Pregnancy and Health Care

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The skin is the largest organ in the body becomes more sensitive during pregnancy and requires special attention. Good behavior for care is critical at this time.

There are four basic premises that you take: a good hydration of the skin throughout the body, a high facial sunscreen, anti-stretch mark cream from the third month and a balanced diet.

If you are pregnant in the summer, wear a high sun protection factor throughout the body to avoid leaving stains.It is not the time to be super dark, so you avoid sun exposure between 11 am and 5 pm and renews the sunscreen after swimming.The skin is more sensitive to sunlight and little time will take color faster.

The brown blotches of milk that appear on the face called chloasma or melasma, is due to the amount of hormone action and exposure to the sun.More often appear in women who get very brown, but if you have left is not recommended to use skin lightening or bleaching creams until after delivery.

Maybe due to increased estrogen during pregnancy, leaving you warts, but surely disappear after delivery.If your moles grow or change color or shape, see a dermatologist.

As to diet, need to hydrate well inside with two liters of water daily and eat foods rich in antioxidants and vitamin C in the kiwi, broccoli, tomato, strawberry, pineapple, orange and lemon.

The fact of discovering the changes that will be occurring in your body during different stages of pregnancy could become a very interesting task and magical. To get an overview of changes that could happen in the coming months, it would be advisable to read our section on the stages of pregnancy. In order to gain insight and a deeper understanding of what will happen in each of the three trimesters of pregnancy, you should take a look at our sections entitled First Quarter, Second Quarter and Third Quarter, respectively.

These sections provide very valuable and useful information about the changes you should expect to occur in your body. You can also find useful strategies and tips to help you cope and overcome the physical demands that entails the fact of being pregnant.

Although it is very easy to see the changes that will be occurring in your body, being able to know what is happening with the development of her baby / a-depending on his sex-is much more complicated. The section entitled Pregnancy calendar contains a number of descriptions to help you learn about your baby’s development in a gradual and continuous. You should also carefully read our section devoted to this issue of Your Baby’s Development as well as the section entitled The Different Stages of infant development. Finally, it is very important to read the section Calculating the due date to learn about the best way to calculate the date at which your baby will be born.

Can you stop scratching?. Do you itch all over?. Well, you may not be the only person with this discomfort. Thousands of pregnant women at this very moment be scratching to relieve itching of the skin.Fortunately, this will be temporary and can be remedied.Read this article for tips related to itch!.

During pregnancy, the feel a mild itching in some areas of your body is completely normal, due to increased blood flow is directed towards the skin. The increase in activity could even cause some other annoyances, such as rashes and sweating.

If you suffer from gout during pregnancy, may also experience an intense itching along with pain symptoms. Discuss this with your primary doctor and learn about the different ways you can relieve pain caused by gout. Read the rest of this entry »

We follow the tips for preventing birth defects, these to take into account during the period of gestation:

Consult your doctor immediately whenever there is fever. This can harm the developing fetus.

Avoid contact with toxic chemicals, both at work and at home (eg, paints) and storage of these without the proper security measures because they can be teratogenic, cause birth defects in the fetus.

Extreme environmental hygiene, food and, of course, personal.
Avoid contact with animals that lack of sanitary control. Do not forget that some may transmit certain diseases (eg toxoplasmosis) which pose a risk to the fetus. Read the rest of this entry »

l maternal weight has a great influence on infant development and the evolution of pregnancy and childbirth. When Mujhe are malnourished at the beginning of pregnancy, the baby weighs less and has a higher risk of intrauterine growth retardation (low birth weight in the uterus). But if the thin woman gains 10 kilos during pregnancy, your child will have the same weight as the children of normal weight mothers.

As important or more than the weight at the time of conception is what we are finished in pregnancy.

During the first trimester normal pregnant women increase some weight , and even lose weight, the average increase is between less than 4 kilos and lose less than 100 grams per week. In the second and third quarters are finished from 200 to 300 ga week average, according to the constitution of each. Read the rest of this entry »

In pregnancy, there is an alteration of the vaginal bacterial flora more frequent infections. Irritation, increased vaginal discharge, foul odor of the secretions, itching are usually some of the symptoms may appear. You should consult your doctor immediately, since some of these infections can harm the baby, both during pregnancy and at the time of delivery.

