How to identify, what is the difference between early pregnancy or menstruation?

Difference 1: Tired easily

Pregnancy: Before early pregnancy, you are easily tired, feel you don’t get enough sleep, and often feel sleepy.

Menstrual period: Although you may feel drowsy during menstrual period, it usually returns to the status quo within 1 to 2 days, and most of it is drowsiness caused by dysmenorrhea.

Difference 2: Body temperature

Pregnancy: The body temperature continues to rise during early pregnancy and will remain in the range of 36.9°C-37.2°C, and then decreases after three months.

Menstrual period: The body temperature of women of childbearing age can rise by 0.3-0.5C after ovulation, and returns to normal after menstruation.

Difference 3: Breasts

Pregnancy: Breasts may feel tingling, swelling and itching, which are physiological phenomena of early pregnancy. In addition, there may also be darker areolas and subcutaneous breasts. The veins are obvious, the nipples are obviously protruding and other changes.

Menstrual period: There are small nodules in the vagina during menstruation, which are painful when touched. They feel relieved after menstruation, but the swelling and pain reappear before the next menstruation.

Difference 4: Backache

Pregnancy: There will be no symptoms of backache in early pregnancy. Only in the third trimester of pregnancy will the fetus increase and the stress will increase. Pregnant mothers will have backache. Feel.

Menstrual Period: During menstrual period, you will generally feel discomfort in the waist.

Difference 5: Frequent urination

Pregnancy: In the third month of pre-pregnancy symptoms, because the bladder is compressed by the expanding uterus, the capacity of the bladder becomes smaller, and frequent urination often occurs. phenomenon.

Menstrual period: Frequent urination generally does not occur during menstrual period.

Difference 6: Discoloration of yd mucosa

Pregnancy: The yd mucosa in early pregnancy may appear darker in color due to congestion.

Menstrual period: Women’s vaginal mucosa remains lighter in color during menstruation or before pregnancy.

Difference 7: Changes in skin color

Pregnancy: Skin pigmentation or stretch marks on the abdominal wall may occur, especially in the later stages of pregnancy.

Menstrual period: Some women’s skin will turn dark, yellow, greasy, and have acne during menstruation, but it will return to its original appearance after menstruation.

Difference 8: Appetite

Pregnancy: Many pregnant women in the early stages of pregnancy will feel nausea and vomiting, especially when they first get up in the morning. Some people's symptoms are quite mild, while others are quite severe.

Menstrual period: During menstruation, appetite increases greatly and food intake increases. Some people prefer to eat spicy food and eat a lot, and feel satisfied after eating. But some people have more severe symptoms and severe discomfort before menstruation, and may also have anorexia, but this needs to be compared with your previous premenstrual situation.