ANTENATAL CARE-It’s a great feeling to be a mom.

It’s a great feeling to be a mom.

                 As you realise and progress in your term, you and your body undergo several changes. Knowing what to expect when, helps you ease your fears and prepares you to deliver a baby in good health.

             From a single microscopic cell to the baby you love to hold in your arms, pregnancy is a time for rapid change. You can see yourself changing too. You will gain 9–14 kilos which include the weight of the placenta, uterus, blood, milk glands and the baby growing inside you.

           The entire duration of pregnancy can be divided into three trimesters, each lasting 3 months:

           1)The first trimester from conception to 12 weeks   

           2)The second trimester from 13 to 28 weeks

           3)The third trimester from 28 weeks to the delivery

Good care and nutrition is important in all the three; however, the first trimester is often ignored as during the early stages, most women do not even realize that they are pregnant.