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Are Sore Breasts, Back Pain And Mucus Discharge Due To Pregnancy?
hi my name is nicola i have been trying to conceve for three weeks now. i have sore breasts , back pain ,feeling sick , cant stand smells of certain foods & i have had sum clear mucas in my under wear i'm not sure if i'm pregnant. could i please have your theory on this quetsion
Thu, 3 Mar 2016
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First of all, you should check a pregnancy test now. It will turn positive about two weeks after conception. If the test remains negative over the next couple of weeks, then it is very likely that you did not get pregnant during this last cycle. The symptoms that you are describing could be related to ovulation, when you experience pain just before release of an egg, and the cervical mucous becomes more clear and stretchy. The other more vague symptoms are more likely just related to hormonal changes during your cycle.
I hope that this helps and good luck!
Dr. Raichle
First of all, you should check a pregnancy test now. It will turn positive about two weeks after conception. If the test remains negative over the next couple of weeks, then it is very likely that you did not get pregnant during this last cycle. The symptoms that you are describing could be related to ovulation, when you experience pain just before release of an egg, and the cervical mucous becomes more clear and stretchy. The other more vague symptoms are more likely just related to hormonal changes during your cycle.
I hope that this helps and good luck!
Dr. Raichle
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Dear Nicola,
Yes, the symptoms you have described do fit into the symptoms of early pregnancy. However, the first cardinal symptom to appear is missing a period about which there is no mention in your history. All other symptoms mentioned bellow appear about 8-15 days of missed period. They are:
* Nausea and vomiting with pica
* Frequent urination
* Breast symptoms : Engorgement & tenderness, dark discolouration of nipples & areola with widening of areola, appearance of Montgomery's tubercles under areola and secretions from the nipples.
Please ensure whether you have missed your period. If so, still the pregnancy is never diagnosed only on the symptoms. It has to be confirmed. You can confirm it by pregnancy test 8 days after missed period on overnight early morning first urine sample. Done earlier, these test may give false negative results. Else, you can opt for Beta hCG test which is very sensitive and gives reliable results even few days before missing a period.
One more advice regarding your attempts to conceive. You have been trying for three weeks. Please understand the physiology of conception. Egg is released only once per cycle and that is on day 14 prior to next expected menses. Egg has life of 24 hours while the sperms are active for 72 hours. Hence a period of about 8-10 days around the day of egg release is fertile period. So intercourse during this period only will increase the chances of conception, rest of the days, intercourse is only for recreation.
I hope this will help you to confirm the diagnosis of pregnancy; and if you are not pregnant, it will help you to conceive in next cycle(s).
Dr. Nishikant Shrotri
Yes, the symptoms you have described do fit into the symptoms of early pregnancy. However, the first cardinal symptom to appear is missing a period about which there is no mention in your history. All other symptoms mentioned bellow appear about 8-15 days of missed period. They are:
* Nausea and vomiting with pica
* Frequent urination
* Breast symptoms : Engorgement & tenderness, dark discolouration of nipples & areola with widening of areola, appearance of Montgomery's tubercles under areola and secretions from the nipples.
Please ensure whether you have missed your period. If so, still the pregnancy is never diagnosed only on the symptoms. It has to be confirmed. You can confirm it by pregnancy test 8 days after missed period on overnight early morning first urine sample. Done earlier, these test may give false negative results. Else, you can opt for Beta hCG test which is very sensitive and gives reliable results even few days before missing a period.
One more advice regarding your attempts to conceive. You have been trying for three weeks. Please understand the physiology of conception. Egg is released only once per cycle and that is on day 14 prior to next expected menses. Egg has life of 24 hours while the sperms are active for 72 hours. Hence a period of about 8-10 days around the day of egg release is fertile period. So intercourse during this period only will increase the chances of conception, rest of the days, intercourse is only for recreation.
I hope this will help you to confirm the diagnosis of pregnancy; and if you are not pregnant, it will help you to conceive in next cycle(s).
Dr. Nishikant Shrotri
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