Change that produces joy

They say that the body is very wise and knows how to adapt to all the processes of human life . In the case of pregnancy, the anatomical and functional transformations that our organism suffers are so many that they practically affect, to a greater or lesser degree and almost without exception, all organs and systems.

Knowing these modifications is very important for any pregnant woman or woman in the process of Get pregnant.

 

Change that produces joy

Therefore, the Gynecology and Obstetrics Service of the Gregorio Marañón University Hospital of Madrid (Spain) offers a list of changes suffered by the body of a pregnant woman. Do you want to know them?

1. They modify their center of gravity. The pregnant They project the head and trunk backwards and establish a lumbosacral lordosis of compensation, which has been called "the pride of the pregnant woman". The march becomes slow and heavy.

2. Since the beginning of pregnancy, the woman registers a slight thermal rise of 0.3 to 0.6 ºC over the pre-ovulatory basal temperature.

3. The accentuated pigmentation of the membranes is the most notable phenomenon, so common in pregnancy that it becomes another sign for diagnosis.

It is more pronounced in brunette women than in blondes and can be seen in the face, breasts, cracks and scars ; in the abdominal midline and in the external genital organs. The pigmentation disappears after childbirth although sometimes it persists with much less intensity.

4. Appearance of stretch marks. They are presented more numerously in the abdomen and they are pink, congested and sometimes pigmented.

5. Mammary modifications are early, constant and numerous. The most obvious phenomenon is hypertrophy, which is compounded by the appearance of cracks, increased tension, sensitivity and erectile capacity.

6. There is a certain predisposition for growth in the bone system. Many young women tend to increase in height.

7. There is greater mobility of the joints. Of this the symphysis and the joints sacroiliac, facilitating the movement of the pelvis during childbirth. This mobility is also accentuated in the joints of the column and in those of the lower limbs.

Needless to say, the pregnant woman experiences an increase in weight during pregnancy, which can be about 11 kilos. Although if vomiting occurs, the woman may even slim down.

According to the specialists of the Gynecology and Obstetrics Service , in the week preceding the birth, due to hormonal variations, you can lose about a kilogram of weight.


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