Change in breast size. Under the influence of the hormones estrogen and progesterone, breast size will change in just a few days after conception. You will feel tingling, soreness and heaviness in your chest. You may notice darkening of the nipples and areolas.
Spasms. You can feel them as the uterus grows and stretches. This is normal: stretching muscles respond by contracting. (Tip: Try to bend over and touch your toes. This is about what you feel in the ligaments and muscles of your legs, you feel in the muscles of the uterus and the ligaments that support it.) However, if the pain is very severe or you are worried about constant bleeding and cramping, immediately go to the doctor!
Fatigue. During the first trimester, you will feel very tired. Which is not surprising: your body is busy building the basic systems and organs of the baby. Rest easy, by the end of the first 13 weeks, fatigue will pass.
Morning sickness and odor sensitivity. Toxicosis of pregnancy usually begins on the 5th week, although it may occur earlier.
Frequent urination. The culprits for this inconvenience are the hormone progesterone and the pressure of the ever-increasing uterus on the bladder. The muscles of the bladder are stressed, even if there is little urine in it.
Absence of menstruation or minor bleeding. Weak and short bleeding can occur when a fertilized egg implants in the wall of the uterus.
Hair and nail growth. They may start to grow "like crazy". It's all hormones! It's okay - pluck and wax. No one wants to look like Bigfoot during pregnancy.
Only for dad. All these signs of pregnancy - changes in the mood of the expectant mother, changes in the body and increasing fatigue - are a signal that dad needs to be patient. Be ready for anything.
- We present how excited you are about the increase in the bust of your beloved. But just try to touch it! Pain in the chest is a standard manifestation of pregnancy. For some expectant mothers, even sleeping on their stomachs is painful.
- Your partner may be exhausted, especially if you are used to having sex often. “Assembling” a baby is not an easy task, and hormone surges can drive her crazy. Hold your horses! Watch while sports programs or action movies.
- If your loved one gets sick, calm her down, walk her to the toilet, hold her hair back, and never, ever show her your displeased grimace. This creature, bent over the toilet, is the future mother of your child!
A modern woman, most likely, will not notice the onset of conception immediately after sexual intercourse, although, subject to a developed sense of body and sense of soul, as well as good intuition, this is quite possible. This omission of knowledge of the state of one's own body is due, in part, to the fact that over the centuries pregnancy has been so devalued that it was kept secret for as long as possible. Is it any wonder that over time this repression manifested itself in the way a woman feels her own body.
The most characteristic signs of pregnancy in terms of significance can be divided into 3 groups: presumptive, probable and reliable.
Presumptive (doubtful) signs include mainly subjective sensations - sensitivity to odors, changes in appetite, nausea and vomiting in the morning. And from the neuropsychic sphere - nervousness, irritability, tearfulness, drowsiness. From the urinary system - frequent urination.
When examining the mammary glands, their tension and sensitivity of the nipples are determined. When pressed, colostrum is released from the nipples. During a gynecological examination, the cyanosis of the mucous membranes of the vagina and cervix is determined. The study of the uterus determines the softening of the isthmus and some asymmetry of the uterus.
Reliable are signs that reveal the presence of an embryo or fetus in the uterus. This includes pregnancy tests that cannot be false positive, cannot show pregnancy if not present. This also includes a laboratory blood test for the chorionic hormone or its beta subunit. The most reliable of the signs is the presence of a fetal egg in the uterus, on ultrasound, starting from one week of delayed menstruation. In the second half of pregnancy - determining the height of the uterine fundus, during obstetric examination - determining the position and presentation of the fetus, its small parts, listening to the fetal heartbeat with an obstetric stethoscope from 23-24 weeks of pregnancy. On ultrasound, the fetal heartbeat is determined from 4-5 weeks.
Often the first sign of pregnancy is no menstrual bleeding. In this case, a hormonal test will help to understand whether the woman made the right assumptions. At the same time, even the onset of bleeding does not give reason to assert with certainty that pregnancy has not occurred. It happens that even during pregnancy, bleeding can begin on time, however, it will be much less abundant than usual.
