Discomfort in pregnancy

When you find out that you are pregnant, the first thing you usually do is embark on the ocean of information that exists about everything you should do during that period in which you are gestating the life of your baby: the ideal diet for pregnant women, exercises to find you perfect, the yoga postures that will help you in labor ...

During pregnancy, a woman's respiratory function is affected by various factors, such as the action of hormones and the alteration of the position of the diaphragm by increasing the position of the uterus. This causes a feeling of shortness of breath and fatigue that becomes more noticeable in the third trimester.

We are immersed in a heat wave that is affecting much of Spain, and the elderly, children and pregnant women are the most vulnerable groups.

In pregnancy, due to hormonal changes, increased circulation and the growing size of the belly, standing for many hours at a time causes some discomfort in women related to the changes inherent in pregnancy.

The changes typical of pregnancy, caused by hormones and increased pressure inside the veins, cause 40 percent of pregnant women to develop varicose veins.

As each woman is different, it may happen that she does not discover any early symptoms of her pregnancy or that, on the contrary,...

The hormonal changes that occur with pregnancy also modify the functioning of the cardiovascular system, and these changes, together with the high temperatures in summer, can lead to a drop in blood pressure. Therefore, we tell you how to prevent hypotension with a good diet and what foods to include in your diet if you suffer from low blood pressure.

Hypotension or low blood pressure is common in pregnancy due to the increased volume of blood circulating through the veins, especially in the first trimester due to the hormonal changes that the body is experiencing. Then towards the middle of the gestation it usually stabilizes, although there are women prone to suffer it throughout the pregnancy.