Alcohol and Pregnancy

February 9th, 2010

Alcohol and Pregnancy
We know that drinking alcohol during pregnancy can have harmful effects on the baby. Children of mothers who drink large quantities may have what is called fetal alcohol syndrome, a condition that is associated with malformations of various organs and mental retardation. Usually this syndrome occurs in mothers with a history of alcohol before conception and continuing this harmful habit during pregnancy.
Moreover, the nutrition of the alcoholic often is affected by deficiency of essential nutrients that may play a role in these cases, since the lack of some minerals like zinc, increases the risks in the developing baby.

Nobody knows for sure what is the amount of alcohol you should eat for the baby may be affected because people do not metabolize alcohol the same way. But it is known that the greater the amount of alcohol consumed during pregnancy, the greater the harmful effects on the infant.
Occasional intake of wine or spirits can hardly affect the baby, however it is recommended that all pregnant women abstain from alcohol throughout pregnancy.
Yet if you choose to drink alcohol during pregnancy, we advise that you avoid drinking every day and leave only their consumption for a casual celebration, drinking only a glass and preferably after the third trimester of pregnancy.

It is recommended as prevention, stop drinking from the moment you find out you’re pregnant and optimize all your habits and customs.

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Digestive Problems in Pregnancy

February 8th, 2010

Digestive Problems in Pregnancy
Digestive problems during pregnancy occurs more frequently since the 4th month of pregnancy. The discomfort almost inevitable due to changes in your metabolism caused by the growth of your baby, but you can mitigate its negative effects by taking into account certain care.

Indigestion or heartburn is caused when muscle tissue in your digestive system relaxes due to increased production of hormones estrogen and progesterone. Oddly enough this process benefits your baby because the delay in digesting food, the more nutrients reach him through the blood.

Herbs you should not take during your pregnancy
During pregnancy and motherhood we usually hot drinks to help us stay relaxed and hydrate. However, you should be careful with some herbs.

You indicate which can be harmful:

* Herbs stimulants bleeding: The wormwood, angelica, Mary thistle, the Ligusticum porteri and tea.
* Herbs that cause uterine contractions: Dioscorea, Capsella bursa pastoris and Ustilago among others.
* Herbs Toxic: Mallow, the Matarique, aloe, also known as Aloe, and tujas in any variety.

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Sleep Disorders In Pregnancy

February 6th, 2010

Sleep Disorders
Often pregnant is incompatible with sleep. In 1997 the American Association of Sleep Disorders, proposed the existence of a new clinical entity as pregnancy associated with sleep disorders. Although most pregnant women suffer some recognized sleep problem, there is little research to determine the exact causes and consequences of this problem for both the pregnant and the future baby.

The causes of these sleep disorders appear to be the hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy. Studies have shown that increased estrogen and progesterone decreases in deep sleep, which is what allows us to rest. Has also been observed that pregnant women who slept poorly had higher levels of cortisol and melatonin lower than usual.

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Causes of Sleep Disturbance

February 5th, 2010

Sleep Disturbance
Women with insomnia almost all pregnant women end up with sleep disorders to a greater or lesser extent. Although a direct cause of this problem is hormonal changes that occur in the mother during the months of gestation, the truth is that there are many factors that can explain the disorder. The following are the most significant:

  • Increased abdominal size, which prevents finding a comfortable position and creates great difficulty moving in bed.
  • Excessive fetal movements.
  • Increase the frequency with which women should get up to urinate.
  • Feeling dizzy when placed face up on the bed. This occurs because the weight of the uterus and fetus when the mother is lying down, falling on the large veins leading to the heart, leading to transient loss of irrigation.
  • Back pain during late pregnancy.
  • Cramps and tingling in the legs.
  • Worry and stress of the mother by the very fact of pregnancy

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Sleep During Pregnancy

February 4th, 2010

Sleep During Pregnancy
If you are one of the many women who have been upset because his dream of her pregnancy, then we suggest some tips that will alleviate this problem:

Women with insomnia-Lie on your side with knees bent to rest.

