Early signs of pregnancy are sometimes different for each woman, but the characteristics of the pregnant, we can conclude in general. One of the pregnancy symptoms, does not always guarantee if you are already pregnant. Melissa Goist, MD, clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Ohio State University Medical Center said, soon after conception, your body will produce a number of hormones of pregnancy. These hormones are responsible in some changes in your physical condition, even before your pregnancy is detected by the test pack.
Early pregnancy symptoms are often deceptive, because similar signs of menstruation, such as the breasts feel swollen, appeared spots, and a sense of cramps in the stomach. If you do not immediately know for certain, you just can not change the daily habits that can harm your pregnancy. Actually, what are the early signs of pregnancy? Hopefully explanation below can help you understand more and be better prepared to welcome your first pregnancy.
1. Late menstruation: Late menstruation is the most obvious sign of early pregnancy. If you are used to getting regular menstruation, menstrual delay of more than a week should be observed, try to do a pregnancy test. You can take a pregnancy test using a pregnancy test kits are sold at pharmacies, or supermarkets. However, for those who do often get irregular menstruation, this delay could be due to stress, diet or too tired. But it could also, to do a pregnancy test on a regular basis, if you are late getting menstruation to prevent things that are not desirable.
2. Morning Sickness: Morning sickness is a feeling uncomfortable in the morning, these symptoms are experienced by the majority of pregnant women. The cause is hormonal changes in the blood resulting in pain on the stomach lining and cause nausea. Nausea usually occurs in the first trimester of pregnancy and will disappear along with increasing gestational age. although the so-called morning sickness, nausea and vomiting in fact may occur in the afternoon and evening.
2. Morning Sickness: Morning sickness is a feeling uncomfortable in the morning, these symptoms are experienced by the majority of pregnant women. The cause is hormonal changes in the blood resulting in pain on the stomach lining and cause nausea. Nausea usually occurs in the first trimester of pregnancy and will disappear along with increasing gestational age. although the so-called morning sickness, nausea and vomiting in fact may occur in the afternoon and evening.
3. Frequent urination: During pregnancy, hormonal changes in the blood that causes the blood circulation in the body increases. It causes the kidneys to work harder to produce more urine. The bigger the pregnancy, the greater the size of the fetus, so that pressing the organs in your body, including the bladder. As a result, the capacity of the bladder becomes narrower, so full faster and make you more frequent urge to urinate. However, frequent urination is not something that is harmful, so you do not need to worry. Do not reduce the consumption of water so you do not dehydrate.
4. Easy tired: Easy to feel tired during pregnancy, caused by increased levels of the hormone progesterone in the body. The hormone progesterone is a natural depressant to the central nervous system that causes you easily feel sleepy. In addition, in the first trimester, your body will work much harder to pump hormones and producing more blood that fetal nutrition are met. Worrying also take a role in absorbing energy during pregnancy. Expand the rest time, and the consumption of nutritious foods. Increase knowledge about the pregnancy can help reduce fears.
4. Easy tired: Easy to feel tired during pregnancy, caused by increased levels of the hormone progesterone in the body. The hormone progesterone is a natural depressant to the central nervous system that causes you easily feel sleepy. In addition, in the first trimester, your body will work much harder to pump hormones and producing more blood that fetal nutrition are met. Worrying also take a role in absorbing energy during pregnancy. Expand the rest time, and the consumption of nutritious foods. Increase knowledge about the pregnancy can help reduce fears.
5. Strange feeling in the mouth: hormonal changes during pregnancy also affects the sense of taste and smell. Sometimes appear strange taste like a metallic taste in the mouth. This change makes you dislike certain foods, and just want to eat certain foods. To cope with this change in appetite, you can eat foods in small portions, but more often. It is important that you and fetus in the womb still getting enough nutrients to grow healthy.
6. Breast changes: the most noticeable changes during pregnancy, is a physical change. One early sign of pregnancy is the most common changes in your breasts. In addition to its size becomes larger, heavier breasts, pain or tenderness to the touch. In addition, the areola or brown area around the nipple, will increasingly blackened and widened. This change is due to increased production of hormones estrogen and progesterone, as well as preparation to produce milk for the baby.
6. Breast changes: the most noticeable changes during pregnancy, is a physical change. One early sign of pregnancy is the most common changes in your breasts. In addition to its size becomes larger, heavier breasts, pain or tenderness to the touch. In addition, the areola or brown area around the nipple, will increasingly blackened and widened. This change is due to increased production of hormones estrogen and progesterone, as well as preparation to produce milk for the baby.
7. Difficult to defecate: Other symptoms be an early sign of pregnancy in women is difficult bowel movements. Difficult to defecate in pregnant women due to the process of digestion in the intestine is slow. Food buildup occurs continuously while processing the body does not run smoothly, then this condition will result in constipation or bowel obstruction.
8. Abdominal pain: pain or cramps in the stomach not only happen when women experience menstruation. In most pregnant women, also found cases of abdominal pain. Abdominal cramps in early pregnancy exactly the same as abdominal pain during menstruation. Abdominal pain is common in pregnant women because of physical changes women are doing enlargement of the uterus. A uterus that is the growth of the baby during pregnancy.
8. Abdominal pain: pain or cramps in the stomach not only happen when women experience menstruation. In most pregnant women, also found cases of abdominal pain. Abdominal cramps in early pregnancy exactly the same as abdominal pain during menstruation. Abdominal pain is common in pregnant women because of physical changes women are doing enlargement of the uterus. A uterus that is the growth of the baby during pregnancy.
9. The emergence of the blood spots: The emergence of similar menstrual blood spots is one of the signs of early pregnancy, the blood spots usually occurs after 10 to 14 days after the time of fertilization (fertilization of an egg by a sperm cell). Spots of blood in the form of light and a small amount of bleeding. To distinguish blood spots because of pregnancy with bleeding during menstruation, we can see that the blood spots early pregnancy colors are brighter and occurred shortly. Bleeding in early pregnancy occurs because sperm fertilized egg attaches itself to the uterine wall and is preparing to grow into a fetus.
10. Mild headache: In the body of a woman who is experiencing pregnancy, an increase in the production of hormones and lead to increased blood circulation in the body. This condition causes mild headache frequency often. If you are newly married woman and frequent mild headaches, beware. Maybe it's a sign you're pregnant.
10. Mild headache: In the body of a woman who is experiencing pregnancy, an increase in the production of hormones and lead to increased blood circulation in the body. This condition causes mild headache frequency often. If you are newly married woman and frequent mild headaches, beware. Maybe it's a sign you're pregnant.
