Signs of Pregnancy, first week....?

Question

This may be a silly question... I had sex with my husband the day before my LH surge. He went offshore so I am hoping for the best. It's too soon to take a test (because it has only been 8 days) My nipples hurt and are more swollen that normal, but that seems like the only "sign" I notice. And plus I am very moody :( Can someone help and tell me are there any signs this early? I also keep having dreams that I am pregnant but I doubt that matters.

Answer 1

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 2

I am a man, but my ex was pregnant with a baby that wasn't mine found out through DNA test. But I still went to her appointments and what not because there was a chance it was mine. I remember on February 3rd I could tell she was pregnant in fact I asked her to take a test she took it the next day. She was bloated and her love handles were that's really how I could tell her period was January 11th. Meaning in a typical cycle she ovulate January 25. Which would mean she was 1 week and 2 days Prego or to a doctor 3 weeks and 2 days. I remember thinking there is no way I can see your pregnant 9 days later. Let alone have a pregnancy test pick up 4 clear positives. Needless to say her conception date at first ultrasound was January 25th. Later they changed it when she was supposed to be 12 weeks and told us she was really about 14 weeks along. I doubted it cause the first is normaly the most reliable. But the baby was born exactly a week before the original due date and was not mine.

Answer 3

Wether you're pregnant or not, you're exaggerating your symptoms or looking too deeply into things that are nothing. There is no way that you would have any signs of pregnancy within the first week. You can't take a pregnancy test until your first missed period, before that, it's too early to get an accurate result. You could be acting moody because you think/are hoping that you're pregnant. Nipples can hurt & be swollen for other reasons besides pregnancy. Wait three weeks, take a test, & you'll have your answer.

Answer 4

Top ten signs you might be pregnant

10. Tender, swollen breasts

9. Fatigue

8. Implantation bleeding

7. Nausea or vomiting

6. Increased sensitivity to odors

5. Abdominal bloating

4. Frequent urination

3. A missed period

2. Your basal body temperature stays high

1. The proof: A positive home pregnancy test

Answer 5

I have a 3 month old baby boy and the signs I had before even getting tested were these:
1. Intense headache that lasted about 5 minutes (I never gt headaches, ever!)
2. INTENSE cravings. And no, they're noy psychological, they're real. I got them before I knew I was pregnant. I mean, I would get up at 3 a.m. with a crazy craving for oranges, and I don't even like them.
3. I saw my husband with different eyes. I remember actually telling him he'd make a wonderful dad someday.
4. Mood swings
5. Light nausea

Answer 6

You can guess all you want....but the only way to tell is to take a test 5 days after your missed period. Period. No signs this early to clearly show that you're pregnant as the symptoms closely resemble getting your period.

Been having ups and downs myself these last 2 years as we are also trying to conceive.

Answer 7

Im 9dpo and I feel the same way and im also having those dreams everynight. I also have been nauseted too. Im in the two week wait.

Good Luck to the both of us!!!

Answer 8

You won't get ANY pregnancy symptoms until you are at LEAST 2 weeks pregnant, but mostly 4 weeks pregnant.

Your hormones are still REALLY week, so while you really want this to be a pregnancy, it could be many things--including pregnancy or PMS.

Answer 9

That is a sign of pregancy. It could be possible that you are pregnant. Did you use protection? Are you or you husband infertile? Think about it.

Answer 10

If you tend to throw up a lot and dont have a fever or is not sick that's a sign I think.