The Early Signs Of Pregnancy

Physiological changes occurring in Amber’s body are happening in her gastrointestinal, urinary, respiratory and cardiovascular system. She is feeling sick because of the increased hCG, progesterone and estrogen levels. Her story is only until her 11th week of her pregnancy, but she may feel many symptoms throughout the rest of her pregnancy if it is not aborted. Those symptoms could be increased urination because the kidneys are disposing of fetal metabolic waste as well as her own. Blood volume also rises to help accommodate the fetus’ needs (Marieb & Hoehn 2013).

Many women may be having the signs and symptoms of gestational diabetes and not know it nor know how harmful it can be to themselves or the unborn child. Some symptoms may include; blurred vision, fatigue, frequent infections, increased thirst, increased urination, nausea and vomiting, and weight loss in spite of increase appetite (Gutierrez, 2007). Having gestational diabetes can also cause harm to the unborn baby, the most common result is an increased birth weight that exceeds nine pounds (Gutierrez, 2009). In most cases not every woman that has gestational diabetes will have any of these symptoms but should be given an oral glucose tolerance test between the 24th and 28th week of pregnancy (Seibel, 2009). Almost every doctor in this day in age will have pregnant patients take this test regardless if the patient is having symptoms or not.

**Hormonal changes** occur throughout pregnancy. During your third trimester, high levels of relaxin hormones are working to help loosen your pelvic joints, in preparation for childbirth. This, and the fact that you're carrying a significant amount

By this week, the issues of pregnancy symptoms such as morning sickness, nausea and vomiting must have subsided fully or at the verge of disappearance. However, if you still face similar concerns frequently at this phase, it is advisable to visit your doctor as fast as possible. This is due to the fact that having the pregnancy symptoms in the twelfth week might be a indicator of molar pregnancy which happens when placenta is growing abnormally and can cause miscarriage woes

Pregnancy is a nine month process and it starts when the sperm penetrates an egg. One and a half days later the single fertilised egg begins to divide. After two to three days there are enough new cells to make the egg the size of a pin head.

During the first trimester, your pregnancy hormones will make you feel the morning sickness that consist vomiting and nausea. Nausea and vomiting can occur at any time of day. Pregnancy hormones do not adjust with every food and smell; therefore, some certain foods and smell can make you uneasy and feel nausea. The second trimester gives you relief from nausea and

Research-Emotions of pregnant women can range from high to low and these are called “mood swings”. Pregnant women may experience fear, forgetfulness, weepiness and postpartum depression. Fear happens in the first -trimester because this is the period where miscarriage could happen, a pregnant woman would also be worried if the labour would hurt and question themselves if they would be good parents. Pregnant women may sometimes be forgetful as they are always in a panic and there is evidence that points to the hippocampus that it may change during pregnancy.

As time passes, the breasts lose their youthful contour, become less firm and the skin loses its elasticity. These changes may result from gravity, weight fluctuations, pregnancy/breastfeeding and/or genetics.

Constipation, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, upset stomach, loss of appetite, body aches and pains, breast increasing, cough, dizziness, trouble sleeping, weakness, flushing and sweating, vaginal bleeding, and weight loss.

Patients with early, normal intrauterine pregnancies often present with signs and symptoms similar to those encountered in patients with ectopic pregnancies and other gynecologic or gastrointestinal conditions. The availability of various biochemical, ultrasonographic, and surgical modalities can aid in establishing a definitive diagnosis and differentiating among various conditions. Serum β-HCG levels correlate with the size and gestational age in normal embryonic growth. In a normal pregnancy, the β-HCG level doubles every 48–72 hours until it reaches 10,000–20,000 mIU/mL. In ectopic pregnancies, β-HCG levels usually increase less. Ultrasonography is arguably the most important tool for diagnosing an extrauterine pregnancy, although it is more frequently used to confirm an intrauterine pregnancy. Ultrasonography for a presumed ectopic pregnancy shows an empty uterus on endovaginal ultrasonographic images in patients with a serum beta–human chorionic gonadotropin (β-HCG) level greater than the discriminatory cutoff value is an ectopic pregnancy until proven otherwise. An empty uterus may also represent a recent abortion. In the presence of a definite ectopic pregnancy, a thick, brightly echogenic, ringlike structure is located outside the uterus, with a gestational sac containing an

Heavy vaginal bleeding; ovaries make progesterone for two weeks following ovulation. At the end of that

Decrease in progesterone stimulates the uterus to contract. Contractions release oxytocin, causing even stronger contractions. More oxytocin is released until baby is born. Once baby is born the brain sends signals for contractions to stop. The positive feedback system serves to increase contractions to ensure that baby is delivered as quickly as possible.

A woman’s body is remarkable with an interplay of hormones that works with the body to provide the perfect place for the conception of and the development of an unborn child. Just as increased hormone levels trigger puberty and the onset of menses, their decline and cessation bring on peri-menopause and eventual menopause.

Next example of pain during the postpartum stage would be breast tenderness or mastitis. Breast tenderness is going to come from the breast becoming engorged with the milk coming in, and if the mother does not breast feed it will be extremely painful for several days till it subsides. The mastitis is when the mother does breast feed, but the milk ducts become clogged and infected.

For many women, the typical signs of pregnancy are when their period doesn't arrive on time, providing they've been active sexually. But can you be pregnant and not know it? There are some factors that might conceal the pregnancy, even more than six weeks. Taking into consideration all the mental and physical changes that usually happen to expecting moms, it’s hard to believe how a woman couldn’t possibly know. Truth be told, the experience called a cryptic pregnancy, isn’t so uncommon.