Are you wondering if you could be pregnant? find out some of the early pregnancy symptoms I had t...
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When I found out I was pregnant, it was the happiest day of my life. Little did I know my body was going to feel like it had been taken over by aliens. These are the symptoms I was experiencing the week I found out I was pregnant.
Early Pregnancy Symptom #1 Needing to use the bathroom all the time
The week I found out I was pregnant I was constantly running to the bathroom. I could not go for more than an hour or two at a time without making a pit stop. I thought that maybe I was getting a urinary tract infection.
Nighttime was the worst. I would just fall asleep and then be woken up with the need to use the bathroom. This would happen several times throughout the night. This was actually one of the reasons I thought I could be pregnant.
To lessen the trips to the bathroom at night I began to limit the amount I would drink in the evenings. This helps some, but the nighttime bathroom trips were still a regular occurrence.
Early Pregnancy Symptom #2 Nausea
One of the pregnancy symptoms I had the week I found out I was pregnant was nausea. From the time I got up in the morning my stomach felt like it was doing flip-flops. The smell of certain foods made me turn green. I never actually threw up in the first few weeks of pregnancy though.
I think I would have felt better had I been able to throw up. I tried eating crackers in the morning before I got out of bed. That did not really help too well. I also tried drinking Ginger ale. It would help for a little while. I ate only bland foods. I tried to avoid being around where food was cooking.
I could not wear any perfume or lotion that was scented. Going to the store was miserable. My stomach just could not take so many different fragrances. I did find that if I sucked on a piece of peppermint candy my stomach would settle for a little bit.
The nausea only got worse as my pregnancy went along. I started vomiting around eight weeks. I would throw up several times a day. I still to this day do not understand why they called it morning sickness.
Early Pregnancy Symptom #3 Tired
Early Pregnancy Symptom #1 Needing to use the bathroom all the time
The week I found out I was pregnant I was constantly running to the bathroom. I could not go for more than an hour or two at a time without making a pit stop. I thought that maybe I was getting a urinary tract infection.
Nighttime was the worst. I would just fall asleep and then be woken up with the need to use the bathroom. This would happen several times throughout the night. This was actually one of the reasons I thought I could be pregnant.
To lessen the trips to the bathroom at night I began to limit the amount I would drink in the evenings. This helps some, but the nighttime bathroom trips were still a regular occurrence.
Early Pregnancy Symptom #2 Nausea
One of the pregnancy symptoms I had the week I found out I was pregnant was nausea. From the time I got up in the morning my stomach felt like it was doing flip-flops. The smell of certain foods made me turn green. I never actually threw up in the first few weeks of pregnancy though.
I think I would have felt better had I been able to throw up. I tried eating crackers in the morning before I got out of bed. That did not really help too well. I also tried drinking Ginger ale. It would help for a little while. I ate only bland foods. I tried to avoid being around where food was cooking.
I could not wear any perfume or lotion that was scented. Going to the store was miserable. My stomach just could not take so many different fragrances. I did find that if I sucked on a piece of peppermint candy my stomach would settle for a little bit.
The nausea only got worse as my pregnancy went along. I started vomiting around eight weeks. I would throw up several times a day. I still to this day do not understand why they called it morning sickness.
Early Pregnancy Symptom #3 Tired
- Feeling like your period is going to start can be an early pregnancy symptom.
- I suffered with nausea the first few months of being pregnant.
- Peppermint helped with the early pregnancy nausea.
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kay
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12/13/2009
im completely a new bee and have no idea what to expect?
kisha
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12/04/2009
Its been about a week nd its like certain smells make me feel nausea.... last nite my stomach was killin me like cramps lettin me know my periods was comin but nathan.....I use the bathroom like 4 times threw da nite I get hungry like every other meal nd also xtremly thirsty.......I've sleepin xtra late in the day.....nd when I lay down for a minute and get up I feel so nausea... or after I just drunk or ate somethin......... I'm confused this my first time goin thru this............
anita
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09/14/2009
well i have to pee alot i dont know if im pregnant its only been almost a week that i u know lol but i have been in the bathroom soo much like i pee a little at a time...kinda feel a lil nausiated can i be pregnant......again davisanna2000@yahoo.com
Jenny
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10/07/2008
Im 6 weeks along on my second pregnancy and I am just tired most of the time as well as I have to use the bathroom frequently as well...I have to say to The one girls rude comment about why we are talking about having to go pee during the first week. Let me say, girl you are soo wrong. Yes when you are farther along in your pregnancy the baby is what pushes on your bladder, but it's actually your changing uterus that is pushing on your bladder in the begining. So before you decide to ruin the sharing of everyone's happy experiences STUDY BEFORE YOU PREACH...people like you upset me and are ignorant! Sorry guys maybe it's the harmones...every woman is different, every pregnancy is different. Be healthy be safe god bless and enjoy.I know I am! Congrats all you mothers!
I had most of the same symptoms.
My biggest symptom was nausea. But once all of this stuff went away and I hit my second trimester everything was great and I began to enjoy being pregnant.
My biggest symptom was nausea. But once all of this stuff went away and I hit my second trimester everything was great and I began to enjoy being pregnant.
In the beginning, the need to use the bathroom more is not from the pressure of the growing baby. it is caused by the hormonal changes and your body producing more fluids. The hormone hcg triggers your body into going to the bathroom more. Each woman is also different and may or may not have the same symptoms.
Ok, I have to ask -- why is everyone writing that within the first WEEK you're using the bathroom more? The frequent trips to the bathroom is caused by pressure on the bladder because of the growth of the baby -- this doesn't happen until late in the second trimester or early in the third. I don't get why people are writing this -- is it because pregnant women are SUPPOSED to have to pee more? hilarious.
Great article! Glad I'm done with being pregnant. I have enough as it is anyway. LOL :-)
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