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Prenatal Care: Personal Hygiene and Life Habits
The pregnant woman should observe personal hygiene. It is advisable to shower. After the shower is advisable to apply creams to prevent stretch marks during pregnancy.
The cleanliness of the mouth is also very important. They should brush their teeth after every meal and see a dentist if needed.
The clothes should be comfortable and loose. The shoe should be comfortable, avoiding both excessively high heels as the background. Stockings and socks that produce local compression of the leg are not advisable, because they facilitate the appearance of varicose veins.
During pregnancy it is advisable to make a moderate exercise, walks, swimming, exercises learned in the courses of maternal education. Not recommended for sports such as skiing, horseback riding, motorcycling or those that produce fatigue. Read the rest of this entry »
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Prenatal Care: Food and Vitamin Supplements
Diet during pregnancy must be complete and varied to allow proper fetal development and preserve the health of the mother.
Meals should be moderate but frequent, five to six daily to help prevent drops in the levels of glucose, which is the main source of fetal energy.
The pregnant woman should reduce consumption of fats, sauces and foods high in salt and increasing consumption of fruits, vegetables, bread (ideally wholemeal), rice, pasta and legumes. You should also take about a quart of milk or its equivalent in yogurt or cheese, to meet calcium needs. Read the rest of this entry »
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Prenatal Care: Analysis and Ultrasound Program
Analysis Program
During pregnancy it is advisable to carry out a series of analytical tests to guide the health status of pregnant women: in principle, be carried out three full analysis of blood and urine, one in each quarter.
In the analysis of the first quarter will also include the determination of the Rh blood group of the mother and whether or not it has been exposed to a range of infectious diseases that could affect fetal development (antibodies to syphilis, rubella, toxoplasmosis, hepatitis and AIDS).
In the second analysis, which takes place between 24 th and 28 th weeks, it includes the so-called O’Sullivan test used to determine which women are at increased risk of gestational diabetes or blood sugar problems during pregnancy. Read the rest of this entry »
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Prenatal Care: Clinical Examination
Clinical examination will include:
- The weight and size of the patient
- Taking blood pressure
- Auscultation of the heart and lungs
- Exploration of abdomen
- Gynaecological examination and breast.
In this first consultation, in addition, the doctor explained to the pregnant woman to explore and how often you should be subjected to during pregnancy. The doctor will also provide information on actions that promote health during pregnancy, later explained in this article.
It is also a good opportunity to expose the pregnant woman or the doctor the symptoms you are experiencing changes in their bodies, their doubts and fears against the development of pregnancy and childbirth. Read the rest of this entry »
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Prenatal Care
Pregnancy is a normal situation in the life of the woman, but requires some medical-sanitary control to prevent the occurrence of complications in mother and newborn.
The consultation aims to prenatal health care for both the mother and her unborn child. There is no doubt that the frequency and quality of medical examinations are critical for the healthy infant and the mother stays healthy.
Objectives of antenatal
First, schedule a regular series of tests to be submitted to the pregnant woman (blood and urine tests, ultrasound, etc.). To prevent the occurrence of complications during pregnancy.
Second, recognize women who have a higher probability or risk of complications (eg diabetic women who have had multiple abortions, etc.), so poderles provide the most appropriate. Read the rest of this entry »
Diabetes Mellitus And Pregnancy
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by absolute or relative deficiency of insulin resulting in hyperglycemia. It has been considered a multifactorial disease which involves genetic, immunological and purchased.
The importance of the association between diabetes and pregnancy is the high maternal and perinatal risk involved. Before the discovery of insulin, maternal mortality ranged from 30 to 50% and perinatal mortality from 50 to 60%. Later, with the use of insulin, with the knowledge of the physiological changes of glucose metabolism during pregnancy and the introduction of improved techniques and equipment in the neonatal handling, maternal and perinatal prognosis has changed dramatically.
Thus, at present maternal death from diabetes is exceptional and decreased perinatal mortality ranges from 3 to 6%.
The association of diabetes and pregnancy has a frequency between 1 and 5%, varying in relation to the population
analyzed by geographic area and the diagnostic criteria used. This partnership can take two forms:
The National Diabetes Data Group (NDDG) proposed a classification of diabetes mellitus based on etiologic factors, dependence on insulin and other clinical findings. This is classified into four categories: DM type I (insulin dependent), DM type II (insulin independent), DM type III (gestational diabetes) and DM type IV (secondary diabetes).
Effects On Pregnancy Of Some Dietary Components
Alcohol or its metabolite, acetaldheido possesses teratogenic, that alcoholic mothers are manifested in fetal alcohol syndrome. This syndrome is characterized by restriction in infants with pre-or postnatal growth, with involvement in the central nervous system and facial abnormalities (microencephaly, microoftalmia, underdeveloped philtrum, thin upper lip, jaw area apalaneamiento).
There is no clear information regarding the amount of alcohol from which comes the risk of teratogenicity, therefore it is advisable to avoid eating because the characteristics of the syndrome have also been observed in children of mothers with moderate alcohol intake.
