Archive for the ‘Pregnancy and Birth’ Category

postheadericon Precautions in Exercise During Pregnancy

precautions in exercise during pregnancyWhat precautions should pregnant when they exercise?

Anyone who is doing the exercise you need to take as much blood to all parts of the body, and this is achieved by increasing heart rate. The pregnant woman should check your heart whenever you’re playing sports, as maternal tachycardia above 150 beats per minute may be succeeded by alterations in fetal heart rate, producing a situation of significant stress in not receiving enough blood through the placenta. A good method to assess the intensity of exercise is that you can talk without difficulty as the user.

To protect the breasts during exercise is convenient to use a proper bra.

On the other hand, exercise causes increased sweating, that pregnant women should be corrected by eating plenty of fluids during exercise, thus preventing dehydration. Read the rest of this entry »

postheadericon What Kind of Exercise is Appropriate During Pregnancy?

What kind of exercise is appropriate during pregnancy?What kind of exercise is appropriate during pregnancy?

Swimming is a sport smooth and efficient at the same time on the assumption that she had not swum regularly before, you should begin slowly swimming, just for ten minutes in the first three sessions, then you can slowly increase the time up to twenty minutes at a normal pace, two or three times a week. There is desirable that the water temperature is too hot, between 18 and 25 degrees Celsius. Nor is it advisable to go to saunas or hot baths.

In the case of the pregnant woman chooses to go cycling, there is no problem until the heart rate rises excessively maternal and while during the pregnancy appears called pelvic arthropathy, produced as a result of relaxation and movement the joints of the pelvis.

Undoubtedly, brisk walking is an excellent alternative for those women who have previously been sedentary during pregnancy but want to stay in shape without too much effort. Read the rest of this entry »

postheadericon Exercise During Pregnancy

exercise during pregnancyIs exercising safe during pregnancy?

Usually do not need to limit exercise for pregnant women, as long as no excessive fatigue or perform activities that may hurt her or the fetus.

While gynecologists allow a woman accustomed to aerobic exercise before pregnancy the continue along it, are not advised to intensify the effort, or that women with sedentary lifestyle now begin an aerobic activity beyond a walk.

What are the benefits of exercise during pregnancy?

The exercise during pregnancy helps women to be more active, with a body more flexible and fit. The exercise will provide the non-pregnant women gain more weight than recommended, this is about ten or twelve kilos. Besides the regular exercise is used to combat constipation characteristic of pregnancy. The joints give fewer problems in women into sports. Read the rest of this entry »

postheadericon Folic Acid and pregnancy

Folic acid and pregnancy
If you have not heard of folic acid is good that you know because deficiency is devastating for the breeding season, especially in countries where many births.

Folic acid was known to the anemia, but since the 80′s has discovered the damage that causes deficiency in pregnancy: stillbirth or without anencephalic skull, spine with serious abnormalities not be closed and starting or spine bifida (this causes the bone out and form meningoceles or mielomengoceles discovered that being infected, causing severe infection and often death).

It is therefore important that parents take their daughters from development, the doctor of his choice and the best nutrition advice and more rich in folic acid and pregnant women who come as soon as possible with your gynecologist and nutritionist doctor for a pregnancy, a marriage and a happy life. And remember, do not treat yourself.

postheadericon Better Sleep During Pregnancy

One of the problems that can occur during pregnancy, especially with advancing pregnancy is insomnia, as the feeling of discomfort at bedtime often prevents sleep. However, it is something that can be overcome by following a few tips:

- Sleep on your side. You should not sleep on their backs because, especially in the last quarter, this causes the uterus weight rests on the spine and gut, you can cause pain in the waist, respiratory distress and difficulty in digestion. It is best to sleep on their side, choosing the side on which you are most comfortable.

When pregnancy is well advanced on a pillow between your legs and special pillows to support the belly to sleep.

- If the urge to the closeness of delivery that prevents you from sleeping, it is best to relax before bedtime. You can take a hot bath has a relaxing effect or ask your partner to give you a relaxing massage together with essential oils. Thus, while your body relaxes, your mind will too. Read the rest of this entry »

postheadericon Food Healthy Pregnant Women

Pregnant WomenFor mothers who are pregnant, it is very necessary attention to the food to be consumed each day, choose foods and proper diet during pregnancy is difficult.

It appears due to health concerns of mothers against her fetus. Developing fetus needs the attention of your flowers if you want a strong healthy child and later, therefore you must know the foods consumed during pregnancy healthy.

Here are some foods which you can consumes every day while pregnant, these foods contain calcium, protein, vitamin C, fiber, carbohydrates, vitamin A, folic acid, and iron.

Source of calcium-rich foods

* Low-fat milk (skim milk), low-fat milk has high calcium and does not make you gain weight because of low fat content compared with regular milk. Read the rest of this entry »

postheadericon Nutritional needs of pregnant women

Calories. This substance is required for the formation of new cells, drainage of food from the mother’s blood vessels into the fetal blood vessels through the placenta, and the formation of enzymes and hormones that regulate fetal development. These calories are also needed for the body’s own mother to be able to function properly. How much is enough? Generally during the first 6 months of pregnancy there is no need for a significant increase from the conditions at the time the mother was not pregnant. Increased demand of about 200 calories per day is needed during pregnancy between 6-9 months. 200 calories is in daily can be represented with 1 toast cheese sandwiches. Prenatal vitamins and nutrients it contains.

There is lots of protein in meat, cheese, fish, eggs, nuts, and tofu, useful for building new cells the fetus (blood cells, skin, hair, nails, and muscle tissue). Protein for the mother also has the same function as the substance of the builder. Needs during pregnancy are not much different from the time before pregnancy. For general Asia women, aged 19-49 years per day is required as many as 50 Gram protein. More detailed division is by 50 gram protein source is fish, 9 gram protein, 6 Gram animal protein and between 35-40 Gram from vegetable sources / plants. And the best prenatal vitamin is very useful to combine with proteins for the body functions.

There are many types of vitamins needed during pregnancy within a certain amount such as Vitamin A for fetal growth is needed in a particular amount and not excessive because it can be harmful to the health of the fetus. Highly recommended for consuming vitamin A derived from vegetables and fruits like mangoes, tomatoes, carrots and apricots. The sources of vitamin A are still so many mothers and can easily browse; vitamins B1 and B2 and niacin to the body’s metabolic processes; Vitamin B6 and B12 to regulate the use of protein; Vitamin C to help absorption of iron during pregnancy or prevent anemia; Vitamin D in milk and processed products as well as nuts, supporting the formation of bone, teeth, and joints of the fetus and Vitamin E for cell formation of red blood cells and protects fats from damage such as chewable prenatal vitamins.

postheadericon Diabetes During Pregnancy

medical advicediabetes during pregnancy, diabetes nutrition, overweight, overweight children, poor nutrition during pregnancy and fetal programming for Diabetes

Studies have shown that during pregnancy the fetus may acquire certain patterns of behavior related to eating.
This is why it is essential during pregnancy to keep a healthy lifestyle so that the child may grow well. Scientists talk of fetal programming or prenatal imprinting.

During pregnancy the fetus is attached to the body of the mother through the umbilical cord and placenta, through this reach the fetus not only nutrients and supplements needed for growth of the fetus, also came to the hormones, waste products of metabolism.

Many women suffer during pregnancy gestational diabetes diagnosed. Due to hormonal changes in pregnancy the action of insulin is restricted, the blood sugar rises. Read the rest of this entry »