The most difficult part in this process is the waiting to know. Your daily schedule and routine suddenly disturbed with overwhelming thoughts that keep you wondering. Am I? Could I be? How can I know?
If expecting, you might begin experiencing some body changes and experiences of early pregnancy symptoms. However, not every pregnant woman experiences the same group of symptoms in their early stages at the same level. Symptoms are unique and may not look like those felt by one of your girlfriends. Hence, if you missed one of the symptoms others have experienced, it does not mean you are not expecting.
Seven common symptoms
1. Food Aversions
If walking into the kitchen makes you cringe and you can't even walk past the local Subway restaurant without gagging, you could be pregnant. Many women report that such intense food aversions are one of the first early pregnancy symptoms. Rising levels of beta-HCG hormone can cause these.
2. Physical Changes
The most reliable early sign of pregnancy is a first missed period, assuming your periods are regular.
3. Fatigue
Extreme, unexplainable fatigue is probably the most common sign of early pregnancy.
4. Sensitivity to Smells
Scents that you never found pleasant (like car exhaust) and even ones that were pleasing (like your mans cologne) can make you woozy during pregnancy's early stages.
5. Nausea and Vomiting
Can't get away from the toilet? Nausea and vomiting can be some of the first indications that you're pregnant. Those rising hormones are once again to blame.
6. Breast Swelling and Tenderness
The best thing to do about breast tenderness is to get a better bra. My favorites are sports bras; they do wonders for extra support.
7. Frequent Urination
There is no way to avoid this, but going to the bathroom right before bed allows for a little more sleep. "I will probably still have to get up at least once in the night to use the bathroom.
Rapid Hormone Changes
Believe me your hormones will change rapidly and leave you asking what just happened?
This is why pre-menstrual symptoms can be muddled with early pregnancy symptoms.
Progesterone is a female hormone and the principal progestational hormone that is made mainly by the corpus luteum in the ovary and by the placenta.
Progesterone prepares the lining (endometrium) of the uterus (the womb) to receive and maintain the fertilized egg and is vital to allow a pregnancy to remain prosperous.Progesterone rises pre-menstrually, but continues to rise further after the period is missed.
A few women do get early pregnancy symptoms before five or six weeks of pregnancy, especially those who have previously had children. Their body is more delicate to the hormones and they are aware that the sensation is different than pre-menstrual signs.
The Main Cause
HCG is the abbreviation for "Human Chorionic Gonadotropin", the "pregnancy hormone" which is being manufactured by the placenta as soon as implantation occurs about one week after fertilization and ovulation. HCG then continues to rise until about 10-12 weeks at which point it will stabilize or drop. Other hormones increase during pregnancy too, mainly progesterone and a little estrogen, which contribute to many of the early pregnancy symptoms. These hormones are not detected with the standard pregnancy tests.
Women pregnant with multiples may notice their pregnancy signs are more intense and noticed earlier on because they have higher levels of HCG in their system.
False Alarm
Pregnancy symptoms are not a guaranteed sign that you are expecting. Keep in mind every lady and every pregnancy is unique, so there is no need to panic if you don't have all of the listed early pregnancy symptoms and for others no need to panic is you do have all of the listed early pregnancy symptoms.
Only time can tell if you will be greeting your next joyful time of the month or a mini soon-to-be version of yourself!
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Disclaimer: The information contained in this article is for educational purposes only and should not be used for diagnosis or to guide treatment without the opinion of a health professional. Any reader should contact a licensed medical professional regarding their own condition.