Pregnancy is a very wonderful experience life has offered a woman. Though it is a wonderful experience at times it can be dangerous too. Approximately 529,000 women a year die during pregnancy or childbirth. 10 million of such women suffer injuries, infection or disability.
A woman's body undergoes a number of changes during pregnancy as it allows the fetus to grow inside the womb. This change in women’s body causes various symptoms which are not very serious and usually disappears without any treatment during pregnancy and sometimes lasts till the birth of a child
Symptoms of Pregnancy
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Fatigue
• Nausea and vomiting
• Breast soreness
• Pins and needles
• Urinary symptoms
• Constipation
• Relieving of Leg cramps
• Swollen ankles
• Varicose veins
• Itchy skin
• Backache
• Piles
Pregnancy Problems
Although pregnancy carries on normally for most women, prenatal (before-birth) care is very essential for the health of both mother and fetus. There are several factors that causes complication during pregnancy. Some are more common than others. Although most pregnancies are problem free, a few have pregnancies have problems. Pregnancy problems range from very minor to very serious, solutions of such pregnancy problems range from a better diet to emergency surgery.
Risk factors such as smoking, intake of alcohol, and use of drug during pregnancy can lead to mothers having babies that are born prematurely at a low birth weight.
The symptoms we have discussed so far are very common in a normal pregnancy and generally clear-up without medical treatment. But, there are a number of less common pregnancy-related conditions that need medical treatment
We would be discussing various Pregnancy problems in this section. Just click on any link on the left to know about various pregnancy problems.