The second trimester is considered the most pleasant period during pregnancy. You are no longer suffering from morning bouts of nausea, and overall well-being has returned to normal. Now you have the time and the desire to think about yourself and the future child. But no matter how much you are told that the 2nd trimester of pregnancy is a safe period, you should listen to every signal of the body, pay attention to any new sensation.
Changes in the body and new symptoms
Heartburn
Unpleasant burning or heaviness in the stomach will accompany you and during the second trimester. To ease your fate a little, try to eat as often as a day in small portions. The pregnant menu in the second trimester should contain less acid citrus. It is recommended to include porridge, lean meat, poultry, fish, mushrooms, low-fat dairy products. In the fourth month of pregnancy, you will return to your appetite and get nauseated - you can finally eat well. Make sure that your menu is not only delicious, but also the most useful. Do not forget to drink 8 glasses of water a day - it will save you from the heaviness in the stomach, food stagnation and constipation.
Allocations
Do not be alarmed if you notice in the second trimester of pregnancy white intense discharge from the vagina. This is quite normal, since leucorrhoea, and this is how they are called, are struggling with the growth of dangerous bacteria and fungi. Worse if the discharge is yellowish, greenish, transparent or have a sharp odor.
Stretching
This unpleasant phenomenon for every woman falls precisely on the second trimester - the time when the mammary glands grow and the stomach begins to grow. Do not get upset if pink or purple stripes appear on your body - many of them will disappear after the birth. Of course, stretch marks - this is an individual phenomenon, which largely depends on the characteristics of your skin, but in any case for the best effect, use moisturizing and nourishing creams.
Edema
In fact, edema in the second trimester is not a new symptom, because such a phenomenon accompanies you throughout most of the pregnancy period. There is nothing wrong with this, but if by the end of the 6th month there has been increased arterial pressure and nausea to the edema, then immediately seek medical help. All these symptoms are signs of developing gestosis.
Convulsions
The period when the second trimester of pregnancy begins is marked by the appearance of seizures. An unpleasant and often painful sensation usually arises from the lack of calcium, magnesium and potassium in the body of a woman. To accurately determine the cause of seizures in the second trimester of pregnancy, additional tests are needed. It is possible that in this way your body reacts, for example, to reducing blood sugar.
Hazards of the second trimester
No matter how much they write in literary sources, that the second trimester of pregnancy is the quietest period, do not forget about the basic precautions. So, for example, if you felt the pulling pains in the lower abdomen, noticed spotting, suffer from nausea or too quickly gain weight -
It is strictly forbidden to drink alcohol in the second trimester - even in small doses, even, it would seem, harmless red wine. In this period, the formation and development of important organs of your child, so even a small amount of alcohol can cause a significant damage to the health of the baby.
In the rest the middle of pregnancy leaves the most positive emotions - sex in the second trimester begins to bring pleasure again, the nausea passes, there is an appetite, strength and good mood.