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Best Way to Understand Your Body Changes in Pregnancy Second Trimester

The second trimester of pregnancy runs from Weeks 14 to 27. Many people consider this the fourth, fifth, and sixth months of pregnancy. This is usually considered the “peaceful time” of your pregnancy. Your morning sickness has probably gone away and you feel you have more energy than during the… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Understand Your Bed Rest Limitations during Pregnancy

Just as each pregnancy is unique, each bed-rest prescription, based on that doctor’s beliefs and practices, is different. Limitations can range from some activity restriction and periods of lying down (modified or limited bed rest), to complete bed rest at home (lying down with no bathroom privileges), to bed rest… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Understand the Third Trimester of Pregnancy

The third or last trimester is from Week 27 to Week 40, or the sev­enth, eighth, and ninth months. This is the final phase of the pregnancy before the birth of your baby. In this stage, you’ll experience many physical demands on your body. Every activity may seem to require… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Understand the Complications of Pregnancy

Developing a complication during your pregnancy may make it high risk. You may experience preterm labor, and your baby may have to be delivered early. Your care may be put under the charge of a perinatol­ogist, a highly trained medical specialist for high-risk pregnancies whose goal is to eliminate—or at… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Understand Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension

Your health depends on many things, but one system it particularly depends on is your circulatory system.

Your heart pumps blood through the blood vessels. When these blood vessels become smaller because the inside layer of muscle is con­tracting, less blood can get through the system. Then the heart has… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Take Tests and Procedures in Pregnancy Second Trimester

You usually have your first ultrasound in the second trimester. (Some physicians choose to do a sonogram in the first trimester.) Midwives may not include a sonogram in their prenatal care. You may request one.

There are two ways to have an ultrasound. The more common is with an abdominal… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Survive Pregnancy Bed Rest

Even though you’re confined to bed or home for a serious medical con­dition, you’ll look fine to others; in fact, you may look terrific with all the extra rest. You won’t seem sick, and for most of you, you won’t feel sick. Many people around you will think you can… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Reduce Stress before Pregnancy

We have such high expectations for ourselves and for others. We have too little time. Our lives are spent rushing from one commitment to another. And that’s just the stress we put on ourselves. Add to that family problems, economic uncertainty, and world events, and stress becomes a heavy burden… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Prepare for Your Pregnancy

Your health care provider may provide you with some instructions on how to pre­pare for your pregnancy.

  • Eliminate poor habits. Your preconceptual health care provider will offer you a weight loss program if you’re overweight or may offer you other programs to help you stop smoking or using alco­hol

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Best Way to Prepare for Pregnancy Physically

Pregnancy is not just a physical event—it’s a journey. And before embarking on any journey, any adventure, you should feel your best, so you can savor every moment of a totally new experience. Imagine planning a two-week hike along theAppalachian trailand not having exercised in months. You may have just… Continue Reading…