The effect of the hCG hormone (human chorionic gonadotropin) revealed by modern tests shortly after fertilization is also not surprising, and many women soon experience changes in the sphere of sensory sensations, for example, increased sex drive. From a biological point of view, this makes sense, since now a woman needs to “attach” a man to herself especially securely. However, interest in sexual relations may decrease as soon as a woman learns that she is pregnant, for example, if the pregnancy went against her wishes, or if the woman still has not been able to work through her thoughts and feelings about a previous miscarriage.
Extremely frequent are mood swings. The woman, for no reason at all, has a desire to cry. This tearfulness corresponds to the water-salt aspect at the level of the body and the archetype of the Moon at the level of the system of first principles.
Another early sign of pregnancy is swelling and tension of the mammary glands, which, in particular, is due to an increase in the amount of water retained in the body. The body may begin to take unusual rounded shapes, which is also associated with weight gain. The organism tries to become round and healthy in order to grow up to the state in which it can best perform the important task assigned to it. This phenomenon can also be observed at such a level of manifestation as an undoubted improvement in the quality of the skin. It happens that the first hint of new life circumstances is a ring, which suddenly becomes difficult to remove from the finger. In the morning, there may be a feeling of swelling, which is explained by the accumulation of more water at night. As the pregnant woman moves more and more into the sphere of influence of the Moon principle every day, the night becomes more and more important in her life, in addition, the element of the soul comes to the fore. Where he does not get enough space in a figurative sense, the body comes to the rescue, as evidenced by the tendency of the body to retain water in large quantities.
At the level of the soul, the swelling of the mammary glands corresponds to an intense "growing" into the sphere of the feminine archetype, which finds its expression through the principles of the Moon and Venus. The desire to feed and the desire to please a partner (and thereby bind him even more tightly to yourself), due to the influence of the Moon and Venus, respectively, can manifest themselves at various levels of life.
Increased and unusual fatigue may occur, but not necessarily. However, if the body needs a lot of energy to rebuild, a woman will notice it this way. It would be ideal if she could adequately meet the increased need for sleep, because in this way she would help the body in the best way to gain the energy it needs to re-tune all body systems. In addition, when the mother is resting, the child gets the opportunity to develop in the most optimal way. Subsequently, by the way, it also grows much better at rest than in the active phase.
Often associated with restructuring and occurring most often in the morning nausea is a reaction to the increased production of hormones; at a time when the feminine pole of life has so little respect, it can be considered a normal phenomenon. However, nausea will bother a pregnant woman only until the restructuring of the body is completed. The adjustment phase can take a long time (for advice on homeopathic remedies and other measures, see Nausea and Vomiting, Symptoms During Pregnancy).
Nausea during pregnancy occurs in much the same way as dizziness and motion sickness. There is a collision of two different internal information structures. The balance organ signals to the “central control room” that the body is on a rocking ship, while the eyes look below deck and see that everything is calm. Something doesn't add up. The brain realizes that it is being deceived, and as a result, the head begins to spin, after which nausea and vomiting appear. In order for the state to normalize, it is necessary to get rid of one of these information structures that contradict each other.
Roughly the same thing happens in the body of a pregnant woman experiencing nausea. This feeling manifests an archaic feminine principle, a typical basal need for motherhood. A woman is likened to a female animal. If earlier this woman put herself on the same level with a man, emphasized isolation and thereby increasingly moved away from the primordial ocean of the collective unconscious, now she suddenly finds herself under the crossfire of two archetypes. She has conflicting impulses, she tries to get out of the influence of one of the poles: she feels sick and vomits. This symptom takes root the more intensely, the stronger the opposite poles in the psyche or the individual, courageous pole are expressed.
