Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Things You Must Know To Have A Healthy Pregnancy by Sunita Biddu

Many people do not understand how to check that they are pregnant. They sit around long enough until they are too into several months of pregnancy before they get to the doctor to confirm what they have been suspecting all through out. Pregnancy is supposed to be a very exiting period, full of expectations and planning. There are sure signs that should send you to the doctor for check up. By being keen enough to your body you should be able to see the signs and start taking care of yourself in time.

Signs of pregnancy

Morning sickness is a sort of fever that causes nausea mostly during the morning hours or evening. If this condition should persist for a week, then you should visit the doctor or take a pregnancy test.

You will also have mood swings and cravings, these are almost sure to prove the pregnancy to you. Thirdly, and most profoundly, you will miss your periods. During your cycle, mostly it is 28 days; you will realize that a delay of up to fourteen days, this is the fertilization period, coupled with the above signs should prove pregnancy to you.

Pregnancy is a sacred time to the woman; it is a period when there is the development of a new human being! At this period, all care should be taken to ensure that the mother to be is well dieted, and her health checked regularly to ensure a proper development of the baby.

Pregnancy symptoms vary from woman to woman and depend on the environment that they live in. Once you realize that you are pregnant, it is very important that you get three things. One is the care of a prenatal agency or doctor.

Pre Natal Care

During pregnancy, there is so much confusion in what goes on in and around the body. These strange to the body changes are bound to create anxiety and panic if there is no proper pregnancy advice, and then it is almost certain that you will get problems during this period and during child birth.

Family and friends Support

Secondly, you will need to have a support group or person. These you can get from the many friends and family you have. Mothers and older married or people with children of their own are the best in this support group as they will offer help based on experience. Pregnancy symptoms may be hard to see and know unless, you were expecting or planning a pregnancy, but there are simple pregnancy tests that can be purchased and used in the home.

Books and Journals

Thirdly, books and pregnancy journals will help a great deal, as you read of how others managed their pregnancy symptoms, went past pregnancy and managed successful child birth. Though this is just the first part of the journey!