In order to understand why prenatal supplements are important for expecting moms, it is important to know what
happens in a normal pregnancy.
However it is helpful to all of us to understand just what
happens in normal pregnancy and childbirth so that can know what to look out for.
Not exact matches
While it's true that a loss of
pregnancy symptoms can
happen with a miscarriage, it's also true that symptoms can fluctuate
in a
normal pregnancy.
And the opposite can
happen due to estrogen, resulting
in the thyroid underperforming and causing you to gain weight (outside of
normal pregnancy weight).
«The reason we can't prevent complications
in pregnancy is because we don't yet know why a
normal pregnancy happens,» Way says.
It's not tested for
in normal pregnancies; you don't find out until something terrible
happens.
You may be particularly prone to vaginitis if you've recently finished a course of antibiotics (they can throw off the
normal balance of microbes
in your vagina), you have diabetes or your hormone levels are
in flux, as
happens around
pregnancy and menopause, says Mary Jane Minkin, MD, an ob - gyn at the Yale School of Medicine.
Umbilical cord complications are unfortunately still a danger to children even
in this day and age, and can often
happen in otherwise
normal pregnancies.