Just Gas Bubbles or Baby Moving

Remember the first time we feel the baby moved?  I cannot remember it but often think about it as I am a new mom. But when time comes, how do I know that it is just gas bubbles or baby moves.

Usually, pregnant women start to feel the baby making movements in 16 to 18 weeks of pregnancy.  The feeling of a baby moving is not the same for every woman, which makes it difficult for a woman to know if the feeling is gas bubbles moving through the body or is the baby moving instead. It is easier to tell if it is the baby moving later during pregnancy, when the baby is kicking and punching, but is easily confused with gas bubbles when the baby starts moving. 

How to Know Twins from Pregnancy Symptoms

If one of your family trees has twins, will you wonder if you also have a chance to get twin babies? I personally believe that every parent, especially new mom would be happy for either single or twin babies.  But in some family, this also means double responsibility and extra educational fund.  There is only one way to be certain that twins are on the way, but there are a few early pregnancy signs that can predict twins.

HCG and morning sickness is the first sign.  HCG levels rising more than double or continuing to double after a few weeks can be a sign of a multiple pregnancy as the body is working harder to support the development of two babies instead of one. Higher levels of HCG can also mean more bouts or more violent bouts of morning sickness. Many women carrying twins will often find that they experience the same symptoms of women with single pregnancies but at a much higher degree. So, if your morning sickness is worse than previous pregnancies, you may be carrying multiples.

Boy or Girl-How Soon We Know

Even though I have no problem either a lovely girl or a naughty boy, I choose the baby name since the first week.  Just in case we have twins.  But if you would like to know the right sex of the baby, when will you know or will you have to wait for 3 months.

                                                                                          

Although the baby's chromosomes already determine whether your baby is a boy or a girl, with an ultrasound or amniocentesis, you may be able to know a baby's sex before 3 months. In the genital period development, male and female genitals in the fetus appear to be identical before about eighth week of pregnancy. At around 12 weeks, genitals have begun to differentiate, but these differences may not be visible yet on an ultrasound.

Bleeding Spot-That’s Alarm Bell

Will that be normal pregnancy symptom to have spot or bleeding during pregnancy, especially in early pregnancy?  Some pregnant women or even some books said it is possible to get the period during pregnancy.  But this must be unexceptional case or I miss any point.  So many questions come in my mind, and it is about time to learn if it is really dangerous.

Check the color, implantation bleeding is lighter than menstrual bleeding, and consists of pink or brown colored blood. It occurs when the trophoblast, or tissue that surrounds the egg, attaches to the endometrium and slowly eats its way into the lining. As it does so, it eats through the mother's blood vessels, forming blood lakes within itself. When these blood lakes form near the surface of the trophoblast, they often cause implantation bleeding.

Precautions Time for New Mom and How to Deal

Many women have just known of their pregnancy at five weeks. The first trimester is critical time as the fetus is undergoing big changes and many developmental are happening. So, you have to be precautious for everything not only the medication but all lifestyle.  I am listing some of precautions for pregnant women in the first trimester and what you should do as below.

Stop Birth Control

Once the pregnancy test is positive, stop all birth control methods that involve the use of hormones including all forms of birth control pills and patches.