| Now you are pregnant, your body will be making | | | | pregnancy illness). However, if your body needs to |
| many changes to accomodate your growing guest. | | | | give your baby more nutrients it will have to pump |
| Some changes you will notice such as the growth of | | | | blood faster and with more force since your blood is |
| your breasts and belly, but other changes are more | | | | 40% thicker than usual, thus raising the pressure. So |
| subtle. | | | | long as there is no protein in your urine, your body is |
| The cocktail of hormones that are being released | | | | responding very well to your baby's needs. |
| especially for your pregnancy will make emotional as | | | | And likewise with Glucose levels. According to Dr |
| well as physical changes. The hormone Relaxin allows | | | | Odent, having glucose in your urine is also a healthy |
| your joints to become looser and more flexible for | | | | sign that your placenta is responding to your baby's |
| the birth of your baby. This hormone also opens you | | | | need for more sugar. Your insulin levels will decrease |
| up emotionally and so you may experience feelings | | | | to allow the sugar to stay in your blood for your |
| of vulnerability, and hypersensitivity; a great way to | | | | baby and if your own body does not need the |
| allow you to sympathise more deeply with your | | | | excess glucose and your baby has had enough, then |
| fellow humans and give you the openess for | | | | it will be released through your urine. Often women |
| motherhood. | | | | who have glucose in their urine during pregnancy |
| It is very common at the beginning of your | | | | have no negative symptoms that come with ordinary |
| pregnancy to come down with a 'cold'. This is a really | | | | forms of diabetes, their insulin levels are functioning |
| healthy sign that indicates your immune system has | | | | and the state is resolved after the baby is born. |
| lowered itself enough for your baby to be accepted | | | | Your body has been producing approximately 40% |
| by your body. If your immune system were kept | | | | more blood volume to allow your blood to be thicker |
| too strong, it may think your baby is a foreign body | | | | and clot easily in the event that you may bleed |
| to be dealt with like a virus. | | | | during childbirth. A fantastic protection mechanism for |
| The placenta is your baby's connection to you and is | | | | you and your baby to be safe, which may make you |
| a functioning organ responding to its every need. If | | | | feel heavier and more solid in your whole body and |
| your baby needs more nutrients, oxygen or to | | | | not just your belly. Your whole body is changing and |
| release any waste products it will do so via the | | | | accomodating your little guest and getting itself ready |
| placenta. Many women experience a rise in blood | | | | for labour and motherhood. |
| pressure during the final few weeks of pregnancy. | | | | Being pregnant is an act of love; you are giving |
| According to Dr Michel Odent, this is actually a very | | | | unconditionally to another human being. This process |
| healthy sign that the placenta is working and | | | | can come with its up's and downs, but ultimately you |
| responding to your baby's needs. High blood pressure | | | | are a gorgeous woman of creation allowing a new |
| if often frowned upon during pregnancy because of | | | | person into the world to experience the love and joy |
| it being a symptom of pre-eclampsia (a very serious | | | | you have to offer. |