So, nausea indicates that a woman wants to get rid of something. Most often, she resists not the child and pregnancy, but that courageous part of herself, which at this stage should fade into the background. On the other hand, it’s hard to survive without this part in the modern world (think about what man today would like to see next to him an extremely soft, labile woman who lives exclusively by feelings, near whom he must spend much more time and whom he must constantly protect?) . Thus, pregnancy sets the task for a woman to plunge into the realm of the archetypal feminine, to be soft and emotional and at the same time remain fully armed so as not to endanger her child and herself, not to give up her own independence.
Increased mucous secretions, associated with an increase in the intensity of blood circulation, can sometimes also indicate the onset of pregnancy. All tissues of a woman gradually become more mucous, "juicy" and loose. The psyche of a woman can also become more shaky, but at the same time strong, which gives her the opportunity to calm her man, who so often fears the pregnancy of her half.
Hormonal changes also affect the vaginal environment, making it more alkaline. The vagina becomes less acidic, which can lead to a tendency to discharge, which is usually not a problem. At the same time, the risk of vaginal infections is increasing. A pregnant woman should be especially careful and think more often about who and under what conditions she allows to be near her. If bathing in a public pool is a threat to her, and using a public toilet is a provocation, then she also needs to be very careful when making direct contacts. A light pale blue (liquid) shade of the skin in the area of the entrance to the vagina is due to the natural activation of the venous circulation and should not cause any concern.
In rare cases, a sign of pregnancy can be pigmentation changes. Darkening of the halos around the nipples is completely normal. Later, these halos will indicate to the newborn his first goal and at the level of archetypes testify to the connection with the topic of feeding, which has already begun to gain momentum in the life of a pregnant woman, but, nevertheless, will truly come into its own only after 10 lunar months. Less common are cases when a dark stripe appears along the midline of the body, running from the hypogastric region to the upper abdomen. She, as it were, demonstrates to the woman where her center is and where she should direct her main attention over the following months; in addition, such a band indicates the need to share, to give.
Sometimes dark pigmentation can appear around the lips (note that this phenomenon is often underestimated), giving the skin an untidy look. This can be interpreted as a hint that a woman should pay special attention to moving to more "clean" forms of interaction and communication.
May occur bleeding gums. She indicates that a pregnant woman is in danger of losing vital energy along with blood. The gums symbolize basal trust, the importance of which in the first weeks of pregnancy is greater than ever. Through bleeding, the theme of primordial trust manifests itself, in the development of which the exercises and meditation techniques mentioned above can help.
The need for iron for hematopoiesis of the fetus is met by iron stores in the mother's body. From a spiritual point of view, we proceed from the fact that an increased need for iron is characteristic of a child because he is preparing to enter the world of opposites. Let's just say he needs to adjust to life between the north and south poles. And iron is the element that "feels" best in the Earth's magnetic field.
The increase in carious lesions of the teeth indicates that a pregnant woman should take more active care of her "weapon in her mouth" - her teeth, and first of all more courageously and even aggressively strengthen her position. It is also necessary to get enough nutrients, because in emergency situations, the reserves of the mother's body will be sacrificed for the formation of the child's body, which can take the form of real "poaching". The folk wisdom that every pregnancy is worth one tooth illustrates this relationship. Today, however, a healthy and nutritious diet can make this sacrifice superfluous.
Problems with the stomach and intestines can also occur at the stage of body restructuring; they suggest to the pregnant woman that the new situation is not as easy to "digest" as her intellect imagines. Bloating may indicate aggression that needs to be released and which, until now, has not been able to find a way out. If a woman begins to emit an unpleasant odor and thus causes not the most blissful sensations in a partner, this can be regarded as a hint to both of them that something remains unsaid in their relationship - something that previously did not get a chance to express itself. In addition, the obvious lack of integration mental strength of partners becomes obvious.
The solution may be to release yourself from the pressure of excess pressure in a timely and appropriate manner, find your source of courage and willingness to interact directly, and learn to speak your mind openly. It is about learning to eat and digest this world, an exercise that in Hinduism and Buddhism is called “bhoga”.
