| Pregnancy brings with it a lot of anxiety for an | | | | for others. There are certain factors that determine |
| expectant mother especially pregnancy facts. This | | | | labor pain like, the health and capacity in a woman to |
| anxiety is mostly the result of curiosity over pregnancy | | | | resist pain. |
| related problems. 'Curiosity kills' goes the saying. This | | | | Healthy pregnancy women give birth to healthy babies: |
| stands true, especially in the context of pregnancy. | | | | While in most cases this is a fact, at times a healthy |
| Pregnancy Counsel | | | | mother might not be able to deliver a healthy baby too, |
| There is no dearth of counsel during the pregnancy | | | | like if it is born prematurely due to sudden high blood |
| period of a woman's life. A woman is flooded with a | | | | pressure. |
| barrage of pregnancy advice with the first symptoms | | | | Pregnant women should eat for two: Pregnant women |
| of pregnancy. These bits of advice are helpful, no | | | | are often told that they must eat for two. However |
| doubt, but at times they also add to the confusion of a | | | | this is not true. A pregnant woman has to increase her |
| pregnant woman. Since one cannot make a distinction | | | | calorie intake by just another 100 calories every month. |
| in a professional and amateur pregnancy advice, it is | | | | That is more than enough to provide nutrition to the |
| not advisable to act upon any of them without | | | | growing fetus in the womb. |
| consulting your doctor. | | | | Pregnant women should not do any exercise: Doctors |
| Courtesy demands that one has to lend an ear to | | | | today ensure that pregnant women know the benefits |
| friendly counsel. But following pregnancy advice or not | | | | of pregnancy exercises. Often, the fear of gaining |
| is left to one's discretion. However, at times, one may | | | | excess weight keeps haunting pregnant women. To |
| have to turn them down bluntly as well, if the counsel | | | | avoid gaining excess weight, pregnant women do |
| becomes too overbearing. One tried and tested | | | | strenuous exercises too. However here, it is important |
| formula to rein such counsel is to tell your well wishers | | | | to note that while pregnancy exercises like swimming |
| that you are following the advice of your doctor, | | | | and yoga are good during the pregnancy period, |
| whom you trust the most. | | | | strenuous exercises like weight lifting a total no-no. |
| Know The Facts Of Pregnancy | | | | Motherhood is a cherished dream, every woman longs |
| A few questions about pregnancy that are uppermost | | | | to experience all her life. Emotional stress and mood |
| in the mind of an average woman are given below. | | | | swings during pregnancy are part of a natural process. |
| Read the answers to know pregnancy facts and | | | | Rather than getting unduly worried about trivial issues, |
| realities. | | | | a pregnant women should learn more about |
| Pregnancy is always painful: Yes, pain is inherent to | | | | pregnancy facts and enjoy the experience of |
| childbirth. However, as far as its intensity is concerned, | | | | transformation from a woman to mother. |
| it is relative. It can be more painful for some and less | | | | |