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How to avoid bothersome symptoms and discomforts during the first trimester of pregnancy

Are you in your first trimester of pregnancy, suffering from bothersome symptoms and discomforts, such as vomiting, losing and changing appetite, frequent micturition, mammary swelling pain, emotional disorder, increase of vagina secretion? Don't worry about them, for it is natural for a pregnant woman to have these kinds of symptoms.

1. Losing appetite

Owing to the pregnancy, you may have inappetence, losing appetite. Also, you find that you eat much less than before. This is the common phenomenon of most of the pregnant women. There are some changes in your body, too: the secretion of corporin, slack digestive canal muscle, decreasing of intestine and stomach movement, etc. While there is undigested food in your stomach, naturally, you have no appetite. After this period, you have an increasing appetite; also, you will notice the changes of your body.

Advice from the obstetrics specialists

At this time, your food should give priority to a bland diet - more fruits, vegetables, or soda cracker soda crackers. More important, you should have frequent small meals, with balanced and ample nutrients. If necessary, consider drinking some coffee or tea.

In this way, the pregnant women have no need to worry about insufficient nutrition. When you have your meals, you should have less food. If you want to drink, make it 30 minutes after your meal.

2. Changing of appetite

During the period of pregnancy, you may like to eat what you hated to eat before pregnancy. Just make it fun Don't worry about it.

Actually, you are following the natural reaction of your body when you are pregnant. Some dietitians have studied what pregnant women love to eat, and they found that this kinds of foods supply required nutrients to pregnant women.

As the pregnancy weeks accumulating, they will possibly have different appetites, which is for different nutrients for them.

Advice from the obstetrics specialists

The pregnant women should have less greasy food, and avoid high salt content and too much fat. No matter what your appetite is, you need try to eat so long as you can have what you like.

3. Micturition

Pregnancy makes the womb continually growing, and the bladder is under the extrusion of it, naturally sending forth micturating signals to the brain. So, you will have to go to the toilet now and then. This will last for three months or so. The best policy is to follow the call of nature.

Advice from the obstetrics specialists

Don't try to hold back urine on any account, and keep your genitals dry, decreasing bacteria. Avoid urinary tract infection. Drink as you like, and don't worry about the frequent urine.

4. Vomiting

The pregnant vomit is related hormone inside. The hormone is called chorion gonadal hormone (HCG) in blood, stimulating female hormone and corporin, which keeps the endometrium in place. At the same time, this causes flatulence, regurgitation and vomiting. There are, sometimes, both nausea and vomiting, but such phenomena lasts to the 10th or 16th week of pregnancy, usually no more than 3 months.

Advice from the obstetrics specialistsTry to have more bland food.

Wish the advice here can be helpful to you. Be happy with these discomforts

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