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Ultrasound Scan at 9 Weeks of Pregnancy
Congratulations! You've reached the third month of your pregnancy. Two months have passed and now you must be used to the feeling of being pregnant. Well, you can't feel your baby now, but that tiny one will soon start making small movements (though you may not be able to feel them). No doubt, you must be curious to know everything you can about your baby. In your ninth week of pregnancy, your doctor will recommend an ultrasound to know the size of your growing baby. In the ultrasound scan, you will get to see a tiny blob with a heartbeat in your uterus which will eventually grow to become your baby. Read on to know more about 9-week ultrasound scan.
Why Should You Have an Ultrasound at 9 Weeks?
The first ultrasound scan which will be conducted is called dating and viability scan. This scan is performed for the following purposes.
To check whether the baby is in the right position inside the uterus or not.
To rule out ectopic pregnancy and confirm that it is uterine.
A baby's heart starts beating around 6 weeks into the pregnancy. And by the 9th week, his heartbeat can be sensed. Therefore, to check the baby's heartbeat, an ultrasound will be conducted - it also helps a doctor determine whether the pregnancy is viable or not.
If you experience spotting or bleeding during this time, an ultrasound scan can help determine the cause of the same.
It can show the number of babies you are carrying. If you are having twins, it can be determined during the 9-week ultrasound scan.
Couples who have had an IVF treatment need scans to determine successful implantation and viability of the pregnancy.
How to Prepare for Your 9th Week Pregnancy Scan
If you are having a scan around 9 weeks, it will normally be a transvaginal scan (TVS). This is because at this time your baby will be too low in the abdomen or too small for an abdominal scan in early pregnancy. A TVS will allow your doctor to scan the uterus through the vagina. To prepare for the scan, first, you will need to empty your urinary bladder. A full bladder can get in the way of a clear picture during the scan, so a nurse will ask you to use the restroom while she prepares for your scan.
Since the probing is vaginal, you will need to undress from the waist down. It’s suggested that you wear loose clothing such as a long top with slacks or loose pants to avoid being fully undressed.
How Long Does it Take to Perform an Ultrasound Scan?
A typical scan would last for about 20 to 30 minutes. However, if the doctor has a hard time to get clear pictures, it might take a little longer. But, there’s no need to worry about it as women find transvaginal scans more comfortable than abdominal scans.
What Happens During an Ultrasound Scan?
During the ultrasound scan, you will be asked to lie down on an examination table or a bed. You will need to raise your knees in a position that the soles of your feet are flat on the bed. Your legs need to be kept apart, so the doctor has space to perform the scan. This is about the same position you’d take during an internal examination.
The probe will be covered with a sterile latex sheath that resembles a condom, and a lubricant gel will be applied on it so that it passes through the vagina with ease and generate clear pictures. The probe will be inserted two to three inches into the vagina to perform the scan. Although the procedure might feel a bit awkward, if you relax, it will be easier for your doctor to insert the probe. If you tense up your muscles, it can become uncomfortable and painful. So remember to take deep breaths and try to relax.
What Will You See on the Scan at the Ninth Week of Your Pregnancy?
Here is what you can expect in your 9-week ultrasound scan:
Your baby will measure about 2.3 cm and weigh close to 2 grams.
You will be able to see his head, body, and limbs. By now your baby will no more be an embryo and will be a foetus.
The heartbeat of a foetus can also be picked up in a 9-week ultrasound scan. It will be usually around 130 to 150 beats per second.
Your doctor will carefully examine the region around the gestational sac for any bleeding; a condition called subchorionic hematoma.
What Does It Mean to Have an Empty Yolk Sac During the 9th Week of Pregnancy?
The yolk sac envelops the developing foetus and the amniotic fluid. The yolk sac is contained within the gestational sac and is a source of nutrition for the developing foetus in early pregnancy. It is not visible until about 5 to 6 weeks into the gestation; hence it is a marker of the age of the foetus. When no yolk sac is seen around 6 weeks, it may be because there has been an error in remembering the dates of your last period. The doctor will then schedule another scan in a week or two to confirm the presence of a yolk sac. If it is still not seen around 9 weeks of pregnancy, then it is could be a sign of miscarriage. Sometimes there is no need to wait until the follow-up scan, if the 9-week ultrasound pictures show the gestational sac of about 25 mm or more, and there’s no yolk sac or embryo, the doctor will diagnose a miscarriage immediately.
