TO BE BROUGHT METEOROLOGIST CANDACE CAMPOS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY EXPERT TROOPER STEVE.
THIS IS NEWS. 6 AT 09:00AM
GETTING RESULTS.
>> CANDACE: WELL, IT’S NO
SECRET THAT A WOMAN’S BODY
CHANGES DRAMATICALLY DURING
PREGNANCY. AND SOME OF THE
CHANGES ARE SUBTLE, LIKE
INCREASE RESPIRATORY RATE.
OTHER CHANGES OBVIOUS. LIKE
THE BABY BUMP. BUT WHAT ABOUT
PREGNANCY SYMPTOMS THAT ARE
UNEXPECTED. BRIDGET IS
STANDING BY NOW TO ASK A
DOCTOR.
♪
DOCTOR. ♪ ♪
♪ ♪ WELL, MORE AND MORE WOMEN ARE
OPENING UP ABOUT SOME OF THOSE
STRANGE PREGNANCY SYMPTOMS ON
SOCIAL MEDIA, EVEN MAKING IT A
TIKTOK TREND RIGHT NOW.
>> BRIDGETT: JOINING US THIS
MORNING TO TALK MORE ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SIDE
EFFECTS AND SYMPTOMS. THEY GO
ALONG WITH PREGNANCY AND
POSTPARTUM DOCTOR CLO AND IT
GO AND OBGYN WITH WINNIE
PALMER. AND WE’RE JUST SO
HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE THIS
MORNING YOU KNOW, WE MAKE
LIGHT OF IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I
KNOW LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE YOU
KNOW, MAKING THESE TIKTOK
VIDEOS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE
BABY HERE THAT SORT OF, YOU
KNOW, RECEDES IN GROWS BAG
DURING, YOU KNOW, POSTPARTUM
AND SOME OF THE SKIN CHANGES
IN FACIAL FEATURE CHANGES. SO
CAN YOU HIGHLIGHT SOME OF
THOSE FOR US? BECAUSE
SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED
AND THEY PROBABLY COME IN
SAYING IS THIS STORM
ABSOLUTELY.
>> BRIDGETT: SO WE TEND TO
BLAME EVERYTHING ON HORMONES
>> THE SKIN CHANGES, YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE TEND TO START SEEING
THAT SPOTS ON THEIR SKIN. HERE
ARE GROWING IN AREAS WHERE IT
GROW BEFORE AND MORE RECENTLY
THERE IS BEING TALKS ABOUT
YOUR PREGNANCY KNOW STRAIGHT.
SO IT’S JUST I MEAN, LOTS OF
CHANGES THAT EVENTUALLY
EVERYTHING WILL GO BACK TO
NORMAL.
>> JULIE: AND EVERYONE IS
DIFFERENT, TOO, RIGHT? SO
SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT HAVE, YOU
KNOW, ONE PREGNANCY BE
DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER IN
THE VERY SAME PATIENT,
CORRECT? EVERY PREGNANCY IS
DIFFERENT. AND I HAVE PATIENTS
TELL ME THAT NO BUSINESS
HAVING PREGNANT FOR 6 TIME.
EVERY SINGLE PREGNANCY HAS
BEEN DIFFERENT. I DON’T EVEN
KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT ANY MORE.
SO LOTS OF CHANGES THAT WE DO
HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND THEY’RE
PREGNANT. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
MORE IT’S UNEXPECTED ONES OR
MAYBE MORE RARE THAT YOU STILL
SEE COME IN SO SKIN CHANGES
TEND TO BE A HUGE PART OF
PREGNANCY. SO PATIENTS DO TEND
TO SEE THIS. WE KNOW ON THE
LAST MONTH. SO POTS OR ON YOUR
CHEEKS?
>> I DID TELL PATIENTS WEAR
YOUR SUNSCREEN BECAUSE THAT IS
WHERE HE WILL MAKE EVERYTHING
OUT MORE MIKE ON THEIR FACE.
I’M SWEATING IS ALSO A BIG
PATIENTS. ATTENTIVE SAW
EVERYWHERE IN THEIR FEED. YOUR
SHOES DON’T FIT ANYMORE. YOUR
HANDS EVEN GET NUMB DURING
PREGNANCY. AND ALSO YOUR NO
SENSE TO BE BIGGER AND IT IS A
REAL THING. SO THAT IS MOSTLY
BECAUSE OF HORMONAL CHANGES IN
YOUR BODY. YES, AND YOU’LL
ALSO NOTICE SOMETIMES ARE
SINCE HIS CHANGE AS WELL.