In turn caffeine crosses the placenta and although it is unclear the effect on the fetus, systematic studies have linked consumption of more than 150 mg daily with an increased risk of abortions and low birth weight. It is recommended therefore reduce their consumption during pregnancy to less than 200 mg daily. The caffeine content of approximately 100 cm3 is 43 mg for instant coffee, 29 mg in tea and cola 10 mg.
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Smoking Can Cause Cancer
An analysis of 11 studies suggests that if one parent smoked before conception, increases the risk of the baby’s child suffering from leukemia.
Smoking snuff can cause cancer of the colon, rectum and ovary according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
“New studies provide sufficient evidence to add the colon, rectum and ovary to the already long list of cancers caused by snuff”, the agency said in a report that corroborates and expands the most common causes of cancers.
He added that snuff could be one of the causes of breast cancer.
On the other hand, four recent studies corroborate that if one parent smoked before conception and during pregnancy the baby, there is “a significantly higher risk that the child suffers hepatoblastoma, a rare cancer that is believed to be of fetal origin .
Furthermore, an analysis of 11 studies suggested that the fact that one parent smoked before the conception of the baby may increase the risk of childhood leukemia suffering child.
In relation to smokeless snuff, the agency noted that “we already know that this product causes oral cancer and pancreatic cancer, but there is now sufficient evidence that it also causes cancer of the esophagus.”
However, he recalled that hundreds of thousands of people are consumers of smokeless snuff, especially in India, Southeast Asia, Sweden and the United States.
In the case of passive smoking, the IACR stated that there is new evidence linking smoke snuff with laryngeal cancer.
Although the consumption of snuff is the leading cause of cancer worldwide, the agency regretted that at present there are over one billion smokers around the world.
Another substance that is known to cause cancer is the betel mouth, which is commonly chewed in India and Southeast Asia.
However, the IARC said that there is sufficient evidence linking the consumption of this product with esophageal cancer and there are indications that could lead to liver cancer.
With regard to food, the agency noted that “salted fish from Chinese cuisine cause nasopharyngeal cancer and may also cause stomach cancer.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer noted that the composition of betel and snuff are highly addictive and lamented that “marketing and certain social factors influence young people to begin this addiction.”
“The choice to begin to consume these substances is often done in childhood and substance abuse require its continuation,” he said the IARC.
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The Best Way to Feed The Baby (Part 1)
Breastfeeding is an instance of social mobilization is becoming more important every year. But there is both reliable, scientifically proven, and the other, which borders on myth and lies, then some true or false about the best way to feed the baby.
- Breastfeeding helps you lose, naturally, the accumulated excess kilos during pregnancy.
- The more often you breast-feed the baby, the faster you empty the mammary gland and, consequently, produce less milk.
- It is not advisable to drink too much water before feeding, because it can not produce milk and water in sufficient quantities to feed baby.
- If a child is not gaining well, it is possible that his mother’s milk is of poor quality.
- Breast-feeding beyond six months is a more affective than nutritional value.
- It is best not to give too much time to nurse on one breast to avoid completely empty.
- It is good to wait for the breasts to fully fill the baby.
- A baby of two months requires approximately seven to eight feedings or feedings of breast milk at four months this number decreased to six shots, and only after that age need between four and five.
- If a very small baby asleep for over three hours and does not claim food is good wake.
- Some children may have allergies to milk.
- It is not always necessary to use both breasts at each feeding or nursing.
- Breastfeeding a child for a long time can cause obesity when he grows up.
- It is important that the child gets used from newborn to breastfeed every 3 hours and keep that frequency.
- Position the baby “belly to belly” or “tummy to tummy area helps prevent having cramps.
- It’s bad diet to lose weight during lactation.
Answer 1:
TRUE. The purpose of the accumulation of fat during pregnancy, is precisely to form a reserve for the production of milk when the child is born. Therefore the more a woman breast feed your child more such reserves will be consumed and not need to do then any other diet to regain weight.
Answer 2:
FALSE. Milk production increases the more it stimulates, ie if a woman puts the baby to the breast more often, it sucks and stimulate milk letdown. The more frequently occurring this stimulus will produce more milk the mother. The production of milk has been shown to be related to the frequency of feedings. The amount of milk begins to decrease when the shots are rare or restricted.
Answer 3:
FALSE. Breast milk is composed of water as a main component, so it is very important that the mother is well hydrated. The nutritional composition of breast milk does not vary with the amount of water that the mother drinks. However, if you do not have enough fluid milk production decreases.
Answer 4:
FALSE. There is no low-quality milk. Scientific studies show that even malnourished women are able to produce milk of sufficient quality to meet the growth needs of the child (unless they were too severe malnutrition). In most cases, poor weight gain is due to low consumption of milk or an organic problem child. Insufficient consumption may be due to poor positioning, lack of family support, low production due to lack of stimulation or low fluid intake.
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