Stretch marks pregnant(striae) in general are quite rare today. Thanks to comprehensive body care and the current trend to maintain a relatively low weight during pregnancy, fewer women suffer from this kind of stretch marks.
Relaxation of the uterine muscles in former times it was an important sign of pregnancy. The muscles become softer so that they can stretch better later. The increase is preceded by relaxation caused by the deposition of water and the growth of muscle cells. The masculine aspect of the musculature recedes, allowing the feminine aspect to expand and increase acceptance.
If only she didn't come!
The most obvious sign of pregnancy is the delay in menstruation - this is the case if menstruation used to come regularly.
Some women continue to menstruate in the first three months of pregnancy, but the amount of blood released and the duration of bleeding is reduced compared to normal periods. So if this happens to you, consult your doctor.
Most women also experience other pregnancy symptoms about a week after their first missed period or five weeks after their LMP:
- swelling and soreness of the mammary glands;
- nausea and vomiting;
- feeling of exhaustion and fatigue;
- severe dizziness;
- vaginal discharge;
- change in taste, strong addiction and aversion to certain foods;
- frequent urge to urinate;
- increased emotional vulnerability. Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) and other hormones such as progesterone are responsible for suppressing menstruation and these changes. Hormones are produced in a woman's body in order to maintain the pregnancy and take care of the growing embryo. The urine pregnancy test relies on the presence of hCG in the blood and urine to confirm pregnancy.
Urine pregnancy test
Do not rely only on the delay of menstruation. A positive pregnancy test and examination by a doctor is required to confirm pregnancy. Ten days after a missed period, a urine pregnancy test can detect the presence of a person's serum β-gamma globulin in the urine. This analysis can be ordered by your doctor, or you can use the "do-it-yourself" tests sold in pharmacies, for example, PFegcolour (pregkala), TestPack (testpack), Gravindex (gravindex).
When testing on your own, carefully follow the attached instructions. To perform the test, the first urine in the morning must be collected in a clean, wide-mouthed container. A positive test result is almost always correct. A negative result may be due to the fact that the test is carried out too early or is more than three months late after the PM. With the help of some modern tests, pregnancy can be determined even before a missed period. But to confirm pregnancy usually does not require such complex tests.
As soon as you get a positive urine pregnancy test result, schedule a visit with your doctor.
Pretty scrupulous. A truly reliable result cannot be obtained in any way. Since at the earliest stages it is possible to reliably testify to pregnancy or its absence only by the content of chorionic gonadotropin. This is a gonadotropic agent, a hormone that belongs to the placental type. In women, this substance enhances and accelerates the synthesis of estrogens, promotes the formation of the corpus luteum and ovulation.
You can find out even if it is unspeakably small by passing an analysis for the content of the hormone in question, which is a test. But its increased content in the blood can speak not only of happy news. Such a fact may indicate the onset of menopause, about (- (-s), about endocrine disorders, etc.
And now consider the syndromes that speak of a suspected pregnancy.
Basal. It is worth starting the measurement a couple of days before the onset of menstruation. In general, the entire menstrual cycle is divided into two phases: before and after the ovulation process. Both phases are almost identical in duration. So, the duration of the second is no more than eighteen days. And if ovulation did occur, then the basal temperature will undoubtedly rise to thirty-seven degrees or a little higher. Closer to the onset of menstruation, it should fall again, and if this did not happen within three weeks, then the onset of pregnancy is quite likely.
Despite the popular belief that basal temperature should be measured in the rectum, it can also be measured in the mouth (about five minutes) or vagina (three minutes is enough).
But the question of how to recognize early pregnancy still remains open even when measuring basal temperature. Since its increase can occur as a result of a disease, alcohol intake, after sexual intercourse, and even after taking certain medications or dietary supplements.
Measurements should be made in the morning, immediately after a night's sleep, without even getting up to bed. But it is necessary to shake the mercury thermometer the day before, in the evening.
