Pregnancy Symptoms

Most women equate a missed menstrual period with some possibility of being real pregnant, other natural symptoms and signs are experienced in this period by most women in the early stages of pregnancy. It is very important to remember that not always all women will have the same experience and will fell all of these symptoms or have them on the same degree.

When could she be pregnant? Most likely you will not notice any symptoms until about the time you have missed one period — or 1 week or 2 later.

If you are not keeping track of your menstrual cycle or if it varies widely from one month to other, you may not be sure at all when to expect your next period.

If you do start to experience some of the following symptoms (not all women feel them all) and you have not had a period for a while, you may certainly be pregnant. You should take a home pregnancy test to find out for sure!

10. Tender, swollen breasts
One of the early signs of pregnancy is sensitive, sore breasts caused by increasing levels of hormones. The soreness may feel like an exaggerated version of how your breasts feel before your period. Your discomfort should diminish significantly after the first trimester, as your body adjusts to the hormonal changes.

9. Fatigue
Feeling tired all of a sudden? No, make that exhausted. No one knows for sure what causes early pregnancy fatigue, but it's possible that rapidly increasing levels of the hormone progesterone are contributing to your sleepiness.

You should start to feel more energetic once you hit your second trimester, although fatigue usually returns late in pregnancy when you're carrying around a lot more weight and some of the common discomforts of pregnancy make it more difficult to get a good night's sleep.
8. Implantation bleeding

Some women have a small amount of vaginal bleeding around 11 or 12 days after conception (close to the time you might notice a missed period). The bleeding may be caused by the fertilized egg burrowing into the blood-rich lining of your uterus — a process that starts just six days after fertilization — but no one knows for sure.

The bleeding is very light (appearing as red spotting or pink or reddish-brown staining) and lasts only a day or two. (Let your practitioner know if you notice any bleeding or spotting, particularly if it's accompanied by pain, since this can be a sign of an ectopic pregnancy.)

7. Nausea or vomiting
If you are like most women, morning sickness will not hit until about a month after conception. (A lucky few escape it altogether.) But some women do start to feel queasy a bit earlier. And not just in the morning, either — pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting can be a problem morning, noon, or night.