Early Signs of Pregnancy

If you are like everyone else you're trying to figure out exactly what the signs of pregnancy or pregnancy symptoms are and just how likely they are to mean that you're pregnant. You can ask other people, you can worry alone, but the best thing is to read with the categories and add up the signs. The more you will find the more likely you are to be pregnant.

While these are probably the most common signs, if you are pregnant you may experience some symptoms and never others and some women may only get one! The main thing to do is to pay attention to your own body, you are the one who ultimately knows if something isn't normal.

Food aversions

If you're newly pregnant, it isn't uncommon to feel repelled through the smell of a bologna sandwich or a cup of coffee, as well as for certain aromas to trigger your gag reflex. Though no one knows for sure, this can be a side effect of rapidly increasing levels of estrogen in your system. You may also discover that certain foods you used to enjoy are suddenly completely repulsive for you.

Abdominal bloating

Hormonal changes in early pregnancy may leave you feeling bloated, like the feeling some women have just before their period. This is exactly why your clothes may feel more snug than normal at the waistline, even early on when your uterus continues to be quite small.

Morning Sickness

Another well known pregnancy symptoms is morning sickness. Don’t let it’s name fool you - morning sickness will pay you a visit any time of day, so make sure you consume enough and avoid letting your blood sugar levels drop. Ginger is a great natural fix for nausea so it’s worth a try, although some women discover that nothing seems to help their morning sickness, which normally hangs around for that first trimester before getting better or if you are unlucky, the second trimester or even whole pregnancy.

Frequent urination

Shortly after you become pregnant, hormonal changes prompt a chain of events that enhance the rate of blood flow through your kidneys. This causes your bladder to fill faster, so you need to pee more often. This symptom may begin as early as six weeks into your first trimester.

Slight bleeding or cramping

Sometimes a small amount of spotting or vaginal bleeding is one of the first symptoms of pregnancy. Known as implantation bleeding, it happens when the fertilised egg attaches towards the lining of the uterus - about 10 to 14 days after fertilization. This kind of bleeding is usually a bit earlier, spottier and lighter in color than a normal period and last as long.Some women also experience abdominalcramping early in pregnancy. These cramps act like menstrual cramps.

Fatigue

When you first become pregnant, your metabolism steps up a few gears in order to support your developing baby as well as your own body, which creates one big workload! You might become so immensely tired that you simply feel that you need to sleep more than usual. Not just that, but the hormone progesterone which is required in high levels during pregnancy has a sedating effect. No wonder you are feeling so very tired! If you need to rest or sleep, don’t fight your body - it needs it!

Spotting

At around 8-10 days after ovulation (right before you would normally get your period) you may notice light spotting, that is caused from the implantation of the embryo into your uterus lining. The spotting is generally pinkish in colour and never red like a normal period.