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The journey begins with the day you conceive and touch the end (to the new start) when you deliver. But it just doesn’t starts and ends; the best thing is to pass through the journey as it is full of excitement, surprises, pain and pleasure. It will bring lots of changes to your life, body and mind. And when you successfully handle all these changes you will be ready to get new surprise (baby) with totally new challenges.
Today we will talk about changes in life during pregnancy and due to pregnancy. Pregnancy is 9 months journey and we divide it in 3 set of 3 months period. First three months are known as first trimester, second three months are second trimester and the last three months called third trimester.
First Trimester: First three months of the pregnancy is known as first trimester. Its starts with the day you conceive. The best thing about this trimester is you won’t even come to know about your pregnancy for first one and half months. Even though now you need to deal with just one and half months from the first trimester it’s a biggest challenge as something new for your body at its initial phase so your body will react. Lots of hormonal changes will be there and so lots of mental and physical changes will be there for you at every rise of the day.
I would like to say whatever changes you feel in your body, whatever changes you feel mentally, both are perfectly normal. Morning sickness, lower abdominal pain, back pain, tiredness, weakness, dizziness, sore breast, craving for certain food, mood swing, dry or darken skin, hair growth or mole on body, sleepless nights, midnight hunger etc are very common here. This trimester can be little more painful than rest two.
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This is really very crucial time as chances of miscarriage are at its highest during first three months so you need to take extra care of you and limit yourself from your favorites like high heels, biking or some sort of sports and exercises.
You may lose your weight due to morning sickness but do not worry you will cover it in next two trimester.
Second trimester: Next three months are known as second trimester. This is known as honeymoon trimester too as now your body has accepted all the changes and behaves normally. No morning sickness, you can eat properly, you can work properly and the best is you can travel for certain distance too. Not much mood swings so once again your body is in your control. The only thing you need to take care is your diet and nutrition as you may need to gain a lot.
Third trimester: Good news is journey is about to end but bad thing is you may get some of your first trimester problems and pain again like morning sickness, abdominal pain but yes this won’t be every day like in first trimester. It will come and go like visitors.
Stretch marks, swollen hands and legs, varicose veins, back pain or full body pain, sleepless nights are very common for this trimester. You may have gestational diabetes. You may feel contraction sometimes. And how can we forget the best part; you will feel your baby (when you touch your tummy) like her legs or her head and most exciting is her timely kicks.
Yes you may feel little bit heavy because now you need to carry yours as well as your baby’s weight. Your breast can be little bit uncomfortable for you as they are ready for the new phase. Long travelling is painful for you.
You may feel so much energetic sometimes and some days will be very tiresome. But try to manage it. Even if you are so much energetic don’t try to complete lots of work, stick to routine only as you need to save this energy for your delivery day. You may be very excited about birth and baby and sometimes tense too. Don’t worry much and prepare yourself for the delivery by relaxation techniques, you will need it at the time of contraction. Think as much pain as you can as delivery pain will be highest. Don’t be scared as it will be just for a day, will come and go by giving you a reward of your patience and stamina.
You will go through very emotional phase once again so don’t get upset with your mood swing and be ready for post pregnancy melt down.
Happy journey would be mummy
