Pregnancy

About 40 percent of pregnant women will develop varicose veins due to increased pressure inside the veins, and due to hormonal changes during pregnancy.

Every day there are more studies aimed at studying and analyzing the mental health of women in their motherhood, which helps to make visible conditions that used to be lived in silence before. These studies analyze the impact that mental disorders have on both the mother and her children, in order to better understand how and why they should be treated.

When we are in the final stretch of our pregnancy and we think about childbirth, it is normal to feel uncertainty and nervousness, especially if it is our first time. For many women, it is important to know well the hospital where they will give birth, and even have good references to help them face the moment in a more relaxed and confident way.

I've always been a cosmetic addict, so one of the first things I did when I found out I was pregnant was researching anti-stretch mark products and then making a good stockpile. I was so disciplined in this matter, that I managed to get away with two babies: I don't have a single one, despite having had an exaggeratedly large belly and my mother and grandmother having a lot. Today I tell you exactly how I took care of my skin and what products I definitely recommend.

The placenta is an organ that forms inside the uterus during pregnancy and helps nourish the baby and filter excess waste that is generated during the gestation months. As the pregnancy progresses, the placenta evolves, and in its evolution the placenta can be classified into four degrees of maturity: 0, I, II and III.

Not only smoking during pregnancy is very detrimental to the development of the baby, as well as being it for the mother, of course. But it is also important that they smoke near you. Even being exposed to secondhand smoke during pregnancy is linked to epigenetic changes in the baby.

You have always had an irregular menstruation, with highly variable cycles and impossible to predict. In the end, you get the diagnosis from the gynecologist: polycystic ovaries. And, depending on when this diagnosis occurs, especially if you think about starting a family, you will ask yourself: if I have polycystic ovaries, can I get pregnant?

Prenatal checkups are very important for proper monitoring of the pregnancy, knowing that everything is going well, and that your baby is developing as it should. They are so essential that the WHO recommends that pregnancy monitoring visits be doubled from four to eight.