Learning about the early signs of pregnancy can help reduce anxiety and worry. Usually, the worry sets in when the period comes late. Am I pregnant? Why is my period so late this month? What am I going to do if I'm really pregnant? These thoughts could be swimming through your mind. The level of anxiety is especially intense if the pregnancy is not a planned one.
However, a period may come late for many different reasons. It is usual for women to experience late periods because of stress from work, or because the body is just not ready to go through another period cycle yet. In this case, all the individual has to do is to be patient. The period will eventually arrive, and there is no cause for worry. If the period comes later because of a pregnancy, perhaps you would have encountered one of these early signs of pregnancy.
Not hungry.
Usually, you find yourself starving when lunch time arrives. But for the past few days, you find that even though you may feel hungry, you still don't feel like consuming much food. This could be an early sign of pregnancy. You could be losing your appetite because your body is preparing itself for carrying the baby.
Feel like vomiting.
To make things worse, you now feel like vomiting almost every morning. What goes in, tends to come back out. For this reason, you avoid taking meals. Nausea feelings may sometimes be caused by stress, fatigue, or sickness. So you have to be careful not to confuse this sign with pregnancy. The best way to tell, is to wait one or two days to see if the nausea feeling fades off by itself. If it persists, it's likely that it's a sign of pregnancy. Time to take a pregnancy test.
It takes a longer time to grow hungry.
The body of a pregnant lady has higher levels of hormones. This impedes digestion. As a result, it takes longer for a pregnant woman to feel hungry. Food also tend to linger in the stomach for longer periods of time. This could lead to heartburn or constipation.
Feeling dizzy.
We sometimes see pregnant women complain about dizzy spells all the time. Usually, this happens during the very early stages of a pregnancy. Blood pressure at this stage is lower, hence it's easy for the pregnant lady to feel dizzy. When that happens, it's advisable to do less work, and rest more. Avoid sudden movements, and when the dizziness comes, just keep still and allow some time to pass.
Going to the toilet more often.
During a pregnancy, there is increased pressure on the bladder and uterus. So a pregnant lady will have to go to the toilet more often to relieve herself. This can be an annoying feeling at first, at it causes some inconveniences. But it's something that a pregnant lady will have to get used to.
And Early Signs Of Pregnancy
We all know and recognize most of the early signs of pregnancy. However, these signs are not always indicative that you are pregnant. Usually, the best way to confirm whether you are pregnant or not, is by taking a pregnancy test. There are a number of inexpensive EPTs that can help you in this regard. Read on to find how deceptive some of the most common symptoms can be.
Symptoms
Missing a period is one of the most common early signs of pregnancy. Many women take this sign or symptom as a confirmation of pregnancy, and many times it would be true. However, be aware that period can be delayed and even stopped when a woman is going through acute mental stress or when the body is producing more progesterone and estrogen hormones, causing cessation of ovulation over a certain period of time.
Morning nausea is another sure fire early sign of pregnancy. This symptom usually appears when you have crossed 4-6 weeks of pregnancy. However, this symptom may also mean that you are suffering from a stomach flu. It has also been observed that this is a symptom that is characteristic to phantom pregnancy, which occurs when a woman wishes to become pregnant too much, but does not.
Tenderness and swelling in breasts is an early sign of pregnancy, which could at times also indicate early signs of cancer. Hence, it is always good when you are in doubt to check with the doctor. Cancer is totally curable if caught in the first two stages. Alternatively, tenderness in breast could also mean that a woman is about to ovulate.
Urge to urinate frequently is among the more common early signs of pregnancy. However, in women who are not pregnant, this symptom could mean that the woman is suffering from diabetes. Women who drink a lot of aerated drinks (colas, fantas, etc) will also suffer from this symptom.
Pregnancy many times involves sudden craving of particular foods, sometimes even food which normally the person would never eat or crave for. When not pregnant, this symptom means that there is an acute shortfall of a certain vitamin and/or mineral in the body. The craving of whatever food is born out of this shortfall.
Looking at the above, you will find that you cannot really be too sure about being pregnant or not with the help of only the early signs of pregnancy. In order to confirm, one would definitely need a doctor and/or a pregnancy test.
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