How I wish this were as easy as tearing off rose petals to the alternate mumbling of ‘he loves me’ ‘he loves me not’ and deciding at the last petal. Pregnancy is a real thing not ethereal like love, so a person needs to look for real signs to find out.
 
 

Like pregnancy, the trouble identifying it is a real one too. The problem is that pregnancy symptoms do not occur uniformly across all mothers to be. Some experience some and others experience other signs, that too with varying intensities. The signs of a woman’s first pregnancy may or may not repeat themselves during her successive pregnancies. 

 
 
Also, the symptoms of oncoming motherhood are plenty but may signify some problem other than pregnancy. Nausea and weakness could be caused by stomach upset and stress or disturbed life style. Giddiness could point to low blood pressure as loss of menstrual period could mean some other gynecological problem.
 
 

Now, if you have a gut feeling you are expecting, then you could find any or some of these, including those mentioned above: tender, swollen breasts which cause frequent pain, frequent urination, constipation, heartburn and infrequent light spotting. These are some of the early pregnancy symptoms. However, to be 100% sure, one needs to undertake the pregnancy test. 

Over the tenure of approximately forty weeks, other symptoms come up, the bulging tummy being the most obvious one. Changing food preferences and aversion to some particular food smells are other changes. Fatigue and moodiness sometimes lead to depression. To monitor your health while you are in the family way, you need to periodically look into the weekly pregnancy calendar. That will tell you which changes are normal and which ones need medical attention. Taking good care of your self is the only way to ensure a happy motherhood.