Body changes in pregnancy

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We all know you grow a bump and your boobs get bigger, but what else happens when you're pregnant?

Pregnancy involves so much more than just your baby growing inside you - it affects every system in your body. Changes can occur at any time in pregnancy, and for some women they continue all the way through.

Hair

During pregnancy, you may find your hair appears to be thicker than usual. This is because most mums-to-be lose less hair each day than they usually would. Some women who already have thick or coarse hair find that it becomes particularly unmanageable and choose a dramatic re-style - the perfect excuse!

After your baby is born, though, the tables turn and you may feel that you're losing your hair at an alarming rate. But for most of you, it's simply a case of losing the hair you'd normally have shed over the previous nine months.

By Anne Richley, midwife

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marianne, about 1 year

hi me and my partner have been trieing now for a year i am 7 weeks late and think i might be pregnant i have been feeling tierd more often and cramps in my lower stomick and i have been bloated and dizzy spells eating more do you think i could be pregnant and are you ment to be bloated in early pregnantsy

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