How to Tell if You are Pregnant

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Tell if You are Pregnant

Do you think you are pregnant? If you spot a couple of theses symptoms and your period is MIA, it may be time to head to the drug store or your OB-GYN.

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Step 1

SORE BREASTS Your breasts tissue is very hormone-sensitive. The breasts can feel heavier than usual. This is caused by progesterone and hCG start flooding the body after the egg is fertilized and this is increases your blood volume.
Step 2

CRAMPS Even though you are not going to start your period you will still cramp. This discomfort is triggered by implantation - when the fertilized eggs attaches to the uterine wall. Your uterus may be stretching a little (this is the cramping you feel) to prep for its massive expansion over the next nine months.
Step 3

SPOTTING Many women mistake spotting for a period. 25 percent will have some spotting during implantation. If your period seems shorter or different than usual, it may be time to take a pregnancy test.
Step 4

NAUSEA you may not feel full blown morning sickness but something that feels more like motion sickness. This happens early on.
Step 5

FATIQUE If your everyday activities are making you want to take a nap, your body may be adjusting to the mini inhabitant. Even at this early stage your baby is starting to use your calories which can wipe out your energy.
Step 6

BLOATING Ramped up levels of progesterone slow down your digestive track and may make your tummy feel puffier than usual. This is also what happens during your period. So if your period never comes and the bloating does not go away, go get yourself a pregnancy test.
Step 7

NIPPLE DARKENING Do your boobs seem to look different? Pregnancy hormones effect the activity of melanocytes, or cells in the nipples responsible for their color. Woman with a darker complexion may not notice this until later in pregnancy.
Step 8

PEEING FREQUENCY Having to go to the restroom more than normal? This is because your kidneys start to kick into overdrive having to flush the fluid more efficiently.
Step 9

CONSTIPATION The same hormone responsible for the bloating are behind your potty problems. Because your digestive track is slowing down now food may not pass through as quickly. This symptom will likely ramp as your pregnancy progresses.
Step 10

CRAVINGS Right now you are more food in general. This is because your body is craving the replacement of calories that the baby is using up.
Step 11

HEADACHES Increasing blood volume may trigger frequent but mild tension headaches in the first few weeks of pregnancy. The headaches should let up as your body adjusts to the elevated hormone levels.
Step 12

MOOD SWINGS As levels of hCG hormone increases your feeling massive amounts of fatigue, which makes you prone to moodiness. Not to forget the discomfort from the bloating, constipation, breast pain, and headaches.
Step 13

BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE Your oral temperature first thing in the morning -- is usually used to indicate when you're ovulating. It's typically about half a degree or more higher or so when an egg is released and remains elevated until you get your period. So if you're charting BBT and notice it hasn't decreased in more than two weeks, it may mean you've got a baby on the way. FYI: You'll need a special digital basal thermometer (try drugstore.com or amazon.com) to do this; it's more precise than normal fever-measuring thermometers.