What Happens to the Body When You Conceive?

Conception happens when an egg from the ovarian wall moves into the fallopian tube where it meets the most viable sperm for fertilization. After fertilization, the cells of the embryo multiply and divide to form an embryo. The embryo then moves down the fallopian tube to find a good spot to implant into the endometrium or the uterine wall, where it gets all the nourishment to grow into a healthy baby.

Changes in Your Body after Conceiving

Once the implantation is successful, human chorionic gonadotropin or hCG is secreted by the forming placenta. This is the hormone that is responsible for all the changes in the body after getting pregnant. The hCG hormone helps in preparing the body to sustain the pregnancy. Below listed are some of the changes the body can undergo:

Implantation Bleeding or Pain

During conception, you may feel a short and stabbing pain in your belly. Some may even experience slight bleeding or spotting which is totally normal.

Tender Breasts

The hormones produced during pregnancy prepare your breasts to produce milk post delivery. This can make your breasts feel fuller, firmer and tender.

Frequent Urination

Frequent urination during pregnancy is often caused by pregnancy hormones, an increase in the amount and speed of blood circulating through your body. Hormonal changes make your blood flow to your kidneys more quickly, filling your bladder more often – which causes more frequent urination during pregnancy.

Fatigue

Since the levels of progesterone hormone soar up high during pregnancy, you may feel sleepy and tired most of the time.

Swollen Feet

Your growing uterus places pressure on the veins, blocking the return of blood from your heart to the feet which can cause swelling

Heartburn

The muscle-relaxing hormones and growing uterus cause heartburn and other indigestion issues during pregnancy.

Most of these changes are normal and there is nothing to worry about. However, your doctor will be able to give you a better picture.