Normal Signs of Pregnancy

Signs and Symptoms of Pregnancy

Signs and Symptoms of Pregnancy

Presumptive

• Amenorrhes (in about 80% of patients) or slight, painless spotting of unknown cause in early gestation (in about 20% of patients);
• Nausea and vomiting;
• Urinary frequency and urgency;
• Breast enlargement and tenderness;
• Fatigue;
• Quickening (partial fetal movement);
• Thinning and softening of the fingernails; and

Intensified skin pigmentation.

Probable

• Uterine enlargement;
• Goodell's sign (softening of the cervix);

Chadwick's Sign

• Chadwick's sign (bluish mucous membranes of the vagina, cervix and vulva);
• Braxton Hicks contractions (painless uterine contraction that recur throughout pregnancy);
• Ballottement (passive fetal movement in response to tapping of the lower portion of the uterus or cervix);
• Laboratory test results indicating pregnancy;
• Sonogram results showing the characteristics ring of the gestational sac (visible as early as 4 to 6 weeks of gestation); and
• Palpable fetal outline.

Positive

• Fetal heartbeat detected by 17 to 20 weeks of gestation;
• Ultrasonography results as early as 6 weeks of gestation;
• Fetal movements felt by examiner after 16 weeks of gestation; and
• Visualization of fetus and fetal outline.