{"id":31,"date":"2019-10-01T10:59:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T10:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.askthemidwife.co.uk\/?p=31"},"modified":"2019-10-01T10:59:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T10:59:24","slug":"31-signs-and-symptoms-of-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.askthemidwife.co.uk\/?p=31","title":{"rendered":"31 Signs And Symptoms Of Pregnancy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Congratulations on getting pregnant!&nbsp; Now the fun begins\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you\u2019re trying to conceive you watch out for every little sign and subtle nuance that could mean you\u2019re pregnant.&nbsp; Too early to test yet but think you might be pregnant?&nbsp; You could get all of these signs or none at all&nbsp;\u2013 welcome to pregnancy where everything is normal yet could be abnormal!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It\u2019s all about the boobs!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bigger Breasts<\/li><li>Sore, tender breasts<\/li><li>Nipples get darker and more prominent<\/li><li>Don\u2019t touch!\u00a0Increased sensitivity<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Digestion issues\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Nausea and Vomiting (not just in the morning!)<\/li><li>Constipation<\/li><li>Loose bowels<\/li><li>Excess wind!<\/li><li>Weight gain (some lose weight initially with all the vomiting..)<\/li><li>Indigestion<\/li><li>Excess saliva<\/li><li>Feeling bloated<\/li><li>Going off certain foods<\/li><li>Cravings<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aches and Pains<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Headaches<\/li><li>Backache<\/li><li>Low abdominal ache\/period type pains<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Skin changes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Moles and freckles get darker\/bigger<\/li><li>Skin breakout<\/li><li>Improvement in skin problems<\/li><li>Sensitive skin<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sleep (or lack of)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Insomnia<\/li><li>Fatigue<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Weird and (not so) wonderful<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Stuffy nose without having a cold<\/li><li>Restless legs<\/li><li>Increased sense of smell (dog like \u2013 seriously!)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In the downstairs region<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Needing to pee more often (especially at night)<\/li><li>Increased vaginal discharge<\/li><li>Swollen labia<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Last but not least \u2013 the obvious!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Missed\/ late&nbsp;period<\/li><li>A positive pregnancy test!<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations on getting pregnant!&nbsp; Now the fun begins\u2026 When you\u2019re trying to conceive you watch out for every little sign and subtle nuance that could mean you\u2019re pregnant.&nbsp; Too early to test yet but think you might be pregnant?&nbsp; You could get all of these signs or none at all&nbsp;\u2013 welcome to pregnancy where everything &#8230; <a title=\"31 Signs And Symptoms Of Pregnancy\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.askthemidwife.co.uk\/?p=31\" aria-label=\"Read more about 31 Signs And Symptoms Of Pregnancy\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askthemidwife.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askthemidwife.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askthemidwife.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askthemidwife.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askthemidwife.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.askthemidwife.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37,"href":"https:\/\/www.askthemidwife.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions\/37"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askthemidwife.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askthemidwife.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askthemidwife.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askthemidwife.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}