The first 11 symptoms of pregnancy
In fact, 60% of women have symptoms when they reach 6 weeks of pregnancy, and 90% notice them when they complete 8 weeks.
If you don't write down the dates of your menstrual cycle or if it varies greatly from one month to the next, you may not be sure when you expect your next period. But if you start to feel some of the first symptoms of pregnancy that you will read next, even if you don't have them all, and your period has been delayed, you are very likely to be pregnant.
Get a pregnancy test at home and you'll know for sure.
11. Dislike of certain foods
If you became pregnant recently, it is normal for the smell of coffee or a ham sandwich, and certain aromas to make you nauseous. Although it is not known for sure, this could be one of the side effects of the rapid increase in estrogen levels in your body.
You may also notice that some foods you used to enjoy now cause you repulsion.
10. Mood swings
It is normal to have mood swings during pregnancy. That is due, in part, to the hormonal changes that the body goes through affecting the level of neurotransmitters (the chemical messengers of the brain).
Each person responds differently to these changes. There are future moms who experience exaggerated emotions, some good and others not so much. Others feel rather depressed or anxious.
Note: If you feel sad or without encouragement or think you cannot carry out your daily responsibilities, or you think you can hurt yourself, seek professional help immediately.
9. Abdominal swelling
The hormonal changes that occur at the beginning of pregnancy could make you feel bloated, as sometimes happens a little before the arrival of your period. For this reason, clothes can tighten at the waist from very early in pregnancy, even if your uterus is still very small.
8. Want to urinate frequently
Shortly after becoming pregnant, hormonal changes in your body make more blood flow to the kidneys, which makes your bladder fill more quickly and so you need to go to the bathroom frequently.
Most likely, this sensation increases or intensifies as your pregnancy progresses. The amount of blood circulating in your body increases dramatically during your pregnancy. This causes the kidneys to process a lot of extra fluid, which goes to the bladder. This problem gets worse as your baby grows, as it will put more pressure on the bladder.
7. Tiredness
Have you been very tired lately? Or rather, completely exhausted? No one knows for sure the reason for the typical fatigue of the onset of pregnancy, but it is possible that your sleepiness is due to the rapid increase in the levels of the hormone progesterone.
Also, keep in mind that nausea and having to wake up frequently at night to urinate contribute to your tiredness.
When you reach the second trimester you will begin to feel more energy, although fatigue usually reappears at the end of pregnancy when you will be carrying much more weight, and the discomforts typical of these dates could prevent you from sleeping well at night.
6. Sensitivity and swelling in the breasts
One of the most common symptoms of pregnancy is swelling and tenderness in the breasts, caused by the increase in hormonal levels. This sensitivity or pain can be like an exaggerated version of what you feel before your periods.
From the first trimester, this discomfort will decrease significantly, as your body adapts to hormonal changes.
5. Light bleeding or blood spots
It seems contradictory: you are looking for a pregnancy, the least you want to see are bloodstains. But if you notice slight blood spots around when your period should come, it could be implantation bleeding. It is not well known why it occurs, but it may be due to the settlement of the egg in your uterus.
Note: approximately 1 in 4 women experiences some blood spots in the first trimester. It is usually not a problem, but sometimes it is a sign of an ectopic pregnancy or spontaneous abortion. If your bleeding is heavy or accompanied by pain and dizziness, call your doctor or midwife immediately.
4. Nausea
Some women begin to feel nauseous about a month after they have conceived, approximately. But some women begin to feel these discomforts within two weeks of becoming pregnant. Nausea and vomiting typical of pregnancy can occur at any time of the day: morning, afternoon or night.
The good thing is that about half of the women who suffer from nausea stop having these symptoms at the beginning of the second trimester. For most other women, nausea will take another month or so to ease. A lucky few never have nausea.
Read more about dizziness and fainting during pregnancy and find out some tricks to control nausea.
3. Delayed menstruation
If your menstrual cycle is usually quite regular and your period is suddenly delayed, you will probably have a pregnancy test long before you start having any of the above symptoms.
But if your rules are not regular and you do not have the habit of writing down the dates of your cycle, nausea, breast tenderness and frequent trips to the bathroom could be the first signs that you are pregnant, even before you give yourself an account of the delay of your period.
2. Your basal temperature remains high
If you regularly record the basal temperature of your body (your temperature when you wake up) and notice that it remains elevated for more than two consecutive weeks, chances are you are pregnant.
1. A positive pregnancy test
Whatever you say in the box, many home pregnancy tests fail to detect most pregnancies until about a week after the period is delayed. That is if you decide to take a test before that date and the result is negative, do it again a few days later.
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