Nearly all women associate a missed
menses with the likelihood of being pregnant. However there are few other signs
and symptoms that majority of women experience during the early stages of
pregnancy. It’s vital to keep in mind that not all women get all of these
symptoms. It’s possible that the same person can get dissimilar types of
symptoms in the next pregnancy than she experienced in the previous pregnancy.
We have compiled the most frequent pregnancy symptoms in the 1st
trimester.
Absence of period
A missed menstrual period is
the most common and frequently the initial sign of pregnancy. At times a woman
who became pregnant may still get some spotting or bleeding around the time
frame of the expected period. It takes normally 6 to 12 days after the
conception. What happens is that the “implantation bleeding” is usually not as
profound or long as a usual menstrual period. This little amount of bleeding is
due to the fertilized egg that appends itself to the uterine wall.
However a missed menses also does
not mean that a woman is pregnant despite the regular cycles she has as there
are other physical and emotional factors that may cause delayed menses.
Breast tenderness, swelling, and
pain
Breast tenderness, swelling, and
pain are usually signs of the early
pregnancy. These signs are at times quite the same as what women experience in
their breasts right before the menstrual period begins. Women experience a
feeling of fullness or heaviness in the breasts. It can show up as early as 1
to 2 weeks after conception.
Vomiting
and Nausea
Everyone must have heard about
“morning sickness”. Women at their early pregnancy can experience nausea and
vomiting which can take place at any time of the day or night. It usually shows
up on the 2nd and 8th weeks of your pregnancy. There are also some women who
report heightened sensitivity to odors or smells that at times cause vomiting
or nausea.
Craving
for certain foods
Many pregnant women get food
cravings for various foods during the early stages. These yearnings can carry
on right through the entire pregnancy.
Feeling
fatigue and tired
Abdominal
bloating
Often
urination
Increased
basal body temperature
Nipple
color changes
Darkening
of the skin or Melasma
Stress
and Mood swings
Headaches
There are couples who find pregnancy
an easy process while there are some couples who find it hard from conceiving a
baby to delivery.There are many factors those linked to particular
physiological problems such as tied or blocked fallopian tubes in the woman or
low sperm count in the man.
These issues can be helped by fertility methods such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) and insemination. For many others, however, reasons behind their infertility are much harder to define.According to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine it’s proper to seek help from a fertility specialist, if a woman doesn’t get pregnant after 12 months of regular unprotected intercourse or 6 months if the woman is over 35 years old.
