Symptoms of Pregnancy: How to Deal with Them

When you first find out you are pregnant so many questions fill your mind. You, of course, have all of the questions about what your baby will be like. You wonder whether you will have a girl or boy, whether your baby will be big or small, and whether or not your baby will have hair. You won't be able to answer most of these questions until your baby arrives, but many of your other questions can be answered.

Let me start out by saying I am not a professional, nor do I think I am. I am just a new mom trying to give some advice that I wish I would have been able to find on the internet while I was pregnant. It was easy to find some information about pregnancy and childbirth, but most sources didn't really give me enough information. Most sources just give you the symptoms, but don't tell you how to deal with them. I'm writing this to tell you how I dealt with the ones I experienced.

Have you ever woke up from a deep sleep with terrible cramps while pregnant? While this is something that many women experience, it's not something that you just have to live with. Drinking lots of water will really help with cramps. When I started drinking extra water every day, it nearly alleviated all cramps. It made me need to get up to use the restroom more but it was worth it. Lots of water also helps keep your skin from drying out.

Are you feeling tired all of the time? It really is okay to let some things around the house go. Once baby gets here, you won't have enough hours in the day to get everything done. It won't hurt anything if you cut back to only washing dishes once a day or only vacuuming once a week. After all, you are now doing a very hard job: growing a human baby inside of you. Once I realized that I didn't have to get everything done, it helped me tremendously. I found that if I took breaks to rest, I had enough energy to get more done than if I just tried to get through it all at once anyway.

Another problem that many women experience during pregnancy is heartburn. Sometimes it seems that just about anything you eat will cause heartburn, especially during your third trimester. There's an old wives tale that says if you have heartburn, your baby will be born with hair. While this may be slightly comforting while dreaming about your baby with a head full of hair, it doesn't really help the uncomfortable feeling of heartburn. However, I did find that drinking milk would sometimes help to relieve heartburn. And since milk is so important for your developing baby, it's definitely a good trick to try. Sleeping in a reclining position instead of flat sometimes helped me, too. An added bonus of sleeping in a reclining position was that it helped to relieve back pain as well.

One other problem that many women experience during pregnancy is morning sickness. Morning sickness doesn't just strike in the morning, though. With my pregnancy, it started in the morning and continued all day throughout most of the pregnancy. One thing that did help me was to eat several small meals or snacks everyday instead of just three larger meals. Even if I wasn't hungry, I would take a break and eat something small every two or three hours. It was also very helpful to eat something like crackers before I got up if I had been sitting for more than two hours. I always found that morning sickness was the worst when I was getting up from sitting or laying down. Drinking ginger ale or eating something with ginger in it can help as well. It never worked for more because I couldn't stand the taste, but I've heard from many that it is great. While it is definitely not fun to be sick, just remember that as long as it is only mild, it won't hurt the baby or you. And your precious baby will make it all worth it in the end.

There are many other symptoms that some women face while pregnant, but this article would be fifty pages long if I tried to list them all. I just listed the ones that were the worst for me. I hope these tips helped you out, and as always, if you are really concerned about something, call your doctor.