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  Summary: Apart from being physically taxing, pregnancy took a significant toll on my mental health as well. When I was expecting, I was constantly afraid of something going wrong. I have here discussed some of my most potent pregnancy fears.   They say that being paranoid while expecting is not at all healthy. However, is staying absolutely cool and worry-free during pregnancy even possible? At least it wasn’t in my case – and the sheer volume of apprehensions that used to clout my mind during those nine months was enough to make me have nightmares! I am now a proud mom of a bonny seven-month old kid, and still, I recall some of the fears I was plagued by when I was expecting: a.        My diet would damage my baby’s health – My regular gynaecologist in Kolkata had prepared a regular diet chart for me to follow during this time – but I was still apprehensive about what I should or should not eat. In addition to unpasteurized dairy produc...

  Summary: The journey towards becoming a proud mother was, on the whole, rather enjoyable for me. The third trimester was not all that comfortable though, and I have here written about some of the problems I faced during this period.   On the 18 th of June this year, I was blessed with a baby boy. The first feeling that I experienced on laying my eyes on him was not of joy though – it was a feeling of relief. During the third trimester of pregnancy (i.e., from around the 28 th week), I had started feeling several types of physical discomforts – and used to stay constantly worried about the well-being of the little one inside me. Thank goodness the delivery happened without a hitch, and I managed to rejoin office from October. I have here jotted down some of the principal physical problems that I faced during the last lap of pregnancy: Considerable increase in body weight – My gynecologist in Kolkata had said that my otherwise svelte figure would get somew...