Do you have doubts and don't want to wait until next month to find out if you are pregnant? The truth is that there are women who notice symptoms of pregnancy from the first week conception, but it is not usual. But there are many who notice symptoms before the first lack of menstruation. Listen to your body and your instincts and don't be anxious.
When the fertilized egg implants in the uterine wall it begins to secrete hCG hormone, this will be responsible for causing the first symptoms. So you may not have had your next period yet, but you are feeling like you are pregnant. We help you to differentiate some of these clues that the body gives us.
When the body begins to feel that you are pregnant
A few days after the fertilized egg implants in the uterine wall, you will feel that your body begins to send different signals. A number of hormonal changes, caused by the hormone hCG, gchorionic onadotropin. These changes result in general exhaustion, fatigue, hypotension, and an increased feeling of sleep throughout the day.
However, not all pregnancies are the same, and not all women are. It may happen that confuse the symptoms of pregnant with those prior to menstruation. Especially if you are irregular, then you will only find out that you are pregnant when your period does not appear. And even a delay in menstruation can be due to other factors such as stress, anxiety, emotional problems, changes in lifestyle ...
The pharmacy and blood pregnancy tests that the doctor gives us are really the only ones that have a high percentage of effectiveness. If you do it too soon you may get negative, even if the result is positive, it is the false positive. It is best to wait two to three weeks after you suspect that you may be pregnant.
Tips to identify if you are pregnant
We help you identify some of the symptoms that usually occur during the first two weeks of pregnancy:
- Tiredness generalized, fatigue, hypotension and an increased feeling of sleep throughout the day.
- Greater breast tenderness, in its size and a certain darkening of the areoles.
- Increase in vaginal discharge, with a thicker texture and a whitish color, but without odor.
- More often to go to the bathroom to to pee. This is because there is an increase in the production of blood and other fluids in your body.
- Abdominal pain and swelling. The first weeks you may experience small cramps similar to those of menstruation.
- Mild vaginal bleeding or implantation bleeding. This happens on the sixth or eighth day after fertilization.
Other clues and changes that occur are a increased sensitivity to odors, which can lead you to reject certain foods, or just the other way around that you want to take those that you could not bear before. Dizziness, nausea and vomiting usually appear first thing in the morning, and are one of the most obvious symptoms that you are pregnant.
Home tests that will confirm or not a pregnancy
Conventional wisdom already had its own pregnancy tests before drug companies invented them. They are simple tests, which do not imply any risk for the woman, whose effectiveness varies depending on a woman's ovulation and menstrual cycle. Some are sensitive enough to detect if you are pregnant on the first day of your missed period.
A very popular test is the vinegar. In this test you will have to collect the morning urine in a crystal glass. We recommend that you boil it before, to sterilize it. To that urine you add a large spoonful of vinegar and it rests for about 20 minutes without stirring. If a foam forms or the mixture changes color, you are pregnant, if it remains normal it is negative.
Following the same principle as the previous test, it is now about pour some bleach, like a soup spoon, instead of the vinegar. If you are pregnant, the urine will react and form a lot of foam or change color. The last test also requires morning urine in a sterile glass. This time, without stirring or shaking, put it in the fridge for half an hour. When removing it, observe if a small film of particles or cloud has formed. If this film is on the surface, you are pregnant.