The Second Month

What you can expect at this month’s checkup:

You can expect your practitioner to check the following though there may be variations depending upon your particular needs and your practitioner’s style of practice:

• Weight and blood pressure
• Urine, for sugar and protein
• Hands and feet for edema (swelling), and legs for varicose veins
• Symptoms you have been experiencing, especially unusual ones
• Questions or problems you want to discuss

What you may be feeling

You may experience all of these symptoms at one time or another, or only one or two. Some may have continued from last month, other may be new. Don’t be surprised, no matter what your symptoms, if you don’t feel pregnant yet.

PHYSICALLY:

• Fatigue and sleepiness
• A need to urinate frequently
• Nausea, with or without vomiting, and or excessive salivation
• Constipation
• Heartburn, indigestion, flatulence bloating
• Food aversions and cravings
• Breast changes
• Occasional headaches (similar t headaches in women taking birth control pills)
• Occasional faintness and dizziness
• Tightness of clothing around the waist and bust; abdomen may appear enlarged, probably due to bowel distention rather than uterine growth.

EMOTIONALLY:

• Instability comparable to premenstrual syndrome, which may include irritability, mood swings, irrationality, weepiness.
• Misgivings, fear, joy, elation – any or all of these.

Source: What to Expect when you’re Expecting

I think I have almost all of the physical symptoms which never really had problems to when I had Bela. I guess it is really true that each pregnancy is unique. I just wish that this phase is really over as I am really having a hard time at work.