Pregnancy 

Welcome to #3 trimester! But you may feel breathless and find it hard to sleep. This week, you’re embarking on #7 month i.e. your third trimester. Can you believe you’ve made it this far?! At 28 weeks, your baby is now the size of an eggplant! At 28 weeks gestation, your baby now weighs 1-1.2 kg and is 35 cm long. Your baby’s lungs are starting to mature. The eyes are also formed and your baby can blink. Your baby has frequent hiccups which are little, continuous jerky moveme

Normal heart rate is 60-100 beats a minute. If your heart is racing at 100 and beyond, it is considered to be fast (tachycardia). When you get pregnant, you may often find that this is the resting rate. An increased heart rate while pregnant is normal. This is physiology to produce extra blood flow to help your baby grow . A faster heart rate can sometimes be felt as palpitation. You feel like your heart is fluttering. Heart palpitations is normal and harmless. But sometimes,

Feeling short of breath is common in pregnancy. But this could be a warning sign of serious condition. You may be out of breath because of more oxygen demand in pregnancy and your body will adapt to meet this new demand. Progesterone hormone stimulates your respiratory center in your brain. Feeling short of breath in early pregnancy may be due to heightened awareness of the need to breathe. Later in pregnancy, your breathing is laboured from the pressure of your growing womb