How do I know if I'm pregnant?

If menstruation is delayed after having sex for a period of time, many people will wonder if they are pregnant. At this time, they should start to pay attention to whether they have the following symptoms, such as delayed menstruation, fatigue, etc. How can you know if you are pregnant? How to judge whether you are pregnant? Let's see what the experts say.

How can I know if I am pregnant?

1. Do you have "early pregnancy reaction"?

If your menstrual period is already very irregular, your period has stopped for several weeks, and you are already pregnant but don’t know it, then in the sixth week of pregnancy, you will experience the so-called "early pregnancy symptoms" such as nausea, vomiting, fatigue, craving for spicy food, and ferociousness.

2. Is there an increase in urination?

After 8 weeks of pregnancy, the expanded uterus presses on the bladder, which will reflexively cause increased urination, sometimes even several times or even dozens of times an hour. The frequency of urination increases, but the amount of urination does not increase, and is accompanied by mild dizziness, nausea and vomiting.

3. Is there a slight and continuous increase in body temperature?

Under normal circumstances, young women have a lower body temperature in the early ovulation period and a higher body temperature after ovulation. If your period has been delayed for a few weeks and you feel an unexplained rapid heartbeat, go to the pharmacy and buy a thermometer to measure it. If the measurement results show that your body temperature is slightly higher than usual for 20 consecutive days and continues to rise, you are very likely to be pregnant.

4. Are there any significant changes in the breasts?

If you have a high-intensity job, a fast-paced lifestyle, and are already eight weeks pregnant without knowing it, abnormal changes in your breasts can be an important reminder to you. After eight weeks of pregnancy, the breasts will feel swollen, numb and slightly itchy. The color of the nipples will become increasingly darker, and dark red thick lumps will appear around the nipples.

How to determine pregnancy?

1. Pregnancy test strips: After having sex without any contraceptive methods, if the woman's period is delayed on that day, you can use a pregnancy test strip to test first. However, due to many factors such as the quality of pregnancy test strips, differences in urine sample collection, and improper testing methods, certain deviations may also occur. Therefore, it is recommended to buy products from reliable and well-known brands, and use morning urine for testing to improve the accuracy of the test.

2. Blood test for hCG: The most reliable way to naturally determine the early stages of pregnancy is to have a blood test for hCG. The test can be done 7-10 days after intercourse (it is recommended to test after 10 days for more accuracy). From a physiological point of view, when a woman is pregnant, a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) will be produced in her body. It starts to be secreted on the 6th day after insemination. Generally, hCG can be detected in blood cells 7 days after insemination. Its concentration will increase with the increase of pregnancy time, reaching a peak value at 8-10 weeks of pregnancy, and then decrease rapidly after about 10 days. Therefore, in clinical medicine, pregnancy is determined by testing the specific indicator value of hCG.