Pregnancy Symptoms: 11 Early Signs That You Might Be Pregnant

Signs of early pregnancy are many, and some of them appear often before the menstrual period, because the body is preparing for pregnancy after the egg fertilization process directly, so every wife must immediately speed up taking a pregnancy test and follow up with a specialist doctor because of the importance of the first months of pregnancy of utmost importance.

Signs of early pregnancy:

1 - After secretions and blood, known as implantation bleeding

As it appears the presence of some blood spots after implantation of the egg in the uterus, a period ranging between 10 to 14 days of intercourse and fertilization.

Women always mix between pregnancy blood and menstrual blood and they often think that it is menstrual blood, but there are some characteristics that distinguish pregnancy blood from menstrual blood, including the following:

The color of the blood is pink or bright red.

- The amount of blood is very small, which is a single spot that often appears when wiping the vagina and does not compare to the amount of menstrual blood.

It is often accompanied by mild pain, and its severity varies from woman to woman.

Pregnancy bleeding lasts for 3 days or less.

2- Feeling sick and vomiting

They are among the most common early pregnancy symptoms, and it occurs during the period between the fourth and sixth week, and its cause is not known yet.

3- Feeling dizzy during the first weeks

This occurs as a result of the widening of blood vessels, to increase blood flow to the uterus and prepare it for pregnancy, and this leads to a feeling of dizziness that may reach fainting at times.

4- The need to urinate a lot

This occurs as a result of the increase in the size of the uterus and its pressure on the bladder, and this symptom also recurs significantly during the last weeks of pregnancy.

5- An increase in body temperature

This occurs as a result of increased blood volume, circulatory activity and widening of blood vessels, which in turn leads to a slight increase in the body temperature.

6- Not wanting to eat

Women feel less craving for food during the first weeks of pregnancy, even from their favorite meals.

7- Feeling sick

Some women feel slight fatigue during the first weeks of pregnancy, and this occurs as a response to the changes that occur in the body to prepare it for the period of pregnancy, as the pumping of blood by the heart increases, the activity of blood circulation, the rise in body temperature and the occurrence of some hormonal changes, as all this happens to a feeling of fatigue, not You worry.

8- Feeling a headache

Some women feel a slight recurring headache as a result of the high level of the hormone progesterone in the blood.

9- Mood changes

This occurs as a result of the numerous hormonal changes that occur within a woman's body in preparation for pregnancy.

10- Feeling of stomach ache and stomach ache

The cramps are mild and occur intermittently, and often disappear within a period of 1 to 3 days.

11- Menstruation is interrupted

This is the most common symptom of pregnancy, which many women infer about the possibility of pregnancy.

NB:

There are other symptoms that occur during different pregnancy periods, such as breast changes, stretching of the skin, and constipation, but these symptoms do not appear during the first weeks.