Week 3 Pregnancy Symptoms

A rise in your basal body temperature: Your basal body temperature (BBT) is lower when your body is heading toward ovulation but rises about a degree when you ovulate. That’s because the hormone estrogen, which lowers your BBT, dominates the first half of your cycle, while progesterone, which raises your BBT, surges once you ovulate (to get the uterus ready to receive the fertilized egg). So this week you’ll see a rise in your BBT if you’ve been keeping track.

Clear cervical mucus with an egg-white consistency: Last week your mucus was getting thinner and looking a little cloudy; this week it’s extra-thin, extra-stretchy, and clear (or whitish) — perfect traveling conditions for sperm heading upstate (toward the egg).

Possible lower-abdominal achiness (mittelschmerz): About one in four women feel a twinge or series of cramps in the lower abdominal area — usually one side (the side they’re ovulating from). This pain, which is thought to come from an ovary releasing an egg, is known as mittelschmerz (from the German word meaning “middle pain”).

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