3. Exercise can help with weight management after child is born. A common concern with most mothers is losing weight after pregnancy. Exercising during pregnancy can make postpartum weight loss easier.

4. Exercise is good for your unborn baby. By keeping your body healthy, you are also helping out your baby.

5. Reduced pregnancy side effects - Symptoms like headaches, fatigue, swelling, and constipation are common in pregnant women. Exercising has been shown to reduce occurence of these symptoms.

6. Decrease risk of premature birth - exercise has been shown in studies to decrease risk of premature birth by about 50%.

Make sure to drink plenty of fluids before exercising, have a nutritious diet, and avoid over exertion. Also, listen to your body - if you start feeling sick or nauseous, then you should stop and rest.

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The areola (the area around nipple) will darken during pregnancy. Though this can happen because of a hormonal imbalance if you’re not pregnant

You may start feeling faint or dizzy if you stand still for too long. This is because as your uterus grows it can put pressure on major arteries in your legs causing blood supply to slow making you feel light headed. Also eating infrequently can lower your blood sugar which is a vital nutrient to growing baby.

With your uterus swelling, this puts pressure onto your bladder making you feel like needing a wee more frequently. Most woman feel this a week or two after becoming pregnant.

The hormones during pregnancy slow down your bowel movements. This gives your body more time to get nutrients out of your food, thus causing constipation. Unfortunately this will happen all way through pregnancy and in most cases get worse as pregnancy progresses. Making sure you eat a healthy diet full of fibre and nutrients can help ease discomfort.