The main manifestations of a successful conception need to be known to absolutely everyone who is looking for an answer to the question of how to recognize pregnancy at an early stage.
That's practically all! How to know pregnancy early? Just! If this period exceeds three weeks. But otherwise, using the above tips, one can only guess about the onset of conception.
Good luck with this difficult issue!
Pregnancy is a certain state of the body, which means the birth of a baby, after a certain period of time. It can be identified by some symptoms.
When a woman is looking forward to the birth of her first child, she tries to find any hints of pregnancy in all the changes in her body. Many people think that when irritability or nausea appears, that’s all, they are in position! Although, most mothers really found out about their pregnancy precisely by such signs. Of course, all this may suggest the presence of pregnancy, but, unfortunately, such signs do not always occur when determining this interesting situation.
How was pregnancy recognized in women in ancient times?
A thousand years ago, ancient people were already able to recognize the first signs of pregnancy.
The ancient Egyptians, in order to find out about a woman’s interesting situation, they prepared special “test drinks” for her , which consisted of a special herb and the milk of a mother who was breastfeeding the boy. If such a mixture after its use caused a woman to vomit, then this verdict was confirmed - she is pregnant!
Previously, pregnancy was determined by numerous signs
And here old Jews asked women who might be pregnant walk on soft grass. After that, they studied her traces and drew certain conclusions. But, unfortunately, the details of how exactly they could determine pregnancy from their prints have not survived to this day.
The main symptoms and signs of pregnancy
The real existence of pregnancy in a woman can only be confirmed tests that will show elevated levels of hCG in her blood or if the doctor listen to the baby's heartbeat in the womb, or ultrasound results . All other methods are only possible signs and symptoms.
Accurate Signs of Pregnancy
Elevated hCG levels - the presence in the blood of a woman of a large amount of pregnancy hormone. It begins to grow a week or 10 days after the conception process. This analysis is quite accurate in determining pregnancy. Having donated her blood from a vein in any laboratory, a woman will be able to find out about her situation, even before the menstruation is late.
Listening to the baby's heartbeat is carried out by a gynecologist using an electronic or wooden stethoscope. The doctor can hear the baby's little heart beating in the womb at 10-12 weeks. His heart rate is between 120 and 160 beats per minute.
Ultrasound - this is an ultrasound examination of a woman, which is preferably carried out at 7-12 weeks. With its help, you can determine the exact gestational age from 2 or 3 weeks.
The doctor can hear the fetal heartbeat with a special device
TO signs of pregnancy phenomena or sensations can be attributed, such as:
- Small discharge in the form of a few brown drops that you can find on panties. This may not be the beginning of the monthly menstrual cycle, but implantation bleeding . It occurs as a result of the search for the uterine wall, the cell that will eventually become a child. She, as it were, "travels" through the mother's genital tract and is looking for a suitable place for herself, where she will continue to grow and develop. This one of the earliest signs which, in general, may not always manifest itself.
- Constant fatigue and feeling weak. Most women who are not yet aware of their condition believe that they are simply tired or sick. But this may be true. Because the first cause of weakness is decreased immunity . Some expectant mothers may even have a runny nose and cough.
- Increase in basal body temperature. If you think that you will have a baby, then do not be too lazy to monitor your basal body temperature during the menstrual cycle. Are you really pregnant if you the temperature will rise to 37 degrees , or abruptly go down one day in the second phase of the bleeding cycle. This process is referred to as "implantation sinking", the main reasons for which are a decrease in the production phase of the hormone progesterone in the middle of the second phase of the cycle, which is responsible for the state of temperature. Or, when the hormone estrogen begins to be thrown out. He is responsible for lowering the temperature.
- sensitive chest. In cases where at some time you experience increased sensitivity of the nipples, then it is likely that you have a pregnancy. This symptom may appear only 14 days after conception . Your chest can make itself felt even with the most gentle touches. It may also swell slightly and hurt a little. Darkened skin around the areolas of the nipples can also indicate pregnancy.