What If Some Abnormalities Are Discovered in the Scan?
Scans can sometimes be inconclusive, hence there are strict guidelines that should be followed. Since doctors adhere to these guidelines, their findings are absolutely sure. Doctors look for minor abnormalities in the scans called “markers” that can indicate a more serious problem or could be just a variation of what is considered normal. So, if they find anything unusual, they may ask you to take tests such as CVS or amniocentesis to check if the chromosomes in the baby are normal.
If the foetus does have a serious problem, you can take time to think through your choices. They may include termination of pregnancy, preparing for a baby who might have special needs, or in extremely rare cases, carrying out a surgery on the foetus.
Ultrasound scans are extremely important to rule out problems and confirm a healthy pregnancy. So do not skip any. Go for ultrasound scans, get everything checked, and have a healthy and safe pregnancy!
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Top 20 Nursery Rhymes for Toddlers and Preschoolers to Encourage Learning
If there is one aspect of education that hasn’t changed for the longest time, it's the preschool nursery rhymes. Even the earlier generation learnt nursery rhymes in their native languages, and nearly all English medium schools employ their usage in the earlier classes. But what exactly are nursery rhymes and why have they been so popular over the years? Let’s find out.
What are Nursery Rhymes?
In the simplest terms, nursery rhymes are an interesting tool to enhance early memory development in children and prime them to be receptive to the schooling experience. A lot of things that are repeated in the childhood tend to stay with us for the longest time. Which is why, even if you don’t use nursery rhymes on a daily basis, if you come across a small kid, you will automatically begin to teach him one. That is the power of learning things early in life since they get embedded in your memory and stay there for long.
20 Best English Rhymes for your Young Children to Begin Learning
1. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again. (x3)
2. Old Macdonald had a farm, ee ya ee ya oo.
Old MACDONALD had a farm
E-I-E-I-O
And on his farm he had a cow
E-I-E-I-O
With a moo moo here
And a moo moo there
Here a moo, there a moo
Everywhere a moo moo
Old MacDonald had a farm
E-I-E-I-O
Old MACDONALD had a farm
E-I-E-I-O
And on his farm he had a pig
E-I-E-I-O
With a oink oink here
And a oink oink there
Here a oink, there a oink
Everywhere a oink oink
Old MacDonald had a farm
E-I-E-I-O
Old MACDONALD had a farm
E-I-E-I-O
And on his farm he had a duck
E-I-E-I-O
With a quack quack here
And a quack quack there
Here a quack, there a quack
Everywhere a quack quack
Old MacDonald had a farm
E-I-E-I-O
Old MACDONALD had a farm
E-I-E-I-O
And on his farm he had a horse
E-I-E-I-O
With a neigh neigh here
And a neigh neigh there
Here a neigh, there a neigh
Everywhere a neigh neigh
Old MacDonald had a farm
E-I-E-I-O
Old MACDONALD had a farm
E-I-E-I-O
And on his farm he had a lamb
E-I-E-I-O
With a baa baa here
And a baa baa there
Here a baa, there a baa
Everywhere a baa baa
Old MacDonald had a farm
E-I-E-I-O
Old MACDONALD had a farm
E-I-E-I-O
And on his farm he had some chickens
E-I-E-I-O
With a cluck cluck here
And a cluck cluck there
Here a cluck, there a cluck
Everywhere a cluck cluck
With a baa baa here
And a baa baa there
Here a baa, there a baa
Everywhere a baa baa
With a neigh neigh here
And a neigh neigh there
Here a neigh, there a neigh
Everywhere a neigh neigh
With a quack quack here
And a quack quack there
Here a quack, there a quack
Everywhere a quack quack
With a oink oink here
And a oink oink there
Here a oink, there a oink
Everywhere a oink oink
With a moo moo here
And a moo moo there
Here a moo, there a moo
Everywhere a moo moo
Old MacDonald had a farm
E-I-E-I-OOOOOOO.........
3. Incy wincy spider climbed up the spout.
Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the water spout,
Down came the rain and washed poor Incy out,
Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain,
So Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the spout again !(x2)
4. The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round.
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
round and round,
round and round.
The wheels on the bus go round and round,
all through the town.
