightly pink vaginal discharge. This dischargeall of the signs and symptoms listed here, and
occurs when the fertilized egg implants in thethen some! Some times pregnancy signs are seen
uterus. If you don't experience the implantationin hindsight, but if you are looking for them, there
bleeding it's not a sure sign that you are notis a good chance you'll catch onto what your
pregnant, as it is only experienced in 1/3 of allbody is telling you long before you use a
pregnancies.pregnancy test!