You receive antenatal care from your GP, midwife or obstetrician. During your first trimester the first 3 months of your pregnancy you may be offered a range of tests to check if you have any infections or health conditions.
Antenatal classes help you and your partner prepare for the birth of your baby and for caring for your newborn. Read more on raisingchildren. Unfortunately half of these pregnancies may also end in miscarriage, which cannot be prevented. You need to talk to your doctor if you experience very severe morning sickness as you may not be getting all the nutrients you and your baby need or early pregnancy spotting spot bleeding as you may be at risk of miscarriage. Read more on Parenthub website.
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Your name: is required Error: This is required. Your email: is required Error: This is required Error: Not a valid value. Send to: is required Error: This is required Error: Not a valid value. You may not have expected cramping during pregnancy — just when you thought cramps were over! The usual culprit in early pregnancy is implantation , when the fertilized egg attaches to the uterus. Also, your uterus is expanding and adjusting to being pregnant, which can cause cramping early in pregnancy.
Back pain tends to show up more in the second and third trimesters, but it's not uncommon to feel it during the first trimester. Burping and passing gas a lot more than usual?
Gas and bloating is common during pregnancy because progesterone relaxes muscles throughout your body, including your digestive tract.
This hormone slows the progress of food through your gut, giving healthy gut bacteria more time to produce gas from any given meal.
Some women have trouble falling asleep or wake frequently at night. Insomnia can start in early pregnancy and last until delivery, but a few adjustments can help you get better sleep. You may be more exhausted than you ever imagined you could be. In early pregnancy, extreme fatigue is likely due to a dramatic rise in progesterone. Find out more about pregnancy fatigue , and learn the basics of good sleep during pregnancy. Unfortunately, " morning sickness " can last all day — and it strikes about three-quarters of pregnant women during the first trimester.
If you have a mild case, some relatively simple measures can help. But if you're still suffering, talk with your provider about safe medications for morning sickness. You may notice an increase in vaginal discharge during the first trimester due to an increase in estrogen. It's usually harmless, but talk to your provider if you have pain, itching, or discharge that smells bad or looks unusual.
Breast changes , including tender breasts and sore nipples, are usually one of the first signs of pregnancy. Thankfully, your breast will likely feel less sore by the end of the first trimester. Because progesterone slows movement in the digestive tract, things can get a little backed up. This can lead to constipation — try these tips to prevent and ease it. During pregnancy, you need more oxygen — and this can lead to feeling out of breath. In the first trimester, shortness of breath may appear as a heightened awareness of the need to breathe.
So many aches, pains, and strange feelings arise during pregnancy that it can be hard to decide what's normal and what's not. To complicate matters further, some symptoms may be more or less problematic depending on your particular situation or health history and on how far along you are in your pregnancy. But if you have any of these pregnancy symptoms , call your doctor or midwife immediately. Gaining weight is a sign of a healthy pregnancy. Experts say it's normal to gain between one and five pounds in the first three months of pregnancy — though some women may gain more or less, or even lose weight during the first trimester due to morning sickness or other reasons.
Your provider will monitor your pregnancy weight to make sure you're in a healthy range and gaining at an appropriate pace. You can also use our Pregnancy Weight Gain Calculator to stay on track. Don't worry if you can't eat a well-rounded diet in your first trimester — nausea and food aversions can make this feel impossible. Just do the best you can. Many women feel better eating small, frequent, carbohydrate-heavy snacks.
When you're able, make your pantry, fridge, and freezer pregnancy-friendly by filling them with healthy eats like nuts, fresh and dried fruit, multigrain pasta, and yogurt. Get a shopping list of healthy pregnancy foods. During pregnancy it's especially important to avoid foods that could contain bacteria, parasites, or toxins — including undercooked meat , unpasteurized soft cheeses , anything that contains raw eggs , sushi made with raw fish, raw oysters , and fish that's high in mercury.
Find out more about foods to avoid during pregnancy. In your first trimester, you may feel too tired, moody, or nauseated to make love. But if you're feeling amorous and you don't have any complications that may make sex dangerous , go ahead — you won't hurt the baby.
The amniotic sac and the strong muscles of the uterus protect your baby, and the thick mucus plug that seals the cervix helps guard against infection. Find out more about having sex during pregnancy. Use this list to keep track of all your first-trimester tasks, from making your first prenatal appointment to taking belly photos. If you haven't started taking a prenatal vitamin yet, now's the time to start.
It's particularly critical to get enough folic acid while trying to conceive and during your first trimester. Folic acid greatly reduces your baby's risk of developing neural tube birth defects such as spina bifida. Make sure you know what your health insurance plan covers as far as your prenatal care and delivery costs, as well as care for your new baby.
Get answers to these questions by calling your health insurance company or talking to your company's benefits department. Or, find out what to do if you're pregnant and don't have health insurance. If you already have a doctor or midwife you love, you're set. If not, you've got some homework to do.
Talk to friends and relatives, ask one of your other providers to recommend someone, check out the preferred providers under your health insurance plan, or search online.
Find out more about what to consider when choosing a doctor or midwife. To prepare for your first prenatal visit, jot down the first day of your last period and start making a list of any questions that arise. Talk to relatives on both sides about your families' medical histories. Your provider will want to know whether any chronic conditions or genetic abnormalities run in either of your families.
Your cravings may run the gamut from cheeseburgers to chalk really! Weird non-food cravings are known as pica and can reflect a deficiency in your diet. Call your doctor if you're experiencing pica. Also make an appointment if you're having the nuchal translucency test, which screens for Down syndrome and other chromosomal abnormalities. The test must be done between 11 and 14 weeks. Note that by week 11 of the first trimester, nearly all of the fetus's organs are beginning to function, and genitals begin to take on male or female form.
Read more about being 11 weeks pregnant. Your uterus has begun to expand outside the protective pelvic bones. It will increase in size almost 1, times by the end of your pregnancy! You may really be starting to show now, especially if it's not your first baby. From now on, steer clear of any activities that pose the risk of a fall or abdominal trauma, such as horseback riding. Also avoid exercises that require you to lie flat on your back—your growing fetus can place too much weight on a major vein, causing reduced blood flow to the uterus.
Read more about being 12 weeks pregnant. Now that you've finished your first trimester , you can start eating for two—a little. Plan on gaining about 12 pounds during the next 14 or so weeks. To support your baby's growth without gaining too much weight, aim to get extra calories a day from healthy foods. Start shopping for maternity clothes. Many shops have belly bumps to mimic your girth in later pregnancy. Read more about being 13 weeks pregnant.
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