When do you start showing signs of pregnancy

That is great, the first sign is usually a missed period & then a positive pregnancy test. But there is also other symptoms to look out for. Everyone is different & some woman may not experience any symptoms. I got my first at about 6 weeks of pregnancy & it was tender & swollen breasts & nausea. Here is a couple of other symptoms.

10. Tender, swollen breasts
One of the early signs of pregnancy is sensitive, sore breasts caused by increasing levels of hormones. The soreness may feel like an exaggerated version of how ur breasts feel before ur period. Your discomfort should diminish significantly after the first trimester, as ur body adjusts to the hormonal changes.

9. Fatigue
Feeling tired all of a sudden? No, make that exhausted. No one knows for sure what causes early pregnancy fatigue, but it is possible that rapidly increasing levels of the hormone progesterone r contributing to ur sleepiness.

You should start to feel more energetic once u hit ur second trimester, although fatigue usually returns late in pregnancy when you're carrying around a lot more weight & some of the common discomforts of pregnancy make it more difficult to get a good night is sleep.

8. Implantation bleeding
Some women have a small amount of vaginal bleeding around 11 or 12 days after conception (close to the time u might notice a missed period). The bleeding may be caused by the fertilized egg burrowing into the blood-rich lining of ur uterus — a process that starts just six days after fertilization — but no one knows for sure.

The bleeding is very light (appearing as red spotting or pink or reddish-brown staining) & lasts only a day or two. (Let ur practitioner know if u notice any bleeding or spotting, particularly if it is accompanied by pain, since this can be a sign of an ectopic pregnancy.)


7. Nausea or vomiting
If you're like most women, morning sickness wo not hit until about a month after conception. (A lucky few escape it altogether.) But some women do start to feel queasy a bit earlier. And not just in the morning, either — pregnancy-related nausea & vomiting can be a problem morning, noon, or night.

About half of women with nausea feel complete relief by the beginning of the second trimester. For most others it takes another month or so for the queasiness to ease up.

6. Increased sensitivity to odors
If you're newly pregnant, it is not uncommon to feel repelled by the smell of a bologna sandwich or cup of coffee & for certain aromas to trigger ur gag reflex. Though no one knows for sure, this may be a side effect of rapidly increasing amounts of estrogen in ur system. You may also find that certain foods u used to enjoy r suddenly completely repulsive to you.

5. Abdominal bloating
Hormonal changes in early pregnancy may leave u feeling bloated, similar to the feeling some women have just before their period arrives. That is why ur clothes may feel snugger than usual at the waistline, even early on when ur uterus is still quite small.

4. Frequent urination
Shortly after u become pregnant, u may find yourself hurrying to the bathroom all the time. Why? Mostly because during pregnancy the amount of blood & other fluids in ur body increases, which leads to extra fluid being processed by ur kidneys & ending up in ur bladder.

This symptom may start as early as six weeks into ur first trimester & continue or worsen as ur pregnancy progresses & ur growing baby exerts more pressure on ur bladder.

3. A missed period
If you're usually pretty regular & ur period does not arrive on time, u will probably take a pregnancy test long before u notice any of the above symptoms. But if you're not regular or you're not keeping track of ur cycle, nausea & breast tenderness & extra trips to the bathroom may signal pregnancy before u realize u did not get ur period.

2. Your basal body temperature stays high
If you've been charting ur basal body temperature & u see that ur temperature has stayed elevated for 18 days in a row, you're probably pregnant.

And finally.

1. The proof: A positive home pregnancy test
In spite of what u might read on the box, many home pregnancy tests r not sensitive enough to detect most pregnancies until about a week after a missed period. So if u decide to take one earlier than that & get a negative result, try again in a few days.

Once you've gotten a positive result, make an appointment with ur practitioner. Now head over to our pregnancy area. Also, do not forget to update ur profile & sign up for our ''My Baby This Week'' newsletter. Congratulations!

There is a new pregnancy test on the market that can detect pregnancy very early. I would pee on that & see what happens. If it comes back negative, I'd feel a bit more settled, but if my period was as much as 10 minutes late, I'd buy another & try it again.

BTW-I knew I was preggers after about a week. My pee started smelling funny.

Best wishes to you & your future hubby! Congratulations on your impending marriage!

it is still to eary to tell. give it about a week and take a test then in another week take a test if the last one came up negative. most woman cannot tell until atleast 6 weeks. good luck and congrads

i would wait 2 weeks to take a hpt. It is way to early to show up on a test now as you only concieved a day or two ago. Good luck.

You should be able to take a positive test ten days or so after conception, if its negative wait a week.take another. False negatives are common. But if it is positive.you're pregnant, girl! By this time you may have already started to feel some symptoms aka sore boobs. Other than that the symptoms come on a little slower and are different for everyone. Good Luck and buy What To Expect When You're Expecting.

Believe it or not is the moment you concieve good enough?

You can take a pregnancy test right now if you wanted. You usually can tell if your pregnant because of no period, tenderness in the breasts, and having like an upset stomach and being tired alot.

Emily,
I can relate to your excitment and worry I have 6 children and with each one I felt exactly what you are right now.You sure can find out if you are pregnant or not.If you go to your doctor they can do a blood test and let you know. If you have missed your period then you can do a pregnancy test but for the best results I would go for the blood test.Good luck!

thats great, congratulations! - u will be able to detect the hormone hgc in ur urine roughly 12 days after conception with a home preg. test,. so around the time ur period is due - i think the doctor can do a more sensitive blood test as changes in ur body begin almost immediately - if u have been using bcp it may take more than a couple of cycles to get pregnant.
my partner & i r ttc at the moment as well & i am v excited about it & the next 2 weeks waiting till i can test is going to drive me crazy! good luck i hope its good news for you
xx