WHAT ARE SOME OF THE EARLY PREGNANCY SYMPTOMS TO LOOK FOR

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What are some of the early pregnancy symptoms to
look for
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• Pregnancy is a beautiful experience for a woman
  and as such it should be something to look
  forward to. However, many women end up realizing
  of their pregnancies a bit later than others
  because they are not aware of the signs and
  symptoms to look for.

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• Before taking the symptoms as a sign of
  pregnancy, it is important to also note that they
  can also be caused by other reasons that have
  nothing to do with pregnancy. Therefore the only
  true way to make sure you are indeed expectant is
  via a pregnancy test.

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• Below are some of most common pregnancy symptoms
  that expectant women experience during the first
  stage of pregnancy.

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• Usually, a missed period is the first sign of a
  pregnancy. This is because once a woman is
  expectant, the ovum that would have been shed is
  already fertile and hence the period will not
  occur. However, there are other reasons that can
  lead to a missed period but the most common is
  because there is a pregnancy.

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• The first and most common symptom is morning
  sickness. This is a feeling of nausea and
  sometimes vomiting during the first few minutes
  of waking up.

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• Though many women experience this in the morning,
  there are a few cases where the experience has
  occurred at different times of the day depending
  on the individuals hormones. Morning sickness
  usually occurs at around six weeks after they
  have had their period.

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• During the early stages of pregnancy a woman will
  experience a lot of unusual tiredness. This is
  caused by hormonal changes in your body which
  will continually alter your emotions.

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• The most common emotions that come with these are
  exhaustion, fatigue and nausea. If you find
  yourself experiencing a lot of unexplainable
  emotional changes such as those listed above you
  have a high likelihood of being in the early
  stages of a pregnancy.

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• Sore breasts I another early pregnancy sign. For
  an expectant woman, her breasts experience
  changes that may be similar to those experienced
  during their monthly period.

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• Some of these changes include, the veins becoming
  more visible, tenderness in the breasts and they
  tend to become a bit larger than usual. It is
  also expected that the nipples will become darker
  in color and they will become more pronounced
  meaning they will tend to protrude more outwards
  than usual.

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• During the early stages of pregnancy, a womans
  senses tend to become more sensitive. This is
  most common for smell, taste and cravings. These
  are characterized by a metallic taste in the
  mouth, strange cravings for foods that you
  havent had in a long time and sometimes for
  foods that you have never tried.

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• It is also common for you to lose interest in
  different kinds of food that you usually enjoy.
  Your sense of smell will become more sensitive to
  different smells especially those of foods.

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• It is also common for an expectant woman to have
  the urge to urinate more often than usual
  especially at night. She may also experience
  constipation and virginal discharges despite not
  having any sensations of soreness or irritation.