At 5 weeks pregnant, you're now in month 2 of your pregnancy. This week, you can officially take a pregnancy test — your hCG hormone levels are high enough to show a positive result, and you may have early symptoms like fatigue and nausea.
Pregnancy symptoms at five weeks
It's still early days, so you may not feel pregnant at all yet. This is perfectly normal. Some pregnancy symptoms, such as morning sickness, won't kick in for another week or so. On the other hand, you may already have started noticing some tell-tale signs that you're expecting.
You may experience mild cramping or bloating. This can be caused by the egg implanting or from your uterus stretching. While mild cramping shouldn't cause alarm, contact your doctor immediately if you experience severe pain that doesn't go away.
The most conclusive way of finding out is to have an ultrasound done by your doctor or midwife to see baby's heartbeat. I say "most" conclusive, because even with an ultrasound, if you are early in your pregnancy, it can be difficult to see or detect a heartbeat with 100% accuracy.
Can you have a miscarriage without bleeding? Most of the time, bleeding is the first sign of a miscarriage. However, a miscarriage can occur without bleeding, or other symptoms may appear first. Many women prefer the term pregnancy loss to miscarriage.
Once a pregnancy makes it to 6 weeks and has confirmed viability with a heartbeat, the risk of having a miscarriage drops to 10 percent . According to a 2008 study , the risk for miscarriage falls quickly with further gestational age.
Fetuses are most vulnerable early in development, so other factors — such as exposure to alcohol — can have the most damaging effects at this time. This is why most miscarriages occur early in pregnancy.
While breast soreness is one of the earliest signs of pregnancy, not every person experiences the same degree of soreness. So having no or decreased breast soreness in early pregnancy should not be interpreted as a sign of miscarriage.
Half of all women have no symptoms by 5 weeks of pregnancy, but only 10 percent are 8 weeks pregnant with no symptoms. If you don't feel pregnant (or have symptoms that come and go), rest assured that if you've had a positive pregnancy test, you're most likely pregnant.
If you are worried about any pregnancy symptoms (or lack thereof), it's always reasonable to bring your concerns to your doctor or midwife. In particular, there are two situations that could be a cause for concern: Changes in how much fetal movement you feel, or pregnancy symptoms that suddenly go away.
Your Week 5 Checklist
Schedule your first prenatal visit. Continue taking folic acid or prenatal vitamins. Make an appointment to see a dentist. Avoid harmful foods, substances, and activities.
Vaginal bleeding
A few spots of blood on your underwear in the first trimester is common, he explains. Miscarriage is more likely if the bleeding progresses from light spotting to something more like a normal period; if the colour is bright red rather than brownish, or if you are also feeling cramping.
The term refers to a pregnancy in which there is some level of bleeding, but the cervix remains closed and the ultrasound shows that the baby's heart is still beating.
Vaginal spotting or bleeding. Pain or cramping in your abdomen or lower back. Fluid or tissue passing from your vagina.
A: It is possible to experience a miscarriage without bleeding or spotting. Other signs that a person may be experiencing a miscarriage include cramps, pain, loss of pregnancy symptoms and passing discharge, which may be stringy and/or whitish-pink in colour. Any, all or none of these symptoms may be present.
Eventually, the pregnancy tissue (the fetus or baby, pregnancy sac and placenta) will pass naturally. This can take a few days or as long as 3 to 4 weeks. It can be very hard emotionally to wait for the miscarriage because you don't know when it will happen.
Be especially careful during your first trimester. Watch the Heat. A high body temperature can harm your baby, especially in the first weeks of your pregnancy. Limit sauna and hot tub use to less than 10 minutes.
There will even be days when you'll be entirely symptom-free. This is all perfectly natural and usually of little cause for concern. In some cases, the symptoms may not so much disappear but rather become less noticeable as you begin coping with the frequent changes in your body.
It's common for pregnancy symptoms to fade towards the end of the first trimester, but for many women they may fade earlier, or come and go. You needn't feel sick, bloated, and tired every single day to have a healthy pregnancy.
It's very natural not to feel pregnant, so don't panic if you're feeling like this. If you are concerned about a lack of pregnancy symptoms, contact your healthcare providers. They can confirm your pregnancy with a blood test or by hearing your baby's heartbeat, and will put your mind at ease.