Your nipples might be sensitive to the touch, they may be sore or they may change shape and become swollen — meaning your bra might not fit as well as normal. About a week after conception, the embryo pushes itself into the wall of the uterus or womb. This causes some light bleeding or spots of blood to appear in your knickers. You may even get stomach cramps while the embryo is moving.
Your period although some women still get light periods throughout their pregnancy , changes with the Pill; such as forgetting to take it or taking it during your seven-day break, an infection, or bleeding from sex.
It can also be a result of any hormonal changes. This is the most common pregnancy symptom and is usually the first one you might pick up on. It happens around weeks after the embryo has attached itself to the wall of the uterus, the wall builds itself up so the embryo is well-cushioned — rather than break down and cause a period.
Stress, changing your contraception or excessive weight gain or loss can all contribute to changes to your period, including a missed one.
Some women complain of feeling nauseous throughout their whole pregnancy and others manage to escape it. This well-known symptom known as morning sickness will normally show up between weeks into your pregnancy.
One theory is that it is caused by an increase of the hormone progesterone. Progesterone apparently softens the muscles in the uterus ready for labour but it also softens the stomach muscles causing nausea and sickness.
Food poisoning, stress, or other stomach upsets can also cause you to feel queasy. Many pregnant women complain that they find themselves falling asleep on buses, at work and even during sex. Feeling more tired is a pregnancy symptom that can also start as early as the first week and is because your body is working overtime to get ready for the baby.
Therefore, it is very common to feel tired and exhausted during pregnancy, particularly during the first trimester when your hormones fluctuate the most. The rapid increase in oestrogen levels in the first trimester, along with a constantly increased level of progesterone hormones throughout pregnancy, play a significant role in the onset of most pregnancy symptoms, including fatigue. If you are due on your period you may get a backache or if your suffering from physical or mental stress and tension.
It could also be another back problem. Straining a muscle or being cold, especially at night, can cause the muscles in your legs to tense and spasm. It can also be a result of dehydration or simply sitting still for a long period of time and not moving your muscles enough. The sudden rise of hormones in your body can cause you to have headaches early in pregnancy. There are loads of reasons why people get headaches, from tension and dehydration to eye strain. Headaches are normal and can be triggered by too much screen time, stress, alcohol, changes to routine, and more.
Having random pregnancy cravings is another one of the most common early signs and symptoms of pregnancy. Others want combinations like fish and ice cream.
This could be because of a lack of protein and sugar. This can start early on and last throughout your pregnancy. You should give into these cravings if you can, but within reason. Poor diet, lack of a certain nutrient, stress, depression. Craving sugar could also be a sign of diabetes, and any concerns about strange cravings should be discussed with your GP. This is the temperature of your body at rest.
It will also rise slightly at different stages of your cycle. Many women will notice that they feel uterine cramping as an early sign and symptom pregnancy. You could even feel period like cramps or even pain on one side. Lying down to rest or soaking in a warm bath may help relieve these pregnancy pains. An infection in the urinary tract can be symptomless, but often it causes pain or pressure in the pelvic area.
Other symptoms include foul-smelling, cloudy or bloody urine, pain and burning when urinating, fever, or the need to pee more often. A UTI can become serious if left untreated. Fortunately, a short round of antibiotics usually takes care of the infection. Dehydration can cause Braxton Hicks contractions, or practice contractions that usually start midway through pregnancy and are very normal.
Drinking enough water during pregnancy means aiming for about eight to 10 glasses a day. Very early on in your pregnancy, you may experience menstrual-like cramping. Slight twinges and light implantation bleeding are a result of a fertilized egg attaching to the uterine wall, which happens about 6 to 12 days after fertilization and lasts only a day or so at most.
An ectopic pregnancy — when a fertilized egg implants somewhere other than the uterus, usually a fallopian tube — can cause first trimester cramps, usually in the lower abdomen. It may begin as a dull ache and progress to spasms or cramps that may worsen with time.
Ectopic pregnancies often also cause vaginal bleeding, shoulder pain, lightheadedness and faintness. If you think you may be experiencing an ectopic pregnancy, see a doctor right away. Ectopic pregnancies are diagnosed with ultrasounds and blood tests around week 5 to 6 of pregnancy. What do miscarriage cramps feel like? Although most miscarriages happen in the first trimester, they can occur in the second trimester as well.
