Early pregnancy (first trimester) abdominal symptoms include nausea/morning sickness, cramping, constipation, heartburn, bloating, and gas.
In early pregnancy, a bigger belly or feeling of tightness is probably due to digestive changes. As your uterus takes up more room in your pelvis, it's pushing your intestines upward. In addition, hormonal changes are slowing your digestion, leading to increased gas and constipation.
Your body is preparing itself to house a rapidly growing baby for the next several months. At 4 weeks pregnant, you might experience a bit of bloating and cramping particularly in your abdomen, as your uterine lining is getting a bit thicker, and the swelling means your womb is taking up more space than usual.
On the other hand, a fat belly is softer and you'll also tend to see fat layers on the stomach rather than a protruding belly with a smooth dome as you would with a pregnant belly [1].
It'll likely happen on and off, and you might wonder: “Why is my pregnant belly sometimes hard and sometimes soft?” After all, it can feel pretty bizarre. Luckily, it's usually nothing to worry about—but it's good to keep in mind that there could be multiple reasons for it, depending on which trimester you're in.
This is known as Mittelschmerz, a slight, one-sided ache or twinge in the pelvis caused by the release of the egg during ovulation. At two weeks pregnant, your belly won't show any signs of a bump yet, although you may feel a little more gassy or bloated than usual.
Overview. The linea nigra, or pregnancy line, is a dark line that starts at your pubic bone and extends through your belly button during pregnancy.
It takes about 2 to 3 weeks after sex for pregnancy to happen. Some people notice pregnancy symptoms as early as a week after pregnancy begins — when a fertilized egg attaches to the wall of your uterus. Other people don't notice symptoms until a few months into their pregnancy.
Normal discharge during pregnancy is clear or white, and usually a bit sticky; it should not have a noticeable odor. It's OK if your discharge looks a little yellow on your underwear or panty liner during pregnancy, too.
What does a positive sugar pregnancy test look like? What does a negative result look like? Fans of the test say that a positive result will cause the sugar to turn dry and clumpy. If the result is negative, the sugar will just dissolve in the urine, they claim.
Harmless stomach pains, which can be dull or sharp, may be caused by: ligament pain (often called "growing pains" as the ligaments stretch to support your growing bump) – this can feel like a sharp cramp on one side of your lower tummy.
A fetus might be in any of these positions: Left occiput anterior: The head is down, the fetus is facing the pregnant person's back, and they are in the left side of the womb. Right occiput anterior: The position is the same as that above, but the fetus is in the womb's right side.
However, this change can be more pronounced during pregnancy. It can range from an intense bright yellow to a darker shade that resembles orange-yellow. The pigment urochrome, also known as urobilin, causes the colour of urine. As the body breaks down haemoglobin from dead red blood cells, it produces urobilin.
Pseudocyesis, or false pregnancy, is when a person thinks they are pregnant when they are not. People with pseudocyesis have pregnancy symptoms, but tests will confirm there's no pregnancy. Healthcare providers believe psychological and hormonal factors may cause it.
Pimples are likely to show up on your face, neck, chest, or back. And we're not talking about small whiteheads. During pregnancy, you're likely to see nodular acne. These zits run deep and are usually red and painful.
By the time they're 5 weeks pregnant, only about half of women have symptoms. It's not unusual at this point to have no pregnancy symptoms or symptoms that come and go. In fact, even women with severe symptoms have stretches when they feel okay, thanks to fluctuations in hormone levels.
Your girlfriends might not have prepared you for this: Pregnancy can make you gassy. Once you find out your baby is on the way, you may start to feel bloated and full around the belly, you may burp more often, and you may – to put it subtly – pass wind more than you're used to.