(Roll hands around each other)
The wipers on the bus go Swish, swish, swish;
Swish, swish, swish;
Swish, swish, swish.
The wipers on the bus go Swish, swish, swish,
all through the town.
("Swish" hands in front of you like windshield wipers)
The horn on the bus goes Beep, beep, beep;
Beep, beep, beep;
Beep, beep, beep.
The horn on the bus goes Beep, beep, beep,
all through the town.
(Slap palm in front of you like honking a horn)
The doors on the bus go open and shut;
Open and shut;
Open and shut.
The doors on the bus go open and shut;
all through the town.
(Push hands back and forth in front of you)
The Driver on the bus says "Move on back,
move on back, move on back;"
The Driver on the bus says "Move on back",
all through the town.
(Point thumb over your shoulder)
The babies on the bus says "Wah, wah, wah;
Wah, wah, wah;
Wah, wah, wah".
The babies on the bus says "Wah, wah, wah",
all through the town.
(Rub fists in front of eyes)
The mommies on the bus says "Shush, shush, shush;
Shush, shush, shush;
Shush, shush, shush."
The mommies on the bus says "Shush, shush, shush"
all through the town.
(Hold index finger in front of mouth as if saying shhh)
5. Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
When this blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, through the night.
Then the traveller in the dark
Thanks you for your tiny spark;
He could not see where to go,
If you did not twinkle so.
In the dark blue sky you keep,
And often through my curtains peep,
For you never shut your eye
Till the sun is in the sky.
As your bright and tiny spark
Lights the traveller in the dark,
Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
6. Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream,
Merrily merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the brook,
If you catch a little fish
Please let it off the hook
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the creek,
If you see a little mouse
Listen to it squeak
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the river,
If the river gets you wet
Don't forget to shiver
Row, row, row the boat
Gently to the shore,
If you see a lyin' bear
Don't forget to roar
Row, row, row your boat
Watch the water flow,
Rowing's fun but rowing's hard
That is what I know
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the lake,
Don't stand up and rock the boat
That's a big mistake!
Row, row, row your boat
See the water run,
Rowing here and rowing there
Oh we're almost done
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream,
Ha ha fooled ya all
I'm a submarine
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream,
Merrily merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a dream
7. Rock a bye baby, on the treetop.
Rock-a-bye, baby, in the tree top
When the wind blows the cradle will rock
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall
Down will come baby, cradle and all
Baby is drowsing, cosy and fair
Mother sits near in her rocking chair
Forward and back, the cradle she swings
Though baby sleeps, he hears what she sings
Rock-a-bye baby, do not you fear
Never mind, baby, mother is near
Wee little fingers, eyes are shut tight
Now sound asleep - until morning light
8. Mary had a little lamb, whose fleece was white as snow.
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go.
She brought her lamb to school one day;
The kids let out loud jeers.
The children took her lamb away
And Mary choked on tears.
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was red with blood.
She took its little body home
And swore she'd hurt them good.
Mary knew that lambsblood called
Things ancient, hidden, and deep.
As Mary painted signs of old,
Never did she weep.
Mary had a little lamb;
It made her something scary.
Now I dare you, look in a mirror
And whisper "bloody Mary."
9. London bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down.
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
My fair lady
Build it up with iron bars
Iron bars, iron bars
Build it up with iron bars
My fair lady
Iron bars will bend and break
Bend and break, bend and break
Iron bars will bend and break
My fair lady
Build it up with god and silver
Gold and silver, gold and silver
Build it up with gold and silver
My fair lady
London Bridge is falling down
Falling down, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
M-y-y f-a-i-r l-a-d-y
10. Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep and doesn’t know where to find them.
Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,
And doesn't know where to find them.
Leave them alone,
And they'll come home,
Wagging their tails behind them.
Little Bo Peep fell fast asleep,
And dreamt she heard them bleating.
But when she awoke,
She found it a joke
For they were still all fleeting.
Then up she took her little crook,
Determined for to find them.
She found them indeed,
But it made her heart bleed,
For they'd left all their tails behind them!
It happened one day, as Bo-Peep did stray
Into a meadow nearby.
There she espied,
Their tails side by side,
All hung on a tree to dry.
She heaved a sigh, and wiped her eye,
And over the hillocks went rambling.
And tried as she could,
As a shepherdess should
To tack each again to its lambkin.
