A-Z Pregnancy Symptoms

Did your pregnancy dreams include visions of a neat rounded belly, and little kicks that made your heart flutter? While it's true that pregnancy has its share of wonderful moments and experiences to cherish, it also has a raft of less than fabulous pregnancy symptoms - including many you'd rather not discuss in public and many you'd probably like to forget (which you will, by the way, since forgetfulness is another symptom).

There are pregnancy symptoms you expected (like morning sickness – which also arrives in the evening) and symptoms you almost definitely didn't (like constipation, nosebleeds and bleeding gums). It's probably reassuring to know that you're not alone suffering these ailments - you're actually joining millions of other expectant women who are also wading their way through a different selection of pregnancy complaints. But it also helps to have some tried and true remedies at your (swollen) fingertips that will allow you to navigate around the majority of pregnancy grumbles.

Insomnia

Insomnia There are many reasons why you may suffer from an inability to sleep even before you are pregnant, but the additional discomfort of an enlarging and cumbersome abdomen certainly won't help.

Induction

Induction
This is generally taken to mean the initiation of ...

Quickening

Quickening
This is an old-fashioned but very descriptive term...

Nosebleed

Nosebleed
Frequent nosebleeds in pregnancy are caused by the...

Morning Sickness

Morning Sickness
Morning sickness affects about 50 per cent of all ...

Depression

Placenta Praevia

Placenta Praevia
Sometimes the position of the placenta is close to the exit of the womb, or obstructing it.