Lesson 7: Your body is going to change whether you're ready or not.

Whether you are skinny, heavier set, or some where in the middle your body is in for a shock. There are MANY things that are going to happen that people won't tell you. Things that you may not think are normal but actually really are.

Now one thing I have been hearing a lot is "oh you're in for stretch marks, the battle scars of pregnancy." BOGUS not everyone gets them. There are 2 reasons you get them. 1. You're body is growing too fast, so instead of your skin being able to gradually stretch it does it so fast that you get these stretch marks. From what I have heard from doctors and read, falling into the trap of eating for too, so gaining too much weight too fast is the main reason for example 1. Now you could just grow big babies so reason 2. for stretch marks is baby gets too big too fast. I have heard my doctor say that maintaining your weight is not only important for YOU and makes it so much easier to lose weight after having baby but it also makes sure that baby doesn't get too big. Now I know you may be thinking "how can a baby get 'too' big?" They can, and that's not good. When baby gets too big it can cause mamas to need to have a c-section because our bodies sometimes can't handle delivering, it can cause extra exhaustion on both ends, and it can also cause more stress on baby. Now don't freak out if you have a big baby, I know a good handful of people who have had big babies vaginally with no problems, so if they are telling you that your baby is measuring big it's not the end of the world. One product I bought almost immediately after I found out I was pregnant was from the company called Earth Mama Angel Baby, it's called "natural stretch oil" now it's not a cheap buy HOWEVER I will be 8 months pregnant next Friday and I haven't had one stretch mark, now I also feel like I have been maintaining my weight gain and keeping things steady and not out of control so I am not sure if that also is a factor. All I know is I will continue to use it and recommend it to all mamas out there, it's wonderful and is sensitive on our noses so it calms down nausea and also leaves your skin so soft. I also top off my tummy with some coca butter, the more moisture the better!....


Here is also a site I LOVE LOVE LOVE that will give you a list of all the things your body is going through and this link is particularly geared towards first trimester but all you have to do is click the "Pregnancy" tab and enter in what week you are and you will get a huge list of symptoms, forums, everything you could possibly need for great information :)

http://pregnant.thebump.com/pregnancy/first-trimester/articles/most-common-pregnancy-symptoms.aspx

You get to learn what your body will be going through in the coming week and what baby is up to. Awesome site! :) Have fun!!!