Pregnancy and Maternal Health Care
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Pregnancy After 40
Author: rara
The participation of females in professional life has led women to develop increasingly in various occupations: politics, medicine, law, etc., But all this at what cost to extend the maternity leave?
There is no reason to question the right of every woman to perform professionally, more so in the competitive world of today, where both men and women should show their talents to survive a shrinking market consumerism.
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Strange Dreams During Pregnancy
Author: rara
Dreaming is completely natural, they say we dream if we sleep, but not always remember our dreams.
When you are pregnant also dreams, and indeed there are some recurring dreams often repeated in women, so dig a little about dreams.
There are several factors contributing to dream, rising emotions, sleep deprivation, and altered levels of hormones, so it is normal to have weird dreams during pregnancy.
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Month 4: Excess
Author: iqko
You begin to be properly installed in your pregnancy, it becomes more and more comfortable. Let us guide you calmly listen to your body.
Side Baby: The time for finishing
For the rapid upheaval of the first three months, followed a long period finishes. The fetus is improving, his face is affirmed, in a word it is humane. The fetal head is recovering and seems smaller. Members stretch, legs are now longer than the arm. The liver works. The fetal skin is covered with fine down called “lanugo.” The hands are well trained, hair and nails grow. He begins to suck his thumb or even a toe. At the 17th week of pregnancy, the fetus is about 15 cm and weighs 200 g.
Side Mom: Time of 1st shots
Some of you feel the first kicks of the baby. Your uterus grows, it is now the size of a melon, where sensations of stretch in the groin. Your belly was well rounded and your pregnancy begins to show.
Tip: Constipation
Many pregnant women suffer from constipation. To avoid this, use a diet rich in fiber (prunes, greens …). The morning fasting, drink a full glass of water and continue to drink during the day at least 1.5 liters of water rich in magnesium. Above’re exercising. Nothing better than walking to avoid this.
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How to increase my chances of getting pregnant
Author: iqko
I am suspicious of ideas
- The sexual position is not ideal: No need to stop making love in one position because you have heard it was more conducive to procreation is a myth! Experts recommend, however, the positions that will bring the sperm as close to the cervix, that is to say the missionary position, the positions where the woman is on the back or side, and greyhound. The positions where the woman is the man, however, are avoided.
- The female orgasm has nothing to do with pregnancy and ovulation orgasm are completely independent, so you do not enjoy forced to procreate.
- The legs in the air after the love is useless: no need to bend you painfully in the position of pear after love, it would have no impact: the sperm does not flow into the uterus as in a funnel, but crosses the neck guided by chemical signals. However, you can stay on his back about ten minutes before getting up, so give them a chance to as many people to move.
I’m not afraid to consult a specialist
If you can not procreate, it may simply be due to any pathology. It should then go see a specialist. Discomfort during menstruation, pain during intercourse, backache, diarrhea or constipation are all symptoms you should worry.
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Conduct of normal childbirth
Author: iqko
You are at the end of your pregnancy, you lose water or you experience painful contractions and close it’s time to leave for maternity. From your arrival at the facility in your room with your baby, this is what happens.
The arrival at the maternity
Upon your arrival, a midwife is your constant (voltage, temperature) and considers the cervical dilation. She puts on your arm a catheter to be used in cases of infusion and install two sensors in your stomach that monitoring records uterine contractions and the baby’s heart.
The early work
You are then installed in work room. You can get up and do exercises with a ball.
Every hour, a midwife measure cervical dilation and takes your constants. Of regular monitoring can estimate a healthy baby.
Gradually the contractions become more frequent and painful.
Namely: if the expansion is too slow, your baby may suffer. The wise woman you are given a product to accelerate the frequency and intensity of contractions. The contractions can cause vomiting.
Epidurals
The cervix is dilated to 3 cm: it offers the epidural you will give birth without pain. An anesthetist practice then a sting in your back, place a catheter into the spine and injects the anesthetic: your pain fade in 10 minutes.
Once the epidural placed, you can not move, eat or drink. You are under continuous monitoring.
Namely: You can request the epidural until 7 or 8 cm dilated. Make up your time!
Expulsion
When the cervix is fully open, it fades away undertakes baby and you feel an urge to push. This expulsion.
The midwife then install the brackets at the end of the bed to elevate your legs.
You should push strongly to the rhythm of contractions. This stage lasts about half an hour. The portion of the head is the hardest, then the body comes alone. Sometimes you make an incision of the perineum (episiotomy) to prevent tearing.
Namely: the gynecologist obstetrician is called in case of complications, if any need to use forceps or suction cups to help your baby out.
The issue
Your baby is born but it is not finished: it is the placenta. This phenomenon usually occurs without effort 20 to 30 minutes later.
Baby First Aid
Immediately after birth, your spouse can cut the cord.
A medical team takes care of your baby and unclog his airway by suctioning the mucus in his nose and mouth. Your baby is weighed and examined from every angle! Fontanelle, hips, genitals, shoulders, abdomen … The midwife then took his temperature and it takes a few drops of blood.
Once dressed and his ID bracelet in place, your puppy may find your arm.
Namely: we often measure the baby the next day.
And the mother?
Meanwhile, you are not forgotten! The most important thing is to check that all the placenta was expelled. The stitches are made in cases of episiotomy. After two hours of monitoring, you regain your room with your baby.
These are: the average labor lasts 12 hours for women giving birth to their first child and 8 hours for others.
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Increased Security in the Car For Mothers.
Author: Sharon Keisha
Since the 70s show the necessity of wearing seat belts at all times to ward off a possible accident or a mere slowdown.
