Implantation bleeding usually occurs around the time of your period. Not every women will have implantation bleeding and for those who do might even mistaken this for a period. Implantation bleeding is very short, can be bright red and also brownish in color as in spotting. Unless bleeding continuous, there should be nothing to worry about.

If the date of your period changes every month, or your ovulation time does not happen at the normal two weeks before your next period, you will probably have the implantation bleeding a few days or a week after your period should have came. This is nothing to be concerned about, every women's body is different.

Spotting:

Even if your pregnancy is going well and checkups have been normal, spotting can still occur. Spotting usually last a day or two and does not get heavy. Most are brownish in color, but can be pink or red. Some people will bleed or spot many times throughout their pregnancy and still deliver a normal, healthy baby. Spotting can occur at any point in time, but mostly happens in the first trimester. It can occur one day and not come back for another week or so.

If spotting persist and is accompanied with cramping, check with your doctor or go to the ER to get checked out as it could be a miscarriage.

Headaches:

Getting headaches during your first trimester is perfectly normal. If you do have a headache, make sure that you are drinking plenty water and eating enough food. It is not uncommon to have a headache that last for a few days. This can occur if you have stress in your life. Try to relax and not worry too much. If you need to take a medicine for it, make sure that it is approved by your doctor. Most doctors will allow you to take Tylenol for headaches.

Morning Sickness:

Not every women will get morning sickness. There are a good number of women who get lucky and not have to deal with the whole vomiting and nausea. But for many, this is inevitable, and it will happen. Morning sickness is not just in the morning, this can and will happen throughout the day.

The best thing that you can do to help reduce your sickness is to make sure that you eat a little bit of something all day long, like crackers. If you have a small snack shortly after starting to feel sick, it usually helps stop the nausea. But sometimes, it does not matter what you do, you will get sick. There are things that you can use and take to prevent or help reduce morning sickness, but check with your doctor first.

Baby's Heartbeat / Heartbeat Monitor:

A baby's heartbeat starts around week five. And although the transvaginal ultrasound can detect this heartbeat, it will be many more weeks before a portable heartbeat monitor will be able to detect this. Your doctor will listen to your baby's heartbeat on your second prenatal visit which is around week 12.

If you are like most, you will be very eager to purchase a heartbeat monitor to listen to your baby's heartbeat at home. And although doctors don't recommend this as some women will get stressed out if they all of a sudden can't hear the heartbeat, it does work for many mother's to be.

You can purchase a heartbeat monitor like bebe for around $100. There are several different brands of heartbeat monitors to choose from. Most heartbeat monitors used at home can detect a heartbeat as early as 10 weeks. It can be very addicting to listen to your baby's heartbeat.

Baby's Due Date:

The first week of your pregnancy starts with the beginning of your last period. So it is calculated that you are pregnant two weeks before you actually conceived. Most women will ovulate around two weeks before your next period and this is the time you will conceive. Pregnancy last approximately 280 days or forty weeks. And for many women, the baby can come out plus or minus two weeks from their due date. To calculate your due date, just add 280 days from the day of your last period or count back three months from the first day of your last period and then add seven days.

Rarely do women actually give births on their due dates, about 5%. The due date is just an approximate date given for the baby, this does not mean that you will or must have the baby on that date. Some doctors will give you a due date week, which is a seven date window on when they believe you will have the baby based on the due date calculations.

So if you are trying to figure out how big or old your baby is, just remember that when your doctor say that you are 10 weeks pregnant, your fetus is only 8 weeks (fertilization age).

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