When  you agree to spend  your lifetime together, then it’s time to have baby to fulfill your family. However, most of the mothers don’t know they have pregnancy during the first weeks or months, but  they may find some symptoms and changes happened to their body which clearly show in the fourth week. Let’s see what they are!

Symptoms And Changes

1. Period missing

For those mothers who have monthly period problems, they’re assumed to have pregnancy because when they’re in pregnant conditions and bodies  will increase hormones production named progesterone. The hormones will restrain from having monthly period to make body ready for being mother.

2. Urinary Frequency

Symptoms of having frequent urination is one of warnings that happens to pregnant mother. This symptom is simple because it occurs when uterus is getting bigger and crowd to urinary bladder and it limits space of keeping urination. Also, hormones change during pregnancy and it makes blood circulate more  so you will want to go to toilet more than usual.

3. Super smell

When they’re in pregnant period, super smell will happen. Noses will affect to any kind of smell even you’re familiar with before such a smell of food, perfume or husband which they might vomit as well.

4. Nausea

Pregnant mother will feel nausea, stomach motion or called morning sickness. The symptoms are going to happen clearer in the third week. It causes the hormones to disturb the digestive system and finally becomes dizzy though.

5. Desire-Loss of appetite

Because of hormones increase, the tasting of the pregnant mother is going to be changed.  Sometimes they might feel food is not delicious, or want to eat something weird or sour. Moreover, some of them have anorexia symptoms as well.

6. Breast Squeezing

Breast squeezing is one of the most common signs of pregnancy. Breasts are clearly changed such as feeling hurt around breast nipple which mom will acknowledge in the first month. Moreover, you will also notice that the nipple is getting bigger and there’re more veins visible on the breasts.

7. Feeling Exhausted

Feeling exhausted could happen to pregnant mother because hormones fluctuation named progesterone has been increased, and it makes muscle slacken off. However, the body needs a lot of energy to support baby. The mother will be tired and wish to sleep all the time. These symptoms are the warnings to let mother know to take more rests.

8. Mood Fluctuation

Based on changes of hormones, it makes pregnant mother are more sensitive. Sometimes, they’re not happy when people around do something, even just seeing  or hearing sad story can make them cry as well.

9. Low Sexual Desire

Most of the mother has low level of  because of having morning sickness. These symptoms make them tired and worry about severe that might affect to their baby. However, some of them have sexual desire even more which is normal in the first months of having baby.

If the symptoms or changes  happen, we suggest  you to buy a pregnancy test to check first. If appear clearly, we have to say Congratulations to mother to be! However, you should go to see the doctor to to make sure that the result is accurate and have antenatal care immediately.

Antenatal care is so good for the doctor to have check and follow the progress of mother and baby. However, there’re mothers who give a birth without having antenatal care which has higher risk such as premature labor, post-mature labor, and etc. Once  the mother knows, they should have antenatal care immediately and go to see the doctor appointment.

How To Take Care Of Yourself

After you know the result, and the doctor says  Congratulations!  It’s time to realize regarding how to take care yourself in the first month of pregnancy more.

1. Relaxing

Mothers should have enough sleep about 8-10 hours per day especially at night which is important to body to produce hormones. Moreover, taking afternoon naps will help reduce exhaustion.

2. Exercising

After they know you’re pregnant, they should have a soft exercise to let body move. Exercising during pregnancy will reduce backache, stress also support their sleep to prevent sad condition during having baby. Moreover, exercising can help give birth to baby easily and shape body back faster. Mother can have a soft exercise  by doing yoga, walking, swimming or dancing slowly.

3. Food

Food is one of the most important things that mothers should realize. They should not skip meals and try to eat enough healthy food including protein, calcium, folic acid and water, avoid food and drink that are not good for your body and the baby such as drinks with caffeine, alcohol, fermented, tasty, flavored food also drugs and vitamins.

4. Antenatal Care

Pregnant mother should go to see the doctor on time to check and update the progress of mother and baby. If there’re any problems, so the doctor will treat you immediately.

 Be Careful With Diseases and Complications 

1. Abortion Condition

Loosing blood is one of the warnings of a difficult pregnancy. However, there should not let blood out much because it’s a sign of split of blood between the mother and baby or may occur from weak uterus tissue. So, if there’s a lot of blood coming out of the vagina and have stomachache, they should go to see the doctor immediately.

2. Mood Fluctuation

Pregnant mothers may find out that they’re sensitive, worry, sad, confused or scared. Moods are happened all over the place because of the level of hormones has been changed which might disturb the nervous system but these symptoms are going to disappear as the pregnancy goes forward.

3. Allergies

Allergies frequently occur with children. Sometimes, parents might have allergy symptoms before, so the baby will have higher risk to have allergy problem as well because of the main factor is heredity.

Heredity is uncontrollable factor that has been with the baby since fertilization happens. Nowadays, we found out that

- Baby who has parents or one brother with allergic problem will have higher risk of allergy about 30-40%

-  Baby who has parents or two brothers with allergic problem will have higher risk of allergy about 50-80%

- Even baby whom his parents doesn’t have allergy but the baby still has risk up to 15%

Environment is controllable factor that can avoid or manage like food, fur; smoke especially when baby is in the stomach, the mother should have enough nutrients also to eat some food less such as cow milk, soy milk that might stimulate the allergic system. Should not more than 500 CC or 2 glasses per day or select the one has probiotic. Nowadays, there’s a research approved that encourage positive allergic system after give a birth. However, mother should realize on allergy since they are having pregnancy in order to know that baby

Warnings

Although, you’re not a mother or father yet, it is time to be ready for planning and  taking care of baby . There’re several sources to learn from such as handout , social medias , doctor suggestion and Happy Mom.Life which wrap up useful information regarding having baby all in here.

The first month of being pregnancy is so important because the small baby is growing. If the mother tries to take care as much as possible, it’s not only good for the mother’s health but also baby development which will be  ready to come out later on.

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