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The symptoms of early pregnancy are: (a) amenorrhoea (but some irregular bleeding may occur from the decidua parietalis); (b) nausea and vomiting; (c) breast enlargement, with tingling and irritability (from 6 weeks); (d) darkening of the areola (from 8 weeks); (e) frequency of micturition; (f) other symptoms including tiredness (the most common), excess salivation, pica and mild euphoria.
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Stabile, I., Chard, T., Grudzinskas, G. (1996). Diagnosis of Pregnancy. In: Stabile, I., Chard, T., Grudzinskas, G. (eds) Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3374-2_2
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