ines
effectively neutralize the mischievous acids which cause the so-called
"heartburn."

IRRITABILITY OF THE BLADDER

The flexing or bending forward of the gravid uterus, by making
pressure on the bladder, sets up more or less irritation and
consequent disturbance of the urinary function. The capacity of the
bladder is actually diminished, and this produces frequent urination.
There is usually no pain connected with this annoying symptom--the
chief discomfort is the frequent getting up at night. This
inconvenience may be lessened by drinking less water after six P.M.
These bladder disturbances are most marked in the earlier months, and
gradually disappear as the uterus raises higher up into the abdomen;
although this symptom may reappear in the last two weeks, as the head
descends downward on its outward journey.

Should the urine at any time become highly colored, take a specimen to
your physician at once. Twenty-four hour specimens of urine should be
taken by the patient to her physician every two weeks. Do not send
it--take it.

LEUCORRHEA

While leucorrhea is an unusual complication of pregnancy, it is often
very troublesome and sometimes irritating. Do not take a vaginal
douche unless it has been ordered by your physician, and even then
make sure that the force of the flow of water is very gentle. The bag
of the fountain syringe should be hung only about one foot above the
hips. Soap and water used externally, followed by vaseline or zinc
ointment, will usually relieve the accompanying irritation.

THREATENED ABORTION

In the third chapter attention was called to the formation of the
placenta or "after birth," on the site of the attachment of the cocoon
embryo. At this particular time of the pushing away of the embryo from
the uterine wall, one of the accidents of pregnancy occurs, in which
the embryo becomes completely detached and starts to escape from the
uterus, accompanied by varying degrees of pain and hemorrhage. The
symptoms of this threatened abortion are:

1. Heavy menstrual pains.
2. Backache.
3. Hemorrhage.

The approach of the calendar date of the third month of pregnancy
should be watched for, and all work of a strenuous nature studiously
avoided; while at the first signs of the backache or any unusual
symptom, the expectant mother should immediately go to bed and send
for the physician. One patient who had aborted on four different
occasions was able to pass this danger