Pregnancy Signs

You've missed your period, but the pregnancy tests are coming back negative. Either your menstrual cycle is coming late or it may still be too early to detect your pregnancy with a home test. Many women insist that they felt a hormonal change in themselves and detected the pregnancy before a test ever could. If you're worried that you'll get your hopes up by telling yourself to "feel" pregnant, there are some other early pregnancy signs that you can look out for.

Keep in mind the early signs of pregnancy are different for every woman and can even differ between a woman's prior pregnancies.

According to the website MedicineNet.com, sudden mood swings, nausea and vomiting, abdominal cramping and bloating, light spotting and an increased need to urinate can be early signs of pregnancy. As can headaches, food cravings and aversions, fatigue, higher body temperature while inactive, a swelling and tenderness of the breasts and darkening of the nipple and skin.

Some women may not even experience most of these symptoms early in the pregnancy. Until you may be far along enough to test for pregnancy again, try to not get your hopes up too high. If you're trying to get pregnant and under 35, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest trying to have a child for a year before you should seek medical advice. If you're over 35, the CDC recommends trying for six months.