Pregnancy is one of the most amazing periods during a woman’s lifetime. During this stage, a woman’s body experiences multiple changes which can be very uncomfortable, especially for those women who are carrying a child for the first time.
Your baby is about the size of a dime during this first month. He has eyes, mouth and head and his legs and arms are growing. His heart and lungs have begun to beat and his lungs have begun to form. He is about half an inch long at the end of this month of pregnancy.
Very early symptoms of pregnancy - what are they? If asked, most women remember their first month pregnancy symptoms and very early symptoms of pregnancy if they have been pregnant before. Some women can detect the moment they begin ovulating, while many women cannot tell when or if they have ovulated. Often, women can detect when the fertile days of their cycle have ended.
One of the first month pregnancy symptoms is nausea or intermittent dizziness. A majority of pregnant women experience the so-called "morning sickness" which is characterized by a queasy feeling in the stomach often accompanied by vomiting. Although it most often occurs as soon as you wake up in the morning, nausea can be experienced any time of the day.
A heightened sense of smell can be one of the first month pregnancy symptoms. It is not uncommon for newly pregnant women to find normally acceptable or even pleasant smells repulsive and overpowering early in the pregnancy. Certain aromas may even trigger your gag reflex.
The main culprit behind first month pregnancy symptoms is the hormone human gonadotrophin hormone (HCG), released into the mother's bloodstream by the fetus once it fully implants within the uterine lining. The level of this hormone starts off low, but its concentration rapidly increases; this is why pregnancy symptoms do not become noticeable until roughly 12 to 14 days after conception. In any case, the woman will not notice symptoms until the HCG levels are sufficiently high to affect her body.
Whenever you get pregnant, be it your first one or any of the following one, you will get many mood swings and fatigue resulting in mild headaches. The main reason for such symptoms is due to hormonal changes that take place during your pregnancy cycle in you and this change is inevitable as your body is getting ready to support and tend the newcomer. Many of the above said symptoms except the tenderness of your breasts may cease to exist once you cross your fourth month of pregnancy and the symptom of heavy and tender breasts will also go off when you deliver your baby.
It is important that women schedule their first prenatal visit upon learning they are pregnant. This first doctor visit will entail a complete physical examination and several tests. These tests will include blood and urine screens, as well as a pap smear. Women are usually given a prescription for prenatal vitamins at this time.
Many of these symptoms will disappear as your pregnancy progresses, while others may continue until after you deliver your baby. Whether you experience some or all of these symptoms, remind yourself that they are signs that a life is growing inside of you.
