Sleep Survival for Pregnant Women Final Destination

Here we come to the most difficult part of sleep problem in pregnant women.  I hope you get through 1^st trimester and 2^nd trimester without problem.  Surviving from improper sleep is the most challenged stage in the third trimester. Because of the frequency of urination, inability to get comfortable, extra weight, and preparing for the new baby, it becomes hard job to get well sleep and even have to take effort to pass each night. 

If above problems re not enough, you will feel that rigorous baby moves and baby hiccups can also impede sleep. You can expect aches and pains of many kinds at this time. Since the body is carrying all the extra weight, the heavy duty falls on the joints and that makes it loosening.  Even walking can be tough. 

Sleep Survival for Pregnant Women PART 2

Many pregnant women are happier to pass 1st trimester and hit the 2nd trimester mark. Why?  Because, it means less risk of a miscarriage, less morning sickness, less frequent urination.  Moreover, it means longer peacefully sleeping hours. 

Women often feel their best and have a boost of energy during this time. Anyway, there remain plenty of maladies to plague sleep during this time. Our bodies are adapted to make room for the enlarging uterus and the diaphragm is restricted and breathing becomes shallower. This causes the infamous heartburn. Many women only have to eat or drink anything and get it. Another unpleasant case interrupt our sleep is nightmare. Some of pregnant women notice their dreams become increasingly frightening and extremely vivid by pregnancy develops.  Have you ever dreamt about losing baby?

Survival Tips

Sleep Survival for Pregnant Women Episode 1

Even an easy homework like washing dish can make us so tired and need to take a rest. This is the result of the new hormones cycling through the body and progesterone effect. Not mention a lot of strain we have to get through each trimester that makes it more difficult to get well sleep.  So, let’s check how to survive the nights with these tips.

1st Trimester

This is about hormones changes and body’s reaction. The rise in progesterone and HCG causes many women to feel tired continuously.  Though progesterone makes us sleepy, it makes us have to urinate all the time by increasing kidney function.  Add in frequent bathroom breaks per day and it is surprising that any pregnant woman sleeps at all.

Sore breasts as well as constipation and the ever-expanding uterus make discomforting nights. Nausea or “morning sickness”, also makes sleep a challenge.

What Is Normal HCG Level for Pregnancy?

Before all, new moms have to highlight that HCG level can be changed following to pregnancy period and normal level HCG is only one of important indicators of healthy pregnancy.

For new mother who want to know if their HCG level is normal or not, they can use home pregnancy test to measure HCG level since this hormone human chorionic gonadotrophin will rise steadily during the early part of pregnancy. If it is less than 5 mlU/ml (milli-International units per milliliter), you are not pregnant according to American Pregnancy Association standard.  But if the level is above 25 mlU/ml, congratulations!  You are (likely) pregnant.  A transvaginal ultrasound can usually detect a gestational sac after the HCG levels have risen to 1,000 to 2,000. By seven to eight weeks after your last menstrual period, levels of HCG should have risen to between 7,650 and 229,000 mlU/ml. Levels of this hormone will usually top off at between 25,700 and 288,000 mlU/ml by nine to 12 weeks since your last menstrual period. By the third trimester HCG levels may have dropped to a range between 3,640 and 117,000 mlU/ml---still well above a reading of 5 or less for a non-pregnant woman.  Wow!

How is an ectopic pregnancy diagnosed?

After we know what is Ectopic preganacy , what cause and who at risk.  We are keeing check how a doctor diagnose this.

Ectopic pregnancies are diagnosed by your physician, who will probably first perform a pelvic exam to locate pain, tenderness or a mass in the abdomen. Your physician will also use an ultrasound to determine whether the uterus contains a developing fetus.

The measurement of hCG levels is also important. An hCG level that is lower than what would be expected is one reason to suspect an ectopic pregnancy. Low levels of progesterone may also indicate that a pregnancy is abnormal.

Your physician may do a culdocentesis, which is a procedure that involves inserting a needle into the space at the very top of the vagina, behind the uterus and in front of the rectum. The presence of blood in this area may indicate bleeding from a ruptured fallopian tube.

How is an ectopic pregnancy treated?