Midwife Nikki says: It's normal for your blood pressure to drop in early pregnancy as your blood volume increases and your body has to work harder to compemsate for your growing baby.The blood pressure reaches its lowest point in the second

Midwife Nikki replies: This is common in the middle months and often gets worse as your pregnancy progresses, due to the extra weight you're carrying. The cramps tend to occur more at night and may be aggravated by the pressure your growing uterus

It's common to have some light spotting in the early weeks of pregnancy when your next period would have been due. This is usually nothing to worry about, and it happens when the fertilised egg attaches itself to the lining of the womb. But you

circulation and raise your metabolism, so your hair can become thicker, your skin takes on that characteristic ‘glow' of pregnancy and your nails grow stronger.However, the flood of hormones might sometimes have the opposite effect, too, and some women may

Midwife Nikki Khan says: You will be much more sensitive to heat now you're pregnant. As you're in your third trimester, breathlessness and fainting can become more exaggerated due to the increasing size of your uterus. Your metabolism will have

Midwife Nikki Khan says: Many women get more frequent and vivid dreams when pregnant. We don't really know why the sexy dreams happen, but it's probably the increase of hormones. Simply relax and enjoy them! If you're getting frequent anxiety dreams

Midwife Nikki replies: Yes, this is normal. Pregnancy hormones make your breasts swell and become tender and tingly early in pregnancy. Yellow ‘colostrum'-your baby's first milk-may start to leak as early as 12 weeks, although everyone's different

A: It varies for every mum-to-be, but you can expect to feel your first kick between 16 and 22 weeks.It may feel like fluttering, or even trapped wind.Monitor your baby's movements from 24 weeks so you know what's normal for him. Call your midwife

Obstetrician Leonie:Ovarian cysts are often seen in early scans and are usually simple cysts. Most disappear by 20 weeks, though not in your case. They're not cancerous, but can be a problem if they grow big or cause symptoms. Your doctor will try

Dr Sarah Jarvis (author of Pregnancy for Dummies) says:This is not a cause for alarm. There is no evidence that becoming pregnant while on the Pill does the foetus any harm. The hormones in the Pill are similar to the ones your body is going