Things You'll Need:
- pregnancy test
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Step 1
Is your period is late or very light? If it never came, that's an obvious sign. But if it is just light spotting with or without some cramping, it may be what's called implantation bleeding. The implantation of the embryo into the uterine wall causes it. Some women think they are simply having a shorter and/or lighter than normal period.
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Step 2
Are your breasts swollen, tender to the touch or painful? These symptoms are sometimes similar to the sensations in the breasts during a day or two before an expected menstrual period.
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Step 3
Are you more tired than usual for no apparent reason?
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Step 4
Do you feel sick? Nausea, with or without vomiting, typically referred to as "morning sickness" can occur at any time of day or night and can indicate pregnancy.
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Step 5
Does the smell of something you normally enjoy turn your stomach (i.e., frying meat or scrambled eggs)?
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Step 6
Are you getting up more often in the middle of the night to urinate? This may be due to increased pressure of the growing uterus on the bladder.
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Step 7
Does your lower back ache for no apparent reason?
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Step 8
Are you having trouble zipping up your tight jeans? Your lower abdomen may be slightly bloated due to pregnancy.
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Step 9
Do you have strong or intense cravings for certain foods? Some women find they want strange combinations of foods such as pickles and ice cream. Or they want a lot of one kinds of thing. Some women want Chinese food at every meal. I've found that I want lots of very sour things: pickles, vinaigrette dressing, anything with vinegar in it.
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Step 10
If you answered yes to:
1 one of these questions - you may be pregnant.
2-3 of these questions - you are probably pregnant.
4 or more of these questions - it is extremely likely that you are pregnant.
If you have been sexually active and have any of these symptoms you need to take a pregnancy test. The earlier you know the better it will be for your baby.
It's very common for pregnant women to experience what seems to be a light period at implantation which occurs about two weeks after conception - just when the woman is expecting her period. That's why it's confusing. If you have any other symptoms - nausea, bloating, tender nipples, fatigue, increased need to urinate at night, increased hunger - take a test! If negative and you still have not had your period in a week, take another test!
Comments
chyme said
on 2/8/2010 Hi. My period came on January 26th. It normally lasts three days with no cramps. It has been like that since I first began my period. I am now 24. My stayed on for two days and then stopped a day and a half, only to then start up again and last for another day and a half. But the last day and a half was really light and nothing like a real period. It was dark. Since then, I have been having pain, kind of like what a cramp would be. I have also been urinating constantly. Should I be worried about pregnancy?
kayttee said
on 2/2/2010 im getting almost all of these syptoms, i have been for about 2 weeks now, im on the contraceptive pill, and i ahve come on my period later than usual, and it is also lighter than usual, is there a chance i could be pregnant?
tinna101 said
on 1/18/2010 I have been on the Depo shot for about 11years and now I'm having signs of being pregnant, I have taken 5 pregnacy test 2 of them came out neg, 2 nothing, and 1 postive, I went to the E.R because I was so sick to my stomach I had to go. I told them everything that was going on and they gave me a pee test, it came out neg, I told them I needed a blood test which they did not do, so now I'm stuck until I can get into my reg.doc next week.
saralynn1234 said
on 1/3/2010 good info
momandpopoften said
on 11/5/2009 Notoriousnance, sometimes you can get a false negative. Your symptoms sound like you are pregnant, especially since your period was so short. You can test again in a week or just go get a blood test from the doctor.