Congratulations, you are pregnant! Wow! Maybe you were looking forward to it or maybe it was a surprise, but here it is. The test has been positive, and a stage begins in your life. You are going to read and they are going to give you a thousand tips, so it is very likely that you will go crazy with so much information.
We recommend that you calm down, each pregnancy is a world, listen to yourself, and trust your specialist. Just in case we also want to give you some ideas of what is going to happen in the first trimester.
Being pregnant is not being sick
Be clear that being pregnant is not being sick. A pregnancy is something natural, you are naturally prepared for everything to go well, so do not get obsessed. Enjoy the moment. What is happening is something magical and beautiful, so live it.
Once you have confirmed that you are pregnant Make an appointment with a specialist. Someone that you recommend or trust, will be your most faithful companion throughout the process. He will be the person to whom you should ask any questions. Doctors prefer to make the first visit between weeks 12 and 14, but if you are taking any medication you should do it immediately.
If you are a smoker and pregnant, you should quit now. Alcohol must be zero, and tobacco is tremendously harmful to the fetus. You should also reduce your caffeine consumption.
Now more than ever, you must follow a balanced diet, do not think about eating for two. And as you may have read, avoid raw food, cook meat well, do not eat ham or sausages and wash fruit and vegetables well. It is quite common for pregnant women to be prescribed a vitamin complex of iron and folic acid.
If you usually practice sports, then continue with it, and if you did not do it, it is time to start. You can walk half an hour every day. Aerobic exercises like swimming, biking, and low-impact gymnastics help strengthen your heart. You will need to be physically prepared for delivery, and this exercise will help you control your weight.
The first months and the dream
The first thing you are going to notice in your recent pregnancy is the hormonal change. Beyond the stress that the new situation causes you, there are changes in your body that will make sleeping at night more difficult. And at the same time, you are going to have the need to sleep a lot.
The point is that during pregnancy a hormone is produced that causes asthenia, weakness and drowsiness that forces you to head for a little while. This progesterone it is the same that will cause you (perhaps) nausea and vomiting, and a slower digestion. These circumstances do not help the night's rest at all. But, calm down, this means that everything is on the right track, it is just that you have to adapt to the new rhythms that your body is asking of you.
A recommendation that we give you is make a balanced and light dinner, even try to make it two or three hours before going to bed. If you have gastroesophageal reflux, put a couple of cushions under your back and try to make your torso be inclined about 45 degrees from the mattress.
If you want to know more tricks to sleep well during your pregnancy you can read this article.
Losses during the first months
Do not panic. Blood losses during the first weeks or first months of pregnancy are because the embryo sac, which contains the fetus, is being implanted into the inner wall of the uterus. These losses are usually dark in color, this means that, internally, they occurred some time before and, while they have not been expelled, the blood has been oxidizing and darkening. If the losses are bright red, they are more recent, but it does not have to mean anything serious.
Now things change if in addition to blood loss you have period pain, or cramps. In this case go to the doctor immediately.