Does an itchy stomach mean your pregnant?

Answer 1

An itchy stomach while pregnant happens when the skin starts to stretch.

You didn't state when your date for your LMP (Last Menstrual Period) was.

The menstrual cycle works like this:

approximately two weeks after the start of your last menstruation you should be ovulating.

During ovulation your fertility is high about 2 days before, during and two days after.

If an egg has been fertilized during your ovulation, then you will get implantation which occurs about 7-10 days after. This is when the egg implants itself into the uterus.

From this point on, if you are pregant, your HCG (pregnancy homrone) levels will rise. The levels vary among women. Some women are low and some are high. The key is that the levels will double approx very 2-3 days.

To confirm whether or not you are pregnant you could do a home pregnancy test, some of them are positive about 2-3 before you miss your period. Please remember that because women have different hcg levels, a negative test, an an early DOES NOT mean that you are not pregnant. Your best bet is to wait until 1 day after you miss your period and do a blood hcg test at your local hospital.

Make sure that your doctor does a (quantitative hcg test), which will detect numbers, irregardless of how low or high. hcg numbers about 3-4 is indicative of a very early pregnancy. You need a minimum of a 5 level hcg to be considered pregnanty. A very low hcg result is also indicative of a miscarriage. If you do confirm that you are pregnant, and you start to get an itchy stomach you could try one of the stetch mark creams on the market, you could also try vitamin e oil, and body cream specially formulated for itchy skin like Aveeno.