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Your Pregnant Body - Month by Month

By Robin Elise Weiss, LCCE, About.com

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Pregnancy Month One

Physical Changes in Pregnancy

  • As your last period starts you are not pregnant.
  • After ovulation, the egg and sperm join and begin the journey to the uterus.
  • As you miss your first period, or even a few days before, you may begin to suspect you are pregnant.
  • Take a pregnancy test.

Emotional Mom

  • The two week wait from ovulation until you can take a pregnancy test may be emotionally draining.
  • If you have been planning a pregnancy, you may feel slightly bewildered that your emotions fluctuate between joy and fear over the up coming pregnancy.

Pregnancy Month One

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