I always feel very exciting every time when I get pregnant. I couldn’t wait for the next 4 weeks to find out either I am pregnant or not. I didn’t realize how I should feel or how would I know the sign for my first active pregnancy.
Before my first active pregnancy, I have missed carriage twice due to I didn’t know I were pregnant neither I didn’t realize how I suppose to feel or prepare myself to prevent miss carriage for early pregnancy before I even find out on a home pregnancy test.
If I was in mid 20s age and trying to get pregnant, I think, I can get pregnant easier. However, the time I was trying to get pregnant for the first time, I was over mid 30s of age. As you know that at the age over 35 years old has high risk of many thing; miss carriage or some others deceases that will cause to the baby depend on the woman’s egg healthy or not.
The first missed carriage, I didn’t know I was pregnant at all due to we were taking vacation to Italy and our trip was very adventure with wine tasting and ride a mountain bike around country side. During the trip, I know I missed my period but … Hey!, I am on vacation. Right after our plane landed to USA, I felt bleeding a lot, and felt really pain around my abdominal. I thought, Oh! maybe my period just came late this time which was unusual for me.
After the first missed carriage, I checked up with OB-GYN doctor and everything was fine and I tried to conceive again after 6 months later. The same feeling has came how I feel if I pregnant but I still doing hard work as normal. After the day I conceived, I carried a big mattress to get some sun for yearly cleaning up in my bedroom. I’m not sure if that might cause of poor baby’s development during early pregnancy. Then 3 and a half weeks later, I did home pregnancy test and it showed that I pregnant on the home pregnancy kit. After I found out I pregnant for 3 days, all everything was very exciting and I told all my family members and friends, I started to bleed non stop for a day and my abdominal felt very very pain same as my first missed carriage.
I was really sad that I missed carriage for the second time and for all the experiences make my heart stronger and life is go on! I tell myself that I have to get my health stronger for my future baby to support he or she in every steps of baby development inside the worm.
After I’m a successful and everything gone well for my first active pregnancy and I made it through 41 weeks of pregnancy and my first child was born very healthy. This is my second active pregnancy and, I think, I should share some of these experiences to others first mom to be to know and find out sooner to prepare yourselves and prevent miss carriage.
6 signs I knew I pregnant after conceived
- Fatigue
- Headache and Nausea
- Abdominal Bloating
- Sore Breasts
- Eat A Lot
- Pink Nails
Fatigue
I felt really really tired that I want to sleep all day and all night and I sleep a lot during this early pregnancy before I find out with home pregnancy kit.
Headache and Nausea
After I conceived 3 to 4 days later, I had headache symptom, it happened constantly around morning and evening time which I think it might be due to hormone change during this time.
Abdominal Bloating
I felt bloating as same as when I will have period each month but it will feel a little weird, it light pain come and go but not cramping.
Sore Breasts
I usually got sore breasts a week or two before I have period. So, this symptom was not surprise me as I think it is usual symptom for me before my period occur.
Eat A Lot
I always feel starving at all time, day until night. I usually eat 3 meals a day and at this early pregnancy, I eat double and more appetizer between each meal.
Pink Nails
Every time before I knew I pregnant, I notice that my finger and toe nails look more pink which I think it might be from the blood flow or circulate more inside my body and it showed on my nails.
After I conceived and it took me around 12 days to find out that I pregnant. It showed on the home pregnancy test as you see on the picture. I will show very very light line, I almost didn’t realize that the line was there. I want to make sure, so, I did home pregnancy test 3 times that the line was really showed. That light line means that I am pregnant after all those symptoms showed and I knew I pregnant. It showed light line due to the hormone is there but it is not that full pregnancy hormone yet, this is just the start to let you know to get ready for more symptom that will show more after 4 weeks.
How to prepare and prevent miss carriage for this early pregnancy
- Get Some Rest As need
- Eat Enough Healthy Food
- Take Pregnancy Essential Vitamins
- Avoid Caffeine Drink
- Avoid Alcohol
- No Smoke
- Don’t Carry Heavy Items
- No Adventure Activities
Get Some Rest As Need
Listen to your body at this time, get some sleep or rest when you feel tired. I took a short nap in the afternoon for 15 minutes or a half an hour. It’s a short nap but it refresh your body and mind.
Eat Enough Healthy Food
After I conceived, I started to eat healthy which a lot more vegetable and fruits. Avoid spicy or raw food due to it may contain some bacteria. Don’t eat food that sit on the counter top in your kitchen for over night that might contain bacteria as well.
Take Pregnancy Essential Vitamins
For me, I took folate, Vitamin D, DHA, Omega-3, and prenatal Vitamins. These vitamins help with baby full development due to what I intake for food may not enough for baby need to make life that the reason why we need to supplement to help baby.
Avoid Caffeine Drink
Caffeine could cause low development for baby and body need to dehydrate that might cause of miss carriage. After I conceived, I stopped drink green tea or coffee for awhile. It hard, I know, because I am a caffeine lover as well. To get pregnant, I stopped any drink or food that contain caffeine.
Avoid Alcohol
I drink wine some time for special occasion. I also stopped during this important time and I am not drink until I labor the baby.
Avoid Smoke
I’m not a smoke person. Smoke is not healthy for any one in general as same as it is not healthy for baby that trying to develop as well.
Don’t Carry Heavy Items
This important during early pregnancy due to the baby will try to implant into a uterus wall and to carry heavy items might cause miss carriage that baby cannot implant onto the uterus wall.
No Adventure Activities
As I mention early that I did a mountain bike during vacation to Italy but I didn’t know that I was conceived and about to get pregnant. Plus, I did wine tasting and, I think, these two might cause my first miss carriage.
If you are healthy and already pregnant, Congratulation! If you are trying to conceive, I hope this article and my experiences helpful for you and I wish you the best luck!