  1. Keep good habits to avoid back pain: used shoes with heels half, placed in the lumbar cushions to sit, sleep on a firm mattress, avoid lifting from the floor, apply localized heat in the affected area, do exercises strengthen the abdominal and back.
  2. She squeezes his foot against the wall or get up on you leg cramps.
  3. If the disorder is caused by an altered mental state, comes to childbirth preparation classes or talk to a specialist.
  4. Do not take any medication for sleep, especially if you have not consulted a specialist.

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Acupuncture For Controlling Pregnancy

February 3rd, 2010

Pregnancy

We know that pregnancy usually brings some discomfort for women such as nausea, headaches, indigestion, hypertension and so on. Acupuncture works then as a technique to alleviate the discomfort.

According to recent studies, acupuncture, Chinese medicine approach, works to alleviate pelvic pain caused by hormones affecting ligaments and muscles.

Acupuncture is to find specific points within the body where there are energy imbalances and in those places were placed needles to stimulate. The needles remain in the body for 30 to 45 minutes, depending on what you are looking for.

By placing or inserting the needles can you feel a little tingling or numbness sensation yet that expands over time.

During pregnancy, the sessions are usually a month and lasts approximately 45 minutes, however as we approach the time of delivery, many women gain the sessions to one per week.

The acupuncture treatments during pregnancy does not harm the health of the baby or the mother, but do not forget to always check with your doctor if there is a contraindication.

Chinese acupuncture is also used to relieve the pain of uterine contractions during labor.

The acupuncture treatments do not include drugs or drugs and will be optimal if it is applied by a specialist and even more so when combined with other treatments such as physiotherapy and aromatherapy.

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Change What You Eat

February 2nd, 2010

Change What You Eat

Once you become pregnant, should consume between 100-300 extra calories per day. If your weight is within normal limits, should not increase more than 35 pounds during pregnancy. If you have trouble maintaining a healthy weight, if this can be different.

Before becoming pregnant, you should try to eat healthy foods to be as healthy as possible. Many of us know how we can improve our diet, but also know how difficult that may be changing what we eat and how much we eat.

It may be easier to incorporate more healthy foods in your diet before you leave foods that are bad for health. To start, add more fruits and vegetables to your diet. This is the move towards a more balanced diet including:

Carbohydrates
or Carbohydrates should be a little more than half of what we eat. Try to get the most whole grain carbohydrates such as bread and rice. Avoid sugary foods and drinks such as candy and soda.

Proteins
or Protein helps the growth of the fetus. They are found in meat and dairy products as well as tofu and beans. Even if you follow a vegetarian diet, strict or not, you can enjoy a healthy pregnancy. However, check with your supplier of health care to make sure you eat enough protein.

Fats
or fats help absorb vitamins. Most people get enough. During pregnancy, it is important to incorporate fats from fish and vegetables.

Fibers
or fibers are derived from fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Eat at least 3-5 servings per day. Many women experience constipation during pregnancy. Foods that contain fiber help prevent it

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Adjust your wardrobe with pregnancy

January 29th, 2010

During pregnancy, above all, he must feel at ease. And do not worry, you do not have to buy everything in specialty shops.
The comfort comes first

During your pregnancy, you first must wear comfortable clothing. Thus, the clothes are too tight to be avoided. Unless they are sufficiently extensible to accommodate your new curves. For it is certainly not it tightens your belly!

Shopping “pregnant woman” basic

You must still buy some maternity wear. The wardrobe basic must contain:

- 1 or 2 pairs of pants or jeans;
- 1 skirt and / or dress;
- 4 or 5 tops;
- 1 or 2 sweaters or jackets.

Remember also not to overlook the underwear. And choose:

- Bras general maintenance (usually 2 sizes above your own in late pregnancy);
- Panties, thongs or loose cotton shortys.

Finally, add a coat that you can close the winter. For your baby does not catch cold. And a swimsuit or a bikini for the summer, with a large maintenance for the breasts.
Operation Retrieve ”

If clothing stores for pregnant women are perfectly adapted, you do not have to buy everything. Especially since it corresponds to a high budget. And you do not forgive those clothes in case of new birth.

