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What are these huge, blue veins on my breasts?

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During pregnancy, especially early pregnancy, your breasts may become veiny. A more accurate description might be that the veins already in your breasts merely become more visible.This is because your blood volume increases 20 to 40 percent during pregnancy. Your veins are transporting blood, nutrients, and oxygen to your developing fetus. The increased blood volume makes the veins more visible under the skin. This typically lessens after you give birth, but it can persist afterward, especially if you breastfeed.

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What is Preeclampsia? What are the risks associated with it?

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Preeclampsia is a pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure and can affect the growth of your baby, and also lead to multi-organ failure in the patient. If your blood pressure is too high, you are at risk of all the complications usually tied to it such as heart attack, stroke and organ damage. If untreated and the mother throws a fit, the baby needs to be delivered straightaway or else the mother and/or the baby may die. If you have preeclampsia, the most effective treatment is delivery of your baby.

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Today I noticed brown discharge during my loo visit. Is it normal during pregnancy?

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The discharge of brown spots during pregnancy is a natural thing and is often fun by some pregnant women. However, you still need to be aware of it, first if the spots are prolonged and persistent, or are accompanied by other symptoms such as abdominal pain and cramps. Brown spots during pregnancy are light bleeding spots that come out of the vagina, this can happen during pregnancy, especially in the first trimester. About 20 percent of women experience bleeding in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. The color of the spots varies, it can be pink, red, or brown. The brown color on the spots indicates that the blood has been in the uterus long enough, or has not been removed from the body quickly. So that when it comes out, the blood will be darker.

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