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High-Risk Pregnancy
Is that pregnancy complications are more likely to t oth maternal and fetal during pregnancy and parto.y that requires a strict medical control.
What are women who may present a high risk pregnancy?
There are multiple situations that make the catalog obstetrician gynecologist a woman may have a pregnancy care.
Thus we have the pre-pregnancy maternal pathologies, such as hypertension, diabetes, coagulopathy, epilepsy, obesity, low maternal weight, endocrine disorders, uterine abnormalities and so on.
Another group are those with adverse obstetric history, maternal or fetal pathology as partners such as intrauterine growth retardation, preeclampsia or eclampsia (pregnancy-induced hypertension), intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, fetal malformations, previous preterm birth, stillbirth, etc..
We also have the fetus and placenta and cause multiple pregnancies, placenta previa and so on.
Is age of women helps to give a high-risk pregnancy?
Yes, the woman’s age is closely related to the risk during pregnancy. Read the rest of this entry »
Smoking during pregnancy
Can I smoke while pregnant?
Smoking is absolutely contraindicated during pregnancy.
If you are trying to conceive would be good to quit as soon as possible, or if in your case, you got pregnant unexpectedly and sustained smoking is good for your baby to give up this habit in the very moment you learned you were going to be a mom.
Maternal consumption of snuff can lead to important implications and complications to the baby.
During pregnancy:
• Perinatal mortality: is higher in infants of smokers. It suggests a direct relationship to the level of consumption of snuff: the greater the consumption the greater risk.
• fetal weight at birth: babies born underweight which means that probably their lungs are fully developed and must use the first few days on a ventilator.
• Complications during pregnancy such as placenta previa, ectopic pregnancy, vaginal bleeding and preterm delivery.
After birth:
• Breastfeeding: it is proven that nicotine passes into breast milk.
• Sudden death: the children of parents who smoke are at greater risk. No one should smoke in the home, car or wherever you are baby.
• Respiratory diseases of childhood: the children of mothers who smoke tend to have more respiratory infections and asthma.
Ultrasonography of the third quarter
Observe the growth of the fetus
Measurements. As always, the sonographer begins by walking the sensor on the entire surface of your abdomen. The fetus is already too big for him to see in its entirety, but stopping on the skull, femurs, the doctor is able to take action. These data are essential to ensure the baby continues to grow normally. At this stage of pregnancy, weighing between 1, 4 and 2 kg and measuring about 40 centimeters, all organs are working and will soon be ready to go.
Morphological examination. The sonographer continues his review focusing on organs have developed a disease from ultrasound in the second quarter, including the brain, heart and kidneys. It checks for example that communications are established between the heart and the atria are normal or that the kidneys are working properly.
The fetal well-being. Another important aspect of ultrasound in the third quarter: make sure the baby is moving well, he made hand movements that his animated face and swallows it normally, which means for the specialist as it breathes well. A Doppler examination to verify the quality of exchanges between mother and child and then feeding the fetus via the placenta.
The presentation of the baby. It has already upside down in the lower segment of the uterus? Perfect. Ready for the big trip, it is likely to remain in that position until delivery. A breech deliveries or it appears in transverse position? Do not worry, he can still turn around and another ultrasound at 37 weeks of pregnancy will make sure. If this is not the case, your gynecologist will prescribe a scanner to measure your pool. If it is large enough, you can give birth vaginally. Otherwise, a cesarean will be scheduled.
The Clearest Sign of Pregnancy: Absence of Menstruation
One of the first symptoms of pregnancy for most pregnant women is amenorrhea, ie the absence of menstruation.
In general, women with regular cycles are able to detect whether they are pregnant more easily than women who have a more irregular ovulation. However, not having periods, does not mean being pregnant.
Menstrual cycles usually occur approximately every 28 days, although they vary from woman to woman. In addition, the menstrual cycle is changing throughout the life of a woman, so that sometimes can go ahead and others behind.
Some factors influencing this irregularity can be sudden changes in weight, work or family stress or hormonal imbalance.
Other times, she may be pregnant and not know it because losses may occur, similar to menstruation, coinciding with the period. This is called implantation bleeding and occurs when the fertilized egg attaches to the uterine wall.
If a woman suspects she is pregnant with a first offense must go as soon as possible to your gynecologist to confirm pregnancy. The doctor will monitor and control gestation. Also, check whether the woman has a complication such as hypertension, preeclampsia, placenta previa, which could indicate a high risk pregnancy.
However if a woman goes through a period of great stress, has rules very irregular and has a loss, a visit to the gynecologist is required.
There are several tests to confirm pregnancy as pregnancy tests, urine test, blood test and ultrasound.
Using a urine test or through a blood test can detect the presence of the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG). This hormone is responsible for secreting progesterone and estrogens and occurs ten days after conception.
Many women decide to do the urine test alone. The known tests of urine pregnancy test or sold in pharmacies are fast, simple and a reliable estimate for its maker to 98%. The results are known within minutes.
It is also possible to detect HCG by a blood test. This test not only verifies the presence of the hormone but also, in case of pregnancy, to calculate the age of the fetus or the existence of complications in early pregnancy as the threat of spontaneous abortion. For the results, the woman must wait at least a day.
In any case, the most reliable test of pregnancy is diagnosed by ultrasound, with which also confirms the existence of one or more embryos. This test involves no risk to the woman or the embryo, in case of pregnancy.
Both blood tests and ultrasound prescribed by the gynecologist on her first visit.
Placenta Previa
Commonly called Placenta Previa to the implementation thereof in the lower portion of the uterus and expresses an anatomical relationship between where the placenta is located and the lower portion of the uterus. Their frequency is relatively low and often requires more care during pregnancy, mainly rest.
True placenta previa is rare, it is more common placenta that is low, a fact that is often reversed in the course of gestation.
The major problem with the placenta previa is the possibility of occurrence of genital bleeding. This is unpredictable, although it is related to the severity of placenta previa.
The orthodox and accepted is to ban sex for their risk of unleashing a major genital bleeding that endangers the baby and mother.
However, in advising the above takes into account the severity of placenta previa and whether the patient had symptomatic episodes or not.