![]() ![]() However, you may be bloating from PMS, retaining food or fluid due to an allergy or intolerance, or have a non-cancerous uterine fibroid developing in that area. If your abdomen looks or feels swollen you are likely not in the early stages of pregnancy, as it takes several months of fetal development to produce the considerable change in your body’s shape.But any severe or lasting breast pain or tenderness, or a sudden change in the look of the breast, should be checked out by a physician. ![]() You may even be feeling sore from wearing an ill-fitting bra or pulling a muscle around the chest wall. Other non-pregnancy sources of tenderness include medical conditions like infection or cysts. If you feel tenderness in your breasts you may be experiencing a typical side-effect of PMS.If you’re around age 40, a late, missing or irregular period may be a sign of perimenopause. If you take or have recently stopped taking birth control, the change in hormones may account for an irregular cycle. Some highly athletic women experience late or no menstruation – called amenorrhea – due a hormonal imbalance triggered by a lack of calories in their diet combined with high-energy activity. Other non-pregnancy factors, like stress or sleeplessness, can cause you to skip or be late. If you missed a period … you may just have an irregular menstrual cycle.Then there’s the phenomenon of getting a negative pregnancy test result yet still “feeling” pregnant, but is your negative test result really negative? So are you or aren’t you?Ĭhanges in your body – some naturally occurring, some a result of a possible medical condition – may imitate the signs of pregnancy. These easily available tests are no substitute for a doctor’s care, of course – and even a negative pregnancy test can be misleading. Taking a home pregnancy test is often the first course of action. Wondering if you’re pregnant or not and waiting to find out can feel like torture. ![]()
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