If you’ve never been pregnant before, you may be a little surprised or even somewhat frightened by the early pregnancy symptoms that many women experience. While the obvious things like weight gain and a bulging belly are inevitable, some other early pregnancy symptoms can be a little more troublesome. Fatigue is a common side effect of pregnancy. Most women feel more tired than usual during the first trimester, and this fatigue can often last throughout the pregnancy. Some early pregnancy symptoms include a swelling and tenderness of the breasts. This can sometimes be mildly painful but is usually more of an annoyance and will go away in due time. Getting more frequent headaches and obtaining a strange ability to notice smells more strongly than usual are also early pregnancy symptoms. Strange cravings for foods that you may not normally eat are also some common symptoms although this is much more rare than other issues you may experience.

Mood swings including crying spells are often earmark early pregnancy symptoms. Your hormones are going through a huge change, so it’s to be expected that you may have a hard time keeping your emotions in check. Bloating and slight cramping are other problems, as well as spotty bleeding. If you feel more cramping or notice more bleeding than normal, it is definitely advised that you talk to your doctor about this as soon as possible in order to prevent any issues from occurring later on down the line. Morning sickness is one of many early pregnancy symptoms, and almost all pregnant women go through this phase. Sometimes you may not vomit but you will feel nauseas and this can last throughout the morning. In most cases it does go away after a little while. All of these early symptoms usually subside by the middle of the second trimester.