Early Pregnancy Symptoms

Feeling a bit different lately? Read on to learn all about early pregnancy symptoms that might help you realize you are pregnant.

Maybe you have a strong craving to eat pickles for breakfast? Or maybe you find yourself feeling queasy throughout the day? If so, you might be experiencing early pregnancy signs. These aren’t the only symptoms experienced at the beginning of a pregnancy. These are the additional mind and body changes you might encounter.

While the birth of a child takes about nine months, you might start to feel the effects of carrying a child right away. From pregnancy discomforts, such as sore muscles and mood swings, to pregnancy oddities, such as cravings and a heightened sense of smell, early pregnancy symptoms can occur in a variety of unique ways for each soon-to-be mom.

Fatigue

If you are struggling to keep your eyes open and the completion of simple everyday tasks calls for a nap, it is possible you are experiencing extreme fatigue due to your pregnancy.

Nausea

Unlike motion sickness, where exiting the moving vehicle usually causes the queasiness to fade, morning sickness can happen throughout the day, regardless of motion and with no warning. Not all women experience waves of nausea during the first few weeks of their pregnancy, while others can experience it much later into their pregnancy, with some women vomiting.

Cravings and Aversions

Your appetite for different flavors is constantly changing as you age, however, during your pregnancy you might experience cravings for food you never used to eat all of a sudden. And at the same time your taste buds are asking for specific flavors, you might also develop strong aversions to certain foods.

Headaches and Backaches

Aching throughout your body, especially your back, can occur early on in your pregnancy however, most severe back pain occurs in later trimesters. And while your body adjusts through the aches and pains of being pregnant, you might start to experience headaches as your hormone levels react to the pregnancy.

Frequent Urination

New hormones will not only cause headaches, but they will also increase the number of trips you take to the bathroom. Frequent urination will not be painful, but you might find it a bit inconvenient.

Heightened Sense of Smell

Up until pregnancy you may not have noticed the old cheese sitting in the back of the fridge or the fragrant flowers in the front yard, but a heightened sense of smell can accompany pregnancy. Some strong smells can become extremely offensive and the best advice is to avoid those particular odors.

Sore Breasts

A very common symptom of early pregnancy is a feeling that you might experience during your menstruation – sore or swollen breasts. This incredibly common body-ache is just another sign that you are preparing your body for a child.

Not every expecting mother will experience these pregnancy symptoms, and some might experience symptoms more intensely than others. Just remember that every pregnancy is unique, just like the child you are preparing for.