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What Are The Chances Of Pregnancy If Having Backaches, Mood Swings, Breast Tenderness, Abdominal Cramping?
Hi I think my girlfriend is preganant she has mant symptoms over last few weeks such as,backaches,mood swings,nose bleeds,breasts look bigger, abdominal cramping/pain,dizziness,headaches,loss of appetite,metalic taste in her mouth, very tired all day,feeling sick/nausea, bigger sense of smell. Please help me thanks
Fri, 18 Mar 2016
Hallow Dear,
Amongst all the symptoms you have narrated, engorgement of the breasts, nausea and metallic taste in the mouth can be due to pregnancy; the other symptoms are not classic symptoms of pregnancy.
In fact, the first cardinal symptom to appear is missing a period. You have not mentioned any information about her menstruation. About 8-10 days after the missed period, the other cardinal symptoms of early pregnancy; i.e. nausea & vomiting with pica, frequent urination and breast signs like engorgement & tenderness, dark discolouration of nipples & areola with areolar widening, Montgomery's tubercles under the areola and secretions from the nipples appear.
If she is yet to miss her period, please wait to see if it misses it. If she has already missed her period, get her pregnancy test done on the overnight early morning first urine sample 8 days after the missed period. Done earlier, these tests may report false negative. Alternatively, you may opt for Beta hCG test which gives reliable report even few days before missing a period.
I hope I could help you today.
Dr. Nishikant Shrotri
Amongst all the symptoms you have narrated, engorgement of the breasts, nausea and metallic taste in the mouth can be due to pregnancy; the other symptoms are not classic symptoms of pregnancy.
In fact, the first cardinal symptom to appear is missing a period. You have not mentioned any information about her menstruation. About 8-10 days after the missed period, the other cardinal symptoms of early pregnancy; i.e. nausea & vomiting with pica, frequent urination and breast signs like engorgement & tenderness, dark discolouration of nipples & areola with areolar widening, Montgomery's tubercles under the areola and secretions from the nipples appear.
If she is yet to miss her period, please wait to see if it misses it. If she has already missed her period, get her pregnancy test done on the overnight early morning first urine sample 8 days after the missed period. Done earlier, these tests may report false negative. Alternatively, you may opt for Beta hCG test which gives reliable report even few days before missing a period.
I hope I could help you today.
Dr. Nishikant Shrotri
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I really appreciate your concern, such symptoms may not indicates the pregnancy but this could be something else, if you want to confirm the pregnancy for sure then you need to get done the ultrasonography test, but given symptoms can not rule out the conception, hope this information helps, take care and have a nice day.
Well come to HCM
I really appreciate your concern, such symptoms may not indicates the pregnancy but this could be something else, if you want to confirm the pregnancy for sure then you need to get done the ultrasonography test, but given symptoms can not rule out the conception, hope this information helps, take care and have a nice day.
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