Pregnancy Symptoms

SYMPTOMS THAT MAY BE EXPERIENCED DURING PREGNANCY

A

Abandoned feeling: Pulsatilla

Acne, with red, painful eruptions: Belladonna
Acne, on the chin and jaw line: Sepia

Abdomen, abdominal soreness, bruised sensation: Arnica, Sepia
Abdomen, bearing down type pains: Chamomilla, Pulsatilla, Sepia
Abdomen, bloated and hard: Ant tart, Arg nit, Carbo veg, China
Abdomen, bloated, better for belching: Ant tart, Arg nit, Carbo veg
Abdomen, bloated, not any better for belching: China
Abdomen, feels flattened: Pulsatilla
Abdomen, pains after grief: Arsenicum
Abdomen, pains, cramping and griping: Arsenicum, Gelsemium
Abdomen, tearing pain in one spot: Pulsatilla
Abdomen, tight, brittle, over strained sensation: Apis
Abdomen, spasmodic pains, with chills, perhaps after anger: Bryonia
Abdomen, walls feel bruised: Pulsatilla

Affection, loss of, for loved ones: Aconite, Sepia

Anger, irritability: Chamomilla, Ignatia, Nux vomica, Sepia

Ankle, pain with swelling: Lycopodium

Anxiety, general: Ant tart, Aconite, Ignatia
Anxiety, about domestic matters: Calc carb, Pulsatilla
Anxiety, intense, lasting 2-3 hours: Ant tart
Anxiety, with fear and restlessness: Aconite
Anxiety, after emotional upset: Ignatia

B

Back pain, general: Arg nit
Back pain,as if broken: Phosphorus
Back pain, lumbar: Belladonna, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Rhus tox
Back pain, burning, lumbar: Rhus tox
Back pain, dragging, lumbar: Belladonna, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla, Rhus tox
Back pain, rheumatic: Aconite, Rhus tox

Belching: Ant tart, Carbo veg, China, Lycopodium
Belching, after over eating: Bryonia
Belching, bitter, nauseating: Bryonia
Belching, gives relief: Ant tart
Belching, gives temporary relief: Carbo veg
Belching, sour: Nux vomica
Belching, sour and empty: Carbo veg
Belching, with heartburn: Natrum mur
Belching, sweet: Natrum mur

Bladder; cystitis: Calendula
Bladder; cystitis, after intercourse: Staphisagria
Bladder; cystitis, with intense burning before, during and after urination: Cantharis
Bladder, crampy: Lycopodium
Bladder; straining to urinate, with no success: Belladonna, Cantharis, Pulsatilla
Bladder, desire to urinate, with no success: Lycopodium
Bladder; frequent urge to urinate: Aconite, Lycopodium, Pulsatilla, Sulphur
Bladder, frequent, urination at night: Phosphorus
Bladder; involuntary, urination: Arsenicum, Belladonna, Pulsatilla, Natrum mur, Sepia
Bladder; urination, painful: Pulsatilla, Nux vomica, Staphisagria, Sulphur

Bleeding, uterine: Apis, Chamomilla, Ipecac, Phosphorus
Bleeding, uterine, when first period would be due: Calc carb
Bleeding, uterine, in the third, fifth or seventh month: Sepia
Bleeding, uterine, after shock, fright or bad news: Ignatia
Bleeding, uterine, after over exertion: Arnica
Bleeding, uterine, after injury or physical shock: Arnica
Bleeding, uterine, better for lying down: Ignatia
Bleeding, uterine, painless, steady flow at sixth month, Phosphorus
Bleeding, uterine, threatened miscarriage: Phosphorus, Sepia

Breasts, abscess, painful: Hepar sulph
Breasts, mastitis, infection, painful, pale breasts worse any motion: Bryonia
Breasts, mastitis, infection, painful, hot, throbbing breasts: Belladonna
Breasts, pain: Belladonna, Bryonia, Calc Carb, Calendula, Pulsatilla, Sepia
Breasts, pain, hard knots in: Sepia
Breasts, pain, neuralgic: Pulsatilla
Breast, pain under nipples: Calendula

