CHAPTER XII.

AILMENTS OF PREGNANCY.

Pregnancy not an unnatural but a normal state.—Tendency to neglect hygienic rules.—Morning sickness.—How to correct it.—Important questions of diet.—Displaced uterus as cause of nausea.—Mental states.—Companionship.—Various gastric troubles.—Insomnia.—Hysteria.—Constipation and how to correct it.—Longings.—Self-control.—With proper care, as a rule all goes well, 147-154