11. Ring a ring of roses, a pocketful of posies
Ring a-ring o' roses,
A pocketful of posies.
A-tishoo! A-tishoo!
We all fall down!
Fishes in the water,
Fishes in the sea
We all jump up with a
One, two, three!
12. Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick.
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack jump over the candlestick
Jack be faster, Jack be cool
Jack jump over the paddling pool
Jack be quicker, Jack be fast
Jack jump over the ship’s tall mast
Jack bounce higher, Jack bounce far
Jack jump over the planets and stars
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack jump over the candlestick
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack jump over the candlestick
Jack be faster, Jack be cool
Jack jump over the paddling pool
Jack be quicker, Jack be fast
Jack jump over the ship’s tall mast
Jack bounce higher, Jack bounce far
Jack jump over the planets and stars
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack jump over the candlestick
13. I’m a little teapot, short and stout
I'm a little teapot
Short and stout
Here is my handle
Here is my spout
When I get all steamed up
Hear me shout
"Tip me over
and pour me out!"
I'm a clever teapot,
Yes it's true
Here let me show you
What I can do
I can change my handle
And my spout
Just tip me over and pour me out!
14. Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
and Jill came tumbling after.
Up Jack got, and home did trot,
As fast as he could caper,
To old Dame Dob, who patched his nob
With vinegar and brown paper.
15. Here we go round the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush
Here we go round the mulberry bush
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush
Here we go round the mulberry bush
So early in the morning
This is the way we bale the hay
Bale the hay, bale the hay
This is the way we bale the hay
So early Monday morning
This is the way we feed the chicks
Feed the chicks, feed the chicks
This is the way we feed the chicks
So early Tuesday morning
This is the way we sweep the porch
Sweep the porch, sweep the porch
This is the way we sweep the porch
So early Wednesday morning
This is the way we paint the fence
Paint the fence, paint the fence
This is the way we paint the fence
So early Thursday morning
This is the way we groom the horse
Groom the horse, groom the horse
This is the way we groom the horse
So early Friday morning
Oh, this is the way we milk the cows
Milk the cows, milk the cows
This is the way we milk the cows
So early Saturday morning
Here we go round the mulberry bush
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush
Here we go round the mulberry bush
So early Sunday morning
16. Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey.
Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey;
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
17. Pat a cake, Pat a cake, baker’s man
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker’s man.
Bake me a cake as fast as you can.
Roll it, and pat it, and mark it with a “C”
Put it in the oven for Carlos and me!
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker’s man.
Bake me a cake as fast as you can.
Roll it, and pat it, and mark it with a “A”
Put it in the oven for Amy and me!
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker’s man.
Bake me a cake as fast as you can.
Roll it, and pat it, and mark it with a “K”
Put it in the oven for Kayla and me!
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker’s man.
Bake me a cake as fast as you can.
Roll it, and pat it, and mark it with a “E”
Put it in the oven for Evan and me!
18. Rain, rain, go away, come again another day.
Rain, rain, go away.
Come again another day.
Daddy wants to play.
Rain, rain, go away.
Rain, rain, go away.
Come again another day.
Mommy wants to play.
Rain, rain, go away.
Rain, rain, go away.
Come again another day.
Brother wants to play.
Rain, rain, go away.
Rain, rain, go away.
Come again another day.
Sister wants to play.
Rain, rain, go away.
Rain, rain, go away.
Come again another day.
Baby wants to play.
Rain, rain, go away.
Rain, rain, go away.
Come again another day.
All the family wants to play.
Rain, rain, go away.
19. Pussycat, pussycat, where have you been?
Pussycat pussycat where have you been?
I’ve been up to London to visit the Queen!
Pussycat pussycat what did you there?
I frightened a little mouse under the chair!
20. One, two, buckle my shoe
One, Two. Buckle my shoe
Three, Four. Open the door
Five, Six. Pick up sticks
Seven, Eight. Lay them straight
Nine, Ten. Do it again!
One, Two. Buckle my shoe
Three, Four. Open the door
Five, Six. Pick up sticks
Seven, Eight. Lay them straight
Nine, Ten. A big fat hen?!?!
One, Two. Buckle my shoe
Three, Four. Open the door
Five, Six. Pick up sticks
Seven, Eight. Lay them straight
Nine, Ten. Do it again!
