| There are many symptoms that can help you to | | | | become pregnant, your body quickly produces more |
| realize when you become pregnant before you take | | | | and more blood to supply your growing uterus and |
| a test. Every woman is unique and every pregnancy | | | | placenta. This extra blood and hormonal changes can |
| is unique. A woman who has been pregnant before | | | | make you feel either very tired or you could |
| may have totally different symptoms the second or | | | | experience insomnia. Your blood pressure may rise |
| third time around. By recognizing the signs that tell | | | | causing headaches and swelling. The extra blood flow |
| you that you could be pregnant, you will be better | | | | and swelling can disrupt the normal flow of blood |
| equipped to take care of yourself and your baby | | | | around your spine and cause you to experience early |
| early on. | | | | pregnancy backaches as well. |
| Early detection is important for preventing Neural | | | | Many women notice a constant dull ache or even |
| Tube Defects in your unborn child. You should be | | | | sharp shooting pains through their breasts. This is a |
| taking a daily multivitamin containing Folic Acid before | | | | normal reaction to the hormonal changes that your |
| you become pregnant, ideally, or as soon as possible | | | | body is going through when you become pregnant. |
| after becoming pregnant. You may be able to detect | | | | Bending over can intensify the pain because of the |
| some symptoms of pregnancy before you actually | | | | extra blood flow to the breasts. Another change in |
| miss your first period. You could be about two | | | | your breasts is areola coloration. Most women will see |
| weeks pregnant before you miss your period, or you | | | | their areola turn from pink to brown within the first |
| may have some spotting and not think that you are | | | | few weeks of becoming pregnant. Some women will |
| pregnant. Since Folic Acid is most important during | | | | see a slight change while others experience a |
| the first thirty days of gestation, recognizing other | | | | dramatic darkening. |
| symptoms is critical. | | | | If you suspect that you may be pregnant, the best |
| Many women experience morning sickness, feel | | | | and most reliable way to find out is to take a home |
| nauseated and may actually experience vomiting | | | | pregnancy test. These tests are very accurate in |
| soon after becoming pregnant. Some women do not | | | | detecting pregnancy hormones and almost never |
| experience morning sickness for the first few weeks | | | | give a false positive. They can detect pregnancy as |
| or ever at all, so it is not necessarily the best way to | | | | early as a week after conception. The pregnancy |
| tell if you may be pregnant. Remember that | | | | hormone in your body doubles every other day in |
| nauseation is most common in the morning, hence | | | | early pregnancy, so if you are not sure of the |
| the name, but can occur at any time. | | | | results, wait a day or two and test again. If you do |
| Some women experience swelling of the hands and | | | | get a positive reading, consult with your doctor for a |
| feet, headache and rapid weight gain. When you | | | | blood test or ultrasound. |