EARLY SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF PREGNANCY

How do you know when you are pregnant?

Just having sex during your fertility days isn't a quarantee that you will get pregnant, but knowing the signs doctors use to determine if you are pregnant is whats important to any sexually active woman.

HOW SOON CAN YOU GET PREGNANCY SYMPTOMS?

often appear about two weeks or so following conception. That said, signs of pregnancy crop up at different times in different women; some experience very few if any of these until weeks into their pregnancies.

The most common early signs and symptoms of pregnancy might include:

• Smell sensitivity. Since it's one of the first changes some newly pregnant women report, pregnancy might be in the air if your sniffer's suddenly more sensitive and easily offended.
• Tender, swollen breasts.

that tingly, sore and/or full feeling in you breasts is also one of the first signs of pregnancy since they're preparing your body for the milk-making to come.

• Darker, bumpy areolas. Your areolas (the circles around your nipples) may get darker and increase in diameter, thanks to the pregnancy hormones surging through your body. Not only that, but you'll likely start to notice tiny bumps (called Montgomery's tubercles)  growing in size and number on your areolas
• Fatigue. huge amounts of energy going into the placenta will leave cut your always get-up-and-go
• Bleeding or missed period. everyone knows what to expect after a missed period or light spotting before your periods. wont say much ladies...
• Nausea. this hits just a few weeks after pregnancy due to increased levels of progesterone though estrogen and hCG alo take part in your  nausea.
• Frequent urination. Two to three weeks after conception you may notice an increased need to pee. This new gotta-go feeling usually crops up two to three weeks after conception and is due to the pregnancy hormone hCG, which increases blood flow to your kidneys, helping them to more efficiently rid your body (and, eventually, your baby's body) of waste. Your growing uterus is also beginning to put some pressure on your bladder, leaving less storage space for urine and making you head for the toilet more frequently.
• Bloating.
• Constipation. During pregnancy, higher levels of the hormone progesterone can make you constipated. Progesterone causes food to pass more slowly through your intestines. To ease the problem, drink plenty of water, exercise, and eat plenty of high-fiber foods. 
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• Mood swings. These are common, especially during the first trimester. These are also related to changes in hormones.
• Headaches and back pain.
  
•  Many pregnant women report frequent mild headaches, and others experience chronic back pain.
• Dizziness and fainting. These may be related to dilating blood vessels, lower blood pressure, and lower blood sugar.

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