what are some other signs of pregnancy?

Question

i know all the regular signs, but i was thinking the other day that i might be pregnant. and then one of my guy friends told me i have pregnancy nails, because the tips of my nails are really white and their really healthy. is that a sign too???

Answer 1

My nose swelled slightly with both my pregnancy within the first three months. My mom looked at me and said you need a pregnancy test. Sure enough I was.

Answer 2

Here are 5 common signs of early pregnancy. You may experience all, some or none of these symptoms.

A Missed Period. Missing your period is the most clear-cut sign of pregnancy. But it is not definitive, as stress or other factors may cause irregular periods.

Frequent Trips to the Bathroom. Even before missing a period, most pregnant women report having to go to the bathroom more often. You may even have to get up during the night! This occurs after the embryo has implanted in the uterus and begins producing the pregnancy hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). This hormone triggers frequent urination.
Fatigue. Utter exhaustion is a very early sign of pregnancy. Fatigue is a result of high levels of the hormone progesterone.

Morning (and Noon and Night!) Sickness. Guess what? That queasy feeling isn't limited to mornings. Most pregnant women who experience morning sickness feel slightly nauseated at other times during the day as well. About half have vomiting, but very few have severe enough morning sickness to develop dehydration and malnutrition.

Sore (and Enlarged) Breasts. If you're pregnant, your breasts will probably become increasingly tender to the touch, similar to the way they feel before your period, only more so. Once your body grows accustomed to the increase in hormones, the pain will subside.

If you have any of the above symptoms, consider taking a pregnancy test as soon as possible.

Answer 3

Yes actually it is I bit my nails ever since I was a little kid it was a nasty habit I could not break then all of a sudden I just stopped. No idea why. I have white tip healthy nails for the first time in my life and when I found out I was pregnant I went to tell my mom but she already knew! She said the hormones made me quit biting my nails! Hmm who knew?

Sarah

Answer 4

Here is the most common pregnancy symptoms for you...

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're like most women, morning sickness won't 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.

About half of women with nausea feel complete relief by the beginning of the second trimester. For most others it takes another month or so for the queasiness to ease up.

6. Increased sensitivity to odors
If you're newly pregnant, it's not uncommon to feel repelled by the smell of a bologna sandwich or cup of coffee and for certain aromas to trigger your gag reflex. Though no one knows for sure, this may be a side effect of rapidly increasing amounts of estrogen in your system. You may also find that certain foods you used to enjoy are suddenly completely repulsive to you.

5. Abdominal bloating
Hormonal changes in early pregnancy may leave you feeling bloated, similar to the feeling some women have just before their period arrives. That's why your clothes may feel snugger than usual at the waistline, even early on when your uterus is still quite small.

4. Frequent urination
Shortly after you become pregnant, you may find yourself hurrying to the bathroom all the time. Why? Mostly because during pregnancy the amount of blood and other fluids in your body increases, which leads to extra fluid being processed by your kidneys and ending up in your bladder.

This symptom may start as early as six weeks into your first trimester and continue or worsen as your pregnancy progresses and your growing baby exerts more pressure on your bladder.

3. A missed period
If you're usually pretty regular and your period doesn't arrive on time, you'll probably take a pregnancy test long before you notice any of the above symptoms. But if you're not regular or you're not keeping track of your cycle, nausea and breast tenderness and extra trips to the bathroom may signal pregnancy before you realize you didn't get your period.

2. Your basal body temperature stays high
If you've been charting your basal body temperature and you see that your temperature has stayed elevated for 18 days in a row, you're probably pregnant.

And finally...

1. The proof: A positive home pregnancy test
In spite of what you might read on the box, many home pregnancy tests are not sensitive enough to detect most pregnancies until about a week after a missed period. So if you decide to take one earlier than that and get a negative result, try again in a few days.

Answer 5

Yes it could be, all the way through my pregnancy i had lovely nails and hair ( shiny ). Normally my nails are brittle and are again now, Whilst pregnant they grew long and strong, and i was quite gutted when i had to cut them when my baby was born. ( incase i scratched him ). Since then my nails are as they used to be. So goodluck if you are pregnant, and enjoy your nails while they last .
P.S . too add to other answers, i never took vitamins or suchlike when i was pregnant. didnt need to !!

Answer 6

Women have nicer, stronger nails in pregnancy not because of the pregnancy itself, but because of all the prenatal vitamins you take.

So, no, nice nails are NOT a sign of pregnancy.

Answer 7

Anything is possible, so take a pregnancy test to find out for sure and if you are then start taking prenatal vitamins and eating healthy.

Answer 8

I idea for definite my interval was once coming. Saturday and Sunday I had the worst cramps I had felt in years, Monday after no interval I confirmed and there was once my constructive. The cramping persevered however lessened over the following week or so. Good Luck to you!

Answer 9

alterations in uterine shape, size and abdominal location, vaginal canal elongates and mucosa thickens, abdomen reveals growing distention, flattened navel (bellybuttoon), breasts become enlarged and tender, nipples become darker and enlarged, secretions from breasts, thyroid increases in size and activity, varicose veins may become present, pelvic joints soften and become more flexible, breathing rate may become more frequent, nausea and vomiting, changes in appetite, weight loss in early pregnancy, constipation, more oily skin, frequency of urination

Answer 10

No...not really. Try a home pregnancy test!!!