Older Pregnancy Symptoms
Find out how early pregnancy symptoms start.
Older pregnancy symptoms. Abrupt spikes in a pregnant woman s hormones can cause these symptoms to occur at any point during the pregnancy according to the american pregnancy association. While pregnancy tests and ultrasounds are the only ways to determine if you re pregnant there are other signs and symptoms you can look out for. However as with many symptoms on this list headaches can be associated with pregnancy or even mistaken for a symptom of menopause for women around 40 years of age and older. For women age 40 and older telling the difference between pregnancy and menopause may be more difficult.
Pms symptoms that are similar to pregnancy include fatigue mood changes and breast tenderness. Menopause can cause some of the same symptoms of early pregnancy such as fatigue needing to urinate more frequently mood swings or being warmer than usual. Early symptoms and signs of pregnancy vary from woman to woman but can include vaginal discharge implantation bleeding or cramping and fatigue. The earliest signs of pregnancy are more than a.
Women should have a baby before the age of 35 or risk missing out on motherhood. Pregnancy warning for older women. Menopause will not cause typical pregnancy symptoms such as sore breasts abdominal cramps or nausea but hormone replacement therapy can cause these if you have recently started taking it to alleviate menopausal symptoms. Wednesday 17 june 2009.
Taking folic acid adds an important level of protection for older women who have a higher risk of having a baby with birth defects. Pregnancy and menopause share a lot of similar symptoms. This was the stark message from the daily mail. The risk of pregnancy loss by miscarriage and stillbirth increases as you get older perhaps due to pre existing medical conditions or fetal chromosomal abnormalities.