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What Are The Symptoms Of Potential Pregnancy?
i stopped taking the conraceptive pill on the 21 feb and had a period on the 23 feb which finished on the 27 feb on the 9 march i had small spotting which lasted about 1 min which was very light in colour since then i have cramping,lower backache,nausea,fatigue,eating food i dont normaly like and food i do like makes me feel nauseas, could this be signs of early pregnancy i have had 3 children
Mon, 11 Apr 2016
Hallow Dear,
You had your menses from 23rd through 27th February. Then on 9th March you had just a spotting. This is your ovulation bleeding which is called as Mittelschmerz.
Now whether you are pregnant or not depends up on whether you have missed your period which was due on or around 23rd March. The first cardinal symptom of pregnancy is missing a period. All other symptoms like nausea, vomiting & pica, frequent urination, breast symptoms like engorgement & tenderness, dark discolouration of the nipples and areola with areolar widening, Montgomery's tubercles and secretions through the nipples appear about 8-10 days after missing a period.
If you have not missed period, wait for the period. If it misses, you may perform the pregnancy test on the overnight first morning urine sample a week after missed period. Earlier theses tests may report false negative. Alternatively you may opt for Beta hCG test which is very sensitive and gives reliable reports even few days before missing the period.
If you get the period and/or the tests are negative, you are not pregnant. These symptoms then could be due to gastro-intestinal problems like indigestion. Even Jaundice may cause such symptoms. You will have very high coloured urine in jaundice. Liver disturbance during or due to birth control pills is known.
If these symptoms persist in spite of not being pregnant, please report to the Physician for investigations and treatment.
Dr. Nishikant Shrotri
You had your menses from 23rd through 27th February. Then on 9th March you had just a spotting. This is your ovulation bleeding which is called as Mittelschmerz.
Now whether you are pregnant or not depends up on whether you have missed your period which was due on or around 23rd March. The first cardinal symptom of pregnancy is missing a period. All other symptoms like nausea, vomiting & pica, frequent urination, breast symptoms like engorgement & tenderness, dark discolouration of the nipples and areola with areolar widening, Montgomery's tubercles and secretions through the nipples appear about 8-10 days after missing a period.
If you have not missed period, wait for the period. If it misses, you may perform the pregnancy test on the overnight first morning urine sample a week after missed period. Earlier theses tests may report false negative. Alternatively you may opt for Beta hCG test which is very sensitive and gives reliable reports even few days before missing the period.
If you get the period and/or the tests are negative, you are not pregnant. These symptoms then could be due to gastro-intestinal problems like indigestion. Even Jaundice may cause such symptoms. You will have very high coloured urine in jaundice. Liver disturbance during or due to birth control pills is known.
If these symptoms persist in spite of not being pregnant, please report to the Physician for investigations and treatment.
Dr. Nishikant Shrotri
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