You have stopped using contraception and you are waiting. But the wait seems so long in each cycle … You are not going to do pregnancy tests every day so you watch for the "magic" signs that will make you think: yes: you are pregnant! Is there any way to know that you're pregnant before observing a missed period? What are the symptoms of early pregnancy?
Signs to watch for pregnancy
Your testimonies on your first symptoms of pregnancy and your means to know a beginning of pregnancy
Each woman's body expresses this new state differently. You will have certain symptoms and others will be unknown to you. Some have no signs, while others have none that belong to them.
Sab01100: When I started my pregnancy, I was very tired and I lost my appetite. I often had nausea.
Helpme: I had pain in the lower abdomen, in the area of the ovaries. I was also tired, I was hot all the time. And above all I had unusual mood swings.
Mandy13: At the beginning of my pregnancies, I had pain in the lower abdomen and white spots on the areolas of my chest as well as on the nipples. I was told that these were not signs of pregnancy but I had them every time.
Nini1430: I am a mom so I know the symptoms of pregnancy. Already, there is morning sickness, disgust for certain foods, sore breasts, fatigue and a renewed appetite. I also had a stomach ache especially in the ovaries.
Diou56: When my pregnancies started, my breasts did not grow. I mostly had stomach aches. Then the delay in menstruation and a pregnancy test confirmed to me that I was indeed pregnant.
Once the test is done, and the blood test confirming your pregnancy, do not hesitate to turn to expert advice to live your pregnancy as well as possible and allow your child to flourish in your womb. For example, this book by Sophie Mettey Live and transmit the best during pregnancy: The importance of intrauterine life in the development of the child, will accompany you perfectly throughout your pregnancy.
Also, if you want to keep an endless memory of this life experience, why not write everything down in a dedicated notebook ? This Little diary of my pregnancy follows you everywhere with you, over the days and months, until the arrival of your long-awaited little one.
Foods to favor before and during pregnancy!
The opinion of the expert, Corinne Berger
"In general, the woman does not pay attention to the changes which have occurred on or in her body until she notices a delay in menstruation of 7 to 10 days. Nevertheless, according to doctors, a delay in menstruation of 10 days is already equivalent to more than 3 or even 4 weeks of amenorrhea, if we refer to the date of the last period of the expectant mother, which means that the process has already started and the first symptoms have already appeared. did not pay the necessary attention to it.
The famous symptoms are not moreover obvious and it is rare that the woman recognizes them from their first appearances before the observation of an absence of menstruation. The latter are unanimously characterized by mood swings due to an increase in hormones, a feeling of heaviness especially in the breasts, which take on volumes and which become painful on contact. Certainly, most women experience these symptoms during the pre-menstrual period; however, in the case of pregnancy, the latter become more intense than usual.
In addition, there are women who have no need for symptoms to recognize that they are carrying a child, we have already met many times expecting mothers guessing their condition as soon as the small embryo is implanted in its uterus.
The only way to be sure you are pregnant is to have a pregnancy test in a laboratory after a few days of missed periods. "
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In short, to know a beginning of pregnancy, you have to listen to your body and identify any changes.
Here is a summary of several frequent signs but be aware that these are only clues and that only the presence in the blood and urine of the hormone gonadotropin (hcg) identified during the blood test is 100% reliable. The multiplication of these signs will prompt you to have a pregnancy test and then a blood test.
– Stopping the rules is the first objective sign of pregnancy. However, many women have irregular periods or even periods of amenorrhea (spontaneous cessation of periods), which makes this sign, in reality, unreliable in early pregnancy.
– Some of us have itntuition even the certainty of being pregnant.
– Your breasts are sore. They are swollen, with a bulging of the nipples, which take on a darker coloring. They are harder and a little bulkier.
– You're feeling smeared upon waking.
– You have nausea during the day or even vomiting.
– You feel (very) tired.
– You have White discharge.
– You have a littleacne.
– You feel heartburn, and are suddenly disgusted with certain foods.
– Certain odors are overwhelming.
– Your appetite varies : You are unable to eat or, on the contrary, you have difficulty controlling your appetite.
– You have mood swings (positive or negative) depending on the hormonal action.
– You are irritable or become hypersensitive.
Special pregnancy: Baby's evolution in the womb
Sources to deepen
Clinical and paraclinical study of pregnancy (Course material – campus.cerimes)
The first symptoms of pregnancy (Ameli)
Also read on aufeminin:
> Comparison of pregnancy tests
> When and how to use a pregnancy test?
> Fatigue or discomfort during pregnancy: when to worry?