month 6 P
sst – don’t tell your newly pregnant friend, but pregnancy is not just nine straight
months of glowing ecstasy and delight, as you have discovered by now, is it? The problem is, who to tell? Nobody likes a moany-pants, especially not your mother-in-law, but do
YOUR BODY AND BABY
FACT BY MARGOT BERTELSMANN
PREGNANCY PROBLEMS
you know who does like to listen to your every niggle, ache, pain and complaint? The internet, that’s who! Jokes aside, Facebook and Twitter are the ideal tool for pregnancy. On Your Pregnancy’s Facebook page you can chat to lots of moms-to-be and get their advice. On Twitter you choose to follow people and you have
ADJUSTMENTS AND INDIGNITIES
By this stage in your pregnancy, your body has undergone some massive changes that are affecting just about everything in your life.
I’ve traded back pain for heartburn this week. I would consider that an upgrade #35weeks #PregnancyProblems @thirtyeightfive
Whenever I drop something on the ground, I now wish it well in its new life #PregnancyProblems @GoldDustHouse
You know you’re pregnant when “we’re going for ice cream!” gets you way more excited than the kids. #PregnancyProblems @mmechoso
YP’S EXPERT PSYCHOLOGIST KARIN STEYN SAYS: “A pregnant woman is going through massive changes on many levels – in her body, but also emotionally. When she is faced with her new identity, she needs to confront it. By surrounding herself in a cybercommunity of pregnant women, she is trying out this new identity. But pregnancy is also about loss – loss of your old identity, loss of freedoms to do many things, loss of your old body, and your old routine. Like any loss, we move through stages: denial, bargaining, anger, depression, and finally to acceptance.” Talking or writing about this forces a pregnant woman to talk about her situation, and can be the catalyst out of that first stage of denial.
90 YOUR PREGNANCY
the whole world’s preggos to bounce ideas off, identify with or be annoyed by, at your fingertips. Pregnancy is fleeting, but intense. Mom of a newborn Zama (25) says, “I didn’t have anybody to talk to about my pregnancy. I didn’t know what was normal and what wasn’t. My partner and I were fighting all the time, because I was so
YOUR FRIEND, THE TOILET
Bladder discomfort is normal in pregnancy. Your bladder is a muscular sac that expands and stretches. When you’re not pregnant, your bladder can hold up to 500ml of urine. During pregnancy your uterus gets preference in the pelvic cavity and as it grows, everything else gets squashed – including your bladder.
When you feel like your bladder is going to explode, then you go to the bathroom to pee and barely anything comes out #PregnancyProblems @Steph_Guzman222
Getting your outfit perfectly situated on your body only to have to pee two seconds later #PregnancyProblems #thestruggle @pregnancyishrd
I’m so thirsty but if I drink anything I will be up all night peeing! No joke! #PregnancyProblems @SugaShan
KARIN SAYS: “In an online poll, husbands or partners were said to provide 55 percent of support to pregnant women; social media only three percent. But that three percent is important if it is a safe space for you to vent your embarrassment, or difficulties – especially if your partner can’t understand.” Seeing other women’s reactions provides a filter for your own reactions – it might help you gauge what is normal. “Just be careful if the focus is so much on discomfort and unhappiness that this then becomes your ‘normal’,” says Karin.
You are not alone. All preggie moms have similar woes
emotional. Twitter literally saved my pregnancy for me.” So, because a problem shared is a problem halved, log on and get chatting. We looked up #pregnancyproblems… and this is what you preggos tweet about. We are certain you can relate to these moms.
KEEPING YOUR HEAD AND UPPER CHEST ELEVATED AT NIGHT MAY HELP PREVENT HEARTBURN
TIP KEEP YOUR
BLADDER CLEAR BY DRINKING LOTS OF
WATER DURING THE DAY. A FEW HOURS OR SO BEFORE BED START TO EASE OFF THE FLUIDS.
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