- Delayed monthly cycle of menstruation considered the most common sign of pregnancy. Having noticed its failure, we begin to assure ourselves that we are pregnant and immediately run to the pharmacy for a test. But, in the event that a woman has an irregular bleeding cycle, then you should not rely only on the delay.
- Pain in the lumbar region or in the back can become very noticeable. Such unexpected "lumbago" in the lower back of the expectant mother can manifest itself throughout the entire period of bearing the baby, periodically making itself felt.
- Unpleasant bloating may occur due to the fact that during pregnancy the woman's intestines become "lazy". He ceases to monitor the level and process of gas formation well. Also, a similar phenomenon can be felt because the intestinal walls begin to swell a little.
- Frequent urge to urinate. Two weeks after conception, a woman may feel frequent urge to the toilet, little by little . They are explained by what happens in her body. her hormonal changes - distension of the uterus and the growth of the fetus, which constantly presses on the outer membranes of the bladder.
The appearance of noticeable tubercles of Montgomer, which are located on the nipple of the breast. They are tiny bumps on the areola of the chest that resemble goose bumps . These tubercles are absolutely harmless, but their appearance may indicate an interesting position for a woman.
Nausea, extreme sensitivity to certain smells- This is a classic well-known sign of pregnancy. He makes himself known 3rd to 8th week after conception . Most of the expectant mothers met with similar and unpleasant sensations. Such a sign can also appear when you overeat or poison yourself. Therefore, do not rush to rejoice if you have such an indicator in the morning.
Insomnia or sleep disturbance appear in many pregnant women, due to certain changes in their body. That is, despite the fact that they go to bed early, expectant mothers still do not get enough sleep. Sleep can drive them even in the middle of the day even in the workplace. If your job is serious enough and responsible, then you should change it, or move to a quieter department. This is not worth much worries. It's just that the body gives all kinds of signs about its new status.
Frequent urination could be a sign of pregnancy
How to find out if you are pregnant without medical tests?
Do you want, but do not know how to determine whether you are pregnant or not and you do not have the opportunity to purchase a medical test? Then this can be done using other methods, including folk ones. Many women prefer to seek help during the period of uncertainty with pregnancy precisely to proven folk grandmother's methods. Therefore, we will reveal to you some secrets that will help you know that you are in a position without a test.
Of course, you can accurately find out about pregnancy without using a test after receiving a gynecologist, ultrasound, or by measuring body temperature daily.
5 Ways to Know You're Pregnant (Without Taking a Test):
Method 1 (veracity 5: 5)
Take half a liter of warm water and dissolve a few granules of potassium permanganate in it, until a light pink color. After that, add a small amount of your fresh morning urine to it. See if the color of the resulting solution has become light yellow and brightened - the result is negative. If the color has not changed and small flakes appear, then you are 100% pregnant.
Method 2 (Truthfulness also 5:5)
Collect a small amount of morning urine in a clean container and drop a few drops of iodine into it. Pregnancy will not be confirmed if it immediately spreads on the surface of the urine. And if the droplet lingered for some time on the surface, then your result is positive, you can start celebrating this good news.
Method 3 (degree of truthfulness 4: 5)
Prepare a white piece of paper and wet it with your urine. After that, put a few drops of iodine on it. And watch out, if the color of the paper turns blue, then you are not pregnant. And if a bright purple or lilac hue appears, the result is positive. This method is one of the most reliable. Although there may be inaccuracies, due to the different composition of the paper.
Method 4 - (Truthfulness 3 out of 5)
Collect morning urine in a clean bowl, and pour wine into it, in a ratio of 1: 1. Then follow the result: if the resulting mixture remains light and transparent, the result will be negative. And if it has become cloudy and slightly changed its consistency, it has become like cottage cheese - congratulations, you are a future mother.
In fact, the degree of veracity of this method is not high, due to not always high-quality inexpensive wine. It must be completely free of dyes and various chemical additives, which affect the results of this test.
