Blessed is the woman’s lot. Only she is blessed with the immensely gratifying task of beginning life from the very beginning. To get to know the beginning of this is as mysterious as life itself. In the beginning it may just be a gut feeling, an intuition that the beginning of life has begun. Slowly, some other signs start to appear. Some of the early symptoms of pregnancy could be missed period, vomiting, nausea and morning sickness, weakness and lethargy.

The mystery is that these signs are only indications, not sure shot markers. Not all pregnant ladies have all these signs. For others, pregnancy progresses smoothly without even a slightest occurrence of any symptom what so ever. Moreover, each of these symptoms indicates some other problem as well. So, one cannot just jump at conclusions. However, ignoring them could be dangerous. One should consult a good doctor, and take pregnancy tests to find out. Once the doctor declares pregnancy, a woman should take good care of herself. Bringing life to life is not that easy and the first thing to monitor is pregnancy health. A healthy mind in a healthy body is the first prerequisite to having a bonnie baby.

This means following the doctor’s instructions carefully, listening wisely and responding appropriately to your body signals, healthy eating and sleeping and maintaining a happy and positive state of mind. The family around can help in this a lot. The woman herself should start maintaining a pregnancy journal, which is a way to keep track of important events and landmarks associated with this important phase in her life and her feelings and reactions at that time. This also helps her to take better care of herself. Later on she can fondly relive these moments in the company of her loved ones.

Life sometimes presents us with untoward predicaments. Teenage pregnancy is one such condition that is not as rare a phenomenon as we would like it to be. In developing countries, more often than not, pregnancy before the girl is eighteen years of age, happens within wedlock and is socially acceptable. In the developed countries, it exists is more or less accepted as something that has happened but should not have happened. Beyond social values, the important point is that it leads to unwanted outcomes either way. Risk of mortality at birth increases in such cases. Even if the pregnancy results in survival, lives of both the mother and child lack in quality, for reasons that are not hard to comprehend.

Physically, mentally and emotionally children are children till they attain adulthood. Even then very few are able to deal life’s problems in a mature manner. So getting into parenthood that early adversely burdens the woman more than the man who is free, at least on the physical front. Emotional and social factors also add to the distress.

As it is, pregnancy health is a delicate issue with mature women too. Not many women are able to cope with it in a pleasant way. Immature age would only make the matters more complicated. Complete and watchful monitoring of the woman’s prenatal health is of utmost importance. Proper diet, vitamin and mineral supplements, light exercise and purposeful rest need to be monitored carefully. Appointments with the doctor should not be missed. Last but not the least, the state of mind needs good care. That is the backbone of successful motherhood. Once all these factors are suitably monitored, one can reasonably expect the pregnancy to successfully culminate into motherhood, past the strains of child birth labor.