My Pregnancy Guide

As dreadful as pregnancy is, it's still a wonderful experience all the same. The prospect of having a baby of your own is a feeling that can't easily be matched. And the best thing about being pregnant is that you can easily tell if you should be expecting a baby bump in the time to come or not.

When you are as early as 3 weeks pregnant, you can easily make a conclusion as to whether you are pregnant or not. As per Pregnancy Weeks, the 3 weeks pregnant belly size is not that abnormal, so won't get much to go around by just looking at you in the mirror. However, once fertilization occurs, you body starts to give you hints here and there about your current state, due to the biological changes you are going through to accommodate the growth of the baby inside you.

Before Your Pregnancy Signs

Before the signs, your body gives off become apparent, the sperm makes its way to the Fallopian tube where fertilization occurs in 2-3 weeks. Immediately this happens (fertilization), cell division commences and the zygote divides into 2 cells first. 3 days later, a 16 cell cluster will have reached the uterus, where implantation occurs by the end of the 3rd, or sometimes, 4th week. So, inevitably, at the end of week 3, that's when you body starts waving red flags about your condition clearly.

The 3 Weeks Pregnant Symptoms and Signs

When you are 3 weeks pregnant, even before you think about going for a pregnancy test to confirm if the eventuality has happened, certain signs and symptoms, like light spotting and tender breasts are a dead giveaway. This happens as a result of the hormonal changes you're going through. As far as the breasts go, they become tender, feel fuller and heavier, and the area around your nipple gets darker. Furthermore, the breasts also feel a little sore.

In addition to these 3 weeks pregnant symptoms and signs, you might also experience nausea and fatigue, as well. Again, the hormone progesterone is the one responsible for the kind of fatigue you experience, and makes you feel the urge to nap often even if you never did before. Nausea is usually mild at first, but it also happens. To deal with this, you are required to eat proteins more often and stay hydrated.

Another indicator that you might experience if you are 3 weeks pregnant is the frequent urge to visit the bathroom more often. This is as a result of your kidneys having to process more urine than usual, as well as the enlarging of your uterus. If not that, then you'll experience mood swing spells and lightheartedness.