Pregnancy weight gain

Physical changes

The influence of hormonal changes, and the effect of the changes in the size of the growing uterus, can lead to eating complications during pregnancy.

*Check whether the maternity ward has a list of the items you will need.

Items for hospital stay

In a normal, uncomplicated labour and delivery, the use of medication is not always necessary. Your own resources are often enough.

As labour starts, a mother’s mood changes and she becomes less aware of what is happening outside her body, and more aware of what is happening inside her body.

Instructor’s credentials, for example, midwife, physiotherapist.

Instructor’s specialised training in childbirth education.

Physical changes

The fertilised egg divides into two identical cells – then four, then eight, then 16, and then many billions, and 266 days later – your baby.

Your pregnancy: weeks 36-40. It’s time for the final preparations before the big day.

Read more about weeks 32 to 35 of your pregnancy below.

Read more about weeks 18-22 of your pregnancy below.

Pregnant women will tell you they experience almost irrepressible cravings for certain foods – salty, sweet, spicy or fatty foods. Some think it’s the body signaling what the growing baby needs.

Your pregnancy: weeks 28-31. The changes in your body continue to take place as you enter your third trimester! As baby prepares for its future exit: its eyelids are uncovered and eyelash

Clothing

The following signs of labour may occur in any order.
1. Progressive contractions

Physical changes

As a mom, whether you have a child yet or not, you look into the lens of the future to envision memorable moment after memorable moment together.

All parents worry about the possibility of complications such as prematurity, abnormality, stillbirth and neonatal death.