How Soon to Expect Pregnancy Symptoms

Discovering that you are expecting a baby creates a great deal of excitement. However, some women really do not think they are pregnant, if they have not experienced any pregnancy symptoms. Some may not even know for sure what type of pregnancy symptoms to expect either, or they may hate the thought of having pregnancy symptoms.

 Implantation

Many pregnant women experienced symptoms during the implantation stages around the first two or three weeks of pregnancy, and some of these symptoms continue into the second trimester. Some symptoms they may experience during the implantation stages include light bleeding, milky discharge, cramping or spotting, which can occur a few days after conception. The cramps experienced are similar to those that you will feel when you menstruate and since, they resemble a period most women assume they are starting a menstrual period. The changes experience during this stage is not serious and occurs due to hormone level changing rapidly.

Popular Symptoms

During the fourth to seven weeks period of pregnancy, some women start experiencing symptoms including morning sickness, breast tenderness, and fatigue along with increase urination. From eight to twelve weeks, they notice that symptoms occur more frequently. Those who had not experience any symptoms earlier may also start noticing morning sickness as well. Of course, some pregnant mom will survive this stage of the pregnancy with no symptoms at all.

Second Trimester

Around the second trimester, many women notice that the symptoms they experienced earlier like the breast tenderness, fatigue, urine frequency and morning sickness start dissipating. However, they start noticing other symptoms at this stage as well. Some common symptoms that they notice includes fetal movement, increase in abdomen growth and increase appetite.