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When a woman longs for a baby, her body often gives many signals that let her know with certainty that she will become a mother in nine months. These signals often appear much earlier than, for example, a pregnancy test would detect that a woman is pregnant.

However, for a woman to notice these signals, she should know her body well; only then will she recognize that something is "different" than it was before. A delayed period is no longer the only main symptom of pregnancy.

Sore breasts

Sore breasts are a very common symptom. This is because breast tissue is very sensitive to hormone levels in the body and reacts to any change. In some women, however, sensitive and sore breasts appear already during ovulation, but if the pain persists, it’s clear that your efforts have paid off.

Cramps

The beginning of pregnancy can be accompanied by unpleasant cramps in the lower abdomen that resemble menstrual cramps. This is because the fertilized egg attaches to the uterus and the uterus itself begins preparing for the whole pregnancy process.

Fatigue

Many women reported that the beginnings of pregnancy were physically very demanding for them. Mainly because they felt unusually tired all the time and even ordinary daily activities exhausted them. You must realize that a new life is growing inside us, which needs a lot of energy.

Areola color

Once the body realizes that a new life is beginning to take hold in our uterus, it can also show up on our breasts, more precisely on the nipples and their coloring. Pregnancy hormones can affect the cells in the nipples, that is melanocytes, which influence nipple coloration. During pregnancy our nipples can be darker than they were before.

Nausea

Morning sickness simply belongs to pregnancy and occurs in up to 85% of all pregnant women. But this morning sickness comes only a few weeks later. We now mean mild nausea, for example from car rides, from perfume, from reading in the car and from other activities that never bothered you before.

Spotting

Many women believe that the aforementioned spotting is a period, but that is not entirely true. Spotting can appear 10 to 14 days after the fertilization of the egg, because the fertilized egg has implanted in our uterus. However, occasional spotting can also appear in later months of pregnancy; it is not unusual.

Bloating

An unpleasant feeling of bloating can be caused by increased levels of progesterone, which slow down the digestive system and make our tummy look like a balloon, which also happens, among other things, during menstruation. So if you feel bloated and your period didn’t arrive when it should have, it’s time to see your gynecologist.

Headache

To begin with, it’s worth mentioning that headaches will subside over time. They are caused by the increasing blood volume, which is common in the first weeks of pregnancy.

Mood swings

This last point is essentially a summary of all the points mentioned above. When your breasts, lower abdomen and head hurt and you also feel tired and bloated, who would be in a good mood all the time, right?