Breathing, asthmatic, wheezing: Carbo veg
Breathing, difficult: Lycopodium, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla
Breathing difficult, due to upward pressure from baby: Nux vomica

Breathlessness on exertion: Carbo veg

C

Chilliness, after broken sleep, anxiety: Pulsatilla

Clumsiness: Calc carb

Cramps: Calc carb, Mag phos, Phosphorus

Colicky pains, after emotional upsets: Arsenicum, Ignatia

Constipation: Sepia, Pulsatilla

Cough: Ant tart, Bryonia, Drosera, Phosphorus

Cravings for odd (indigestible) things: Sepia

D

Dandruff, with increased tendency for headaches: Calc carb

Delirium: Belladonna

Diarrhea: Apis, Chamomilla, China, Phosphorus
Diarrhea, anus feels open: Apis
Diarrhea with colicky pains: Chamomilla
Diarrhea with weakness from dehydration: China
Diarrhea, with burning: Phosphorus

Drinks, craves cold drinks: Phosphorus
Drinks, craves, alcoholic: Nux vomica
Drinks, increased thirst; Phosphorus

E

Eclampsia: Apis, Cantharis

Edema: Apis, Arsenicum, Natrum mur, Rhus tox

Esophagus, burning in: Arsenicum

Excitable, easily: Aconite, Gelsemium

Eyes, inflammation of the retina: Apis, Arsenicum, Cantharis, Gelsemium
Eyes, sunken and dim after broken sleep, anxiety: Pulsatilla
Eyes, visual disturbances: Calc carb, Gelsemium, Pulsatilla
Eyes, double vision: Belladonna, Gelsemium
Eyes, vision, misty: Calc carb

F

Face, blue discoloration: Phosphorus
Face, yellowish brown spots: Sepia
Face, pain in: Ignatia, Sepia
Face, pain in, with redness, after broken sleep, anxiety: Pulsatilla
Face; swollen: Phosphorus

Fainting: Arsenicum, Belladonna, Nux vomica, Lachesis, Pulsatilla, Sepia

Fears and phobias: Aconite, Arsenicum

Fear of drinking water: Phosphorus

Feet, cold: Lycopodium
Feet, cramping of the toes or soles: Calc carb
Feet, lame feeling: Silica
Feet, tearing pain: Phosphorus
Feet, shooting pain: Phosphorus

Fetal motion, early, causes heart palpitations: Sulphur
Fetal motion, mother is too sensitive to it: Sepia
Fetal motion, like a fist: Sulphur
Fetal motion, hurts mother: Arnica, Pulsatilla, Sepia, Silica, Staphisagria
Fetal motion, causes nausea and vomiting: Arnica
Fetal motion, violent: Arsenicum, Lycopodium, Silica
Fetal motion, like somersaults: Lycopodium
Fetal position, as if lying transverse: Arnica
Fetal position, breech: Pulsatilla
Fetal position, abnormal: Aconite, Pulsatilla

Fever, intermittent, in early months with threatened miscarriage: Pulsatilla

Fingers, tingling and numb: Lachesis, Lycopodium, Sepia

Food, aversion to: Ant-tart, Ipecac, Lycopodium, Natrum mur, Sepia
Food, aversion to bread: Ant-tart, Natrum mur, Sepia
Food, aversion to even the thought or smell of it: Sepia

Food, craves salty food: Natrum mur
Food, craves sour things: Sepia
Food, craves vinegar, pickles, acidic things: Sepia

Food, eating bread, aggravates: Ant tart, Sepia
Food, eating fruit, leads to gas: China

Food, loathing for: Ipecac, Sepia

Food, slow to digest: Nux vomica

Fright, ailments after getting a fright or emotional shock: Gelsemium, Ignatia

G

Grief bring on pains: Arsenicum
Grief, with weeping, yawning, sighing or hiccoughing: Ignatia
Grief, silent, stoical: Natrum mur

H

Hair, falling out: Lachesis, Natrum mur, Sepia.

