Will the body temperature rise during early pregnancy?

If it's your first pregnancy, it's bound to be an exciting and nerve-wracking experience. The first pregnancy definitely involves a lack of pregnancy experience, and the biggest worry is abnormalities. In the early stages of pregnancy, pregnant women's bodies will show many early pregnancy reactions, but some pregnant women do not understand the early pregnancy symptoms very well and become very nervous when their body temperature rises. So, will body temperature rise in early pregnancy? Let’s take a look below.

One of the symptoms of early pregnancy is increased body temperature. The basal body temperature is around 37°C, and the increased body temperature will continue until the second trimester. This is mainly due to hormonal changes. Generally speaking, the normal human body temperature is 36-37℃ (measured under the armpit). The body temperature of pregnant women will rise in the early stages of pregnancy, but after the second trimester (13 weeks of pregnancy), the body temperature will return to its original normal state. In the early stages of pregnancy, the pregnant woman's body temperature is between 36.9℃-37.2℃. If this high temperature period lasts for more than 21 days and there are no other abnormal reactions, no menstruation, and even early pregnancy reactions, it can generally be considered a sign of pregnancy.

After a woman becomes pregnant, her luteinizing hormone rises. Generally, the basal body temperature of women in the follicular phase is 36.5°C, and the body temperature will rise by more than 0.5°C during the luteal phase. It is a normal physiological phenomenon for pregnant women to have an increased body temperature in the early stages of pregnancy. Pregnant women can pay attention to changes in their body temperature and use this to preliminarily infer that they are pregnant. If the body temperature changes, it will be maintained within the range of 36.9℃--37.2℃. If your body temperature fluctuates, it may be a sign of corpus luteum deficiency. Insufficient corpus luteum can easily lead to miscarriage or infertility. When there is a large change in body temperature, it should be taken seriously. For pregnant women who have experienced miscarriage, they should go to the hospital for examination in time and take appropriate measures.

What are the signs of pregnancy?

Generally speaking, there are many symptoms in the early stages of pregnancy, the most obvious of which is the cessation of menstruation. Changes in appetite, fatigue, etc. are also obvious symptoms. The symptoms described below are all possible signs of pregnancy. If you experience 4-5 or more of the following symptoms, you may need to go to the hospital for a check-up to see if you are pregnant.

Stopping menstruation: This is the most obvious sign of pregnancy. As long as a woman is of childbearing age and has normal menstruation, she may be pregnant if her period stops for more than two weeks after sexual intercourse.

Easy fatigue: In the early stages of pregnancy, many women feel tired, have no energy, and want to sleep. But this period will not last too long and will pass quickly. So if you start to feel drowsy after having sex and your period is delayed, these may be signs of pregnancy.

Changes in appetite: Some women begin to experience a change in appetite shortly after their menstrual period (1-2 weeks). Some people simply don’t want to eat or even feel like vomiting, and some people crave something sour.

Breast changes: In the early stages of pregnancy, under the combined stimulation of estrogen and progesterone, the breasts gradually grow larger, the color of the nipples and areolas deepens, and dark brown nodules appear around the nipples. After 12 weeks of pregnancy, a small amount of clear milk will be secreted.

Changes in skin color: Skin pigmentation may occur in the early stages of pregnancy, especially in the later stages of pregnancy, and stretch marks may appear on the abdominal wall in the later stages.

Frequent and urgent urination: In the third month of pregnancy, the bladder is compressed by the growing uterus, causing the bladder capacity to decrease, and frequent and urgent urination often occurs.