First symptoms of pregnancy?

Question

I mean is there any tell tale signs within the first week or two?

Answer 1

If the guy you had sex with stops coming around , it might be a sign.

Answer 2

Nausea & Vomiting
Nausea and vomiting may come as early as a week into the pregnancy. Many women experience illness in the morning (morning sickness), some in the afternoon or evening, others feel feel nausea throughout the entire day. There is no explanation as to why pregnant women feel this or even a solution as to how to prevent it - however, eating small frequent meals, and snacking on saltine crackers seems to give some kind of relief. Eating a protein/carboy hydrate at bedtime (try an apple and a glass of milk) tends to lessen the nausea that occurs in the morning.

Breast Tenderness
Breasts may be very tender, swollen and start to enlarge. Many times the veins within the breast will become more visible. Your nipples may start to darken in color, become more erect and be extremely sensitive. These symptoms are due to increasing amount of HCG hormone that begins at implantation.

Frequent Urination
Pregnancy causes the uterus to swell and it will start to enlarge for the growing fetus immediately. The uterus puts pressure on your bladder making you feel the need for more frequent urination. Many women start to feel this symptom within a week or two after pregnancy has occurred.

Feeling Tired / Sluggish
This one is pretty obvious. When pregnant your body is going through some major hormonal changes. HCG levels alone go from 0 - 250,000 mIU/ml in just twelve weeks. Your temperature is also higher due to the amount progesterone circulating through your body which will also make you feel a little sluggish.

Light Bleeding
Light bleeding (spotting) may occur approximately 8 - 10 days from ovulation. It usually happens around the same time you would have gotten your menstrual period. Some women assume they have started their period when in fact they are pregnant. The spotting is caused from implantation which is when the fertilized egg burrows into the endometrial lining.

Dizziness and/or Fainting
When standing in one place you may feel dizzy or even faint. The growing uterus compresses major arteries in your legs which causes your blood pressure to drop making you extremely light headed. Skipping meals or going too long without eating may cause you to feel dizzy or faint. When not eating frequently enough it causes low blood sugar. Blood sugar is the primary source of food for your baby so it will be depleted much more quickly.

Constipation
Pregnancy hormones will slow down bowel functions to give maximum absorption time of vitamins and nutrients. Unfortunately, this symptom usually only gets worse as the pregnancy progresses.

Irritability
Raging hormones are the cause of this...along with having to put up with all the other symptoms. This symptom should decrease soon into the second trimester but until then, a healthy diet, moderate exercise and plenty of sleep should help the crabbiness somewhat.

Heartburn
The uterus is very swollen and starts to push upward as it grows. The increasing levels of HCG will also slow down digestion making your stomach not empty as fast which increases the stomach acid.

Answer 3

I know this sounds crazy, but every woman I have talked to, including myself, has had horrible mood swings within a week or two of conception. It sounds bizarre, but for some reason, we all become really touchy, and most of us notice an increase in fighting with our significant others. It's hind-site of course, because at the time, we had no idea we were pregnant.
And of course, the normal physical signs followed-
tender breasts
lack of period
areola's getting darker
nausea
- but of course, those symptoms for me didn't start until after my missed period.
The moodiness, however, I tracked back to about a week and a half after conception. And once we found out I was pregnant, we suddenly understood why I was so moody.

Answer 4

It's true that everyone and every pregnancy is different.

With my first child, I didn't realise I was pregnant for 2 months - I even continued to have (very light) periods! No symptoms at all.

Now, with my second, I knew I was pregnant very soon. I felt sick when I smelt certain things (i.e: cat food and ham...??!!) and my nipples immediately swelled up and started to become a darker colour. I also went off certain foods, which I loved before pregnancy, such as tuna.

Hope I helped! :-)

Answer 5

Hi, before pregnancy tests were invented doctors knew by the small white lumps that appeared on your nipples called montgomery glands named after Dr. William Fetherstone Montgomery who first diagnosed them, other signs are feeling sick, going off certain foods, sore breasts, blue veins on your breasts, bigger breasts and just a general feeling of feeling different, i always knew I was pregnant about 2 weeks b4 my period was due, my body just felt totally different and I was right both times

Answer 6

For me it was especially tender breasts almost immediately after conception, which I confused with my usual PMT signs. All the other tell tale signs, such as nausea came after I'd missed my period.

Answer 7

Not really. Some women may experience nausea and vomitting, water retention. However these are likely to occur until after implantation and the levels of HCG increases.

Answer 8

I had slight cramping which felt like period pain, infact i thought it was my period and everytime i'd put on a pad thinking its comming out any second, but it was round ligament pain they call it. My breasts went a cup bigger. that and frequent urination. and then about the 5week i kinda started the nausea and vomit and still have it at 13 weeks. good luck and congrats!

Answer 9

Everyone is different. I've had two children and didn't believe I was pregnant with either of them until I'd had a scan. No symptoms whatsoever.

Answer 10

everybody is different most obvious i suppose is no peoiod i just kinda knew gut feeling told me test confirmed it but this feeling niggled at me for about a month before i took the test get the book what to expect when your expecting its great answers all your questions explains everything really well good luck

Answer 11

i found out i was pregnant when i was only 6 weeks thats when the morning sickness started