Odd Pregnancy Signs – Am I Pregnant?

Written by sara
December 23, 2008
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Most women experience the common early pregnancy symptoms that all point to pregnancy. By a week after having missed their period it become really obvious that she is pregnant.

For a few moms to be, they don’t have any of the early pregnancy signs. My midwife tells a story of a client of hers who had a baby with the midwife. The mom breast feed the baby exclusively at first and then transitioned the baby to solid food and continued breastfeeding as well. When the baby was about a year old the mom came to the midwife and said that her belly was growing but she did not know why. Well, it turns out that she was five months pregnant!

The mom was shocked and surprised. Yet, the mom did not have any of the early pregnancy signs she did not have any odd pregnancy signs either.

Dangerous early pregnancy signs

Here is a list of dangerous signs that may indicate that you are at risk of losing your pregnancy. If you start to experience any of these dangerous early pregnancy warning signs call your midwife or doctor immediately.

Hard Cramping Or Contractions
The only time hard cramping is a good thing is late in your ninth month when it is time for the baby to be born. Anytime before that it is a sign that either you are dehydrated or are starting to miscarry. Lay down on your left side, drink plenty of water. If you are dehydrated, drinking the water will slow down the contractions and they will eventually top.

Vaginal Bleeding
Vaginal bleeding is always a sign of problems during pregnancy. A little implantation spotting is normal. A little light spotting after sexual intercourse is possible if the cervix was bumped. It is always best to check with your doctor or midwife.

Heavy bleeding especially with cramping or contractions is a warning sign that something is wrong. Seek medical help at the nearest hospital.

Even during labor a woman should not be bleeding heavily. Some light spotting during labor is normal as the cervix is stretching, also known as bloody show. Heavy bleeding during labor, before the baby is born, is a sign that something is going wrong with the mother and baby, such as placenta abruption which is life threatening for both mother and child.

Yeast Infection
A vaginal yeast infection, if left untreated could cause preterm labor. As soon as you notice itching, burning, mucus that looks like cottage cheese or foul smelling vaginal discharge call you healthcare provider. If it is a yeast infection treat it with Monostat-7 or the generic equivalent medicine.

Why not use the one day treatment to knock out the yeast infection instead of dealing with the mess for a week? During pregnancy your immune system is suppressed so that the baby can grow safely in your womb. Depending on how severe your yeast infection is your body will need the seven day treatment to completely knock out the vaginal yeast infection.

Sharp Pain On One Side – Ectopic
Ectopic pregnancy is a pregnancy that is outside of the uterus. Most ectopic pregnancies occur in the fallopian tube. The fertilized egg is supposed to float down the fallopian tube and then implant itself into the uterus, but it doesn’t make it. Instead it gets stuck and begins to grow. The fallopian tube is not designed to carry a baby to term.

Ectopic or tubal pregnancy usually does not cause the mom to have the same early pregnancy signs. The hGC hormone level increases much more slowly so that mom doesn’t experience morning sickness, tender breasts, no implantation cramping, nothing.

The sharp pain that you feel one side of your abdomen is blood pooling in the abdomen. As the blood collects in the abdomen, where is should not be, it begins to irritate the colon and intestines causing them to slow down and not work very well. If you were trying to get pregnant or had unprotected sexual intercourse, constipation is an early pregnancy sign. So one would naturally think that ok, she is pregnant.

What is happening is that the mom is bleeding internally. Either from the end of the fallopian tube or the tube has ruptured possibly tearing open the uterine artery. At this point she has hours at best to live unless she gets immediate surgery to stop the bleeding.

It Is A Lose.

After the surgery and mom wakes up from the aesthesia she is going to grieve the loss of her baby. Even though she never has the chance to see or hold the baby, she will be attached to the child.

Husband / boyfriend, be gentle with her, she is hurting both physically and emotionally. Be there for her. Let her cry. She will recount the same feelings, stories and emotions. That is ok. Let her. She needs to.

From all of the moms that I have spoken with that have had either an ectopic or miscarriage, it took them about two months for the emotional pain to subside.

If you are experiencing any of these symptoms or odd signs of early pregnancy talk to your midwife or doctor quickly.

Early Pregnant

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