Start by retrieving clothes from your friends or deposits by such sales. Weasel also on the shelves “large” stores. Finally, your old clothes may be the case. Provided, of course, they are sufficiently large or extensible in the belly and waist.
Colors that you highlight

Wherever you find your clothes, avoid horizontal stripes and bold patterns that tend to grow. While the dark, dark colors or plain refine the silhouette. Therefore choose neutral colors and easily tunable you personalize then.
Bet on the accessory

If there is one area where you can invest, it is the accessories. They make an original outfit easily. And you can use after pregnancy.
Try for example:
- A band of color slid loosely around the stomach;
- A wide belt positioned below the abdomen;
- A scarf tied under the bosom. etc..
As for shoes

The first two trimesters of pregnancy, you can put shoes with small heels. The circulation problems are common at this time, it is particularly well advised to wear heels 2 to 3 cm. For similar reasons, it is preferable cons avoid high boots to leave the calf emerged.

In late pregnancy, opt for flat shoes. Your center of gravity is in fact changed at this stage of pregnancy. The loss of balance are more frequent.
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Remember to buy or get clothes little fragile and machine washable. In order to avoid washing and hand wringing, especially in late pregnancy.

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The teething

January 28th, 2010

It was about 6 months on average the first tooth appears to baby before 3 years that will present all the milk teeth of your child. How is this teething? And especially how to help your baby does not suffer too much when its teeth pierce? Our advice and simple actions to relieve the pain of baby.
When pushing the baby teeth?

Generally, shows his first baby tooth between 6 and 12 months: this is usually a midline incision in the lower jaw. Follow:
- The upper incisors (about 10 months down, 12 months and above);
- Lateral incisors (between 7 and 16 months);
- The first molars (around 12 months);
- The dog (between 16 months and 2 years);
- The second molars (between 20 and 33 months);

On average, a 1 year old baby has 4 teeth. About 3 years old, a child has all his teeth. And they begin to fall between 5 and 8 years.

Namely:
Some children are born with a tooth, as was the case of Napoleon. Among others, the first tooth appears until about 15 months!
Incisors and canines are used to cut and catch food. The molars are essential for chewing.
The first signs of teething

Generally, the teeth do not appear without warning. Here are some hints to help you recognize when your baby “because his teeth:
- Gums usually pink and smooth becomes bright red and double in volume. This is called the doubling of the gums;
- His cheeks are red;
- Baby drools a lot and tries to chew everything with his gums;
- Baby is grumpy because it hurts! The acute pain may hinder baby several weeks before the cutting of the tooth;
- Stools are soft;
- Buttocks are red;
- Baby has a mild fever (38 ° C maximum);
- So baby does not appetite;
- Sometimes the cutting teeth is accompanied by a cold or an ear infection.
How to relieve pain when her baby teeth grow?

First, know the pain that precedes the growth of the tooth, and ceases when the tooth has erupted through the gum.

Here are some tips to ease the pain Baby, you find among them the most appropriate remedy.

- Baby wants to chew? Offer him a teething ring previously cooled in the refrigerator (and never in the freezer). This ring has a cold numbing effect on the painful gum;

- If you do not have a teething ring, and from 6 months, give baby a cold carrot washed and peeled or a crust of bread;

- Massage the gums of baby with a gel anesthetic Special (ask your pharmacist). The massage and the effect of freezing him great good will;

- There is always the homeopathic solution: a baby grumpy: CHAMOMILLA 15 CH, cons pain: CAMILIA, and if the breakthrough dental accompanied diarrhea, try Kreosotum or podophyllum;

- Why not try the amber necklace? Amber in contact with skin liberate essential oils for soothing baby;

- In case of severe pain, you can give your baby a dose of paracetamol. Ask your pediatrician;

- Remember to treat your baby’s bottom if they are red with a special cream.

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Conduct of normal childbirth

January 26th, 2010

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! 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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