Pregnancy

What are the early signs of pregnancy?

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English

የመጀመሪያ የእርግዝና ምልክቶች ምንድን ናቸው?
በመጀመሪያዎቹ ሳምንታት ሊታዩ የሚችሉ የተለመዱ ምልክቶች እና እነሱ ከሰው ሰው እንደሚለያዩ የሚያብራራ አጭር መልስ።


Amharic question: የመጀመሪያ የእርግዝና ምልክቶች ምንድን ናቸው?

English question: What are the early signs of pregnancy?

Answer:

Early pregnancy feels different for everyone, so this is a general picture rather than a checklist. A missed period is often the first thing people notice. Around the same time you may feel more tired than usual, feel sick to your stomach, which many call morning sickness even though it can come at any time of day, and notice that your breasts feel tender or fuller. Some people need to pass urine more often, go off certain foods or smells, or feel their moods shift more than usual.

Here's the key part. These signs come from the change in hormones, which are the body's chemical messengers, and many of them can also happen for reasons that have nothing to do with pregnancy. Many people notice the first signs around the time of a missed period, but this varies from person to person. Noticing some of them doesn't confirm a pregnancy, and noticing none of them doesn't rule one out. The only way to know for sure is a pregnancy test, which you can do at home with a simple urine test from a pharmacy, most reliably from the first day of a missed period onward.

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