Wondering why you're suddenly sprouting thicker hair and sweating up a storm? Or whether it's safe to hop in the tub or highlight your hair? Browse these pregnancy beauty tips and tricks for answers on everything from covering up those break-outs to baby-safe ways to pamper yourself.
First Trimester
Weeks 1 and 2: Hot Tubs and Fertility
Trying to conceive? The only time things should be hot is when you're in bed — so skip the hot tub and sauna which can lower sperm production and impact fertility.
Week 3: Acne Treatments During Pregnancy
Got more pimples than a high school marching band? Don't lock yourself in your bathroom.
Week 4: Highlights and Hair Dye During Pregnancy
Most experts agree that when it comes to hair coloring, safe is better than sorry. So wait out the first trimester before heading back to the salon to retouch those roots.
Week 5: Tanning Beds During Pregnancy
Are you a fan of the tan? Well, it's time to take a break from those tanning beds, which can raise your body temperature to a level that could be harmful to your developing baby.
Week 6: Hair Growth During Pregnancy
For many expectant moms, pregnancy means hair that's lush, shiny, and downright luxurious (makes you want to audition for a shampoo commercial — doesn't it?).
Week 7: Nail Polish During Pregnancy
Feel pitiful without a pedicure? Manic without a manicure? Relax — it's perfectly safe to polish your nails while pregnant.
Week 8: Pregnancy Skin Problems
Pregnancy can cause some pretty wacky complexion stuff, from excessive oiliness to excessive dryness, from acne to blotchiness, and most strangely, to chloasma, "the mask of pregnancy."
Week 9: Bra Size During Pregnancy
Your bigger-by-the-minute twins might seem a bit scary to you — and a little exciting to your partner (too bad you won't let him touch!).
Week 10: Maternity Clothes
Sooner or later, every pregnant woman enters that period of fashion limbo: You're too big for your jeans but too small for maternity wear.
Week 11: Make a Belly Book
You may not believe it now, but someday you'll enjoy looking at pictures or video of your pregnant body — and so will your child.
Week 12: Teeth Whitening During Pregnancy
While there are no proven risks to tooth whitening, it's a procedure that definitely falls into the better safe than sorry category.
Week 13: Stretch Mark Treatment
The truth is, 90 percent of all women will develop stretch marks during pregnancy. (The other 10 percent have fabulous genes or especially well-toned and elastic skin.)
Second Trimester
Week 14: Work Clothes During Pregnancy
Right about now you're probably most comfy in a pair of cozy sweats, worn loose and low. Unfortunately, your boss might not appreciate that look around the office.
Week 15: Tattoos and Pregnancy
Thinking of commemorating your pregnancy by getting a tattoo? Think again.
Week 16: Lackluster Hair During Pregnancy: Bad Hair Day?
Many lucky women get the hair of their dreams during pregnancy, but lackluster hair is an equally common side effect of pregnancy
Week 17: What to Wear During Pregnancy?
It's time to raid your partner's closet for oversize shirts and sweats, and your gal pals' attics for maternity clothes that are gently used and begging to be borrowed.
Week 18: Skin Changes During Pregnancy
No need to adjust your television set — or dash to the dermatologist. Your strange skin symptoms are all normal, and all temporary.
Week 19: Clothing Size During Pregnancy
If you're plus-size or petite, the Internet may be the best place to find maternity clothes that actually work for you.
Week 20: Massage During Pregnancy
It's safe to get a massage, as long as you stick with doctor's (or midwife's) orders. Go for it by picking a therapist — but not just any therapist.
Week 21: Gaining Weight During Pregnancy
At this point in your pregnancy, you should be gaining an average of a pound a week (more or less if your practitioner has advised you to).
Week 22: Hair Removal During Pregnancy
Your legs, armpits, bikini line, and upper lip may be hairier than usual due to all those raging hormones.
Week 23: Botox During Pregnancy
As with Botox, the safety of injectable line fillers during pregnancy hasn't been established yet — which means you're better off staying unfilled for now.
Week 24: Pregnancy Makeup 101
Keep it simple is the golden rule for any pregnancy makeup routine. (This is not the time to channel your inner Cher.)
Week 25: Pregnancy Weight Worries
After a lifetime of watching your weight, it can be unnerving (and sometimes depressing) to watch it go up, up, up.
Week 26: Contacts and Glasses
Your eyes are yet another seemingly random part of the body affected by those kooky pregnancy hormones.
Week 27: Back Support During Pregnancy
Between your burgeoning belly and your aching back, it isn't easy to stand up…never mind stand up straight.
Third Trimester
Week 28: Puffy Eyes During Pregnancy
Feel like you could fit a week's worth of laundry in those bags under your eyes? The two main culprits are water retention and fatigue.
Week 29: Sleeping During Pregnancy
A good night's rest may be just what your tired face is craving, but it's kind of tough to get comfortable with that basketball growing under your nightie.
Week 30: Swollen Feet During Pregnancy
Swollen feet and ankles may not be sexy, but it's what most pregnant women are wearing in any given season.
Week 31: Pregnancy Pedicures
A pedicure can work wonders in the last trimester, soothing sore feet, increasing circulation, and reducing swelling — not to mention making you feel a whole lot prettier.
Week 32: Treatment for Varicose Veins
Yes, you hate them (what's not to hate?), but varicose veins, or swollen blood vessels, are actually more hideous than harmful.
Week 33: Dry Skin During Pregnancy
Another side effect of your expanding body (and that belly that just keeps on going…and going…) is dry, itchy skin.
Week 34: Puffy Cheeks During Pregnancy
If your cheeks are looking as round as your belly these days, you're in good company — most expectant women start sporting that gathering-nuts-for-the-winter look in their third trimester.
Week 35: Bathtubs and Pregnancy
There's no truth to the myth that dirty bathwater can enter the cervix and cause infection. (Sorry, Grandma, wrong again!)
Week 36: Pregnancy Hair Styles
Has pregnancy weight found its way to your face? Of course it has. A great way to achieve that elusive illusion of slimness is to start with your hair.
Week 37: Packing the Hospital Bag
D-day is getting close, so it's time to pack your hospital bag (if you haven't already).
Week 38: Belly Casting
Do-it-yourself belly casts are easy and fun to make with your mate, midwife, or your baby shower guests.
Week 39: Pregnancy Hormones and Sweat
Those pesky hormones, along with increased blood flow to the skin and increased metabolism during pregnancy, can make you sweat like a linebacker.
Week 40: Complexion During Pregnancy: At-Home Facial Mask
If your pregnant complexion needs a boost, treat yourself to an at-home facial mask.
Week 41: Shaving During Pregnancy
Feeling a little extra furry these days? Shave those legs with caution (and a lot of nick-protecting shaving gel).
Week 42: Pampering During Pregnancy Take time this week to pamper yourself, since you probably need a little TLC and you won't have much time for it once your baby is here
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