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Very Early Symptoms Of Pregnancy

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What are the clearest early pregnancy symptoms? Maybe it’s been a long road to conception and you want to know now!

Perhaps you’re not ready and feeling worried you are pregnant? Your body will give you many early signs of pregnancy.

This article explores 8 common symptoms, so you can read your body more easily.

1) Breast tenderness
This is often one of the most instantaneous indications you’re pregnant. Although similar to pre-menstrual soreness, many women find their breasts more painful, feeling heavier and simply more intense than usual. I certainly did!

My rather large mammaries felt like weighty tender melons within a week of conception. Plus they felt uncomfortable when hugging someone within two weeks of conception. My nipples gradually darkened too.

2) High temperature readings
If you have been charting your temperature to determine the day of ovulation, this is a simple way to know if you’re pregnant. If your temperature stays up for longer than 15 days after ovulation, you may well be pregnant. I’ve been charting temperature and vaginal mucus changes for years…

when I finally got pregnant, my temperature did a beautiful curve rise after ovulation and stayed up – text book perfect!

3) Positive pregnancy test
Most pregnancy tests may show a positive result on the first day of the missed period, but may show up as early as four days before that. The ‘you’re pregnant’ line may be very faint if you do have an early test. I’ve done more pregnancy tests than I can count, and it’s hard to be patient!

This time I couldn’t quite wait until my period was due, so took a test a couple of days before that. Initially there was only one ‘not pregnant’ line, so I thought it was negative again. I left it and came back in a while, only to find a faint positive result. In my case this was whooooppeeeee!

4)  Morning Sickness
Although not usually an extra early pregnancy symptom, some women start to feel ‘queasy’ as early as 2 weeks after conception. I think morning sickness should be renamed more appropriately ‘all-day sickness’, because each woman may experience different timing and intensity.

It’s been worst for me in the afternoons. 70% of pregnant women feel nauseous at some point, and usually symptoms fade by 16 weeks.

5)  Food aversions and cravings
These are common early signs of pregnancy, often kicking in at a similar time to the nausea. Just thinking about eating certain foods can make your stomach turn, while another current favorite may be all you can think of.

I regressed to childhood comfort foods; mashed potatoes and simple flavours. Fancy Asian flavours I’d usually enjoy were out. Some of my health food obsessions gave way to a more gentle approach; just giving my body what it asked for each day.

6)  Exhaustion
Within the first few weeks you may feel like getting through an ordinary day is like completing a triathlon. Take it as easy as possible. Being rested may also help reduce nausea. I like to have a power nap after lunch, and find I’m better equipped to cope with the rest of the day.

7)  Emotional rollercoaster rides
Sometimes no matter how well you’ve slept, how happy you are to be pregnant, how beautiful the weather is, your hormones play havoc with your mood. In the first trimester these emotional ‘crises’ can feel much more intense than normal ups and downs. They come out of no-where and make you feel like an irrational wet-rag. Some women get grumpy, some women get sad, sometimes both at the same time.

An understanding family or partner who recognize ‘It’s not you; it’s your hormones’ is helpful. There is a lot going on inside your body and hormones are the magic wand making it all happen.
I find myself crying about nothing I can explain, feeling vulnerable and insecure when usually I’ve got it all organized. Being pregnant can feel confusing!

8)  Just knowing
A common very early pregnancy symptom, (not very scientific this one), is just knowing that you are pregnant or that something feels different inside. Some mums-to-be even say they knew at conception that it was an extra special moment.

Remember, each woman will experience a different selection of these early pregnancy
Symptoms. It’s a unique journey and listening to your body/s messages is part of the fun.

Not all the symptoms are pleasant, but they are all part of this miracle of creation. If you do happen to be pregnant, celebrate and enjoy your body’s signs that something wonderful is unfolding inside you.

PS Getting pregnant came as a welcome ’surprise’ after almost 10 years of irregular periods, mixed up hormones and the fear I would never have kids. Roger and I even went through a year of the adoption process two years ago. Healing my body was a long story, one I’ll condense soon. Becoming more moderate in my approach to food helped a lot, but more on that another time…

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Jun

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3 Secrets-How To Get Pregnant

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A healthy baby boy or girl is just not the result of egg meets sperm. There are three critical things that needed to happen for conceiving and carry a healthy fetus to full term.

Secret No.1 Avoid old eggs and sperm Research indicates that to produce a healthy, viable fetus, you need freshly released egg and sperm. This means that you should avoid having sex a couple of days before ovulation is due, as sperm can last up to 3 days. A three day old sperm may have degraded somewhat and be potentially defective. Likewise, you should avoid sex just after ovulation, when the egg is still viable (up to 24 hours after release) but again is ageing and potentially defective.

The best approach is to have frequent intercourse during the peak fertile time, and stop once ovulation is over, so that a fresh sperm can meet a fresh egg. Ideally, live, fresh sperm should be lining the fallopian tube ready to fertilize an egg when it is released. The best way to do this is to have sex the day before you ovulate. This means that if you ovulate on Day 14, then you should have sex on Day 13 and 14 and then abstain on Day 15. This will help ensure healthy sperm are present in your Fallopian tubes, ready for the egg to be released. You should also avoid having intercourse for 3-5 days prior to day 12, to build up a high sperm count. Continue to have intercourse every day or every other day until you are sure that ovulation has occurred. Once ovulation has occurred, again abstain for a couple of days. This reduces the risk of an ageing (and potentially defective) egg being fertilized, which is likely to result in a miscarriage.

Secret No.2 Build up your Partners sperm count prior to getting Pregnant There are techniques that men can use to build up their sperm count, so that the day before you ovulate they are able to deliver the maximum number of healthy sperm. For men, this means 3-5 days of abstinence (sorry guys, no ejaculation at all). Any longer than this and you risk sperm ageing prior to ejaculation.

There is also some ancient yoga, or Tantric Sex practices that can build up sperm count even further. In the 3-5 days of abstinence, research shows that several sessions of extended foreplay, but with no ejaculation, can build up sperm levels (but beware of frustration levels!). Repeating this process over a period of time can increase sperm quality and quantity.

Secret No. 3 Don’t try to conceive if ovulation occurs on day 17th or later This is the most important part of the secret. Not applying this part of the Secret is a major cause of miscarriage. Once you understand it, you will be able to recognize which cycles would result in a viable fetus, and which cycles would result in a miscarriage. Temperature graphs van be used to determine the timing of ovulation. During your monthly cycle, basal (or body-at-rest) temperature changes and when you ovulate, the production of progesterone increases. Progesterone is the hormone released by the corpus luteum, the “crater” left behind after an egg has been released. Progesterone production causes a small (0.5º Celsius or 1º Fahrenheit) rise in basal temperature. So you know that the day your basal temperature increases is probably the day you ovulated. However, ovulation could have occurred up to 3 days before the temperature increase.

The optimal time for ovulation is day 14 or earlier, when the chances of producing a viable fetus are about 90%. If you ovulate on day 15 or later, the chances fall to 43%.

This part of the secret was not very well known. Regular late ovulation decreases your chances of getting pregnant. You ovulate less, statistically, and the endometrial lining is not optimal anymore to allow implantation. Late ovulation also results in a higher risk of miscarriage, as the older egg may be defective, and the aging corpus luteum may not be able to produce enough progesterone, which is the hormone that prepares your uterus for pregnancy, and prevents you from getting your period.

I am quite sure that by following these three simple and easy secrets which are not known to most of the couples, the chances of getting pregnant will be quite higher.

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