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Obesity is one of the most frequent causes for complications during the pregnancy.

If the BMI of the mother during her pregnancy is greater than 25 units, then the mother is considered as obese.

According to the studies, obesity doubles your chances of having a baby with neural tube defects.

Even if you take enough amounts of folic acid; it does not protect you against the increase in risk.

Obese women can experience greater number of complications when compared to the women who are normal weight. Most of the times, the babies born to obese women are more likely to be admitted to neonatal (newborn) intensive care units.

Factors which lead to obesity during pregnancy include:

• Weight of the mother at the beginning of the pregnancy
• Genetic factors
• The placenta size
• Amount of amniotic fluid
• Mothers’ liquid retention
• High calorie intake during pregnancy
• Avoiding physical activity
• Weight of the baby

If you are an obese woman, then you have greater tendency to get affected with two very serious diseases. They include: arterial hypertension and the other is diabetes mellitus.

Each pregnancy is a unique experience for every woman.

Some changes are common to all types of pregnancies.

So, getting proper understanding about the physical and emotional changes helps you to understand your pregnancy and get a positive experience.

Among those various emotional changes, mood swings during pregnancy is a common one.

Various hormonal changes affect the levels of neurotransmitters and also various feelings that you have regarding in your pregnancy.

You may be very much excited about your pregnancy, but sometimes you can also feel stressed and overwhelming. Sometimes these constant worries can contribute to mood swings.

Main cause behind mood swings during pregnancy:

• Mood swings during pregnancy are the main causes of fatigue, physical stress, metabolic changes, or changes in the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
• Considerable changes in the levels of hormones can affect your neurotransmitter levels, which are the brain chemicals that change your mood.
• You will encounter mood swings during the first trimester of pregnancy i.e. between 6-10 weeks.
• Also in third trimester, you will experience mood swings because your body is preparing for the birth.

Are your breasts soaring during your pregnancy? It is one of the common breast changes during pregnancy.

Hormonal changes in your pregnancy can cause improved blood flow and some changes in your breast tissues.

This causes swelling in your breasts, soaring, tingling and abnormally sensitive to touch.

Breast changes during pregnancy is one of the early symptoms of pregnancy. Usually it begins around 4-6 weeks and continues throughout the first pregnancy trimester.

Breast changes during pregnancy:

Your breasts start increasing in its size at about 8 weeks of your pregnancy and sometimes this continues to develop throughout your pregnancy. Most commonly, your cup size increases to one or two.

As the skin start stretching, you will feel itchiness and sometimes there is a possibility to develop stretch marks.

If you are first time pregnant, then you may feel itchiness at your breasts and you may notice that your nipple become darker and bigger. After passing few months, the pigmented circles around the nipples will become bigger and darker.

During your 3rd month pregnancy, the breast milk called colostrum start producing which your baby will receive once after the birth. In last months of your pregnancy, your breasts will leak a little amount of thick yellowish liquid.