Method 5 (Truthfulness 2: 5
Take your morning urine and place it in a container in which you bring it to a boil. Then pour it into a clear glass container. Look, if you are pregnant, then a sediment in the form of flakes will appear in the urine.
This technique does not have a high level of veracity, because when boiled, the protein that is in the urine can simply coagulate. As a result, it will be difficult for you to distinguish it from the resulting flakes.
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There are two types of women, one category is planning a pregnancy, the other, on the contrary, wants to avoid fertilization. For the former, this is a chance to quickly confirm whether their dream has come true, and for the latter, the possibility of medical abortion. Despite the categorical difference in plans, the task for them is the same - to learn how to determine pregnancy at an early stage.
Signs that occur in a woman even in the first stages of fertilization will help in making an important decision. It is worth listening carefully to your body, and it can tell a lot. The main task is to isolate them and differentiate with other processes in the female body that are not associated with an interesting situation.
How to determine pregnancy without a test?
Despite the fact that today the pharmacy has a wide range of tests that give the correct answer even the next day after sexual intercourse, they cannot be called reliable. The reason for this inconsistency is the standard method of determining by measuring the level of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). Its production begins only 6-8 days after the fertilization of the egg. However, it is reliably known that this process can occur 2-3 days after spermatozoa enter the fallopian tube of a woman.
According to simple calculations, the test can provide correct information only 8-12 days after conception. In this matter, it is worth paying attention to the sensitivity of the diagnosis, the higher it is, the more reliable the result.
However, in the blood, hCG is 2-3 times higher than in the urine. As soon as the shell of the egg (chorionic tissue) is implanted into the uterine cavity, the active production of a specific hormone begins. This happens 4-5 days after conception. At the same time, the amount of his presence increases daily by 2 times.
So, the first method of how to determine pregnancy in the early stages will be the donation of venous blood for the presence of the hormonally active hCG protein.
The sampling of similar material will be required for analysis of trophoblastic beta-globulin. This is an analogue of the previous study, but with more accurate reliability of the data obtained.
There is a possibility of late implantation, when the embryo is fixed on the 7-8th day after fertilization. Accordingly, a biochemical study will give a false negative result.
Medicine to help
There are two more ways to recognize pregnancy before a delay:
- Visiting a gynecologist. By contacting an experienced specialist, you can also find out the necessary information during a visual examination on a gynecological chair. Firstly, the uterine mucosa becomes bluish due to abundant blood flow, the organ itself increases in size, and the cervix becomes softer.
This method requires additional confirmation, since the symptoms are differentiated from premenstrual syndrome.
- ultrasound. Such a diagnostic study will not only answer the patient's main question, but also exclude the presence of an ectopic fetal attachment. Using a special vaginal sensor, the doctor also determines the embryonic age by the nature of its development.
Nature will let you know
It is also possible to determine pregnancy at home without any devices. The human body carries centuries-old wisdom, and the female body always lets you know about any changes, be they positive or negative. Fertilization is no exception. In this case, it is not necessary to wait for an obvious fact - a delay in menstruation. It is enough to carefully listen to unusual sensations, for example, in a room with a comfortable temperature, a woman in an interesting position may feel a lack of air, she may be thrown into a fever. Other features can be found in the table.
