Pregnancy
Moms Body Changes
During pregnancy, the woman's body has a number of different changes, both internal and external in order to become a mother. In fact, changes are the only thing that remains constant throughout the different stages of pregnancy.
Although the first mom's body changes range from swollen breasts to the growing abdomen during the second trimester, many other changes not physical noticeable occur, including mood swings.
You will not notice significant body changes during your first month, although your breasts may tingle or become tenderer, and by the end of that month, some women begin experiencing an enlargement of the breasts with increasing sensitivity.
As the pregnancy progresses, your body will start gaining a little weight around your hips, and the breasts will become firmer again, but during the first months major changes occurs inside the mom's body. In the early weeks of pregnancy, your body forms the umbilical cord in a pretty demanding process that contributes with symptoms such as nausea and vomiting.
It will not be until the third month when some woman may exhibit external changes that are noticeable as the body begins adjusting to the growing baby. After the sixth month new changes with the breasts occur which include larger nipples with darker areola that will stay that way until after the birth.
Your body will not bounce back right after birth, so your body will experience more changes for closer to a year before get its original size and shape back. However, if you want to have a better idea of other visible and not visible changes that your body will experience towards motherhood, this is a brief list of the main changes:
- Food cravings
- Stress and mood swings
- Gingivitis or bleeding gums
- Indigestion and heartburn
- Constipation
- Thrush or other vaginal discharge
- Frequent urination and/or incontinence
- Varicose Swollen veins,
- Hemorrhoids or piles
- Swelling of fingers, hands, face and ankles
- Pronounced Backache
In addition, of course, weight gain as the most noticeable feature. On average you may gain about 28 pounds, equivalent to 12.5kg, but a weight gain ranging from 19 to 35 pounds (9 to 16kg) (19 and 35 pounds) is considered normal and needed for your baby's development.
Weight gain is made up in body's mom like this:
- Baby's weight (5 to 9 pounds)
- Mom's placenta (1 to 2 pounds)
- Body's amniotic fluid (3 to-5 pounds)
- Extra weight of new blood (4 to 9 pounds)
In addition, the rest is extra weight shared by the mom's breasts, uterus, storing energy as fat, in an overall proportion of 4 to 11 pounds. |
