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- Tender, swollen breasts
One of the early signs of pregnancy is sensitive, sore breasts caused by increasing levels of hormones.
- Fatigue
Feeling exhausted, you may say. It’s possible that rapidly increasing levels of the hormone progesterone are contributing to your sleepiness.
- Implantation bleeding
Some women have a small amount of vaginal bleeding around 11 or 12 days after conception. The bleeding is very light and lasts only a day or two.
- Nausea or vomiting
If you’re like most women, morning sickness won’t hit until about a month after conception. But some women do start to feel queasy a bit earlier.
- Increased sensitivity to odors
It’s not uncommon to feel repelled by the smell of nasi lemak or dahl and for certain aromas to trigger your gag reflex. You may also find that certain foods you used to enjoy are suddenly completely repulsive to you.
- Abdominal bloating
Hormonal changes in early pregnancy may leave you feeling bloated, similar to the feeling some women have just before their period arrives.
- Frequent urination
Shortly after you become pregnant, you may find yourself running to the bathroom all the time.
- A missed period
If you’re usually pretty regular and your period doesn’t arrive on time, you’ll probably take a pregnancy test long before you notice any of the above symptoms.
- Your basal body temperature stays high
If you’ve been charting your basal body temperature and you see that your temperature has stayed elevated for 18 days in a row, you’re probably pregnant.
- The proof: A positive home pregnancy test!