| Signs of pregnancy | What are the sensations? |
|---|---|
| Nausea, vomiting | Early toxicosis is explained by the individual characteristics of the female body. |
| Changes in sensation and appearance of the breast | The appearance of a venous network on the mammary glands, darkening of the halo, the release of white matter (colostrum) indicates an early stage of preparing the breast for feeding. |
| Drawing pain in the lower abdomen | Such a symptom can be observed within a week after conception. Requires a visit to a specialist. In some cases, it indicates the development of a fetal egg outside the uterus. Also, unpleasant sensations can accompany emotional outbursts. |
| Highlights of pink, brown shades | Many perceive it as premenstrual syndrome, but menstruation does not begin, which indicates the likelihood of implantation bleeding, i.e. successful fertilization. |
| Increased sexual desire or complete apathy | Hormonal changes affect everyone differently. Some cause a strong desire for intimacy, while others, on the contrary, lack of desire. Activity or inactivity can continue throughout pregnancy. |
| Unreasonable drowsiness and fatigue | Changes in the background of hormones due to the daily increasing production of progesterone. |
| Changes in food preferences, increased feeling of hunger or vice versa its decrease | 19% of women experience severe hunger. Others report a decrease in appetite. Doctors explain this by a different reaction to the invasion of the trophoblast villi. |
| Problems with bowel movements, flatulence | There may be several factors:
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| Rapid pulse | The pulse is measured in a somewhat unusual way - through the stomach. Having dipped 3 fingers below the level of the navel, you need to press a little and feel the vibrations. During pregnancy, they can be felt, because. there is increased blood flow. If the result is negative, listening is not fixed. |
| Enhanced sense of smell | Most odors will seem more pungent as they almost all sensations are amplified at times. |
| Manifestation of chronic diseases | Restructuring in the body almost always affects existing diseases that are in remission. During this period, their exacerbation may begin. |
Experts do not consider such symptoms to be objective, because. most of the items presented are similar to premenstrual symptoms. However, most women who have gone through all stages of pregnancy indicate precisely such sensations.
How to determine pregnancy at home?
Let's figure out how to recognize pregnancy without a doctor and a pharmacy test. Moreover, in the early stages, the second option is a waste of money. We use folk methods that were used by our mothers and grandmothers.
iodine test
Before the test, you can not drink water for two hours and wash yourself using hygiene products. It is also necessary to refrain from urinating during this time. As with standard diagnostics, morning urine is used. It should be borne in mind that the material collected for this method is valid for only 10 minutes.
Having collected the test liquid in a sterile container, we moisten a strip of plain paper in it. Next, drip a few drops of iodine onto the surface. If the color changed and turned blue, conception did not occur; if purple or lilac - the result is positive.
The effectiveness of iodine use is determined only by the initial stage of fertilization. In the later stages, the indications are not reliable.
with soda
Since urine in pregnant women has a low acid composition, when 1 tsp is added to it. soda, the bubbling reaction will be minimal. As in the previous case, only the morning sample is used.
With potassium permanganate
In addition to urine, you will need 200 ml of warm water and potassium permanganate powder on the tip of a knife. Initially, you need to make a weak manganese solution. After obtaining a crimson hue, a gradual infusion of urine is performed. As a result, small white flakes are formed, and the color of the liquid remains unchanged. Such indicators are a sign of future motherhood.
With thermometer
Measurement of basal body temperature is one of the most popular and effective ways to check pregnancy. Immediately after sleep, without getting out of bed, you need to insert a thermometer into one of the zones: anal, vagina or oral. Measurements last for five minutes. The indicators are recorded daily with the obligatory indication of the date, time and the result itself. If the temperature is stable at 36.8-37 ° C, it indicates either ovulation or pregnancy. In the first case, such data will be available for 1-2 days, then they will decrease to 36.5-36.7 ° C.
Folk methods
Despite significant advances in medicine, many still prefer non-traditional methods. This is because in each category there is a possibility of error, and deciding what to believe is an individual right. About how to understand that a girl is pregnant, based on beliefs further.
onion helper
Place a couple of bulbs in separate containers filled with water. Define one of them as a positive result of fertilization, the other - negative. The result depends on the first, ascended parost.
Using the Ring
The action is carried out with an assistant. A wedding ring is used as the main ceremonial accessory. The object is put on the hair, and the woman takes a prone position. A ring is hung over her stomach and if the object starts to rotate to the sides, she can be congratulated on her future motherhood.
Regardless of the chosen method for determining the early fertilization period, further actions are important: the timely intake of multivitamin complexes for women in position, the organization of proper activity and rest, as well as focusing on eating habits. All this will affect the future health of the future crumbs, and, accordingly, the peace of mind of his parents.