Headaches: Belladonna, Bryonia, Calc carb, Chamomilla, Mag phos, Pulsatilla, Sepia
Head, feels enlarged, expanded: Arg nit

Head, feels it will burst: Lycopodium

Head pain, throbbing, with heat: Belladonna
Head pain, worse for least motion, even of the eyes: Bryonia
Head pain, tearing, stitching, right side: Sepia
Head pain, better for fresh air: Pulsatilla

Heartburn: Apis, Arsenicum, Carbo veg, Merc viv, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla
Heartburn, with palpitations: Natrum mur

Heart, anxiety felt in the region of: Aconite
Heart, palpitations: Natrum mur, Phosphorus, Sepia, Sulphur
Heart, palpitations, form first movements of the fetus: Sulphur

Hemorrhoids: Nux vomica, Sepia
Hemorrhoids, appear during first month: Lachesis

Herpes outbreak: Sepia
Herpes outbreak, after sun exposure: Natrum mur

Hiccoughs: Nux vomica, Ignatia
Hiccoughs, after emotional shock: Ignatia

Hot flashes, in pregnancy: Lachesis, Sulphur

Hunger, with no appetite: Natrum mur
Hunger, painful, with no appetite: Sepia

Hysteria: Gelsemium, Ignatia

I

Indignation: Natrum mur, Staphisagria

Insomnia: Aconite, Belladonna,
Insomnia, after a fright: Ignatia
Insomnia, due to leg cramps: Calc Carb, Chamomilla, Mag phos

J

Jaundice: Aconite, Nux vomica, Phosphorus
Jaundice, with anemia: Phosphorus

Jealousy: Apis, Lachesis

K

Kidney infections, with fluid retention: Apis

Kidney pain, shooting, during sixth week of pregnancy: Ipecac

L

Lameness, all over: Ruta

Legs, cramps: Calc Carb, Gelsemium, Mag phos, Sepia
Legs, cramps in calves: Calc Carb, Sepia
Legs, cramps in calves, third trimester: Sepia
Legs, heavy, varicose: Arnica, Arsenicum, Carbo veg, Pulsatilla
Legs, sciatica: Gelsemium
Legs, varicose veins: Arnica, Arsenicum, Carbo veg, Pulsatilla
Legs, weakness, thighs: Ipecac
Legs, weary: Pulsatilla, Sepia

Ligaments, weak or strained: Ruta

Lips, bluish: Phosphorus

M

Miscarriage, threatened, after:
Anemia: Carbo veg, China, Sepia
Anger,intense: Aconite, Chamomilla
Anger, suppressed: Staphisagria
Cold, becoming very: Aconite
Extreme exhaustion: Merc viv, Sepia
Falling: Arnica
Flu: Gelsemium
Fright: Aconite, Gelsemium, Ignatia
Grief: Ignatia, Natrum mur, Staphisagria
Grief, suppressed: Ignatia, Natrum mur
Hearing unexpected bad news: Gelsemium, Ignatia
History of miscarriages, Sepia
Injuries: Arnica, Rhus tox, Pulsatilla
Long term bleeding: Lycopodium
Over excitement: Gelsemium, Silica
Over exertion: Arnica, Bryonia, Rhus tox
Over heating: Bryonia
Physical trauma: Arnica
Prolapse of the uterus: Nux vomica, Sepia
Shock: Arnica
Vomiting, prolonged: Ipecac

Miscarriage, threatened, in:
First month: Apis
Early months: Apis, Sepia
Sixth week: Sepia
Second or Third month : Apis, Sepia
Third month: Merc viv
Fourth month: Apis, Sepia
Fifth – seventh months: Apis, Sepia
Fifth – sixth month: Arsenicum
Sixth month, with pains: Ipecac
Seventh month: Ruta, Sepia
Eighth month: Pulsatilla