The bacterial vaginosis , known as mixed infections, cause premature labor . The most frequent diseases are caused by fungi, it is estimated that two out of every ten pregnant women suffer from an infection of this type.

Treatment
The fungi were treated locally with c rows or eggs , safe for your child. In the event of mother-child transmission in childbirth , the baby will have a very intense superficial skin condition. To combat herpes infections, acyclovir is administered, a drug that acts by enhancing the body’s defenses against the virus and does not seem harmful to the baby. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the most frequently asked questions during pregnancy is whether it can still be used for makeup, hair dyes and cosmetics. Keep in mind that any product applied to the skin and mucous membranes are absorbed into the bloodstream and may affect fetal development. There is very little research regarding the toxicity of cosmetic products during pregnancy because studies are required Previous safety and efficacy. Therefore, the French Government said in December that they were considering cosmetic products labeled with specific information for pregnant women.

It is known that phthalates , a family of chemicals used in toys and beauty products in small quantities are harmful to the developing fetus . In fact in Europe was banned in 2004 for use in toys and childcare articles. Not all cosmetics have this component, fortunately. In addition there are studies that discourage the use of lakes especially in the first quarter because they could cause malformations in the fetal urinary tract.

When in doubt it is best to consult your gynecologist or the Telephone Information Service for Pregnant (SITE) 91.394.15.89 . During pregnancy should not use anti-aging creams containing retinol or derivatives. Neither is the use of antiperspirants with aluminum salts.

The hair dye can be used in principle , except the progressive that may contain lead salts. Doctors often recommend not using them during the first quarter, and better natural chemicals. Sunscreens are recommended in pregnancy to prevent stains on the skin. There are many brands with products suitable for pregnant women, in any case should read the label of what we use.

Every time we have more information about the influence of nutrition in pregnancy in the baby’s health throughout their lives. A new study has just revealed that the pregnant woman’s diet can alter the DNA of the baby predisposing to an increased risk of developing obesity problems several years later.

The international study led by University of Southampton is the first that can show that the mother’s diet during pregnancy may alter the DNA of the baby through a process called epigenetic change, which may cause the child to develop weight problems, irrespective of maternal weight to get pregnant and the child’s weight at birth.

In this sense, we knew an earlier study based on an experiment with rats, which indicated that the mother’s preference for fatty foods leads to changes in the baby’s brain that stimulate appetite by raising the risk of suffering from obesity the first years of life. Read the rest of this entry »

There are many myths about the use of cosmetics during pregnancy often frighten and confuse us.

But we know that not all cosmetics are safe and that any drug or applied to the skin and mucous membranes are absorbed into the blood-feeding and therefore may also affect the fetus.

For example, do not recommend the use of creams prescribed for skin aging from the sun in its composition containing retinol or derivatives, as has been shown that retinoids administered orally, are associated with the appearance of numerous defects in the fetus.

Sunscreens do not pose a risk because they are kept in the surface layer of the skin and absorption is minimal. By contrast, pregnant women should wear a high protection factor to prevent the emergence of so-called chloasma gravidarum (dark spots that appear on the skin). Read the rest of this entry »

Many studies have shown that exposure of pregnant women to certain chemicals can cause problems in pregnancy or birth defects.

One study showed that pregnant women exposed to large amounts of hairspray during pregnancy are twice as likely to have infants with hypospadias (a defect in the urethra of males involves abnormal urinary opening) that pregnant women not exposed to that product.

Parabens are also suspected, and are used by many cosmetics as a preservative, and phthalates, used in lacquers, perfumes and deodorants.

The range of effects is not known in depth, so it is advisable to minimize possible exposure to all types of chemicals during pregnancy .

Therefore it should remove all cosmetics, it is not known for certain what effect they may have. One option is to use cosmetics natural , that does not contain any chemicals.