13 Things You Didn’t Know About Pregnancy
8. Shedding off shyness
Women slowly learn to shed off their shyness during their pregnancy as the doctors conduct various prenatal tests and examinations to check on the mother’s and baby’s health, besides ultrasounds and asking all sorts of questions.
9. Swelling body and growing feet
Every part of your body begins to grow; there’s swelling on the face, chest, hands, feet and legs. Usually, those women who take hormones to help them have an easy delivery find that their feet grow larger by one full shoe size! Though most of the swelling goes away after the delivery, the feet are most likely to remain as they are.
10. Bleeding gums
During pregnancy, gums become unduly sensitive and are likely to swell, so a good brushing around the teeth can draw blood.
11. Luxurious hair growth
The biggest advantage of pregnancy is the growth of a luxurious crop of hair. However, a number of pregnant women get embarrassed to find hair in other places which they don’t want– on the face, chest, back and stomach! But the unwanted hair is most likely to fall off within the first few months after your delivery.
12. Moody you
This is one phase of life that most women go through and yet, until it happens to you, you don’t really know what it’s all about, and even if you’ve been told, the actual experience is a thing apart. Pregnancy is a stage that can make a woman weepy and moody. The changes going on inside your body affect you in a way that nobody else can understand; just remember that.
13. Stay well-hydrated
You could faint or experience spells of dizziness, which would be actually due to low blood pressure or low blood sugar. To counteract against this, if puking is not bothersome, drink plenty of fluids and eat well.
