Pregnancy Indicators (www.babyzone.com)

My friend missed her regular periods. She waited for about one week, thinking that sometimes irregular periods also occur. After almost one and half week, she came to me with a question, “Am I pregnant?” I asked her to visit a reputed gynecologist. She asked the gynec, how to recognize a pregnancy before getting pregnancy tested. The gynecologist elucidated her in the following way:

The pregnancy symptoms vary from woman to woman and pregnancy to pregnancy. In fact, it is not at all necessary that the pregnancy signs you felt during the first pregnancy would repeat the next time. You must be able to understand the signs and symptoms of pregnancy, it is very important because it might be associated to something, other than pregnancy. Some women may experience the signs or symptoms of pregnancy within a week of conception, but a few may develop these over a few weeks or may not feel at all till the end. The symptoms of pregnancy differ in intensity, frequency and duration. These early signs and symptoms of pregnancy can merely be used as a guideline.

Delay In Menstruation Cycle
This is the most common pregnancy symptom, which makes the woman to test for pregnancy. While becoming pregnant, your next period must miss. Many women may bleed, during their pregnancy, but this type of bleeding is shorter or lighter than a normal regular period.

Swollen/Tender Breasts
This is the most obvious symptom of early pregnancy. Just after almost two weeks of conception, due to the hormonal changes, the breasts become tender, swollen or somewhat sore. Some times they also feel to be fuller or heavier. The nipples may feel sore or extra sensitive. Some women also feel their nipples to be darken in color. This change can be observed at bedtime when you are try to feel relax and go to sleep, during exercising or showering, or when getting dressed.

Fatigue/ Tiredness
This is also one of the signs among early symptoms of pregnancy. You feel to sleep early, and find it very difficult to get out of bed in the morning. While working at noon, you may feel to lie down. Exercising seems to be a tedious job. During early pregnancy, the level of the hormone progesterone and blood production level raises, while the blood sugar level and blood pressure lowers. This causes fatigue and exhaustion.

Frequent Urination
Another early symptom of pregnancy experienced is frequent trips to the restroom. The reason behind this may be the swelling uterus, that puts pressure on your bladder. Pregnancy creates extra body fluids that are to be processed by the kidneys and bladder. That causes frequent urination.

Read about some more signs and symptoms of early pregnancy in my following post: EARLY PREGNANCY INDICATORS — PART 2.