Patches often match on both sides of the face. These spots are called melasma or chloasma and are more common in darker-skinned women. Many women develop mild swelling in the face, hands, or ankles at some point in their pregnancies. As the due date approaches, swelling often becomes more noticeable. Call your doctor if your hands or feet swell suddenly or you rapidly gain weight — it may be preeclampsia. Temporary bladder control problems are common in pregnancy.
Your unborn baby pushes down on the bladder , urethra , and pelvic floor muscles. This pressure can lead to more frequent need to urinate, as well as leaking of urine when sneezing, coughing, or laughing.
Call your doctor if you experience burning along with frequency of urination — it may be an infection. During pregnancy, blood volume increases greatly. This can cause veins to enlarge. Plus, pressure on the large veins behind the uterus causes the blood to slow in its return to the heart.
For these reasons, varicose veins in the legs and anus hemorrhoids are more common in pregnancy. Varicose veins look like swollen veins raised above the surface of the skin. They can be twisted or bulging and are dark purple or blue in color. They are found most often on the backs of the calves or on the inside of the leg.
Department of Health and Human Services. ET closed on federal holidays. Breadcrumb Home Pregnancy You're pregnant: Now what? Body changes and discomforts. Body changes and discomforts Everyone expects pregnancy to bring an expanding waistline. Body aches As your uterus expands, you may feel aches and pains in the back, abdomen, groin area, and thighs.
What might help: Lie down. Apply heat. Call the doctor if pain does not get better. Breast changes A woman's breasts increase in size and fullness during pregnancy. What might help: Wear a maternity bra with good support. Put pads in bra to absorb leakage.
Constipation Many pregnant women complain of constipation. What might help: Drink eight to 10 glasses of water daily. Don't drink caffeine. Eat fiber-rich foods, such as fresh or dried fruit, raw vegetables, and whole-grain cereals and breads. Try mild physical activity. Tell your doctor if constipation does not go away. Dizziness Many pregnant women complain of dizziness and lightheadedness throughout their pregnancies. What might help: Stand up slowly. Avoid standing for too long.
Don't skip meals. Lie on your left side. Wear loose clothing. Fatigue, sleep problems During your pregnancy, you might feel tired even after you've had a lot of sleep. What might help: Lie on your left side. Use pillows for support, such as behind your back, tucked between your knees, and under your tummy.
Practice good sleep habits, such as going to bed and getting up at the same time each day and using your bed only for sleep and sex. Go to bed a little earlier. If you're ordered off your feet for another pregnancy complication, your doctor may recommend you take heparin or wear special compression stockings to promote circulation, says Dr.
For women who are otherwise healthy, staying active and well-hydrated may help to prevent clots, she adds. It's also important to get on your feet in the hours and days after delivery, when DVT risk remains high.
Definitely mention these five symptoms to your health care provider when they ask how you've been—they should know what's going on, even if it's no big deal—but there's no need to waste your time worrying about them. It takes a lot of work to grow a baby, and many women find themselves sleeping more and exercising less. Energy levels wax and wane during pregnancy and it is important for expectant mothers to listen to their bodies and rest when they feel the need.
Alice Domar, Ph. Skip making dinner. Let the laundry sit unfolded once in a while. After a long day of work, "it's okay to order a pizza and watch reruns" to rest and recharge, Dr.
Domar says. Many pregnant women report an increase in random, lifelike dreams. The baby pressing down on a woman's rectum and the slowing down of intestinal muscles due to pregnancy hormones make constipation a common complaint during pregnancy. The iron in prenatal vitamins or iron supplements for anemia another side effect of pregnancy also cause constipation. There is no need to immediately worry, as most women find relief by increasing their fiber intake, drinking more fluids, and exercising.
Some over-the-counter stool softeners are helpful and safe to try, and can alleviate constipation as well. An expectant parent may feel like they're going crazy, but the stress of pregnancy and a future new baby can affect memory.
People experience changes in their sleep patterns and eating habits during pregnancy, and these affect their emotional state. Domar explains that it's completely common to feel "scared, irritable, or ambivalent" when pregnant. It isn't talked about as often, but pregnancy is an extremely emotional experience and there's a lot going on in a person's head during those nine months.
Sometimes a pregnant person's feelings change hourly and move quickly from happy to sad to nervous. Domar explains. The most important thing is to realize that these questions and fears are a normal part of pregnancy, but definitely get help if you feel as though something is seriously wrong, or if you have thoughts of hurting yourself or someone else.
Horrendous inaccuracy! Even the slightest itch should be taken seriously. Not worth the risk. I am appalled by what this article says about Cholestatis. Parents Magazine, you need to write a retraction immediately and fact check your articles before printing false and possibly life threatening information. There are NOT topical anti-itch meds to treat. There is oral medication to help with the symptoms but nothing treats Cholestatis.
Babies must be delivered early as it can lead to preterm birth. And not in extreme cases! Shame on you for misinforming your readers about a serious health issue. I would have expected better of you and will be watching for how you correct this. I encourage you to reach out to icpcare. It is dangerous misinformation like this that makes me upset and angry!
You liver doesn't effectively filter the waste in your body and releases bile acid directly into your blood stream resulting in the premature aging of the placenta and can literally poison your unborn baby if it is not treated!
It affects only 1 in pregnancies. Topical itch cream does nothing for the itch of cholestasis. There is medication prescribed to help lower the bile acid level in your blood to help protect the baby. However, it cannot reverse the damage to your placenta that has already been done by the cholestasis.
Frequent monitoring to make sure baby isn't in distress is needed throughout pregnancy. Frequent bloodwork to monitor bile acid levels is also suggested, as they can spike quickly and without warning. Itching is NOT always on the hands and feet or at night!
It can happen anywhere on the body! Find out more about pre-eclampsia. If you're less than 37 weeks pregnant and are having regular abdominal cramps or tightenings, call your midwife.
This could be a sign of premature labour , and you'll need to be monitored in hospital. This is when the placenta starts to come away from the wall of the womb, usually causing bleeding and constant severe pain that does not come and go like a contraction pain. It's sometimes an emergency because it means the placenta may not be able to support your baby properly.
Find out more about placental abruption. UTIs are common in pregnancy and can usually be easily treated. A cause for concern would be if spotting is dark red, and associated with cramps and pain, or if it continues for days, such as a week or so. Under these circumstances, seek medical care.
Hoskins adds that most likely, spotting can be due to the implantation of pregnancy into the uterine wall. Hoskins explains that pelvic pain "can also be due to fibroids an effect of pregnancy hormones , and may be due to the uterus 'growing out of the pelvis' and thus putting the supporting ligaments on stretch or pull.
Hoskins advises that if the pain is severe whatever you perceive that to mean , persistent over more than a couple of hours , or associated with bleeding or leaking of fluid, to seek medical care because it could potentially be a miscarriage. Good ole' morning sickness, right? Most likely. Hoskins says, "It is very common to have nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy.
This is due to the surge in pregnancy hormones. In general, this will subside by the third month. Being sleepy can also be chalked up to the pregnancy hormone, however, if you become bedridden and can't perform normal day to day activities, it's important to see your doctor. Pregnancy can be tough, especially early on as your body is rapidly adjusting to its new state.
If you're experiencing muscle aches, Hoskins says that this may be more a sensation of fatigue.
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