How soon can a woman start feeling symptoms of pregnancy before knowing she's pregnant?

Answer 1

Pregnancy signs and symptoms occur either at the time of a missed period, or a week or two later. Symptoms include missed period, fatigue, tender and swollen breasts, implantation bleeding, nausea and or vomiting, food aversions, frequent urination, and increased sensitivity to odors. Not everyone experiences symptoms, and some people feel some but not all symptoms. Implantation bleeding occurs a bit earlier than expected, and it is scanty, spotty, pinkish and not red and heavy like a period, and does not follow the normal pattern of a period (light to heavy to light). If you feel you might be pregnant, your best bet would be to see your doctor at least 2 weeks after a missed period to get a blood pregnancy test done, as this is the most accurate way of testing.

Answer 2

Most women miss their period before they notice any other signs of pregnancy. But you *might* start having signs of pregnancy up to about 5 days before your period would have started. (By the way, they are correctly *not* called symptoms. Pregnancy is *not* a disease, although some medical people do treat it that way!)

This is because you ovulate about 2 weeks before your next period. And it takes the fertilized egg about a week to reach the uterus and start implanting. Until implantation, the zygote isn't actually attached to your body in any way, so it can't cause physical changes.

The difficulty comes because (even if you are very regular) *this* particular cycle could have been shorter, and your period would have been earlier than you expect. So it could *look* like you are having signs of pregnancy a week or more before you expect your period.

Answer 3

after being only 4 weeks pregnant I knew. My breasts were very tender and even taking a shower really hurt my breasts. Also I started having morning sickness. I cramped more than usual. I thought I was going to start my period any day because the cramps were so strong. I took a pregnancy test and it was +.

Answer 4

before i found out i was pregnant with my daughter i started throughing up and my breasts were tender and i still had two weeks before i was to start my period. so it depends on the person. me i ovulate on my period so by time i miss my next period i am already like 4 wks. just wait and dont try to think about it to much and just take a test when u miss your period.

Answer 5

ask ur doctor