Very Early Signs of Pregnancy

Wondering if you are pregnant?

Yet whether you are pregnant or not is not so easy to understand for sure from the early signs of pregnancy. The first confirmation came from the pregnancy test. I felt uneasy until it was confirmed, even though I was pretty sure when I was pregnant.

When I got pregnant and it was not yet confirmed by a test, a friend of mine told me that I looked like that, because my eyes were unusually bright and the skin had change in complexion. Changes in the way a woman looks like are sometimes more obvious to other. This seems to be also one of the early signs of pregnancy.

Other early signs of pregnancy are tender, swollen breasts, fatigue, slight bleeding or cramping, nausea with or without vomiting, food aversion or cravings, headaches, mood swings, constipation, faintness or dizziness, raised basal body temperature, etc.

As early as two weeks after conception, there are hormonal changes which can make your breasts tingle or feel sore and tender. Sometimes women feel their breasts fuller and heavier.

Another sign is something women take for a start of a period. Often around the time of your regular period, you might have cramping and bleeding. I have experienced this symptom as one of the early signs of pregnancy. It is very confusing, because you wonder if this is a period or a sign of miscarriage if the pregnancy test was already positive. This bleeding is usually spottier, lighter in color and very short compared to a normal period. It happens when the fertilized egg attaches to the lining of the uterus and is known as implantation bleeding. This bleeding comes about 10 to 14 days after fertilization.

Another of the early signs of pregnancy is fatigue. This sign ranks high among early signs of pregnancy. The reason for it is that the hormone progesterone soars and makes women sleepy. At the same time, your energy is sapped by lower blood sugar levels, lower blood pressure and increased blood production.

One of the early signs of pregnancy is caused by another hormone estrogen, whose level also rises, causes the stomach to empty more slowly. That is why the morning sickness, which can strike at any time of the day or night, is a classic sign of pregnancy. When I got pregnant my sense of smell got very strong and any odor of food, perfume, cigarette smoke - made me feel nausea.

Also I felt very hungry. I had a craving for food. At the same time I have heard my friends saying just the opposite that their tastes changes dramatically. They turned up their nose at the usual morning coffee and much loved before junk foods, and fried potatoes, for example. Often food preferences are chalked up to hormonal changes.

A very early and not much mentioned sign of pregnancy is the change in the drive for sex. Some women feel turned off by the idea of having sex, while others have dramatically increased drive for it. The reason is besides the hormonal changes, the increase flow of blood to the genital area and hence the higher sensitivity.

Most of these symptoms of pregnancy are very confusing, but there is another one which is more reliable - raised basal body temperature (the oral temperature when you first wake up in the morning). This temperature increases slightly after ovulation and remains at that level until the next period. If you are pregnant the temperature will continue to rise over the next two weeks. It is easier to use this symptom if you have been charting your basal body temperature before conception.

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