Soon after you suspect that you're pregnant, your body will confirm your suspicions. While the symptoms differ in each woman, here are nine early signs of pregnancy.
1. Fatigue. You no longer have stamina for usual activities, such as walking up a hill or staying awake until midnight. This is because your body is demanding huge amount of energy to make the changes for pregnancy.
2. Nausea and vomiting. Morning sickness may be confused with the flu or feeling like you're "coming down with something". You may feel queasy, have nausea all day long, or vomit and have dry heaves. These stomach upsets can occur at any time of the day or night.
3. Missed menstrual period. While non-pregnancy related issues, such as strees, can cause you to miss a period, this is one of the first signs of pregnancy, too..
4. Slight staining or spotting. Bleeding at the time of implantation can be mistaken for menstration. Some women have bleeding in the early months of pregnancy at the time when they would have menstrated.
5. Aversions or hypersensitivity to odors, alcohol, and smoke. Once your are pregnant, baby-protective mechanisms kick in. You will notice how coffee, fish, alcohol, and cigarette smoke make you ill.
6. Food cravings. Once you become pregnant, you may mysteriously crave foods that you seldom ate before. Your tastes change from sweet to salty or vice versa.
7. Breast changes. The changes are similar to premenstrual feelings in your beasts only more dramatic: nipples tingle, breasts feel tender and fuller, the areola begins to darken, and tiny glands on the areola enlarge.
8. Crampy pelvic discomfort. This may be felt throughout the lower abdomen and pelvis. (A sharp one-sided pain is not normal and the doctor should be notified.)
9. Frequent urination. From the beginning, you will urinate more often due to pregnancy hormones. (Later on, you will have frequent urination because of pressure on the bladder from the enlarging uterus.)
