Are dark rings around your nipples a +tive sign of pregnancy?

Question

Or what else could it be? Took 2 pregnancy tests last month a week apart and both were -tive.

Answer 1

No, no one symptom is a positive sign of pregnancy until pregnancy is confirmed with blood work or a positive urine test. Go have blood work done if you still have questions or doubts.

Answer 2

The process starts during pregnancy
If you're pregnant, you've probably noticed a metamorphosis in your bra cups. Those physical changes — tender, swollen breasts, and darkened nipples andareolas (the circle of skin surrounding your nipple) — may be one of your earliest clues that you've conceived. Experts believe the color change of the areola may also be a helpful aid to breastfeeding. It's nature's way of providing a visual guide that helps newborns nurse successfully (hey, dinner's over here!). Another pregnancy signal: the appearance of tiny bumps around your areola called the glands of Montgomery (named after the British obstetrician who first described them), which also play a role in breastfeeding. These bumps produce an oily substance that cleanses, lubricates, and protects the nipple from infection during nursing.

What's going on inside your breasts
Perhaps even more remarkable than this visible transformation is the extensive changes taking place inside your breasts. Your developing placenta stimulates the release of estrogen and progesterone, which in turn stimulate the complex biological system that makes lactation possible.


Before pregnancy, a combination of supportive tissue, milk glands, and protective fat makes up a large portion of your breasts. (The amount of fatty tissue varies among women, which is why breasts come in such a variety of sizes and shapes.) In fact, your newly tender, swollen breasts have been preparing for your pregnancy since you were a 6-week-old embryo in your own mother's womb. By the time you were born, your main milk ducts — a network of canals that transport milk through your breasts — had already formed. Your mammary glands stayed quiet until puberty, when a flood of the female hormone estrogen caused them to grow and swell. During pregnancy, those glands shift into high gear