Learn about pregnancy is necessary as soon as possible: the earlier a woman finds out she is pregnant, the sooner it will be able to change the way of life so as to facilitate the flow of pregnancy and ensure the health of the future baby.

Are you pregnant?

Many women first begin to think about the pregnancy in the first two weeks after ovulation Ovulation - How to determine as accurately as possible? If not started menstruating. The absence of menstruation may indicate that fertilization has occurred and its attachment to the uterine wall - because of this increased level of the so-called pregnancy hormones, which in turn leads to the absence of menstruation.

Menstruation during pregnancy

Typically, during the entire period of pregnancy no menstruation, but in early pregnancy can be seen brownish allocation Discharges in women when there is cause for concern   or slight bleeding. Bleeding usually occurs after fertilization - usually within six to eight days after the egg is fertilized and attaches to the uterine wall. This phenomenon is commonly referred to as "implantation bleeding", and confuse it with menstruation impossible menstrual period bleeding and requires a longer period of time.

The first symptoms of pregnancy

The lack of menstruation may be accompanied by other symptoms of early pregnancy, including:

• Nausea and vomiting - the most common first symptom of pregnancy. Nausea can be felt even in the first weeks of pregnancy, and some pregnant women may experience both nausea Nausea - there may be problems with the nervous system And vomiting.
• The sensitivity and breast enlargement in size - at the first stage of pregnancy, the breasts may increase in size, and touching the breasts may cause a sensation of pain or tingling.
• Increased fatigue - one of the most common symptoms of pregnancy: Pregnant women get tired faster, they need more time to rest.
• Bloated feeling Bloating - if you are bursting inside   - Pregnancy can cause a bloated feeling, like the one that accompanies menstruation.
• Increased frequency of urination - pregnant women need to urinate more often.
• Lack of energy - the expectant mother needs to adapt to pregnancy, increased levels of hormones and other changes, so it is very common in pregnant women, there is a lack of energy.

How accurate are pregnancy tests

Pregnancy tests measure the level of a particular hormone - human chorionic gonadotropin - urine. Normal pregnancy test purchased at any pharmacy can be used to determine pregnancy at a very early stage it - for example, on the first day of the expected menstrual cycle if menstruation does not start. If the test result is negative and your period does not start, you need to wait a few days and then repeat the pregnancy test.

It is difficult to talk about the first signs of pregnancy in the first week. All women are unique and, therefore, feeling like the pain threshold at all different. Someone at the level of intuition and feeling begins to suspect pregnancy shortly after conception, while others, on the contrary, it may be in blissful ignorance until the first baby move.

Specific early signs in the first week there, but still, centuries bred folk wisdom and stories about the beginning of pregnancy to determine the criteria of data attributes. But the midwives do not accept any signs of pregnancy before missed period.

What is the first week of pregnancy

If you focus on estimates of obstetricians, the period of pregnancy start to count from the date of the last menstrual period to the date of birth (on average the whole pregnancy lasts forty weeks). Thus, it appears that the first week of pregnancy (from the moment of fertilization) is the third obstetric week.

In essence, the floor of the first week of pregnancy meant seven days, starting from the moment of conception.

What happens in the first week of pregnancy

As is known, roughly in the middle of the menstrual cycle in a dominant follicle matures ovary .  From it, and then, under favorable circumstances, out into the abdominal cavity of a mature egg .  Then the egg enters the fallopian tube into the cavity .  If at the time of ovulation or the day before it was to have intercourse, the fallopian tube female germ cells await sperm .  One can say that the most nimble, meets with the egg and fertilize it .  In this case, we can talk about what happened Conception .  Then the fertilized egg should be known only to her direction, that is, to strive to get into the uterus .  Along the way, the egg divides and at the time of implantation, it already has the size of a pea .  During this period, from the moment the main rupture of the follicle to the implantation of the egg in the uterus is called the first weeks of pregnancy .  However, the pregnancy as such is still too early to say, because for various reasons (unprepared endometrium, uterine pathology, hormonal disorders, etc.) introduction of the egg in the lining of the uterus may not happen, and it shall be driven out of the womb with menstrual blood .

First signs

• Increased basal temperature

Very often, doctors prescribe, and the women themselves control the basal temperature (the temperature in the rectum). Measurement of basal temperature is conducted for several reasons. Firstly, in the event of it hormonal disorders, and secondly, to determine the date of ovulation Ovulation - How to determine as accurately as possible?   and calculating the favorable days for conception, or, conversely, to determine the "safe" days for sex. At the time of ovulation, basal temperature rises above 37 ° C (37, 2-37, 4C). If fertilization has occurred, then the parameters of the basal body temperature will remain the same. This is one of the earliest signs of pregnancy and the first, provided that prior to menses was not its retraction. So this feature can be called very, very questionable.

• Fatigue

Fatigue and enduring fatigue, the desire to sleep all the time as evidence of what happened fertilization. Typically, this is explained by the action of progesterone Progesterone - norm and pathology   (relaxing effect). However, it should be noted that the above symptoms can indicate a starting or disease, or premenstrual syndrome banal.

• Headache, emotional instability

Headache, dizziness, headaches, mood swings Mood swings in women - bad character or a disease?   very characteristic early sign of pregnancy Early signs of pregnancy: to believe or not to believe? . Usually these symptoms appear much later, but some "subtle sense of nature" can feel them from the moment of conception.

• Drawing pain

The emergence of pulling pain in the abdomen or in the lumbar region also belong to one of the earliest signs of pregnancy. But forget that this symptom can be observed on the eve of menstruation.

Anna Sozinova