Changes in Your Body and Mind

The following publications and organizations provide additional information on Changes in Your Body and Mind

Publications

1. Backache (Copyright © Smart Moms, Healthy Babies) - This publication contains information on backaches and how you can help prevent or relieve back pain during pregnancy.
   
   
2. Breast Changes (Copyright © Smart Moms, Healthy Babies) - This publication contains information on the way your breasts change during pregnancy and why these changes occur.
   
   
3. Constipation (Copyright © Smart Moms, Healthy Babies) - This publication contains information on why pregnant women have problems with constipation and ways to help relieve it.
   
   
4. Emotions During Pregnancy (Copyright © UIHC) - This publication describes the different emotions one will experience during the first, second, and third trimesters of pregnancy.
   
   
5. Fatigue (Copyright © Smart Moms, Healthy Babies) - This publication contains information on fatigue during pregnancy and ways to help you feel less tired.
   
   
6. First Trimester: Physical Changes and Symptoms (Copyright © Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - This fact sheet discusses the physical changes and symptoms experienced in the first 3 months of pregnancy.
   
   
7. Frequent Urination (Copyright © Smart Moms, Healthy Babies) - This publication explains why pregnant women need to urinate more frequently than women who are not pregnant.
   
   
8. Headaches (Copyright © Smart Moms, Healthy Babies) - This publication provides information on headaches during pregnancy and ways to safely relieve them.
   
   
9. Hemorrhoids (Copyright © Smart Moms, Healthy Babies) - This publication contains information on why pregnant women get hemorrhoids and ways to prevent or relieve them.
   
   
10. Indigestion (Copyright © Smart Moms, Healthy Babies) - This publication provides information on how the changes in hormone levels can cause indigestion in pregnant women, and ways to prevent or relieve the pain.
    
    
11. Insomnia (Copyright © Smart Moms, Healthy Babies) - This publication explains why pregnant women have a difficult time sleeping, and provides some tips on how you can get enough rest.
    
    
12. Morning Sickness (Copyright © Smart Moms, Healthy Babies) - During your first and second trimester of pregnancy, you may experience morning sickness. This fact sheet provides information on what causes morning sickness, and recommends things you can do to help relieve those symptoms.
    
    
13. Nausea and Vomiting (Copyright © Smart Moms, Healthy Babies) - This fact sheet explains why morning sickness occurs, and provides some tips on how you can relieve your nausea and vomiting.
    
    
14. Skin and Hair Changes (Copyright © Smart Moms, Healthy Babies) - This publication provides information on how the changes in hormone levels can affect your hair and skin while you are pregnant.
    
    
15. Stress and Pregnancy (Copyright © MOD) - This fact sheet contains information on how your stress can affect a pregnancy and how mothers can prevent and cope with stress during their pregnancy.
    
    
16. Swelling and Varicose Veins During Pregnancy (Copyright © Smart Moms, Healthy Babies) - During your second and third trimesters, you may experience swelling in your legs and ankles, or varicose veins. These symptoms are normal during pregnancy, and this fact sheet provides tips to relieve your discomfort.
    
    
17. Ten Tips for a Healthy Pregnancy (Copyright © Lamaze International) - This easy-to-read fact sheet provides 10 simple recommendations to help mothers ensure that they have a healthy pregnancy.
    
    
18. You and Your Partner (Copyright © Smart Moms, Healthy Babies) - This publication contains information on the changes in your body during pregnancy. It presents a number of topics of interest to not only the expecting mother but also the expecting partner.
    
    
19. Your Body Changes (Copyright © YNHH) - This fact sheet informs expecting mothers of the physical changes they may experience during pregnancy, and tips for coping with them: morning sickness, ligament pain, tender breasts, dizziness, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, leg cramps, swelling, backaches, constipation, heartburn, headache, and vaginal discharge.
    
    

Organizations

1. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Resource Center
   
   
2.   Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR)
   
   
3. March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
   
   
4. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
   
   
5.   National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS
   
   
6. Smart Moms, Healthy Babies
   
   

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