However, it has also shown that in case of accident or sudden stop simple weight of an adult can reach between 3 and 5 tons and a pregnant woman this would mean that the fetus, positioned just ahead, given a strong blow to the moment of impact, which can cause serious internal problems to the mother, breaking the spine of the fetus or even an abortion.
To break this vicious circle HTS – a Norwegian company specialized in safety products for children, launched the BeSafe market after years of research, development and exhaustive testing. BeSafe is a simple device that puts the car seat belt comfortably below the belly, without altering the performance characteristics of seat belt, and avoid any danger to the fetus, while protecting the mother.
Solving the problem however is not much, no matter how good the product, if it is not known to moms who are at risk of improperly employing such an essential as is the belt.
It’s amazing the general ignorance and lack of information out there about the proper use of seat belts during pregnancy and is therefore the duty of all who are in a position to communicate with this sector to address the issue of continuous to achieve the objective: to protect pregnant women traveling by car.
Get Pregnant
Author: Sharon Keisha
Here are some tips for help conceive faster because it is rare that the first successful attempt to become pregnant. Moreover some doctors believe a year as a reasonable time for a couple to achieve a healthy pregnancy. After that time, just recommend starting to have tests to determine if there is a problem of infertility in one or both members of the couple.
Have sex the day before or the day of ovulation increases the chances of getting pregnant. A few days before ovulation, your cervix produces cervical mucus, which facilitates the travel of sperm into the uterus. For more accuracy, you can get an ovulation test, which measures the LH hormone in urine, or take your basal temperature barely get up.
You can spot yourself that cervical mucus. Two or three days before ovulation, the flow is abundant, transparent, and stringy (like egg white).
Another important factor is the frequency of intercourse. Doing it every day does not mean a greater chance of becoming pregnant. Sperm survive in fertile mucus 3 to 5 days, so that the ideal frequency would be every 2 or 3 days. Daily relations deteriorate sperm quality to not allow for proper sperm production.
With respect to the positions, you must practice positions to facilitate the arrival of sperm into the uterus. By implication, are not recommended standing poses or those which drain the semen in the vagina.
Maintain a healthy diet and eliminates the snuff and alcohol from your life. There is evidence that both decrease fertility. After intercourse, stay in bed for about half an hour, and if you put a pillow under your pelvis rather, to maximize the chances of sperm reaching the egg.
No man should wear tight-fitting underwear and avoid hot baths in tubs, affecting sperm production. It is also said that the contractions produced during the female orgasm helps the sperm swim faster and may reach its goal, so let’s have fun!
Balance during pregnancy
Author: Ann Brown
I’m sure that with all the physical changes that occur with pregnancy, many women feel insecure with your body and wonder how you can continue to maintain the balance. But not to worry. There are differences between the spines of men and women that allow the latter to achieve the necessary balance when in the state.
As the belly grows, the center of gravity of the pregnant woman’s body moves forward. To counteract this, the female spine is designed to arch more, because the curvature is composed of three vertebrae instead of two as in the case of men, and besides, their joints are longer.
Obviously it’s a bit risky for a woman with spine problems, such as lordosis, scoliosis, kyphosis, arthritis, osteoarthritis or osteoporosis (also occurs before menopause), etc., bear a pregnancy. In such cases it is recommended that you save all the rest possible toward the second trimester to avoid any accidents.
On the heels, most obstetricians recommend that if you are accustomed to them and not cause any trouble, you can continue using them. But keep in mind all the changes in the positions that the body is experiencing during these 9 months, plus the tendency of the lower extremities to swell.
Although the body of the pregnant woman to make some accommodations for her to keep moving calmly, take into account that since the first 3 months of pregnancy until six months after birth (time taken by ligaments and muscles to return to its place) the brain has to adjust to this new provision of the body, which increases the risk of an accident.
Among the precautions that every pregnant woman should take are:
* Avoid bending over to pick things up off the floor.
* Climbing on chairs, stools, ladders to reach anything.
* Be especially careful when walking on wet soil by rain, cleaning, etc.. And when walking on unstable ground such as rocks or unsettled land.
* Double carefully when bathing. The tiles are a very dangerous trap. Best if you can put little flat rubber to prevent slipping or install a safety bar which can help.
* Avoid loading weight (although it seems light).
* Take special care when going downstairs. (the highest percentage of falls during pregnancy is due to this.)
Alcohol can affect pregnancy
Author: Ann Brown
Alcohols pregnancy the womb babies are fed through the umbilical cord of all nutrients that are in the placenta. Therefore, the quality of supply that has the mother influences the quality of food that will have the baby.
While it is true that the mother’s body purifies what it transmits to the baby, no one knows for sure how much alcohol you can drink without harming the mother the baby’s health, so doctors recommend not drinking during pregnancy and even while you breast feed.
What does science has found is that mothers who consume high amounts of alcohol are highly likely to produce fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). It happens that if the mother can not eliminate alcohol from your body, it passes to the baby’s body, who unable to eliminate it still be in development, alcohol begins to accumulate in your body.
In this case, the damage generated in alcohol if the baby’s development, manifesting mental and physical problems such as:
* Spontaneous Abortion.
* Low birth weight.
* Problems in the nervous system (coordination, mental retardation, hyperactivity, etc.)..
* Developmental problems (learning, concentration, behavior, etc.)..
* Defects in the formation of their organs.
If you are pregnant and drink alcohol, you should see your doctor, keeping it abreast of your drinking and especially the frequency of drinking alcohol, the aim of providing these data is that there is an assessment of your case and take measures to avoid harming the health of your baby.
Smoking during pregnancy
Author: Ann Brown
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.