How To Know If You're Pregnant

  • September 8, 2009
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There are signs you’re having a baby even before you miss a period.

You Will Need

  • A knowledge of physical symptoms
  • A home pregnancy kit
  • Access to a clinic or doctor's office
How To Know If You're Pregnant: Look for physical signs

Step 1: Look for physical signs

Pay attention to your body. Symptoms like fatigue, swollen or tender breasts, and nausea can show up as early as two weeks after conception. Headaches and lower back pain are also early signs.

How To Know If You're Pregnant: Know the emotional signs

Step 2: Know the emotional signs

Consider whether you’ve been more emotional lately. Some women find that pregnancy makes them moodier, weepier, or more irritable than usual thanks to the hormonal surge that occurs after conception.

Stress can cause hormones to mimic pregnancy signs like nausea; it can even cause you to miss a period.

How To Know If You're Pregnant: Take a test

Step 3: Take a test

Take a home pregnancy test; it can sometimes detect pregnancy even before you’ve missed your first period. Be aware, however, that taking it early may cause a false negative result.

For the most accurate results, take the test in the morning, when pregnancy hormone levels in urine are highest.

How To Know If You're Pregnant: Double check

Step 4: Double check

If the home test is positive, see your doctor right away. If it’s negative and your period still doesn’t start, then repeat the test in a few days. False negatives are more common than false positives.

How To Know If You're Pregnant: Don't assume you've started your period

Step 5: Don't assume you've started your period

If you get your period, don’t assume you’re not pregnant. If it’s unusually light, it may be what’s known as “implantation bleeding,” which happens when the embryo attaches to the uterus.

How To Know If You're Pregnant: Get a blood test

Step 6: Get a blood test

To be absolutely sure, go to your doctor for a blood test. Because pregnancy hormones are easier to detect in blood than urine, blood tests are more accurate than home kits.

Did you know? The most common oddball food combination craved during pregnancy is pickles and peanut butter, followed by Marmite and ice cream, and tuna and bananas, according to an online poll.

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Mitchelle_Perez

You know if your pregnant if you miss your period, you get nauseous, your breasts get sore, your stomach normally starts to get big about four months into the pregnancy, and you should take a pregnancy test to see if it is positive. em I right?? hehe... 1 weeks pregnant http://www.pregnancyweeks.us/

about 1 year ago by Mitchelle_Perez

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