Catching The Symptoms During Pregnancy Assures a Safe Delivery

Human gestation period is pretty long among mammals of about thirty eight weeks. During this long period, a lot of physiological and biological changes happen in the mother's body. The baby grows in size from a small zygote to a considerable amount. During this growth process, different stages of the baby need different types of treatment and nourishment. In order to monitor the different stages of growth, the pregnancy period has been divided into three trimesters of almost equal lengths based on clinical investigations. The pregnancy symptoms at different stages actually govern what type of clinical treatment, food and nutrition, and precautions may be necessary.

A close monitoring of the pregnancy symptoms week by week is necessary for proper care of the baby and the mother. The monitoring, mostly with the help of non-evasive ultrasonic therapies, can tell you about the baby's growth. Accordingly, the diet of the mother is governed. In the first trimester, the baby is very small and so, more of nutrients are required that can boost immunity in the baby. Lots of fruits and vegetables and huge amount of water has to be taken in. During this time, the baby's brain and nervous system grows mostly. As a result, there is a need to take in a lot of folic acid rich food, and fish for omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, that help in brain growth.

In the second trimester, the baby grows faster. Her vital organs like the liver, the kidney, the lungs grow more now. So a lot of energy and building nutrients is necessary. As a result, the mother has to depend more on proteins and carbohydrates, besides fruits and vegetables for a purer blood. The third trimester needs a lot of water to keep the inside of the placenta moist as the baby starts moving about pretty fiercely. Owing to her bog size now, these movements can really be painful. A lot of protein, carbohydrates, micronutrients in fruits and vegetables are still required. But due to the big size of the baby, a lot of food cannot be taken in at one go. The mother has to consume food in smaller quantities at regular intervals.

These are general precautions that need to be followed, but there can be variations owing to the specific needs of the baby. This specific and customized care can be ascertained only through close monitoring of pregnancy symptoms week by week. For example, continuous pain in upper abdomen and excessive vomiting and nausea can be a reflection of pre-eclampsia. Similarly, there can be diabetes during pregnancy owing to improper insulin metabolism. In order to catch and monitor any possible disorder, the pregnancy symptoms are to be monitored intensely. Not only the general practitioner can do this, a lot of awareness must be there among the parents too. Thus, besides guidance from the general practitioners, they must also go through the pregnancy magazines and websites to a large extent in order to become more aware of the possible symptoms and their specific reasons.

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