Pregnancy Symptom Quiz: The Game of Life

This little pregnancy symptom quiz is designed for every reader – and yes, that includes the other 49 percent that unfortunately lacks a uterus. Sooner or later, you or your close ones will go through this list, and it outlines a few very simple questions that will inform you of what steps to take.

Did you miss a period?

This is actually not a real question for our pregnancy symptom quiz – just asking.

The fact is that abnormal menstrual cycles and pregnancy symptoms often go hand in hand in popular imagination. Some women are naturally irregular, whereas others run their systems like clockwork.

The question might actually be put this way, “Has your menstrual cycle been disrupted by factors other than stress, medication, or illness?” If so, the remaining factor might have been intercourse.

Have you felt nauseous recently without discernible cause?

Never mind the time it strikes, how long it lasts, or how bad it feels. Nausea is indeed a symptom in the vast majority of pregnancies, but the problem is that its severity varies considerably.

Teen pregnancy quizzes often omit a question about tenderness in breasts, because some teens aren’t sure about the answer one way or the other. These changes might be affected by abnormal menstrual cycles as well, in a classic chick-or-the-egg loop.

Do you suffer from fatigue and/or mood swings?

They may mean anything. PMS, clinical depression, pregnancy: the question is completely moot. Work at it by process of elimination.

Do you feel the urge to urinate all the time?

There is actually one darker possibility apart from pregnancy. Recreational drug use could result in an identical syndrome.

This pregnancy symptoms quiz does raise a few more questions than answers.

So if you’re asking the very same questions as this quiz does, it would be a good idea to take a pregnancy test (Unless you haven’t had intercourse recently, in which case you need to see a doctor.)