? Edit this page (last edited July 17, 2010) Open Wiki | Sand Box | create Page | User Preferences | recent changes | Title Index | find Page | help As a woman, if you know that you are getting pregnant, you can’t explain what you feel as in mixed emotion. You’re happy, excited but yet, you may be afraid because as all other pregnant women experience, early signs of pregnancy or even symptoms throughout a pregnancy are coming to you. As you get pregnant, expect many changes that will come to you. Its physically, emotionally and even mentally. you are about to prepare adopting new role in your life as a parent with its correspondin responsibilities from your emotional and mental standpoint. From physically, its very common that every pregnant woman changes in their body shape, movement and fuction. And all of these changes comes as pregnancy symptoms starts. during pregnancy symptoms, aside from the common early pregnancy signs, or even uncommon, you may be encountering some changes on your skin. most of these were directly linked on the amount of fluctuations of hormone of a woman experienced during the earliest signs of pregnancy. some pregnancy skin problems: 1) Rashes. due from skin’s irritation, rashes appear. Pruritic Urticarial Papules and Plaques of Pregnancy or PUPPP is one of the most common rash experienced by a pregnant woman. PUPPP starts from abdomen where can be spread to her breats, buttocks and arms. 2) Oily skin. this skin condition may occur during the earliest signs of pregnancy or throughout the pregnancy. As androgen levels were increased, sebum production also increases. As many as sebum were produced, the skin gets oilier. most women claim that during their pregnancy symptoms, their skin gets oilier even their hair. this skin problem can be easily cope up with cleansers or any oil control products. 3) Stretch marks. Stretch marks start arising when the layers under the skin was streched. it is not only about scratching your skin. many believe that strech marks is a heridetary problem. it can be treated by keeping the skin moisturized, most especially on tummy, thighs and breasts. 4) Spider Veins. Appearance and getting prominent of the veins around your upper arms and breasts is one of the uncommon early pregnancy signs that most women hate. however, according to the doctors, they don?t have to get worried of these veins because it is only addition of blood flow. 5) Chloasma. this skin problem is also called as melasma is the darkening of some certain skin areas due to excess pigmentation. this condition is mostly affects the areas that are usually exposed to the sun such as uuper lip, chicks, and forehead. this is cleared up after the pregnancy. Whenever you experience one or most of the unusual pregnancy symptoms given above, be sure to consult your doctor as soon as possible for some information such as its effects to pregnancy and ways to avoid these kind of symptoms that may reduce your discomforts. Open Wiki | Sand Box | create Page | User Preferences | recent changes | Title Index | find Page | help Edit this page Print this page | View XML | RSS find page by browsing, searching or an index Edited July 17, 2010 (diff)