Miscarriage, threatened, with:
Convulsions: Ipecac
Cough: Ipecac
Dilated cervix: Pulsatilla
Fear of death: Aconite, Arsenicum
Flow, worse at 3am: Nux vomica
Flow, dark, coagulated: Pulsatilla
Flow, bright alternating with dark, may have clots on motion: Chamomilla
Flow, stops but returns with twice the force: Pulsatilla
Pain, sharp, around navel: Ipecac
Pain, neuralgic: Sulphur
Placenta previa: Nux vomica, Sepia
Profuse bleeding: Ipecac, Phosphorus
Sensation everything would fall out: Sepia
Urinate, constant desire to: Cantharis

Morning sickness: Arsenicum, Ant tart, Ipecac, Merc viv, Natrum mur, Nux vomica, Sulphur
Morning sickness, constant vomiting with no relief: Ipecac
Morning sickness, vomiting watery fluid, frothy watery mucus: Natrum mur
Morning sickness, vomiting small amounts, watery, faint, sickish spells before noon: Sulphur
Morning sickness, vomiting with mucus: Ant tart, Drosera

N

Nausea: Ipecac, Nux vomica, Sepia
Nausea, after broken sleep, anxiety: Pulsatilla
Nausea, after ice-cream, fatty foods: Pulsatilla
Nausea, after over eating: Bryonia, Ipecac
Nausea, after rich food, coffee: Nux vomica
Nausea, constant: Ipecac, Sepia

Navel (belly button) protrudes at night: Sulphur

Neck, pulsating carotids: Gelsemium, Phosphorus

Nervousness: Aconite, Arsenicum, Gelsemium

Nails, bluish: Phosphorus

Nose, nosebleeds: Sepia, Phosphorus
Nose, nosebleeds, after injury: Arnica
Nose, oversensitive to smells: Sepia

O

Oversensitivity, generally to stimuli: Aconite
Oversensitivity, to smell of food: Sepia

P

Pelvis, bones feel loose, with lameness: Calc carb
Pelvis, bones feel loose, with stiffness on first moving: Rhus tox
Pelvis, bones feel loose, with pain between right illium and sacrum: Arnica

Pica: Sepia

Placenta, bleeding, after separation: Ipecac
Placenta, pains, as if ulcerated: Pulstilla
Placenta previa: Ipecac, Nux vomica, Phosphorus, Sepia

Pulse, small after broken sleep and anxiety: Pulsatilla
Pulse, small and slow: Gelsemium

R

Respiration, asthmatic, wheezing: Carbo veg
Respiration, difficult: Arsenicum, Lycopodium, Nux vomica, Pulsatilla
Respiration, difficult due to sticky, stringy yellow green mucus: Kali bich
Respiration, improves when sitting upright: Arsenicum

Restlessness: Aconite, Arsenicum, Merc viv, Rhus tox

Restless legs, when overheated: Sulphur

S

Sacrum, pains: Ledum, Hypericum
Sacrum pains, gnawing, stiff, extending down thigh, worse standing: Ledum
Sacrum pains, shooting along nerves: Hypericum

Sadness: China, Natrum mur, Pulsatilla, Sepia
Sadness, after dehydration, loss of fluids: China
Sadness, unexpressed about past events: Natrum mur
Sadness, better for company and fresh air: Pulsatilla
Sadness, with indifference to loved ones: Sepia

Salivation, increased: Ant tart, Merc viv

Sciatica: Hypericum, Mag phos

Sexual intercourse, intense desire for: Belladonna, Lachesis, Merc viv, Phosphorus
Sexual intercourse, painful: Staphisagria

Sinusitus with yellow bland discharge: Pulsatilla
Sinusitus with tough, stringy, yellow green discharge: Kali bich

Skin, yellowish: Phosphorus

Sleepiness: Carbo veg, Gelsemium, Sepia

Soreness, all over: Arnica, Ruta
Soreness of muscles, flesh: Arnica
Soreness of ligaments, connective tissue: Ruta

Stomach, empty sensation in: Ignatia, Natrum mur, Pulsatilla
Stomach, bilious: Nux vomica
Stomach, burning: Arsenicum
Stomach, burning, in pylorus with vomiting
Stomach, bursting with wind: Arg nit
Stomach, crampy: Lycopodium

