What you may be physically feeling during your First Month
The absence of your menstruation
Fatigue and sleepiness
Frequent urination
Nausea (with or without vomiting)
Indigestion, heartburn, bloating, gas
Food cravings
Breasts that feel full, heavy, tender, tingly, or the areola may turn darker.
What you may be emotionally feeling:
Mood swings, irritability, irrationality, or weepiness (very much like premenstrual symptoms)
What you may be physically feeling during your Second Month
Fatigue and sleepiness
Frequent urination
Nausea (with or without vomiting)
Indigestion, heartburn, bloating, gas
Food cravings
Breasts that feel full, heavy, tender, tingly, or the areola may turn darker.
Occasional headaches
Occasional dizziness or faintness
Your clothes may be getting snug around your bust and abdomen (more than likely it is more from bowel distention rather than your uterus growing)
What you may be emotionally feeling:
Mood swings, irritability, irrationality, or weepiness (very much like premenstrual symptoms)
What you may be physically feeling during your Sixth Month
More definite fetal activity
Whitish vaginal discharge (leucorrhoea)
Lower abdomen may ache
Constipation
Heartburn, indigestion, gas, bloating
Occasional headaches
Occasional dizziness or faintness
Nasal congestion, occasional nose bleeds; ear stuffiness
Your gums made bleed a little bit
Hearty appetite
Leg cramps
Mild swelling of ankles and feet
Varicose veins of legs and hemorrhoids
Itchy abdomen
Backache
Change in skin pigmentation
Enlarged breasts
What you may be emotionally feeling:
Fewer mood swings; absentmindedness continues
Begin to be bored with the pregnancy. You may think-can't anyone think of anything else-
Anxiety of the future
What you may be physically feeling during the Eighth Month:
Strong fetal movement
Increasing discharge
Lower abdomen may ache
Constipation
Heartburn, indigestion, gas, bloating
Occasional headaches
Occasional dizziness or faintness
Nasal congestion, occasional nose bleeds; ear stuffiness
Your gums made bleed a little bit
Leg cramps
Mild swelling of ankles and feet
Varicose veins of legs and hemorrhoids
Itchy abdomen, protruding navel
Backache
Increasing in shortness of breath (uterus is crowding the lungs now,
(will ease once baby drops)
Difficulty sleeping
Increasing Braxton Hicks contractions
Increased clumsiness
Colostrum leaking from enlarged breasts
What you may be emotionally feeling:
Eagerness for pregnancy to be over with
Continued apprehension about baby's health, labor and delivery
Yes you are STILL absentminded :)
Excited that it won't be long now
What you may be physically feeling during your Fourth Month
Fatigue
Decreased urinary frequency
Your nausea should either decrease or end
Constipation
Heartburn, indigestion, gas, bloating
Your breasts will continue to be enlarged, but your tenderness and swelling should decrease
Occasional headaches
Occasional dizziness or faintness
Nasal congestion, occasional nose bleeds; ear stuffiness
Your gums made bleed a little bit
Increase in appetite
Slight swelling of ankles and feet
Varicose veins on legs and hemorrhoids
Slight whitish vaginal discharge (leucorrhoea)
If you are slender or if this is not your first pregnancy you may feel some fetal movement towards the end of the month.
What you may be emotionally feeling:
Mood swings, irritability, irrationality, or weepiness (very much like premenstrual symptoms)
Joy and apprehension
Frustration if you are too big for your normal clothes but not big enough for maternity clothes
A feeling you're not quite together
What you may be physically feeling during your Third Month
The absence of your menstruation
Fatigue and sleepiness
Frequent urination
Nausea (with or without vomiting)
Indigestion, heartburn, bloating, gas
Food cravings
Breasts that feel full, heavy, tender, tingly, or the areola may turn darker.
Additional veins visible everywhere
Occasional headaches
Occasional dizziness or faintness
If your clothes weren't already beginning to become tight they will by the may this month, and your abdomen may appear enlarged by the end of this month
Increasing appetite
What you may be emotionally feeling:
Mood swings, irritability, irrationality, or weepiness (very much like premenstrual symptoms)
A new sense of calmness
What you may be physically feeling during your Fifth Month
Fetal movement
Increasing whitish discharge (leucorrhoea)
You ligaments in the abdomen will be stretching and could cause lower abdominal to ache
Constipation
Heartburn, indigestion, gas, bloating
Your breasts will continue to be enlarged, but your tenderness and swelling should decrease
Occasional headaches
Occasional dizziness or faintness
Nasal congestion, occasional nose bleeds; ear stuffiness
Your gums made bleed a little bit
Increase in appetite
Slight swelling of ankles and feet
Varicose veins on legs and hemorrhoids
Increased pulse rate
Easier or more difficult orgasm
Backache
Skin pigmentation changes on abdomen and or face
What you may be emotionally feeling:
An acceptance and reality of pregnancy
Fewer mood swings, but absentmindedness and occasional irritability still occur.
What you may be physically feeling during the Seventh Month
Stronger and more frequent fetal activity
Increasing discharge
Lower abdomen may ache
Constipation
Heartburn, indigestion, gas, bloating
Occasional headaches
Occasional dizziness or faintness
Nasal congestion, occasional nose bleeds; ear stuffiness
Your gums made bleed a little bit
Hearty appetite
Leg cramps
Mild swelling of ankles and feet
Varicose veins of legs and hemorrhoids
Itchy abdomen
Backache
Shortness of breath
Difficulty sleeping
Some Braxton Hicks contractions
Clumsiness
Colostrum leaking from enlarged breasts
What you may be emotionally feeling:
Increased apprehension about mother hood, baby's health, labor and delivery
You are STILL absentminded :)
Dreaming about the baby, fantasizing
The boredom of the pregnancy may increase, anxious to get it over
What you may be physically feeling during the Ninth Month
More squirming by fetus and less kicking (less room to move around)
Vaginal discharge gets heavier and contains more mucus, may be red streaked
Constipation
Heartburn, indigestion, gas, bloating
Occasional headaches
Occasional dizziness or faintness
Nasal congestion, occasional nose bleeds; ear stuffiness
Your gums made bleed a little bit
Leg cramps during sleep
Mild swelling of ankles and feet
Varicose veins of legs and hemorrhoids
Itchy abdomen, protruding navel
Backache
Buttock and pelvic discomfort
Easier breathing after the baby drops
Urination becomes more frequent after baby drops
Increased difficulty sleeping
More frequent and more intense Braxton Hicks contractions (some may begin to be painful)
Increased clumsiness and difficulty getting around
Colostrum leaking from enlarged breasts
Fatigue or extra energy
Increase in appetite or loss of appetite
What you may be emotionally feeling:
More excitement, more anxiety, more apprehension, and even more absentmindedness
