A Beautiful time
Pregnancy is the most exciting and beautiful period of woman's life. This is also one very emotional phase a woman goes through in her life time. Just imagine how amazing it is to realize that another life is growing inside you? You are bringing a new life into this world. You are making another human being, who can talk, walk, and do all the things, within you.
It is something that only God can do as we were told stories when we were kids. It sure is full of anxiety and uncertainty but yet not necessary to have sleepless nights. A mother loves her all children equally and every pregnancy is always as special to a woman may it be a first one or fourth. A mom always wants and prays for a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby.
Changes
Generally, there's no real way to tell whether a woman is pregnant especially for three months. It’s a doctor's report that confirms that the woman is pregnant. However, there are certain symptoms that can tell that a woman is expecting a baby.
Certain hormonal changes take place in body when a woman is pregnant. As earlier stage symptoms, you can expect constipation, nausea, backaches and cramps when you get pregnant. There are other changes too that tell you that you are pregnant. A missed period is one of the most common pregnancy symptoms.
In mere about a week after conception, your body undergoes hormonal changes. You start to have backaches, cramps, constipation and missed period or bleeding in less than normal are the things you can expect at the early stage of pregnancy. Your breasts become tender and nipples get darker.
Rest needed
When you are pregnant, you need to rest a lot. Your body feels exhaustion and gets tired even doing nothing. This might start after one to six weeks and might not be the temporary phase. You might just feel very tired and worn out throughout the pregnancy period.
Another thing is that you'd be as hungry as anything all the time. Eating is what you just can't stop. But you shouldn't control over it. You have to keep in mind that you are eating for two people at that time. However, you should eat health and nutritious food only.
You can consult with doctor about what to eat and what to avoid during your pregnancy. During earlier days of your pregnancy, you might get very irritated and moody. Mood swings at these times might get worse than those from PMS and its all due to hormonal surges.
Things to Expect
Women develop very sensitive sense to smell during earlier pregnancy. The worst things you won't like while being pregnant is that you'll need to urinate frequently and you tend to loss you control over controlling it. After two to ten weeks of conceiving you might also get headaches, nausea and vomiting.
Vomiting whole day is pretty normal for many pregnant women even if it is termed as "morning sickness". These are all due to the hormonal change in body, due to pregnancy. Once you are sure that there's a baby inside you, you'll have to totally give up consuming any kind of alcohol and tobacco products.
It is more confirming to get a doctor's report before you jump into any conclusion. There are other home based tests also that are reliable enough to satisfy your queries. However, there are other pregnancy tests you can take for your conformity. These tests are easily available in pharmacies, stores and local clinics.
There are basically two types of pregnancy tests; urine and blood pregnancy test. Both work the same way. They check for the presence of HcG and consequently for the presence of the pregnancy. HcG is a hormone called Human Chorionic Gonadotropin. This particular hormone is produced by the cells in the uterus and so is found in pregnant woman only and tends to rise as the pregnancy develops.
However, these tests are not always 100% accurate. They mostly depend on the brand and also on the way it is used. Urine test is the most popular pregnancy test and can be easily found in any store and pharmacy. It is also an easy process. Any woman with suspicion of pregnancy can buy the test kit and perform it easily in the privacy of home.
However, one should very carefully read the instructions and use it very correctly. A wrong step can give a wrong result. Another method of testing is blood test. This may be performed a health clinic or the doctor's office. This is more reliable and can also show the maturity of the pregnancy.
Sleep Soundly
When you are pregnant, it is very important that you get complete rest. Try to get sound sleep and get balanced pregnancy diet. You should be physically fit to keep yourself and your baby healthy throughout the pregnancy period. There are also some problems you'll face being pregnant. One of the most obvious and inevitable one is weight gain.
Normally you cannot control weight gain during pregnancy and it can lead to other problem like expansion of waistline and appearance of stretch marks. Digestive problems and constipation might even be the results of weight gain. If its only stretch marks then you can use lotions easily available in the market.
They are pretty good and have been proved effective in controlling and reducing stress marks. Other serious problems are false pregnancy and pregnancy miscarriage. You should keep close look over your blood pressure and sugar level during this critical time. You should take lot of rest and get regular medical checkups to avoid high blood pressure and other ailments.
You have to try to feel relaxed and might have to take medication if you cannot control your stress level. Think positive and feel happy. Allow yourself to get the good vibes, enjoy the experience of being pregnant and mentally convince yourself that you are not getting any problems. Then you'll see all the pregnancy problems will just fly by.
Excerpted from the book Understanding Pregnancy by Wings Of Success.
This excerpt has been edited and condensed for clarity.
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