Women can become pregnant naturally when they have had sexual relations with a man without using any type of contraceptive method (even using them because almost everyone has a margin of error), regardless of whether or not to seek pregnancy and whether or not to continue Complete recommendations and tricks Lola gave us to increase the chances of pregnancy.
What can happen next? There are very intuitive, sensitive women and excellent translators of the changes in their body that can feel a pregnancy from the first moments.
This ability may be due to the early emission of hormones: the elevated level of progesterone (which only occurs in pregnancy) and the production of HGG (human chorionic gonadotropin hormone) once the embryo has been implanted, seven days after fertilization .
The symptoms that can be perceived are the following:
- The rise in basal temperature. If the temperature is maintained above 37 ° C at the end of the cycle and the rule does not arrive, there is a high probability of pregnancy.
- Breast strain. For many women it is the true sign of pregnancy. From the first days after conception, the breasts are prepared for what will be a very important function: feeding the baby. That is why they increase in size and appear tense, so much that the veins can be noticed.
- Drowsiness. Hormonal changes can translate into a greater need for sleep.
- Humor changes. It is not a topic. Emotions are usually in full bloom, and mood swings are very frequent.
- The delay of the rule. It may be the first indicator although it is not completely reliable. The delay can be caused by certain diseases, after an emotional shock or by a change in our routine: vacations, etc.
But let's face it, most of us don't usually feel anything special and many of these suspicions can be false alarms caused by anxiety or hope.
When it is verified that the menstruation has not arrived it is necessary to resort to more rigorous tests scientifically than the personal intuition. These pregnancy tests are as follows:
- Urine test. There are two types: commercial pharmacy sales tests and those carried out by the pharmacy itself that have a laboratory service.
Commercial tests are usually the first method of consultation because it is discreet, immediate and fast. They allow us to leave doubts at the slightest suspicion but their effectiveness is only high when the result is positive. If it is negative, we do not have everything lost and pregnancy should not be ruled out because it may be too early to detect HGG levels or they are too low.
In this case, although we are impatient to know the outcome, it is better not to repeat the test and not waste money, but wait a few days to get another urine test or ensure the result with a blood test.
Remember that in the posts "how and when to get a pregnancy test" and if the "urine test is unreliable or misused" we already explain that we must wait at least 15 days after fertilization, that well used have a reliability between 97 and 99% and that although it is said that only they give false negatives and not false positivesWe all know women who are the opposite: the test said yes and the doctor subsequently did not.
That is, in general they serve for a first confirmation but then you have to validate this result.
2. Blood test: It is performed by the gynecologist and confirms or discards the pregnancy accurately and even a little before urine tests.
3. Pelvic exam: The doctor or midwife can do a pelvis exam at 6 weeks after the last period. If there is pregnancy the end of the cervix will have softened and the uterus appears softer and elongated.
4. There really is a final definitive pregnancy test that is the ultrasound. Between the 4th and 5th week the embryonic vesicle can already be observed and in the 6th the embryo can already be seen and the heartbeat can be heard. If the empty embryo vesicle is seen through a transvaginal ultrasound after the sixth week, it may be a hollow egg (the embryo does not exist even if the pregnancy test has been positive), but it is advisable to wait one or two weeks to confirm the diagnosis.
Anyway, when we are looking for a pregnancy and the results of these tests are negative, we should not be discouraged and keep trying with serenity and enthusiasm because anxiety, obsession and stress are often bad partners of conception.
