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First Trimester Changes in Your Body Pregnancyis different for every woman. Some women glow with good health during those first 3 months; others feel absolutely miserable. Here are some of the changes you might notice, what they mean, and which signs warrant a call to your doctor. Bleeding.A...
Prevalence of overweight and obesity has risen in the United States over the past few decades. Concurrent with this rise in obesity has been an increase in pregravid body mass index and gestational weight gain affecting maternal body composition changes in pregnancy. During pregnancy, many of the...
advertisement And because pregnancy changes the body in profound ways, standard doses might not work for pregnant women, even if the medication is safe. Take the digestive system, for example. Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy can affect how drugs are absorbed. The stomach digests more slowly...
A woman's body undergoes many transformations during the nine months of pregnancy. Many are well known, but some bodily changes may be unexpected and catch some women by surprise.
In this article Your body changes so rapidly during pregnancy that it's hard to know whether a newache or painor other symptom is normal, or whether you should call your healthcare provider or even head to the emergency room. It's smart to be cautious and to pay attention to newsymptoms...
And you knew your body was in for some changes, too -- gainingweightduring pregnancy, biggerbreasts, maybeswollen anklesif you stayed on your feet too long. But there are some changes that might surprise you. Here are five of them. ...
Pregnancy, process and series of changes that take place in a woman’s organs and tissues as a result of a developing fetus. The entire process from fertilization to birth takes an average of 266–270 days, or about nine months. Learn more about pregnanc
That's not a particularly negative change, the researchers said, and might just reflect a "fine-tuning" of the brain as the body undergoes a major transformation. Similar changes in cortical gray matter occur during puberty, for example. ...
Postpartum Body Changes Here are some of the many ways you can expect your body to change. All women are different, so you may experience only a few or all of these changes. We hope that by acknowledging these changes, we can help bring you a sense of peace in knowing that you aren...