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Do You Recognize the 25 Early Signs of Pregnancy?

Saturday May 17, 2008
Are you trying to get pregnant? Trying to figure out if you're pregnant or not can be a big deal. I know that my first sign of pregnancy is different than most people - I get horribly, can't-get-your-head-out-of-bed exhausted. This usually happens before a late period even. Some women know they are pregnant from the time of conception, because they are so tuned in to their bodies. Sore breasts rank fairly high on the list of new signs of pregnancy. Other women need that pregnancy test to show them what they may be wondering about. What was your first pregnancy symptom?

What was your first pregnancy symptom?

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Comments

March 31, 2007 at 5:42 am
(1) Cara Fletcher says:

This thing with the pregnancy is really tiring.I am trying to conceive for six months and nothing.A friend of mine told me to start using some ovulation kits.I hope this will help.

March 31, 2007 at 8:45 am
(2) Robin Elise Weiss says:

Ovulation prediction can be done with fertility charting or ovulation prediction kits:

Ovulation Prediction

April 1, 2007 at 3:54 am
(3) Elizabeth says:

My first pregnancy sign with baby #1 was weight loss: I’d lost 5 lbs before the pregnancy test registered anything! With my second baby, I ‘just knew’ (although I was obsessed with getting pregnant again, so it could have been just very strong wishful thinking and luck), and soon came the nausea!

April 4, 2007 at 8:45 pm
(4) Jessy says:

Well with my first pregnancy my first sign was a pulling feeling right about where my overies are. I went to the hospital thinking it was stones of some sort and it ended up being my body stretching from pregnancy!

April 5, 2007 at 1:25 am
(5) rebekah says:

It may sound unreal, but strangely subconsciously/ instinctively i felt that I might be pregnant that particular month. So i cut out all the food that they say is not good for a pregnant woman to eat.

April 5, 2007 at 7:08 am
(6) pregnancy says:

Isn’t it neat how to body can simply “know?” Many women say that they find themselves avoiding things they really loved once pregnant (whether they know or not), like coffee, sweets, etc. Scientists can’t say why this happens yet but it appears to be a nice protective happening, since many women also claim that cigarettes are now nasty too.

September 7, 2007 at 9:12 am
(7) melinda Drummond says:

With my first pregnancy, I didn’t feel much like drinking alcohol or smoking, as I drank and smoked quite heavily back then. With my second pregnancy, I got a terrible metallic taste in my mouth 3 days after the conception and I knew right away I was pregnant!

September 7, 2007 at 6:59 pm
(8) sameer says:

hi my wife she all the time sleep its mean my wife she is pregnant she is period is 15th sep

November 11, 2007 at 6:53 am
(9) Nicole says:

Within a day of conception got metalic taste in mouth.

November 11, 2007 at 8:23 pm
(10) Cassandra says:

Well, I got pregnant on the depo shot so I already didn’t have my period. The first thing that I noticed that was changing was my veins got a lot darker, mainly in my chest area and on my arms. Then I started feeling sick, never threw up, but just felt sick. And my breasts started hurting really bad. I went in to get my next shot and found out I was pregnant! They did an ultrasound and I was actually almost 3 months pregnant! We’re trying for baby #2 now!! And I thought I would definately get pregnant the first try but I had my period, only it was a lot lighter and only 3 days long and I am really starting to feel pregnant. I would be 6 weeks now if I am.

November 12, 2007 at 12:08 am
(11) Nikole says:

With this pregnancy I got very clingy to my husband (I was that way when pregnant with my 2 other children), a lot more emotional, and my sense of smell was heightened. I took a test 3 days before I was supposed to start and got my positive. I’m due June 10, 2008!

April 10, 2008 at 2:48 am
(12) Laura says:

the first sign that i was pregnant was that i had cramps and i had spot bleeding of lease then one day but i didnt realise that i was pregnant until i was 11 weeks!!

April 10, 2008 at 7:36 pm
(13) Jen says:

The first sign I knew I was pregnant was that I could smell cotton candy, in my house, in December, and haven’t had it for years! Crazy! That was a 1 1/2 weeks after conception. I also had the metalic taste- ick!

May 19, 2008 at 4:45 pm
(14) Riv says:

I’ve had 7 pregnancys. #1 missed period and all meat smeld spoiled ,#2 rash on nursing baby + spotting, #3 threw up , #4 didn’t know until I realized that my stomac upset was taking a long time to go away, #5 having a hard time exersizing, #6 miscaridge 12 weeks, #7 spotting for one day feel sick all the time and cant exersize(elevated HR).

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