PREGNANCY
First Trimester
The first trimester is counted from the first day of your last period, as most women who conceive naturally won’t know the exact date of conception. Hormonal changes during the early months of pregnancy may make you feel moody or irritable, and its common to feel extreme tiredness. Some women suffer with nausea (morning sickness) although it may not just the mornings you feel sick.
second Trimester
The second trimester is the middle part of your pregnancy, from 13 to 26 weeks. Many women will start to feel more energised in this faze and nausea should begin to settle down. Your baby bump will also become visible. Your uterus will grow, and you may feel some discomfort or aches as uterine ligaments stretch. Your skin will begin to stretch as your belly and your breasts grow, which may cause some mild itching as the skin becomes thinner. Your blood volume will increase to meet the demands of your growing baby, your heart hearts pumps more blood each minute and your heart rate increases.
third Trimester
The third trimester of your pregnancy is from 29 to 40 weeks. This faze of pregnancy can be physically and emotionally challenging as your baby grows bigger. Their size and position can make it harder for you to get comfortable and although you can still be active during these last three months, you’ll probably find your body naturally wanting to slow down.
As with the other trimesters you will probably experience several symptoms.
Morning sickness
Some pregnant women experience very bad nausea and vomiting. They might be sick many times a day and be unable to keep food or drink down, which can impact on their daily life. This excessive nausea and vomiting is known as hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), and often needs hospital treatment.
eating for two
A healthy diet is an important part of a healthy lifestyle at any time, but it is especially vital during pregnancy. What you eat can not only influence your own health, but also affect the health of your growing baby, so it is important that you eat a healthy, balanced and varied diet.
The principles of a pregnancy diet are pretty much the same as general healthy eating, you do not need to go on a special diet.
Gestational Diabetes
What is Gestational Diabetes?
It is high blood sugar (glucose) that develops during pregnancy and usually disappears after giving birth. It is caused by your body not being able to produce enough insulin to meet your extra needs during pregnancy. (Insulin is a hormone that helps control blood sugar levels).
Pregnancy and your bladder
Pregnancy can play havoc with your bladder, you may notice quite early on in pregnancy that you need to pee much more thanks to your hormonal changes. However, as your bump grows and puts pressure on your bladder the frequency to need the loo can increase, and sometimes leakage can occur to. The most common form of urinary leakage experienced during pregnancy is usually stress incontinence.
Pelvic girdle Pain
Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP) or symphysis pubis dysfunction (SPD)- is a collection uncomfortable symptoms felt in the pelvic joints, lower back, hips and thighs. Around 1 in 4 women experience PGP and the symptoms can be different for each women and can vary from mild to severe. The pain can be worse when you're walking, particularly going up or down stairs, when standing on 1 leg (for example, when you're getting dressed or in and out of a bath). When moving your legs apart (for example, when you get out of a car). Certain hip movements like turning in bed can also aggravate PGP as can laying on your back or side.
essential oils for pregnancy and birth
Essential oils have been cherished for centuries as a natural way to support health and well-being. Today, many people turn to these aromatic plant extracts to enhance their wellness routines, finding them beneficial for everything from stress relief to improved sleep. However, when it comes to pregnancy, essential oils take on a unique role. For many expectant mothers, the journey to motherhood can bring its own physical and emotional challenges—nausea, fatigue, aches, and heightened emotions—all of which essential oils may help ease.
10 myths about pregnancy exercise
There are a lot of myths about what exercise you can and can’t do during pregnancy. A lot of advice was given before the medical profession realised the benefits of exercise in pregnancy. Here are ten myths we’ve busted to put your mind at rest if you want to continue to train whilst you’re pregnant.
Can I lift weights during pregnancy?
Myth#1 – You can’t weight lift or weight train while pregnant.
Yoga for Breech Baby
It is understandable that you may feel slightly worried or overwhelmed to be told your baby is laying in the breech position and that you may have to schedule a Cesarean section.
Breech is is when your baby is lying bottom first or feet first in the uterus instead of in the usual head-first position and is very common on early pregnancy. Usually as you come close to your due date your baby will naturally turn themselves into the head first position.
Webster technique For Breech Baby
What Is the Webster Method?
Breech, or feet-first presentation, affects up to 4 percent of full-term births. When this happens, doctors must either try to turn baby headfirst in the weeks before birth or perform a cesarean delivery, also known as a C-section, to help baby arrive safely into the world.