What are the symptoms and signs of being pregnant?
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When I was pregnant with my daughter, here are the symptoms I experienced:
~Starting at about 3 WEEKS (didn't know I was pregnant yet):
Extreme fatigue
Hunger for strange food (coney dogs and donuts, go figure!)
More fatigue
Sore breasts
~At 3 WEEKS, 6 DAYS, (one day before period was due):
Pregnancy test is positive, period didn't show up the following day, obviously.
~WEEKS 6-12:
Extreme fatigue, constant sleeping
Nausea, one minute food sounds okay, the next minute you can't be within a mile of it
Limited hunger
Sore and enlarged breasts
Extra sensitive sense of smell (usually detecting anything gross within a square mile)
Did I mention extreme exhaustion and fatigue?
Pants waste band starts to feel like it's digging in all the time, time to buy maternity pants
General feeling that you have the flu....for 3 freakin' months
~2nd TRIMESTER:
Increased energy
Huge breasts
Growing stomach, maternity pants needed all the time
That pregnant "glow"
Huge appetite, cravings for copious amounts of strange foods at all times of day and night
Constipation
Stretch marks appear
Constant need to urinate
You begin to waddle as you walk
"Nesting" instinct to clean everything
Baby kicks
~3rd TRIMESTER:
Even larger appetite (!)
Sore back
Swollen feet (many normal shoes won't fit)
Swollen fingers
Enormous stomach
Heartburn
Constipation
Gassiness
Discomfort, exhaustion from carrying the heavy load
Irritation (mostly from uncomfortability, but also from hormones)
Insomnia
Constant baby kicking, punching, and wedging
Braxton-Hicks false contractions
This was my experience. Each woman is so very different that if you're wondering if you could be pregnant, the answer is: YES. But you won't be able to know until you take a pregnancy test. Wait until the day before your period and take a First Response brand test (they're the best!). If it's negative test again in a couple days (if your period hasn't shown up).
If you're thinking pregnancy is a possibility, take care of your body!
Dirnk water. No alcohol. No smoking. And take your vitamins every day!
Good luck (whatever you hope the outcome is!).
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M$Me, I just had a baby :)
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From your comment, it looks as though your friend is still having periods. If she is having her period, than no, she is not pregnant. However, some woman do experience light spotting during pregnancy. If, in fact, she is bleeding very lightly but not as heavily as a normal period, than she should still take a home pregnancy test. Home pregnancy tests can be very accurate, but she can take 2 or more if she would like to be sure.
I would suggest she take a test as soon as her missed period in order to act quickly and start eating a proper diet and taking pre-natal vitamins if she is pregnant. She needs to know so that she can take proper care of her body. Then she needs to establish a relationship with a doctor so that she can get the proper healthcare throughout her pregnancy.
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um no.
but my friend wanted to know, and she is a girl, has had periods very early 1 every period of 2 weeks for about 2 months, and i brought up they " maybe your pregnant" thing and now she is worried. lol
Are you saying she's menstruating every two weeks?
Then no, she's not pregnant. I can almost say so certainly.
She's one of us *lucky* girls who has a cruel system that likes to punish us with unpredictable, frequent, or heavy periods. She should definitely talk to her OB/GYN about her periods, there are some things they can do to help her with her periods and make them more tolerable (such as birth control pills! I started taking them at 15 even though I wasn't sexually active so that it would stabilize my periods).
Definitely tell her to make an appointment for a check-up. She'll be pleasantly surprised about how normal that is, and how much help she can get! :)