It can be difficult to tell if your early pregnancy cramps are a miscarriage — or simply implantation or your uterus expanding. The most important miscarriage symptom to look out for is bleeding. Unlike implantation cramping, miscarriage cramping is usually accompanied by bleeding that continues for several days and often gets heavier with time. Round ligaments are bands of tissue that hold the uterus in place. As pregnancy progresses, these ligaments stretch, which can cause aches and cramps or sharp pain that occurs on one or both sides of the lower abdomen.
Round ligament pain usually starts in the second trimester but can occur any time in the second half of pregnancy. It often occurs during exercise; after you get out of bed, sneeze, cough or laugh; or when you move suddenly. These cramps during pregnancy can last for anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes.
For relief, get plenty rest and try to change positions slowly. Braxton Hicks contractions are relatively short only seconds to a couple of minutes and irregular. When you experience a Braxton Hicks cramping during the second trimester of pregnancy onwards, change positions. Keep in mind that placental abruption, preeclampsia and preterm labor can occur during the second trimester as well. Keep reading below for more information on these conditions. Ectopic pregnancies can't continue and require immediate treatment.
If you had a positive pregnancy test but haven't yet had your pregnancy confirmed by a medical exam, and you experience abdominal pain, you should be evaluated immediately by your OB-GYN, says Linda Chambliss, M. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix. Your OB-GYN or midwife can perform an ultrasound to confirm whether the egg has implanted in the uterus.
When women experience abdominal pain during early pregnancy, "you always have to be concerned about miscarriage," says Dr. Duff, because the unfortunate fact is that 15 to 20 percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage.
Symptoms of miscarriage include bleeding and cramping that can be rhythmic or resemble menstrual cramps.
If you're experiencing regular contractions before you're 37 weeks pregnant , and it's accompanied by persistent backache, you could be having preterm labor. The contractions might come with leaking vaginal fluid or blood or a decrease in fetal movement. Even experienced pregnant women may not be able to tell if contractions are Braxton Hicks or true preterm labor, Dr. Chambliss says, so she asks her patients to call anytime they feel contractions.
You may end up being sent home because it's a false alarm Dr. Chambliss says this happens to about 30 percent of the women who show up in her triage unit , but it's better to be safe than sorry, especially in this case. Your placenta provides oxygen and nutrients to your baby. It usually implants high on the uterine wall and doesn't detach until after your little one is born. In rare cases 1 out of every births , the placenta can separate from the uterine wall—a dangerous complication that's most common in the third trimester.
Duff describes the discomfort from a placental abruption as "severe, constant, progressively worsening lower abdomen pain. In some cases, a woman may go into labor when her placenta separates, in which case her OB-GYN will usually deliver the baby by emergency cesarean section. If the abruption is mild, a doctor may allow the pregnancy to continue or may induce labor for a vaginal delivery. Women at risk for this condition include those who have a history of placental abruption, as well as those with high blood pressure, preeclampsia, and abdominal trauma.
According to the Preeclampsia Foundation of America , preeclampsia and other hypertensive disorders occur in 5 to 8 percent of all pregnancies.
Preeclampsia can develop after 20 weeks which is partly why your doctor checks your blood pressure at every appointment and it's characterized by high blood pressure and protein in the urine. Because high blood pressure constricts the vessels in the uterus that supply the fetus with oxygen and nutrients, the baby's growth may be slowed. Preeclampsia also increases the risk of placental abruption, in which the placenta separates from the uterine wall before delivery. Women with severe preeclampsia might also experience pain in the upper right portion of your abdomen, nausea, headaches, swelling, and visual disturbances like flashing lights.
Up to 10 percent of expectant moms will get a urinary tract infection UTI at some point during their pregnancy, according to the March of Dimes.
Typical symptoms include a sudden urge to urinate, pain or burning with urination, and bloody urination—but some patients with a UTI also experience abdominal pain, Dr. Chambliss says. The good news is that if a UTI is caught early, it should be easy to treat with antibiotics—and that's one reason why your OB-GYN tests your urine during every visit.
Appendicitis can be difficult to diagnose in pregnancy, says Dr.
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