You’ll visit your obgyn monthly for the first and second trimesters. These visits will be shorter than the first one, where you had a battery of tests done all at once ..
"Oops, I forgot!" - sounds familiar? If you are pregnant and often found yourself in a situation where it's challenging for you to remember things, you are not alone. What causes pregnancy brain? Read on to learn more.
If you were turned off by sex in the first trimester, a settling of your pregnancy symptoms may cause you to be more turned on in the second trimester.
Do your shoes feel more snug and your ankles look puffy? Swelling or oedema affects about three-quarters of pregnant women around week 22 to week 27 of pregnancy.
At some point in your pregnancy, your breasts may start leaking a thick yellow liquid. This could happen as early as the first three or four weeks of pregnancy, although it is more common around the end of the first trimester.
Miscarriages in the second trimester are much rarer than in the first trimester. Once a pregnancy gets to about 20 weeks gestation, the chances of one occurring are only about 1 to 2 per cent.