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Are Discharges, Cramping And Tiredness A Sign Of Pregnancy?
Hello. My nname is christina and I dont know if I'm pregnant yet but I have been trying and this will be my first if I am. Right now I am waiting to see if my period will start which if it does and is normal should be within the next 7 days. I have the most abnormal periods ever! But the first week of may I had my first 7 day normal period since i was 16. I'm 22 now. I was wondering, I have been having white discharge and im not sure if that means I should be expecting my period or if its a sign of pregnancy. I have been tired, experiencing the mild cramping, hungry (which i never experience when my period is coming) and just today started feeling nauseous which I feel like before my period starts. I've been very irratible too. Ultimatley I know only a test can tell me wether or not i am pregnant but im wondering since I'm a first timer in this situation if white discharge during the first 4 weeks of pregnancy would be normal? Thanks again.
Mon, 23 May 2016
Dear Christina,
In science, there is no scope just for any guesswork. If someone supports your guesswork, you just get euphoria and nothing else.
In fact, the first cardinal symptom of pregnancy is missing a period. All other symptoms like nausea & vomiting, frequent urination and breast symptoms appear about a week or more after the missed period. Anyway, discharge, cramping and tiredness are not the classic cardinal symptoms of pregnancy.
And even if all the cardinal symptoms are present, pregnancy has to be diagnosed by confirmatory tests.
So please wait till you miss your period and a week after that perform pregnancy test on the overnight first morning urine sample. Earlier these tests may report false negative. Alternatively, you may opt for Beta hCG test which is very sensitive and gives reliable results even few days before missing a period.
I hope this should bring down your panic and help you for scientific approach.
Dr. Nishikant Shrotri
In science, there is no scope just for any guesswork. If someone supports your guesswork, you just get euphoria and nothing else.
In fact, the first cardinal symptom of pregnancy is missing a period. All other symptoms like nausea & vomiting, frequent urination and breast symptoms appear about a week or more after the missed period. Anyway, discharge, cramping and tiredness are not the classic cardinal symptoms of pregnancy.
And even if all the cardinal symptoms are present, pregnancy has to be diagnosed by confirmatory tests.
So please wait till you miss your period and a week after that perform pregnancy test on the overnight first morning urine sample. Earlier these tests may report false negative. Alternatively, you may opt for Beta hCG test which is very sensitive and gives reliable results even few days before missing a period.
I hope this should bring down your panic and help you for scientific approach.
Dr. Nishikant Shrotri
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