Author: Elsy Aguerrevere

Is that burning sensation bothering you?

Heartburn

Heartburn is another common pregnancy complaint, even for women who have never had heartburn before. But it isnโ€™t your heart that is burning, itโ€™s your stomach!

As your baby grows, the occurrence of heartburn increases. By the end of the second trimester and extend through the third trimester the growing uterus moves and displace the stomach and the intestines upward, producing a burning sensation in the stomach near the location of the heart in the chest.

Hormones are guilty too, progesterone an important pregnancy hormone, relaxes muscles including the digestive tract and lower esophageal sphincter (LES) allowing gastric acid reflux.

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Eye contact “Connection between You and your Baby”

Just after birth, a baby sees only in black and white, with shades of gray. Around three months old, the baby will be able to see colors more clearly. Newborns cannot see very far, and can focus on things less than 25 cm (9.8 in) on an average of 20 – 38 cm (8 – 15 in) away. This is the distance between him and your face and eyes. Newborns usually fall asleep very quickly or squeeze their eyes tight shut while they nurse. Babies as they grow older (around 4 months or so), they establish a better eye contact with you.

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Get educated! Ask questions, seek answers.

It is so beneficial for you, your husband, your baby and even your family to seek advice from good and trusted sources. Trust me, knowing will make you feel more comfortable and happy. Ask as many question you like, your health care provider will try to answer all of them, they have the knowledge and experience to do so. They may not know what to tell, if you don’t ask them!

The importance of folate AKA vitamin B9 or folic acid before and during pregnancy

Folate is naturally found in many foods, also known as vitamin B9.

Folic acid is used in supplements and in fortified/enriched foods to help meet the recommended daily amount.

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FREE PREGNANCY TEST!

A pregnancy test  detects the amount of human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) in the urine, this hormone is produced when you are pregnant.

They are super accurate when you use them correctly! Urine pregnancy test have a 99% accuracy, only a blood test can give 100% accuracy since it measures the actual amount of HCG in your blood.

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