Body changes during pregnancy A woman experiences body changes in and out inside during pregnancy as she carries the expectant baby. Thus, childbirth may be a little challenging during the early pregnancy stages.

 A woman experiences body changes in and out inside during pregnancy as she carries the expectant baby. Thus, childbirth may be a little challenging during the early pregnancy stages. 

What the body undergoes during pregnancy will be explained in detail by the speaker of this video.

As with any pregnancy, a mother has to be very careful with what she eats to keep the body going.

Otherwise, primary bodily important processes of the renal or cardiovascular system may be compromised. 

Since the woman is pregnant with a developing fetus in her body; it becomes necessary that she monitors her respiratory and circulatory system. 

A woman has multiple problems during pregnancy and while trying to adapt to this new stage in life.

Basal metabolic change -

During pregnancy, expectant mothers metabolism rises because the basal metabolism is affected by growth and development.

of the fetus inside the body.

• In the first trimester, BMR is known to rise to up to 5%. When the fetus starts to develop in size in the later period

to reach BMR, certain increases are as follows: 15 percent in first stage of pregnancy; 10 percent in second stage of pregnancy; and 12 percent in third stage of pregnancy.

• Also, pregnancy affects proteins and glucose in the metabolism process.

Weight gain

• A pregnant woman having normal BMI gains weight of between

10kg to 13 kg of weight. The foetus, placenta, membranes, umbilical cord and amniotic fluid, and all products of conception.

and amniotic fluid account up 5% which is equivalent to 5 kilograms of the fetus weight.

weight. At the same time, the rest of the weight is created

from maternal fat, protein storage and increased

inner and outer space microcirculation components, interstitial/pulmonary and intravascular blood plasma content.

Changes in the gastrointestinal motility.

• The expectant mother has an unpleasant feeling coupled with vomiting and nausea.

paralytic ileus due to weakening of gastric tone, the reduced secretion.

and motility.

• The termination of pregnancy presented above increases the absorption ef-

tiated trace element such as calcium, iron, and vitamin B where their levels scant as essential in body requirements.

body. It happens because the natural mechanism of the

In the same manner, the body satisfies an elevated deman of something now that that something is not and can never be the body itself. Thus, women often crave

or react with negative attitudes towards some type of food.

Hormonal changes

• A task which the body is still unfamiliar with is all of a sudden demanding an increase in secretion of

oestrogen and progesterone hormones. On the other

hand, in producing a few other hormonal changes abrupt changes occur. 

This results in the following factors such as:

a. Mood swings

b. Pregnancy glow

c. Aid in fetus development

d. Progress of the outcome of exercise and physical activities on the body

• The pregnancy hormones are estrogen and the progesterone. However, more

The greatest level of estrogen production occurs during pregnancy than at any one time in the rest of the woman’s life.

• Raised estrogen levels in pregnancies allow the uteri and placenta to enhance

it is also involved in the development of the blood vessels in the fetus, transport nutrients to the fetus, and encourage

fetus’s development

• The estrogen level reaches its highest level in the third trimester of pregnancy.

• In pregnancy’s first phase, estrogen levels rise, and this triggers pregnancy related nausea.

• In the second trimester, the hormone helps to form the milk duct and lead to the expansion of breast.