Pregnancy Stage II

What is the second trimester (week 13-week 28)?

Most women find the second trimester of pregnancy easier than the first one. But it is just as important to stay informed about your pregnancy during these months. You might notice that symptoms like nausea and fatigue are going away. But other new, more noticeable changes to your body are now happening. Your abdomen will expand as the baby continues to grow. And before this trimester is over, you will feel your baby beginning to move! As your body changes to make room for your growing baby, you may have:

> Body aches, such as back, abdomen, groin, or thigh pain

> Stretch marks on your abdomen, breasts, thighs, or buttocks

> Darkening of the skin around your nipples

> Patches of darker skin, usually over the forehead, nose, or upper lip.Patches often match on both sides of the face. This is sometimes called the mask of pregnancy.

> Itching on the abdomen, palms, and soles of the feet.

> Swelling of the ankles, fingers, and face.

Pregnancy Stage I

What is the first trimester (week 1-week 12)?

During the first trimester your body undergoes many changes. Hormones changes affect almost every organ system in your body. These changes can trigger symptoms even in the very first weeks of pregnancy. Your period stopping is a clear sign that you are pregnant. Other changes may include:

> Extreme tiredness

> Tender, swollen breasts. Your nipples might also stick out

> Morning sickness

> Distaste for certain foods

> Mood swings

> Need to pass urine more often

> Headache

> Weight gain or loss

Exercises for PREGNANT woman...

To ensure that your ‘baby in your tummy become healthy’ you need to do some exercises. Besides that, it will make you become stronger during pregnant. Other than that, this will affect your babies and it will be easier for you to give birth.





IMPORTANT!!! Before you start any exercise program, consult with your health care provider. Your health care provider can give you personal exercise guidelines, based on your medical history.




STRETCHING EXERCISES for PREGNANCT WOMAN...

Here are some simple stretches you can perform before or after exercises and you can do it by your own at home.


a) Neck Rotation:


Drop your head forward. Slowly rotate your head to your right shoulder, back to the middle, and over the left shoulder. Complete four slow rotations in each direction.



b) Shoulder Rotation:

Bring your shoulders forward and then rotate them up toward your ears and then back down. Do four rotations in each direction.




c) Thigh Shift:

Stand with one foot about two feet in front of the other, toes pointed in the same direction. Lean forward, supporting your weight on the forward thigh. Change sides and repeat. Do four on each side.



d) Leg Sake:

Sit with your legs and feet extended. Move the legs up and down in a gentle shaking motion.





e)Ankle Rotation:

Sit with your legs extended and keep your toes relaxed. Rotate your feet by making large circles. Use your whole foot and ankle. Rotate four times on the right and four times on the left.







f)Swim:


Place your arms at your sides. Bring your right arm up and extend your body forward and twist to the side, as if swimming the crawl stroke. Follow with left arm. Do the sequence ten times.

Healthy Food for PREGNANT woman...

Home Pregnancy Test

What is the difference between Doctor Pregnancy Test and Home Pregnancy Test???
A home pregnancy test (HPT) is done by placing a small amount of urine on a test stick. If there is HCG present in the urine sample, the chemical reaction on the test stick will cause a positive result to be displayed. If no HCG is present in the sample, the test stick will display a negative result.

Each test stick has different directions on how long you will need to wait before a test result will be displayed. For your information, the test pregnancy can be test by your own. You might use a home pregnancy test, which can be purchase at most major drugstores.

Doctor Pregnancy Test

Do you have any idea what is doctor pregnancy test actually???
This test requires samples for two blood tests in order to determine the pregnancy. The first test is quantitative which is to measures exactly how much HCG hormone is present in the blood sample. The second test is qualitative and only detects whether HCG is present or not, not how much of the hormone is in the blood sample.





Furthermore, HCG can detect in the blood as soon as possible than the urine. Other than that, home pregnancy tests are convenient and inexpensive, but if taken too early, the test may display a false negative.

Types of PREGNANCY tests...

Do you know that there are two different types of pregnancy test??? The most accurate test is the one that been done by the doctors (by using blood sample). It is used to test for a pregnancy hormone called HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN (HCG). Besides that, the most commonly used pregnancy test is the HOME PREGNANCY TEST (HPT). This method can be done at home and uses urine to detect HCG.



What is the “Human Chorionic Gonadotropin” (HCG)?
It is fertilization of an egg which is successfully implants itself in the uterus of the body which produces a hormone. In addition, the hormone is usually produced six days after the sperm and the egg unite, but can take all the way up until the first period does not occur. The longer the fertilized egg has been implanted in the uterus, the greater amount of the HCG hormone will be present in the body. Amazing right??? (“,)