Small gestational age

There are days when a woman's body, literally, starts to behave provocatively. For some reason you want to eat herring, and certainly with jam, or suddenly you "get" a "pickled cucumber". Both women, sophisticated by life experience, and girls, who have no idea about the vicissitudes of fate, know that the earliest stage of pregnancy can cause major changes in a woman's body.

Indeed, from the moment of fertilization, the body undergoes a hormonal restructuring, which entails a change in habitual taste preferences. There are a number of signs by which you can understand that you are in the early stages of pregnancy:

• unusual taste preferences;
• increased sensitivity of the breasts, swelling, pain in the nipples of the breast;
• absence of menstruation for more than a week after the due date;
• poor health, malaise accompanied by nausea, vomiting, mainly in the morning;
• a short period of pregnancy leads to rapid fatigue of the body and drowsiness;
• unmotivated irritability, tearfulness, unreasonable anxiety and fear;
• frequent urination;
• the pregnancy test was positive;
• the blood test for chorionic hormone showed a triple-digit indicator;
• The ultrasound machine detected a lump in the wall of the uterus - this indicates that you are in the early stages of pregnancy.

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Sex and early pregnancy

Many couples, especially those expecting their first baby, wonder whether it is possible to continue intimate relations after pregnancy. There is no clear answer, only the doctor monitoring the pregnancy can say for sure. If there are no problems in the female body that can lead to termination of pregnancy, then nothing prevents the man and woman from continuing an active sexual life. If there is even the slightest suspicion of termination of pregnancy, then all kinds of tension should be avoided.

Early pregnancy is a very important period and only parents can decide what is more important - sexual relations or a new life. If the pregnancy is favorable, it is almost impossible to harm the fetus during intimacy. The embryo is still very small, the uterus is enlarged, but not critically. The restrictions are rather psychological. The future father worries much more than the mother, sometimes being afraid to simply touch her once again. Therefore, with the question of whether you can have sex if you are early in pregnancy or abstain - consult a doctor, no need for amateur performance.

However, doctors and psychologists recommend not denying yourself the pleasure, because pregnancy is a natural process and there is no need to be afraid of it. An active sex life during pregnancy provides the female body with the necessary amount of hormones, trains the pelvic muscles, which is very useful in connection with future childbirth. For the fetus, there is also more benefit than harm. Enjoying the emotional background of the mother, the baby also receives a portion of hormonal nourishment in the form of endorphin, the hormone of happiness.

Why do pregnancy tests "not work"?

Modern women have already become accustomed to the fact that they can buy a pregnancy test at any time of day, in any pharmacy, within walking distance. The trust in tests is almost impeccable. However, tests are not always able to "give" a positive result, despite the fact that there is already a small period of pregnancy.

Such "errors" may be related to the quality of the test purchased. The principle of pregnancy tests is based on "catching" the hormone in a woman's urine. Perhaps some manufacturers simply save on reagents and thus produce low-quality tests. For greater accuracy of the result, it is worth purchasing three tests from different companies and different price categories. If you suspect a short pregnancy, checking your suspicions with three tests at once will increase the percentage of probability of the data obtained.

Another reason why a pregnancy test may give a negative result is the time of the test. The highest content of the hormone, when the pregnancy period is still early, is found in morning urine, the more often you urinate, the lower the percentage of the hormone remains. Therefore, a pregnancy test in the evening may give a negative result, and a repeat test in the morning will give two pink stripes.

It is also impossible to rule out such an option as the absence of pregnancy. Having a delay in menstruation, a little more than the usual time, every woman begins to suspect her body that something is wrong. The first thing that comes to mind is to take a pregnancy test. A negative result can either calm you down or cause new suspicions. In this case, it is better to consult a doctor and take a blood test for chorionic gonadotropin.

Reasons for termination of pregnancy at an early stage

In a healthy woman's body, everything is arranged and predisposed to accept a fertilized egg, and it is very difficult to cause a natural termination of a pregnancy that has occurred. But it is impossible to completely exclude such a possibility. In addition, as practice in recent years shows, termination of pregnancy most often occurs precisely when the short term of pregnancy was not even noticed by the woman. This is possible if there are any physiological disorders in the body, or an emotional breakdown.

Abortion may be caused by:

• hormonal disorders;
• the presence of physical or physiological disorders in the body (previous abortions, miscarriages, surgical interventions in the pelvic area);
• tumors in the uterus (fibromas, myomas);
• genitourinary tract infection;
• heavy physical exertion (jumping high, lifting weights);
• nervous tension;
• taking medications, in the annotation of which pregnancy is listed as a contraindication for use;
• inflammatory diseases in the uterus (endometriosis).

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Natural beauty of pregnant women

Pregnancy does not bring changes inside the body, the woman's appearance also changes noticeably, literally from the first days after discovering the "interesting situation". The short term of pregnancy leads to the appearance of a sparkle in the eyes and an elevated mood. The body shapes acquire rounded, soft forms. A pregnant woman is beautiful in her naturalness. Even pigment spots on the face, the formation of which cannot always be avoided, become, for some time, not a flaw, but an additional stroke in the portrait of a real woman.