One, Two. Buckle my shoe
Three, Four. Knock on the door
Five, Six. Pick up sticks
Seven, Eight. You’re doing great!
Nine, Ten. And that’s the end
Amazing Benefits of Rhymes for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Here are some of the benefits of rhymes.
1. Verbal Skill Development
Each child needs a good bit of learning and practice in being able to express their thoughts, emotions, and opinions in the right way that can be understood by anyone. Reciting nursery rhymes helps them speak and recite from the memory, which builds the muscle memory required for repeating words and helps in developing their internal confidence of expression.
2. Hearing Skill Enhancement
There is a reason why nursery rhymes have a sense of repetition to them. In the first stages of listening to the rhyme, your child tries very hard to understand and process it as a narrative. As he does it, he will try to make sense of it by repeating for himself and tweak it by listening to you better.
3. Memory Skill Boost
Nursery rhymes are structured in such a way that they are entertaining. The key to memorising them is to not restrict their usage only in school or only with the parents. You will notice kids break into rhymes by themselves and sing along unbeknownst to them. This is the final goal of the rhyme since this is a clear sign of it being embedded in the unconscious memory.
4. Motor Skill Development
Action rhymes for preschoolers are meant for a very specific reason, and that is movement. By using hands, feet, and faces to express the various aspects of the poem, children start associating the words and tonalities, with their actual meanings and non-verbal cues. This, indirectly, helps in their eye-to-limb coordination and enhance fine motor movement in a better way.
5. Language Skill Sculpting
Certain words in the nursery rhymes can be quite complex to speak independently by themselves. Which is why they are usually accompanied by a rhyming word so that your kid gets a vague idea of what the word might sound like. With enough repetition, the new word becomes a frequently used one and gets added to their mental vocabulary, improving their language.
6. Cognitive Skill Enhancement
The initial years are full of understanding the concepts of space, shape, size, colour and so on. Many of these ideas are usually discrete and stay independent. The inclusion of nursery rhymes allows this components to be strung together and create meaning, which helps in grasping these concepts in a strong solid manner. This also shapes the learning attitude within kids as they begin to pick up new things by associating them with what they know.
7. Reading Skill Development
A great way to complement the repetition of nursery rhymes is to use a book that goes with it. Once the rhyme is memorized by your kid, you can repeat it while pointing to the words in the book. This helps him understand the way a word is written and it is pronounced, allowing him to recognize alphabets easily, too. It acts as a boost to reading and helps your child in the later stages of his life.
8. Social Bonding Improvement
Nursery rhymes are usually learnt and performed in groups. As the teacher guides along, each child tries to repeat it and observes other kids as well to learn from them. Not only does this help in learning the rhyme, but it creates a sense of camaraderie between kids since they all share the memory of learning the rhyme, as well as begin to bond over it.
9. Imagination Skill Boost
Nursery rhymes barely make rational sense and that’s specifically done so for a reason. The creative capacities of young children are extremely strong and these rhymes allow them to delve into those imaginative worlds in a better way. That internal visualization is key to developing creative skills and different ways to express ideas.
10. Auditory Skill Shaping
Have you noticed that not a single rhyme is without a tune or a melody? All the tunes that rhymes have are extremely simple and catchy, which flow well with the rhyming words. This taps into various sensory portions of the brain, where certain patterns help in building learning blocks of the other regions. The music and tonalities assist in learning the words of the rhyme.
How can You Help Your Child to Learn Nursery Rhymes?
Repetition is key. Don’t be embarrassed to behave like a child. Recognize the fun in it. If you see your kid liking a particular nursery rhyme, feel free to start singing it yourself and your kid will love you for it.
Bring out the musical nature of the rhyme. Sing along with your little one and don’t forget to clap or dance to the beat.
Your hands are not the only instruments. If you’re cooking and your kid waltzes in singing his rhyme, use the spoon to tap on the bowl and the kitchen platform to add musical flourishes.
Reinforce the actions that flow along with the words of rhyme. This helps your kid visualize the words in the poem and remember the meaning even better. It also is quite a funny feeling to be a child for a change.
Turn it into a game. Try singing a line and let your kid follow up the next. Or sing half the line and let your kid sing the other half. This further strengthens the structure of their memory.
