The myths revolving around pregnancy have been many and as extreme as the mind can imagine. One old wives tale spoke of how eating strawberries while pregnant would result in red splotches dotting the baby's body. There are many people who believe that a needle, or wedding ring, dangling from a thread can determine the sex of the baby. The real mystery of being pregnant is how great the odds are that it does not occur. It involves quite a few factors.

The female body is designed to become a reproductive capable at the onset of puberty. Each month an ovary releases an egg. The egg's goal is to become fertilized and then implanted in the uterus. Pregnancy results when the egg is fertilized by the semen. If it is not then it is removed naturally by the body through menstruation.

Early pregnancy is a dangerous time for the embryo. If the implantation occurs in the fallopian tubes then it is termed an ectopic pregnancy is diagnosed and it becomes a danger to the mother. Ectopic implantation can not be a viable pregnancy and must be diagnosed early. As the embryo grows, if it is not in its proper place within the uterus, it begins to burst from the surrounding tissue and can result in the death of the mother.

Pregnancy signs vary in different people. Some women report nausea and vomiting while others have no upset stomach and feel completely normal. The special cases are the ones where the mother had no idea she was pregnant until she began having labor pains. Rest assured though, these are very rare.
Usually early pregnancy signs are a missed period, tender breasts, and sometimes a hormonal surge.

A rare situation that occurs sometimes between partners is a sympathetic pregnancy. A sympathetic pregnancy is one where the spouse has all of the symptoms that the expectant mother has or should be having. These "phantom" pains are very real for the partner. The nausea, pains, fatigue are all convincing signs that pregnancy is not as easy as one might think.

The pregnancy is divided into stages called trimesters. These trimesters are roughly three months long and are used to mark the changes that the woman's body and growing child go through. As each one draws to a close the woman comes closer and closer to the due date. Nine months can seem like a long time but mothers will later look back on how fast the time sped by and how quickly the big day appeared.

The physician overseeing the mom and unborn child will discuss labor and talk about secondary measures that can occur if natural childbirth is going to endanger the mother or child. For as advanced as the science realm has become there is still only one way for a child to be born. It is the sole propriety of a female to be able to give birth after the pregnancy is at its end. Without them we would simply not be here.


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