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Pregnancy Symptoms - Symptom, Treatment And Causes

What is Pregnancy? More About Pregnancy : What Experts say :

What is Pregnancy?

Pregnancy happens because of sexual intercourse or in the recent times owing to of assisted reproductive technology. Pregnancy in general lasts approximately 40 days (in human beings) from LMP (Last Menstrual Period) and ends with childbirth. This time span involves about 9 lunar months, whereby each month constitutes of 29½ days. Which when measured from the day of conception comes to 38 weeks.The developing baby inside the mother’s body is called an embryo during the first 8 weeks after conception after which it’s known as a fetus till it’s born.

More About Pregnancy :

Pregnancy can be confirmed by doing a pregnancy test.

Prenatal care is always necessary for pregnant women to improve the gestational outcomes. Prenatal care involves ingesting extra folic acid, doing regular exercise, avoid drugs and alcohol, getting regular physical examination done by a gynecologist and others.

Complications that arise out of pregnancy includes gestational diabetes, severe nausea, high blood pressure, deficiency anemia and at times vomiting among others.

While early term pregnancy can be anywhere between 37 to 39 weeks, term pregnancy is 31 to 41 weeks long. Full term pregnancy is considered between 39 to 40 weeks and late term pregnancy is gestation that ends on the 41st week. Any pregnancy that lasts beyond the 41st week is known as post term pregnancy. Babies that are born before the 37th week and are commonly known as preterm babies, are born with higher risk of health related issues like cerebral palsy.

What Experts say :

According to experts, all deliveries before the 39th week by caesarean section or induced labor isn’t recommended- unless it is utmost required for certain medical complications and reasons.Women experience and undergo a lot of physical changes in her during pregnancy, which are not at all fearsome and are absolutely normal. These changes happen in the hematological, cardiovascular, metabolic, renal and respiratory systems in her body. For during pregnancy increase in blood sugar, cardiac output and breathing are all required for gravidity.

The levels of estrogen and progesterone hormones continually change in a woman during her pregnancy, which aids in suppressing the hypothalamic axis and therefore bring change in her menstrual cycle. As all fetuses are genetically different from their mothers, hence this process can be viewed as an unusually successful allograft. This occurs because of the increased immune tolerance of both the mother and the allograft during the pregnancy.

Popular Questions & Answers

Can I get pregnant if I had sex on the 4th day of my periods ,but my period had stopped by the 4th day, but we used the pull out method.

MD - Obstetrtics & Gynaecology, FCPS, DGO, Diploma of the Faculty of Family Planning (DFFP)
Gynaecologist, Mumbai
Pregnancy is possible only if semen-sperms have gone in the vagina. On 4 th day (if counted from the first day of bleeding) sex usually does not lead to pregnancy.

Hi! my lmp was april 13. I have done beta hcg test on may 12 and the result is <0.600miu/ml. I did a home pregnancy test may, 18,19 & 20 and still negative. My doctor gave me a medicine for bleeding but nothing happened. And still delayed 10 days now. But i'm having intercourse during my 10 days delayed. Do I get pregnant if ever or not? Thank you!

MD - Obstetrtics & Gynaecology, FCPS, DGO, Diploma of the Faculty of Family Planning (DFFP)
Gynaecologist, Mumbai
After blood test on 12/5 no pregnancy tests were required. You have not given details of name of medicine, doses, days taken etc so better ask treating doctor.

I am 22 years old. A university student. I got pregnant. We both are studying so we can't get married now. My boyfriend gave me tablets instakit. Please advise me how to use it. And what should I do now?

MD - Obstetrtics & Gynaecology, FCPS, DGO, Diploma of the Faculty of Family Planning (DFFP)
Gynaecologist, Mumbai
Drugs for termination of pregnancy can be taken only under the supervision of doctors licensed for termination, so meet gynecologist. After drugs, for termination of pregnancy, it is sonography 15 days later which decides the success of treatment.

I've unprotected sex before 2 weeks, now i'm feeling dizziness and breast pain and I also feel nausea past 2 days, and so on i've done a pregnancy test which came negative I wanna know am I pregnant? If yes than can I abort it using pills.

MD - Obstetrtics & Gynaecology, FCPS, DGO, Diploma of the Faculty of Family Planning (DFFP)
Gynaecologist, Mumbai
Negative pregnancy test on missing period means no pregnancy. May confirm with blood test serum hcg-beta. Otherrwise may meet any doctor for hormonnal treatment.
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