Mix the nursery rhymes with other hobbies they might have. If the rhyme is about a particular character, ask them to draw the character as described by the rhyme.
Once they are used to one rhyme, introduce a newer one that might connect to the first or be a totally different story. Know their interests and plan accordingly.
Learning is not a process in silo. You can use nursery rhymes to educate your child about the alphabet, numbers, colours, animals and so on. The association of various domains and senses brings a holistic sense of learning.
Nursery rhymes have been a strong tool for teaching for the longest time. As your child progresses ahead in class, the subjects tend to be separate and the overlap of teaching starts to reduce. Studies have strongly depicted that associative learning that crosses over domains tends to have a strong tendency of being memorized. English rhymes for toddlers are the easiest and the quickest way to develop a learning methodology for your child. The sooner you begin, the better it is for your child. Don’t force this as a subject to be learnt for an examination. Let it stay in the way of fun-frolic that it has been created as, and your child will fall in love with them right away.
Teaching these nursery rhymes to your little tot is an interesting approach to foster memory development in him from an early age. When your child learns and recites these easy nursery rhymes, it builds his muscle memory required for rep eating words. His reading, verbal, and hearing skills develop, too. Your kid might be linguistically intelligent. To focus on his overall intelligence, introduce him to kids’ activity kits that focus on the theory of multiple intelligence. Try a fun way to teach him without giving books in his hands.
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Is Morning Sickness during Pregnancy a Good Sign?
The term ‘morning sickness’ has become an absolutely necessary mention when there are any talks around pregnancy. Both are linked together so inextricably that any mention of one without the other might send alarm bells ringing in a woman’s head. Suffering from nausea is never a pleasant sensation, even though you might have a baby or not. But there’s more to it than simply the tendency to throw up and having morning sickness might actually be a sign for a sustained and well-formed pregnancy.
Is Nausea A Good Sign During Pregnancy?
If you’re wondering whether suffering from nausea means a healthy pregnancy for you, then you are quite close to being right. Both are results of biological changes within your body and are definitely linked together. In addition to that, the absence of morning sickness may not necessarily mean a bad pregnancy as well.
In pregnancy, the hormone hCG, or human chorionic gonadotrophin, reaches its peak as a result of the formation of the placenta on the onset of being pregnant. These levels keep on increasing in the initial couple of months of pregnancy, which is primarily when the signs of nausea are the strongest. Furthermore, once 14-15 weeks of pregnancy are completed, these hormones plateau and their levels begin to reduce gradually as the foetus starts to sustain itself. This is also the period where many women have noted their morning sickness to have reduced or have started handling it better.
Women who have motion sickness or multiple triggers of nausea might suffer morning sickness a bit more frequently than other women. This can get difficult while travelling to work or even taking a small holiday for yourself. On the contrary, certain women may rarely experience nausea or nothing at all. That, too, is normal and does have a good chance of proceeding to a healthy pregnancy as well.
How Does Nausea Help Pregnancy?
Only pregnant women can understand the discomfort of feeling nauseous throughout the day. But, there is a brighter side to this phenomena since morning sickness has known to impact a woman’s health in a positive way.
1. Eliminates Toxins From The Mother's Body
The tendency to throw up is the body’s natural way of cleansing itself of any toxins that might be present within and be harmful to the mother as well as the baby.
This also occurs on eating certain food items, purely because those items, too, may pose a risk to the mother’s health.
The immunity of a pregnant woman in the early stages is lowered to facilitate uterus implantation, which results in nausea being stronger as a defensive mechanism.
Women who primarily follow vegetarian and light diet tend to report lower instances of morning sickness due to the same reason.
The first trimester shows the highest signs of this since the foetus is at its most vulnerable and this keeps it protected throughout.
2. Maintains Healthy Hormone Levels
Pregnancy triggers the body to start producing hormones like estrogen and hCG to satisfy the demand of the requirements.
These elevated levels can cause nausea to set in at random times, leading to morning sickness.
Conversely, having morning sickness does indicate elevated hormone levels which are a strong sign of foetal development proceeding ahead in a healthy manner.
3. Reduces Risk Of Miscarriage
Various studies have observed that women who continue having morning sickness in pregnancy tend to have extremely lowered risks of miscarriage, even down by 50% or so.
In younger women less than 25 years old, their risks reduce four-fold on experiencing nausea as compared to women who do not.
