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Pregnancy Symptoms
Pregnancy Symptoms 101
Pregnancy Symptoms by Trimester
(Editor's note: Think you might be pregnant? Take our free online pregnancy test, buy an early-detection pregnancy test, or come participate in our online community!)
Different women experience pregnancy in different ways. Pregnancy symptoms may vary in intensity and duration - and some women may not experience some common pregnancy symptoms at all.
- Implantation bleeding 8-10 days after ovulation.
- An elevated BBT temperatures for 18 days.
- A missed menstrual period.
- Even before your missed period, you can test for pregnancy with early detection pregnancy tests that allow you to determine a positive result as early as 7-10 days past ovulation.
The First Trimester: Week 1 - Week 12
- Lower abdominal cramps.
- Food cravings.
- Nausea or "Morning sickness" - 3-10 weeks after conception.
- Tender, swollen breasts - 3-4 weeks after conception.
- Your nipples and the area around the nipples get darker and wider.
- Frequent urination.
- Fatigue and tiredness - 3-10 weeks after conception.
- You may have heartburn and constipation - along with headaches.
- Mood swings.
Other Early Symptoms of Pregnancy in Detail
Cravings for Particular Foods
Desiring particular or unusual types of food is a well known pregnancy symptom. About 85 percent of women report at least one food craving during pregnancy.
Implantation Cramping and Spotting
Following ovulation by 8 days, women may experience cramping and slight spotting - caused by the recent implantation of the egg in the uterine lining.
Frequent Urination
Following implantation, frequent urination is a common symptom.
Fatigue, Headaches, and Heartburn - and Morning Sickness
For many women, early symptoms of pregnancy can be a bit perturbing. Fatigue is common, as are headaches and heartburn. And then there is morning sickness - the second most well know pregnancy symptoms after "food cravings". Increases in progesterone can also cause feelings of tiredness.
Basal Body Temperature
If you are charting your Basal Body Temperature, and your BBT remains high - and continues to remain high for 15 days or more without a period - this is a clear symptom of pregnancy.
hCG Testing
Home Pregnancy Tests are available online and at your drugstore. A positive result will confirm your suspicions! Some FDA approved tests (available online) allow you to determine pregnancy as early as 7-10 days past ovulation.
The Second Trimester: Week 13 - Week 26
Here is what you can expect to experience during your second trimester.
- Weight gain - and, after 16 weeks, fetal movement!
- Dryness of the skin on the stomach. Feelings of tightness.
- Breasts become larger.
- Continued heartburn and constipation.
- Edema - or the swelling of your ankles, hands, feet, and face.
- A dark line may appear between your belly and pubic regions.
See Also > Ovulation-Calculator's Top Ten Signs of Pregnancy
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I had my regular period last month, but this month it seems to be later than usual. I have had unprotected sex with my current boyfriend on a number of times as recent as last weekend and nearly three weeks before that and know that there is pre-cum that is leaked out during the ejaculation. Though he always pulls out. I'm going to school and working part time. I've had major assignments and tests all throughout the last week of October and the first week of November. I've been looking online and happened across this site and looked at the symptoms. The one that worries me the most is the splotting, of the lightish colour, during the time I should have had my period. I've been relating it to stress for its lateness due to current overload of school work. But now am worrying that it could mean that I am pregnant. Could I be or is it stress related?
I had my last period 5 weeks ago and bought a pregnancy test just out of worry. I had been getting tummy cramps and tiredness at work a lot last week. I also noticed that I was getting angry quicker then normal so I assumed I was coming on my period again. Turns out, I'm actually pregnant! - Haven't had any morning sickness yet, but have noticed that I feel to eat more frequently and its a strange mixtures of things too. I found myself eating prawns with mango, and on another occasion, fruit with cream cheese. Strange!
hi everyone i have a question me and my husband are trying to have a baby we been having unprotected sex since the beginning of september to the middle of october...well my period came on sept.8th-12th then oct 8th 9th my period stayed on it was light pink..the doctor tld me i was 3 weeks late now my bleeding bright red blood. im so confused
hai,me & my hus was very careful with sex.we have used condoms & interciorse in safty periods.but now am due to my periods for 3 days.when i was due to 12 days i checked home pregnancy test,& it showed negative.i have used night,not in the morning urine?is there any chance for pregnancy?we dont want baby now.
hi me and husband are trying for a little 1. 3 months ago i had a miscarriage. iv had 2 mens since then with the symptoms of pms i usually get back ache about a week before my mens but this time iv had it for over 2 weeks we only had sex the once in fertily days but iv been getting cramps under my tummy and on my ovaries extrem back ache, head aches, tiredness, heartburn, leg cramps and my nipples hurt but have not changed in colour. my mens is due on the 28/10/09 could this be early signs or am i just be paraniod (sorry carnt spell) plz help
i am now 9 weeks late on my period ,i am only ever a week or two late. i have had few pos results and quite few neg results , i went to see my doctor he thinks i am preggers so is booking me for scan , ive been off the pill injection for a year now so everything was back to normal am i pregnant help !
my last normal period was 21st sept,,i had sex with my bf 5th oct. for the past 3 days i have been feeling sick (not been sick), bloating and my tummy feels as if it tingaling (sorry cant spell),i had a food craving yesterday too...could i be pregnant???
Can I give everyone a bit of advice..those of you who are asking a website if you are pregnant should probably take a pregnancy test, or wait and take another pregnancy test, and go to the doctor or a clinic as a website cannot confirm if you are pregnant or not. All websites can do is give you some general information. Good Luck to all of you.
hi, well my period is very irregular exept the past three months june july and august. after august i began having unprotected sex with my bf. he always finishes in me bc i dont think i can get pregnant. i had a past relationship and we were having unprotected sex too but then my period hadnt been around for about 5 months. ive had light pink spotting when i go pee. sometimes i dont though. i been having pains on my ovarie region and on my lower belly.sometimes i loose my appetite and other times i eat and i feel naseated but dont throw up. COULD I BE PREGNANT?
You should probably just take another pregnancy test. Sometimes testing early, even with a good test can product a false negative if your hormone levels aren't high enough. Also in regards to feeling sick all day but not puking....that is how I felt with both of my pregnancies. Morning sickness is not always in the morning and you don't always throw up...feeling nauseous is a definite symptom.
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