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Pregnancy can be a ‘burden’ for your body. Hormonal changes in pregnancy will be followed by a wide range of physical & emotional changes that may you never imagined before …

Physical Changes

When the fetus begins to grow and develop, your body is also changing. Enlarged breasts & uterus causes changes in the balance and posture. The uterus will also encourage the bulkhead chest cavity so you will easily feel ‘out’ breath.

Trimester 1

• You may feel more tired than usual. Take a break and read a book or magazine about pregnancy and childbirth.
• You may be experiencing ‘morning sickness’ (sometimes accompanied by nausea, vomiting), which will usually disappear when entering the age of 4 months of pregnancy.
• Breasts enlarged and slightly painful, the skin around the nipples become darker.
• Frequent urination.
• The skin in the middle of the abdomen may be darker in color.

Get around the ‘morning sickness’
Nausea can occur throughout the day, but morning sickness is usually more severe. That is why the nausea in pregnancy is called ‘morning sickness’. How to work around this?

• Provide a biscuit without salt / low salt at the bedside.
• Do not rush to get out of bed.
• Before getting out of bed, eat some biscuits first.
• Add the lemon slices into the drink.
• These complaints will get worse if an empty stomach, eat in small portions but frequently.
• Avoid fatty foods and laden condiments.

Trimester 2

• Weight loss continues to rise.
• More energetic and have started to feel comfortable.
• Easy hungry, but remember, select only healthy foods and do not overeat.
• Breasts getting bigger.
• It may be experiencing back pain.
• Starting to feel the baby move.

Overcoming difficult bowel movements (constipation)
Complaint is due to the effect of increased hormone progesterone, causing the intestinal muscles relaxation and ‘lazy’. You should drink 8-10 glasses of water a day, light exercise regularly, eat high fiber foods (fruits, vegetables, cereals). Avoid the use of laxatives during pregnancy.

Overcoming back pain

• Lying to the left, both legs bent.
• Hold your right leg just below the knee, lift the leg and pull towards the shoulder as much as 30 count.
• Perform 5 times.
• Do the same on the opposite side.
• Wear low-heeled shoes and prop her back with a pillow when sitting for long periods.

Trimester 3

• The increase in weight is still going on, due to accumulation of fluid, blood and fat.
• Breasts more soft, may have started out the first yellowish milk that is often called colostrum.
• The mucus from the vagina more and more, and this is normal, as long as clear-colored and do not smell.
• Changes in skin color on the forehead, cheeks or nose which usually disappears after childbirth.
• Sometimes stomach felt hard and tense uterus, is called a false contractions. This type of contraction often occurs along with the nearby maternity period.
• You can feel and see the fetus moving. Kick might even wake your sleep.
• Stomach feels heavier bottom, because the baby had come down near the birth canal.
• The ankle and foot may membengakak. To overcome this, lift her legs so that its position is higher than your body, and limit consumption of salt.

Beware!

• The increase in overweight
  Weight gain during pregnancy is necessary for growth and development of the fetus and breast-feeding preparation. Namnun should not be too excessive because of increases in excess can cause problems such as back pain, leg pain, tiredness, high blood pressure.
• High blood pressure
  High blood pressure (140/90mmHg) which is triggered by pregnancy or pregnancy also called preklamsi poisoning. Other symptoms you might experience: headache, blurred vision / glare, leg swelling, fatigue, nausea / vomiting, lack of urination, pain in the right upper abdomen, shortness of breath.
• Hyperemesis gravidarum
  Hyperemesis gravidarum is nausea accompanied by vomiting is very severe, there is absolutely no food or drinks that come in, thus causing weight loss, nutritional deficiencies, lack of fluids and electrolytes.

Poisoning pregnancy and Hyperemesis gravidarum is a state of emergency. If this happens, immediately visit a doctor.

Emotional Changes

During pregnancy, you may experience mood swings. Mood swings during pregnancy is normal. You feel pleased with the pregnancy you are experiencing but also worried about all the possibilities that occur.

Why there?

Changes in mood during pregnancy can be caused by:

• Physical Stress
  Physical changes that occur may cause you to feel unattractive and worried about the weight gain that occurs.
  Easily feels tired and frequent urination, also will provide a significant impact on your emotions.
• Changes in hormonal
  Hormonal changes can affect the levels of neurotransmitters (chemicals in the brain in charge of regulating mood)

What happened?

Response of each woman in the face of pregnancy are different:

• Feeling very excited
• Feeling anxious or depressed
• Worrying can not be a good mother, whether to bear a healthy child, think of how much additional cost that must be provided to meet the needs of the child later.

What should you do?

• Deal calmly
• Speak what you feel, do not keep to themselves, talk with your husband or friend will be very helpful
• Do the things that make you happy, such as streets, watching movies
• Control your stress by exercising, and doing things you enjoy
• Self-break
  If anxiety becomes excessive, showed no improvement, and lasted for more than two weeks, you should immediately consult because you may need further assistance.