Not only will your body physically feel different after pregnancy, but your self-esteem may also see ashift due to postpartum depression. As women, our bodies are always changing, but they go through an accelerated amount of change during pregnancy. While some new moms are able to return to ...
Bodily Changes
Although most women immediately believe that they will have larger breasts after pregnancy, this is not entirely true. Yes, your breasts may increase in sizeduringpregnancy, but once you have given birth it is likely that your breasts will deflate. Whether or not you breastfeed your baby, this...
This hormone skyrockets starting when you get pregnant, doubling its levels every two days for the first 10 weeks of your pregnancy. That’s a huge change in levels really fast! As the first hormone on the scene, hCG’s job is to let the rest of the body know that OMG YOU GUYS, ...
If you thought the past nine months of pregnancy were a wild time for your hormones, they’ll continue to change dramatically from the moment you give birth. While hCG, progesterone, estrogen and relaxin decrease, oxytocin and prolactin continue to increase. ...
While you prepare your body for pregnancy, it is also important to note that there are certain things to avoid! 1. Exposure to toxins –While certain chemicals may only be of danger to the body when present in high doses, there is no harm in being mindful about chemicals such as BPA ...
Experts and OBGYNs weigh in on their best pregnancy sex position tips and tricks, so you can have comfortable sex in every stage of pregnancy.
When it comes to pregnancy, body mass index (BMI) matters. According to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 12 percent of all infertility cases are the result of “deviations in body weight from the established norm” (or weighing too much or too little). “One of the most ...
How Pregnancy Works After roughly 40 weeks, a tiny mass of cells transforms into a newborn. See morepregnancy pictures. Photo courtesy Anita Patterson/MorgueFile During fertilization, the sperm undertake a long and perilous journey into thewoman'sbody. Their quest is to cross the cervix before ...
And anyway, I was prepared to own my post-baby body — with a new baby, surely I'd have much more urgent priorities than a weight change. By 36 weeks pregnant, I wasn't feeling so strong. Walking had become difficult. I had slipped on some late-November ice and was in excruciating...