Pregnancy Symptoms 101
Pregnancy Symptoms by Trimester
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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.
The First Trimester: Week 1 - Week 12
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.
See Also > Ovulation-Calculator's Top Ten Signs of Pregnancy
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okay for the person who is wondering if they're pregnant but does not want to become pregnant why are you having unprotected sex???? You sound like a moron get some bc.
ok here goes please someone respond to this the first day of my period was 7/17/2010 it didnt last but maybe three days and it was light i have regular periods and maybe a week later i notice some light blood on my pantys and i took pregancy test bout a couple days after that and it was neg. 2 days later i took another one same thing i started to get pregnancy symptoms and after my ovulation which is soppose to be around the end of the month and 4to8 days past ovulation i was greating cramps and fluttery near my hip bones in the uterus the cramping is mild now and i still have lower back pain and i did have white discharge but soon turn in to clear my nipple are swore and my blood vessels are showing iam peeing more and sometimes it feel like i got to pee all the time like a bloating feeling can i be pregnant or is it in my head? My mom think it cause i want another baby but i dont think so i never get ths cramps when i ovulate just when iam on my period please help
okay. so my boyfriend of 5 years and i have a 3 yr old son together, we have recently have been trying for a little brother or sister. but my periods have been very irregular since i got my IUD out in september of 2009. I was due to get my period on july 23, i am now 15 days late. i have been pretty moody, crampy, tired, i have had very frequent urination and constipation. i feel so bloted, and im always hot. when i lay on my stomach i feel alot of pressure. i also have discharge, i feel like i got my period, but when i check theres nothing. i took a hpt on july 25 and it was neg. i think im going to take another. ? any thoughts or advice would be great!
thanks!
Ok so I have very iregular periods but today I'm 4 days late on my period I've been really moody but u normally get like that when I'm about to start about 4 days ago me and my bf were having sex and I went to the bathroom and I wiped and had blood on the toilet paper I haven't bled since then I have been getting very sharp pains in my stomach feels like I'm going to start my period any second but I haven't I just took a cheap pregnancy test and it came up negative but it was very faint I've also been feeling very un comftorable down there and have started getting veins on my boobs could I be pregnat
i had sec on july 24th n it is now august 3 i feel nautious and have cramps can i b pregnant a week and two days after unprotected sex???/????
Me and my boyfriend have been having unprotected sex for the last 4 month, and ive recently been having extremely painful stomach cramps.
I did a pregnancy test a few days ago ( a cheap supermarket one) and it came up with a really faint line (it came up within 5 minutes of doing the test)
Ive been experiencing some other signs too, but i dont know if its all in my head :S
Ive been having alot of heart burn, and gassy burps :/
But im not due on for another week.
Can anyone help?!
Well iv missed 2 periods and have had sum symptoms like.. Tiredness, sore nipples and around my nipples, loss of apitite, headaches every now + then, iv been gettin a lot of spots around my chin lately aswell, the other week, I nearly passed out :/, and I'm always going toilet and feelin full even if iv not eaten :/ iv been havin unpretected sex with my bf for a while now does it sound like I'm preggo? Sum reply plsssss..x
i am trying to get pregnant for the last yr. the last year my periods have been all over the place, so i never know when i ovulate. this month i took the ovulation kits and got the smiley face saying i was about to ovulate. we had sex the next 2 days like it says to in the instruction manual. i really dont have any signs of pregnancy except that i have been having headaches for the last 3 days. it seems that my nipples are getting wider also and maybe a little darker( i dont know if there supposed to get extremely darker all of a sudden or gradually) i am driving myself crazy with this. i took a preg test today and didnt see anything, but i know im taking it a little early. has anyone else had only headaches before finding out they were pregnant or should it come with other sypmptoms? please help
okay hi me an my boyfriend had sex last sunday after i came off my period an he came in me but after he did dat i layed dere for a few minutes an went to da bathroom an dis thursady he came in me two times again i layed there for a few seconds before goin to da bathroom is it possible dat im pregnant an yes lately i been sleepe an moody alot towards others and sometime my stomach growls after i ate an i cramps alot i been having heartburns and headaches..please get back at me cause i DNT WANT NO KIDS AT ALL..IM TO YOUNG IM ONLY 18YEARS OLD..PLEASE HELP
its been three weeks since i quit the bc pill and i had unprotected sex three days ago and since then ive been feeling moody had stomach cramps and a mild flu this morning my discharge was white like lotion and now i feel gassy and feel like throwing up but nothing come up i burp alot to i already had my period plz help
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