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Signs of Pregnancy: Presumptive, Probable, & Positive  Presumptive o Things that could be due to pregnancy but could also be explained by something else  Fatigue, breast tenderness, N/V, Amenorrhea, Urinary Frequency, hyperpigmentation of the skin, quickening, uterine enlargement, and breast enlargement.  Probable o You’re probably pregnant, but we don’t know for sure  Braxton hicks contractions, Positive pregnancy test, abdominal enlargement, ballottement (examiner pushes on cervix and feels rebound from fetus), Goodell’s sign, Chadwick’s sign, Hegar’s sign  Positive o You are definitely pregnant!  Seeing a fetus or embryo on an ultrasound  Fetal movement felt by a clinician  Auscultating fetal heart tones w/ doppler