THOSE ABOUT WHY THAT HAPPENS,
EXCUSE ME WHAT YOUR SENSE IS
ONE OF THEM IS, YOU KNOW, YOUR
SENSE OF SMELL AND YOUR SENSE
OF TASTE. AND INTERESTINGLY
ENOUGH, THERE’S NOT A LOT OF
STUDIES AS FAR AS WHY THAT
HAPPENS. WE DO KNOW THAT IS
YOUR BODY’S PROTECTIVE
MECHANISM TO PROTECT YOUR
BABY. SO WOMEN TEND CREATE
CERTAIN VERSIONS TO FOOD,
ORSER AND RINGS AND IT MIGHT
BE TWICE FOR THAT MIGHT BE
HARMFUL TO A BABY. SO IT’S
BASICALLY TRYING TO PROTECT
YOUR BABY. WE DO HAVE 2 SPOTS
AND THEY ARE RESPONSIVE TO
HORMONES AS WELL. AND THAT’S
WHEN WAS INCREASE THOSE ALL
THOSE PIECES ALSO INCREASED
PATIENTS THAT TEND TO METALLIC
TASTE IN THEIR MOUTH AS WELL
AND DISTINCT THIS THINGS TO
TEND TO GET BETTER AFTER THE
FIRST TRIMESTER. CAN YOU TELL
US MORE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO
YOUR BODY IN THE POSTPARTUM
STAGES AS WELL? BECAUSE YOU’RE
YOU’RE YOU’RE NEVER THE SAME
AFTER A PREGNANCY. I MEAN,
BRING A LIFE INTO THE WORLD,
BUT YOUR LIFE IS ALSO ALTERED
ACCIDENT. I THINK THIS COMES
WITH A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, THE
CHANGES THAT ARE PHYSICAL.
>> AND ALSO EMOTIONAL.
POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION IS VERY
COMMON. AND IT’S ALSO BECAUSE
OF WOMEN. WE’RE TIRED. WE’RE
NOT SLEEPING AND WE’RE TAKING
CARE OF THIS LITTLE NEW BOY SO
IT CAN TO GET YOUR YOU SO I
MEAN, ALL THE THINGS LIKE
SWIMMING IN SKIN CHANGES AND
WHEAT DO TEND TO GET BETTER.
BUT A LOT OF THIS EMOTIONAL
CHANGES TEND TO PERSIST. BUT
FOR THE MOST PART, THEY TO GET
BETTER. BUT I MEAN, WOMEN DO
GO THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGES
THAT CAN TAKE A HUGE TOLL ON
THEM. SO I ALWAYS MY PATIENTS
THE CARE OF YOURSELF A NEW
TAKING CARE OF THIS NEW.
LITTLE ONE. THAT’S NEW AT
HOME, BUT ALSO FOCUS ON
YOURSELF. YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE
YOU GOT WALK TO EXERCISE,
HEALTHY, STAY ACTIVE AND STAY
HYDRATED. ARE THERE ANY EXTRA
SUPPLEMENTS YOU CAN DO
AFTERWARD AND THAT POSTPARTUM
PERIOD AS WELL? BECAUSE I
MEAN, YOU’RE DEPLETED. YOU’RE
REALLY DEPLETED FROM FROM
GROWING HUMAN. YEAH. SO I DO
IF A SPECIES TO CONTINUE
TAKING THE PRENATAL VITAMIN. I
KNOW THERE SOME CLUES, NEEDLE
VITAMINS OUT THERE, BUT
THEY’RE VERY INTEREST
CONTAINING A HEALTHY DIET
STATE THING VERY WELL HYDRATED
AND STAYING ACTIVE AS WELL. I
THINK THAT’S ONE OF MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS AND KEEP
TAKING YOUR PRENATAL. YES. AND
IF YOU’RE FEELING LIKE YOU
SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW,
FEELINGS OF DEPRESSION OR
ANXIETY. TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR
RIGHT WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS
THAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU AS FAR
AS ADVISE YOU MAKE MEDICATION
EXERCISING, ALSO MEDICATIONS
THAT WE CAN START YOU ON
BECAUSE IT CAN BE A VERY
DIFFICULT TRANSITION. AND WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE
HEALTHY AND ABLE TO TAKE CARE
OF YOUR LITTLE ONE, RIGHT?
BECAUSE IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT
TAKING CARE OF THE BABY. MAMA