Pregnancy
Pregnancy symptoms: Top ten signs you might be pregnant
Could you be pregnant? Most likely you won't notice any symptoms until about the time you've missed a period - or a week or two later.
If you're not keeping track of your menstrual cycle or if it varies widely from one month to the next, you may not be sure when to expect your period. But if you start to experience some of the symptoms below - not all women get them all - and you haven't had a period for a while, you may very well be pregnant. Take a home pregnancy test to find out for sure!
10. Tender, swollen breasts
One of the early signs of pregnancy is sensitive, sore breasts caused by increasing levels of hormones. The soreness may feel like... Get More
9. Fatigue
Feeling tired all of a sudden? No, make that exhausted. No one knows for sure what causes early pregnancy fatigue, but it's possible that rapidly increasing levels of the hormone progesterone are contributing to your sleepiness. Get More
8. Implantation bleeding
Some women have a small amount of vaginal bleeding around 11 or 12 days after conception (close to the time you might notice a missed period). The bleeding may be caused by the fertilized egg burrowing into the blood-rich lining of your uterus. Get More
7. Nausea or vomiting
If you're like most women, morning sickness won't hit until about a month after conception. (A lucky few escape it altogether.) But some women do start to feel queasy a bit earlier. And not just in the morning, either - pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting can be a problem morning, noon, or night. Get More
6. Increased sensitivity to odors
If you're newly pregnant, it's not uncommon to feel repelled by the smell of a bologna sandwich or cup of coffee and for certain aromas to trigger your gag reflex. Though no one knows for sure, this may be a side effect of rapidly increasing amounts of estrogen in your system. You may also find that certain foods you used to enjoy are suddenly completely repulsive to you. Get More
5. Abdominal bloating
Hormonal changes in early pregnancy may leave you feeling bloated, similar to the feeling some women have just before their period arrives. That's why your clothes may feel snugger than usual at the waistline, even early on when your uterus is still quite small. Get More
4. Frequent urination
Shortly after you become pregnant, you may find yourself hurrying to the bathroom all the time. Why? Mostly because during pregnancy the amount of blood and other fluids in your body increases, which leads to extra fluid being processed by your kidneys and ending up in your bladder. Get More
3. A missed period
If you're usually pretty regular and your period doesn't arrive on time, you'll probably take a pregnancy test long before you notice any of the above symptoms. But if you're not regular or you're not keeping track of your cycle, nausea and breast tenderness and... Get More
2. Your basal body temperature stays high
If you've been charting your basal body temperature and you see that your temperature has stayed elevated for 18 days in a row, you're probably pregnant. Get More
And finally...
1. The proof: A positive home pregnancy test
In spite of what you might read on the box, many home pregnancy tests are not sensitive enough to detect most pregnancies until about a week after a missed period. So if you decide to take one earlier than that and get a negative result, try again in a few days.
The pregnancy trimester is like a goal each pregnant woman has. Make it
from pregnancy trimester one to two and things are a bit safer. Move
from pregnancy trimester two to three and the pregnancy is nearing the
exciting day of birth. During each pregnancy trimester there are
milestones women achieve in their pregnancy.
Pregnancy Trimester One
Many expecting women often spend the first pregnancy trimester coming to terms with the fact that motherhood is now a reality. It does not matter whether this is baby number one or five, new motherhood is still new motherhood every time. Pregnancy trimester one is an active time for baby too. During this time baby grows rapidly, moving from a zygote (just the egg and the sperm) to a fetus the size of a peach. By the 8th week of the first pregnancy trimester, baby is moving her limbs around ready to take on the world. Hair, nails, vocal cords and muscles all grow during the first pregnancy trimester.
Pregnancy Trimester Two
This is the time when most expecting women have come to terms with being pregnant. Morning sickness is likely fading away and that pregnancy glow is just beginning. The second pregnancy trimester is an active time for baby. Those little details that transform the alien-like fetus into a baby are now taking place. Hair continues to grow, eyes start to shift toward their final position and ears move too. Baby can now hiccup and yawn in utero. The senses are also starting to develop so soon baby will be able to taste, smell, hear and see.
Pregnancy Trimester Three
This is the fun time of pregnancy, at least for the first month or two. The expecting mom is feeling fantastic and the baby bump is out and about for everyone to enjoy, though mom may not enjoy all the attention. Baby showers and birth plans are being made during the third pregnancy trimester so this is a busy time for mom. Inside, baby is growing by leaps and bounds. The third pregnancy trimester is the time for fine tuning and weight gain. The lungs are already practicing and the uterus starts to prepare for childbirth with Braxton Hicks contractions. Changes in the baby are dramatic when compared to that first ultrasound picture when it was difficult to pick out the face, body and legs
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