Symptoms During Pregnancy
Talk to your provider about how to manage common pregnancy symptoms such as:
- Fatigue
- Tender breasts
- Mood swings
- Morning sickness
- Backaches, leg pain and other aches and pains during pregnancy
- Problems sleeping
- Skin and hair changes
- Food aversions or cravings
While you are pregnant, food stays in your stomach and bowels longer. This may cause heartburn (stomach acid moving back up into the esophagus). You can reduce heartburn by:
- Eating small meals
- Avoiding spicy and greasy foods
- Not drinking large amounts of liquid before bedtime
- Not exercising for at least 2 hours after you eat
- Not lying down flat right after a meal
References: Hark L, Catalano PM. Nutritional management during pregnancy. In: Gabbe SG, Niebyl JR, Simpson JL, et al, eds. Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 7.