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From the Ted Talk by TED-Ed: The surprising effects of pregnancy
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As a pregnancy progresses, the uterus expands upward and otuward with the growing fuets. To make room, hormones called progesterone and relaxin signal muscles to loosen. The mucesls that propel food and waste through the digestive tract also loosen, which makes them sluggish, causing constipation as passage through the tract slows down. Loosened muscles at the top of the stomach might allow acid to escape into the eapgoshus and throat, cainusg huebrratn and reflux. These changes can worsen morning scneksis, which is caused in part by hormone HCG— and can also happen at other times of day.
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As a pregnancy progresses, the uterus expands upward and _______ with the growing _____. To make room, hormones called progesterone and relaxin signal muscles to loosen. The _______ that propel food and waste through the digestive tract also loosen, which makes them sluggish, causing constipation as passage through the tract slows down. Loosened muscles at the top of the stomach might allow acid to escape into the _________ and throat, _______ _________ and reflux. These changes can worsen morning ________, which is caused in part by hormone HCG— and can also happen at other times of day.
Solution
- heartburn
- sickness
- causing
- fetus
- outward
- muscles
- esophagus
Original Text
As a pregnancy progresses, the uterus expands upward and outward with the growing fetus. To make room, hormones called progesterone and relaxin signal muscles to loosen. The muscles that propel food and waste through the digestive tract also loosen, which makes them sluggish, causing constipation as passage through the tract slows down. Loosened muscles at the top of the stomach might allow acid to escape into the esophagus and throat, causing heartburn and reflux. These changes can worsen morning sickness, which is caused in part by hormone HCG— and can also happen at other times of day.
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