Do you think you could be pregnant?

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Do you think you could be pregnant? If you suspect that you might have conceived, the first thing you should do is take a pregnancy test at home or at your health center. If it tests positive, your doctor will later confirm the result through an ultrasound.

Si do you think you might be pregnant, here we help you solve your doubts through the most frequent symptoms that usually appear.

Common pregnancy symptoms

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the first signs

  • Absence of menstruation. If you are of childbearing age and your period is a week or more late, you may be pregnant. However, this is not a sign if you have irregular cycles.
  • Fatigue. Tiredness is one of the first symptoms. It is believed that the excessive sleepiness that women experience during the first trimester of pregnancy could be related to the increase in progesterone but it is not yet clear.
  • Swollen and tender breasts. In early pregnancy, changes in hormone production can make your breasts feel tender and swollen, even slightly sore. But after a few weeks these symptoms will disappear.
  • Nausea. Nausea can appear at any time and can occur with or without vomiting. They usually start a month or two after becoming pregnant and its causes are still unclear, although it is thought to be related to hormonal changes.
  • Increased frequency of urination. Frequent urination is common and is due to the fact that during pregnancy the volume of blood in the woman's body increases and consequently the activity of the kidneys. In addition, when the pregnancy is already advanced, the fetus presses on the woman's bladder, generating more desire to urinate.

Other pregnancy symptoms

There are other less obvious symptoms that also occur during the first trimester of pregnancy and we show them below:

  • light bleeding It can be one of the first symptoms and is known as implantation bleeding. It happens when the fertilized egg adheres to the walls that line the uterus and occurs 10 or 14 days after conceiving, coinciding with the usual date of your period. But not all women experience this bleeding when they get pregnant.
  • Abdominal swelling The hormonal changes that occur in early pregnancy can make you feel bloated in a similar way to the beginning of your period.
  • Cramps Mild uterine cramps appear in some women early in pregnancy.
  • Food appetite or aversions. Pregnant women may become sensitive to certain odors and their sense of taste may change. This generates appetite (the famous "cravings") or rejection of certain foods. It is believed that all this could also be due to the hormonal changes of pregnancy.
  • Humor changes. The "hormone bomb" that is unleashed in a woman's body at the beginning of pregnancy can cause sudden mood swings, making her feel especially sensitive and melancholic or, on the contrary, euphoric and emotional. All this is normal.
  • Constipation. It has been seen that estrogens cause a slowdown in intestinal transit, which could cause constipation problems.
  • Nasal congestion. The increase in blood volume that occurs in pregnancy could affect the mucous membranes of the nose, inflaming them, which can cause the sensation of stuffiness in the nose, dripping or even bleeding.

Confirm if you are really pregnant

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Many of these symptoms are not unique to pregnancy. Some of them appear when your period is about to start and at other times they can be signs of some disease. On the contrary, many of them do not appear despite being pregnant.

However, if do you think you might be pregnant Either because you have a missed period or you detect any of the symptoms described, it will be important to clarify doubts as soon as possible through a pregnancy test Or, on the contrary, it is a disease. In any case, it is about ensuring your health and perhaps that of a future baby. If the test is positive, you should go to your family planning doctor as soon as possible, who will begin monitoring your pregnancy in order for it to proceed in a healthy manner and prevent possible problems that may arise.


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