The same risks are reduced even further for women who are 35 years and older, at a level of nearly twelve-fold or more.
The duration of experiencing morning sickness plays a vital role, too. If older women tend to be nauseous for a better part of their pregnancy, their chances of miscarrying their baby are down to nearly 20% only.
Women who have strong morning sickness symptoms can be assured of the fact that their miscarriage risks are severely reduced as a result of it.
4. Indicates Nutrient Supply To Foetus
The elevated hormone levels that cause nausea in the first place are a result of the formation of the placenta.
The placenta plays a key role in providing the developing foetus with all the nutrients and blood supply that it needs to grow into a baby.
A larger placenta can provide the nutrition in a good quantity, which also tends to result in more hormones to be produced, causing morning sickness to be more apparent than not.
5. Results In Smarter Baby
As surprising as it might seem, a study has observed a link between mothers experiencing morning sickness throughout pregnancy and a marginally higher IQ rating in their off-springs.
Though the connection might have to be conclusively established, the increase in IQ rating could be attributed to the fact that women with nausea would rarely consume food items that contain harmful substances.
This keeps the brain of the growing foetus protected from any defects or disorders, allowing it to develop to its full capacity, and result in a brighter and smarter child on growing up.
FAQs
If you’ve been wondering 'is feeling nauseated a good sign during pregnancy', then you might have found your answer from above. There might be a few more queries that budding mothers usually have in regards to ensuring their health, as well as the baby, stays unaffected throughout.
1. What Are The Health Risks Of Severe Morning Sickness?
Severe morning sickness is also termed as hyperemesis gravidarum. These do increase the risks of certain health conditions.
Disorders Of The Brain
Constant nausea and vomiting could rid the body of vital nutrients, which results in a weight loss of the mother and, consequently, the child. This could set in motion certain vitamin deficiencies in the body, resulting in various brain-related issues affecting the mother. Symptoms start ranging from a substantial loss in vision, unable to maintain balance, and having trouble with eye and muscle coordination. These symptoms are quite similar to those experienced by alcoholics as well as by people who have gastric problems, resulting in the body failing to absorb nutrients from the food.
Psychological Problems In The Child
A bunch of studies have found a connection between mothers who have had severe morning sickness and their children suffering from various behavioural problems. Offsprings of such women have shown significant symptoms of depression, bipolar, anxiety when they grow up. This seems to be a result of the combination of nutrient deficiency due to vomiting, as well as the stress experienced by mothers due to it. These impact not just the development of the brain in the foetus but may cause problems later in both the child and the mother, leading to various hindrances in forming a strong emotional bond between the mother and the child.
Premature Birth
Though morning sickness prevents risks of miscarriage, severe morning sickness works in the other direction and increases the chances of mothers delivering their baby before completion of the full term of the pregnancy. These births generally occur prior to completing 34 weeks and result in delivering a child that is not fully grown. Although vomiting might not be directly responsible for it, its effects on nutritional deficiency and reduced weight gain might trigger the premature birth in a way.
2. Will Morning Sickness Be Worse With Twins?
The short answer to this is a yes. Having more than one foetus increases the severity of morning sickness.
Morning sickness is linked to the formation of the placenta. In the presence of more than one child, the placenta needs to provide increased nutrition and blood supply that should be sufficient for all the babies in the uterus. This results in the body producing more and more hormones that allow the placenta to get larger. These higher levels of hormones, thus, resulting in your nausea being even worse than before.
This further gets aggravated by the stress and tiredness the body experiences in carrying the pregnancy of more than one baby. At times, the symptoms may not be as strong as well. Nevertheless, taking appropriate care can help keep this in check.
3. Can The Absence Of Morning Sickness Be A Sign Of Miscarriage?
Just because morning sickness reduces the risks of miscarriage, does not automatically mean that the absence of nausea increases the risks for it. There have been various cases of women suffering a miscarriage despite having morning sickness, as well as women having fully healthy pregnancies without experiencing any nausea. Morning sickness is temporary and its absence should not be connected with poor pregnancy as such.
Knowing if morning sickness is a good sign in early pregnancy brings a lot of satisfaction and relief to women, especially the first-time mothers. As much as this establishes a good sign of a pregnancy proceeding ahead normally, it is important to stick to various other precautions, diet, and exercises to keep this moving ahead in the same manner.
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