8 Changes In Pregnant Mother's Body

Although welcoming a baby is a feeling of delight, surely there is an anxious feeling which is also occurred. Especially when you begin to realize changes on your body that you might encounter during pregnancy. What are those changes? Just go directly to the explanation below:

1. Breast Changes
When you’re pregnant, your breasts will soften, nipples become darker and more sensitive. Breast enlargement began to happen until you need a stronger and bigger bra size . That's the sign of the mammary gland starts producing milk.

2. A change of heart and lungs work
Heart of pregnant women will work harder to supply the increasing blood needs. In addition, the effect of uterine pressure on the lungs will cause a pregnant mother easily exhausted and breath harder.

3. Changes in skin and hair
Just don’t be lazy to take care of your skin and hair during pregnancy, because hormonal changes will make changes to both of them. Hair and skin may become more oily or drier than before you’re pregnant.

4. Emotional changes
It is very common if a pregnant mother discover uncertain feeling. Many feeling such as sad, happy, annoyed and others can arise in any moment. If these feeling is not managed properly, this condition can lead to depression or stress in pregnant mother. This can later influent the fetus, particularly its language ability development.

5. Changes in the mouth
Pregnant women often experience swelling of the gums, the occurrence of tartar and gum bleed easily. Teeth holes can also occurred.

6. Changes in urine
Enlargement of the uterus and the fetus is pressing the bladder causing urination of pregnant women more frequent. This can occur both day and night.

7. Feet and hands swelling
Accumulation of increasing blood volume due to fetal growth can cause legs to swell and also cause varicose veins. Usually the size of the shoe will be bigger than before.

8. Hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoids are often enlarged in pregnancy and worsened after delivery. To avoid this, avoid loud straining during loosing the bowel and consume fibrous foods to avoid constipation.

Many or few, changes in your body will definitely occur during pregnancy. Sometimes the changes will make you uncomfortable. Now the decision is yours, whether you can cope with those changes with ease so you can spend a wonderful 9-month period happily. Because the excitement during pregnancy will later bring joy to your baby too.

5 Signs When You'll See Your Baby For The First Time

Here are the signs when the delivery time is getting closer:

1. Baby down
A few weeks before delivery, the baby's head will go into the pelvic cavity. It's called the baby down and you will feel a lightening. If in the previous weeks, breathing felt tight because of fetal pressure on the lungs, then in this moment you will feel easier to breathe because the pressure in the pulmonary has been reduced. But on the other hand, the pelvic would be loaded and will felt heavier.

2. Contraction
Contraction is a common sign that started the process of childbirth, but many mothers also be fooled by false contractions (Braxton Hiks) which also frequently appeared in the last weeks of pregnancy. To distinguish these two contractions, noticed the pattern. False contractions are not painful, irregular and usually will be lost in any moment.
On the contrary, the intensity of the real contraction will be increased toward delivery. Along with the time, the more frequent, the more powerful contraction is. Initially, it will last for 30 minutes every 15-20 minutes. Then increase until up to 30-90 seconds at intervals of 3-5 minutes.

3. Spotting
During pregnancy, the cervix is covered by mucous to prevent the baby from infection. When the delivery is getting closer, the cervix open and become thinner in order to make the pass of baby’s head possible. Mucous mixed with blood came out due to interruption of the blood vessels at the opening of the cervix. Baby’s delivering can occur within hours or days.

4. Fetal membrane sac rupture
Sudden large amount of liquid discharge from the vagina indicates the fetal membrane was torn and broken. This usually makes panic. Go to the hospital or midwife immediately. 80% of mothers deliver their babies within 12 hours after the broken of fetal membrane.

5. Backache
This condition commonly occurred during pregnancy. But if the intensity is increased, it's a sign of back labor. Normally when the baby down into the birth canal, its face pressed the spine and causing pain. This pain can be felt in the abdomen but more dominant in the back area.

Hopefully useful!