If you are concerned about feeling depressed or not feeling like yourself, talk with your health care provider right away. The stress of pregnancy can lead to or can worsen depression. At least one in 10 pregnant women becomes depressed. If you're depressed, there is help available. Talk with your health care provider for resources in your community. For more information on depression and anxiety in pregnancy, check out the Minnesota Department of Health website. Search for "postpartum depression" and click on the link for "Postpartum Depression Education Materials" in the results.
Integrative therapies treat the whole person - body, mind and spirit - at the same time. It puts the person at the center to restore or maintain his or her health. The Penny George Institute for Health and Healing offers education to promote wellness, the prevention of illness and healing. For more information on services offered by the Penny George Institute or to schedule an appointment, call Even though you can't fit into any of your pre-pregnancy clothes, you still have your shoes, right?
Maybe — but maybe not. Extra fluid in their pregnant bodies mean that many women have swollen feet and need to wear a larger shoe size. Wearing slip-on shoes in a larger size can be more comfortable, especially in the summer months. During pregnancy, your body makes the hormone relaxin, which is believed to help prepare the pubic area and the cervix for the birth. Relaxin loosens the ligaments in your body, making you less stable and more at risk for injury.
It's easy to overstretch or strain yourself, especially the joints in your pelvis, lower back, and knees. When exercising or lifting objects, go slowly and avoid sudden, jerking movements. Varicose veins, usually found in the legs and genital area, happen when blood pools in veins enlarged by pregnancy hormones.
Varicose veins often go away after pregnancy. To help prevent them:. Hemorrhoids — varicose veins in the rectum — are common during pregnancy as well. Your blood volume has increased and your uterus puts pressure on your pelvis. So the veins in your rectum may enlarge into grape-like clusters. Hemorrhoids can be very painful, and can bleed, itch, or sting, especially during or after a bowel movement BM.
Constipation is another common pregnancy woe. It happens because pregnancy hormones slow the passing of food through the gastrointestinal tract. During the later stages of pregnancy, your uterus may push against your large intestine, making it hard for you to have a BM.
And constipation can contribute to hemorrhoids because straining to go may enlarge the veins of the rectum. The best way to deal with constipation and hemorrhoids is to prevent them. Eating a fiber-rich diet, drinking plenty of liquids daily, and exercising regularly can help keep BMs regular.
Stool softeners not laxatives may also help. If you do have hemorrhoids, talk to your health care provider about a cream or ointment that can shrink them. So you've survived the mood swings and the hemorrhoids, and you think your surprises are over. But the day you give birth will probably hold the biggest surprises of all. During pregnancy, fluid surrounds your baby in the amniotic sac. This sac breaks or "ruptures" at the start of or during labor — a moment usually referred to as your water breaking.
For most women in labor, contractions start before their water breaks. Sometimes the doctor has to rupture the amniotic sac if the cervix is already dilated. How much water can you expect? For a full-term baby, there are about 2 to 3 cups of amniotic fluid.
Some women may feel an intense urge to pee that leads to a gush of fluid when their water breaks. Others may only feel a trickling down their leg because the baby's head acts like a stopper to prevent most of the fluid from leaking out.
Amniotic fluid is generally sweet-smelling and pale or colorless. It's replaced by your body every 3 hours, so don't be surprised if you continue to leak fluid, about a cup an hour, until delivery.
Other, unexpected things may come out of your body during labor. Some women have nausea and vomiting. Others have diarrhea before or during labor, and passing gas is also common.
During the pushing phase of labor, you may lose control of your bladder or bowels. A birth plan can help communicate your wishes to your health care providers about how to handle these and other aspects of labor and delivery. But depression is not something that you can control in this way. Because an untreated mental illness can have long term effects on your health and wellbeing, and on your baby too, getting the right treatment is vital.
Talk to your doctor if you are:. Plenty of safe and effective treatments are available for depression during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. You may be feeling quite anxious about your pregnancy and about being a parent. Many pregnant women feel some anxiety, but a few develop an anxiety disorder that needs treatment. Some pregnant women develop mental illnesses that are a significant risk to both them and their child. Other women may already have a mental illness that is more difficult to manage during pregnancy.
This page has been produced in consultation with and approved by:. In Victoria, you can have two types of abortion: surgical and medication. Both types are safe and reliable.
You can have a medication abortion up to nine weeks of pregnancy. You can have a surgical abortion from around six weeks of pregnancy onwards. Age affects the fertility of both men and women, and is the single biggest factor affecting a woman? Androgen deficiency in women and its treatment is controversial, and more research is needed.
IVF in-vitro-fertilization and ICSI intracytoplasmic sperm injection are assisted reproductive treatment ART procedures in which fertilisation of an egg occurs outside the body.
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The State of Victoria and the Department of Health shall not bear any liability for reliance by any user on the materials contained on this website. Skip to main content. Healthy pregnancy. Home Healthy pregnancy. Pregnancy stages and changes. Actions for this page Listen Print. Summary Read the full fact sheet. On this page. Changes to your body that may indicate pregnancy More about morning sickness Pregnancy stages Your feelings and emotions during pregnancy Depression during pregnancy Anxiety during pregnancy Other serious issues during pregnancy Where to get help.
In early pregnancy, you may experience some or all, or even none of the following symptoms: aches and pains possibly in your lower abdomen and in your joints morning sickness , which may be nausea or actual vomiting, and does not just happen in the morning constipation food cravings and aversions heartburn and indigestion a need to urinate more often back pain tiredness vaginal thrush skin changes and itching, and possibly skin tags haemorrhoids also known as piles leg cramps restless legs leg twitching at night varicose vein swelling in your ankles, feet and hands dizziness or fainting fatigue, or lack of energy nasal problems, or shortness of breath larger, tender breasts.
More about morning sickness The first thing to know about morning sickness is that it can hit you at any time of day.
The good news is that you may feel better if you: drink small amounts of fluid, often. In some extreme cases, women need to be rehydrated in hospital, using intravenous fluids. Pregnancy stages We talk about three stages of pregnancy: first trimester, second trimester and third trimester. First trimester In the first trimester: You feel really tired and possibly nauseous. You gain 1 or 2 kilograms, or maybe less if you have morning sickness. Most of this weight is in the placenta which feeds your baby , your breasts, your uterus and extra blood.
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