Stumbling, increased: Belladonna

T

Thirst, strong: Bryonia, Phosphorus

Thirstless: Apis, Pulsatilla

Toes, cramping: Calc carb, Mag phos

Tongue, tingling, after broken sleep and anxiety: Pulsatilla

Tooth, abscess: Hepar sulph, Merc viv, Silica

Toothache: Aconite, Belladonna, Calc carb, Chamomilla, Pulsatilla, Sepia
Toothache, tearing pain: Sepia

U

Urine, protein in: Calc carb, Ipecac
Urine, protein in, late stage of pregnancy, Phosphorus

Urination, difficult: Aconite, Apis, Cantharis, Lycopodium, Natrum mur, Nux vomica
Urination, escapes too quickly: Sepia
Urination, frequent urging: Nux vomica, Phosphorus
Urination, involuntary: Arsenicum, Belladonna, Pulsatilla, Natrum mur, Sepia
Urination, must wake to urinate 12 – 3am: Aconite
Urination, inability to pass urine: Lycopodium
Urination, difficult, with constant pressure and tension in the abdomen: Pulsatilla

Uterus, soreness: Arnica, Pulsatilla, Silica
Uterus, feels like it will fall out: Sepia
Uterus, inflamed: Phosphorus
Uterus, pain, burning: Bryonia
Uterus, pain, rheumatic, disturbs sleep: Pulsatilla

V

Varicose veins: Arnica, Arsenicum, Carbo veg, Nux vom, Pulsatilla
Varicose veins, on the nose: Carbo veg
Varicose veins, inflamed: Lachesis
Varicose veins, painful on, legs, thighs, vulva: Lycopodium
Varicose veins, sore, bruised, may ulcerate: Arnica
Varicose veins, with burning pains, worse on thighs: Calc carb
Varicose veins, with stinging pains: Apis
Varicose veins, with stinging, bleed easily: Pulsatilla
Varicose veins, with swelling and itching: Carbo veg
Varicose veins, with swelling, burning, itching, ulcerated, bleeding, smelly: Sulphur
Varicose veins, with vertigo: Arsenicum, Gelsemium, Ipecac, Natrum mur, Phosphorus
Varicose veins, worsen during pregnancy: Sepia

Vagina, itching, during pregnancy: Aconite, Sepia

Vaginal discharge: Pulsatilla, Sepia

Veins, swelling at the ankles: Lycopodium
Veins, jugular, motion in: Phosphorus

Vertigo: Arsenicum, Belladonna, Gelsemium, Natrum mur

Vision, visual disturbances: Calc carb, Gelsemium, Pulsatilla
Vision, double vision: Belladonna, Gelsemium
Vision; momentary blindness: Silica
Vision, vision, misty: Calc carb

Vomiting, when fetus moves: Arnica
Vomiting, after over eating: Bryonia
Vomiting, alternates between food and mucus: Natrum mur
Vomiting, food eaten long before: Pulsatilla
Vomiting, long and continued: Kali bich
Vomiting, with deathly nausea, not relieved by vomiting: Ipecac
Vomiting, milky looking vomit: Sepia
Vomiting, with mucus: Ant tart, Drosera
Vomiting persistent: Ipecac
Vomiting persistent, late afternoon and evening: Ipecac, Lachesis
Vomiting water: Sepia
Vomiting water, at night: Phosphorus
Vomiting, with burning in the pylorus: Cantharis
Vomiting, with wrenching: Arsenicum, Cantharis, Ipecac
Vomiting everything, including water: Ipecac

W

Weakness: Sepia, Sulphur
Weakness, caused by vomiting, diarrhea, loss of fluids: China
Weakness after a short walk: Calc carb

Weepiness: Apis, Ignatia, Lachesis, Natrum mur, Pulsatilla, Sepia

Weight gain, extreme: Calc carb, Sepia

Whooping cough, take if you come into contact with it: Drosera

Y

Yeast infection, with lumpy discharge: Sepia