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Childbirth in Water

Friday, May 13th, 2011
Undergo the process of pregnancy and motherhood is a dream for most women in the world. Awaiting the arrival time of birth can cause its own concern for pregnant women, especially in a first pregnancy. Many thoughts that will arise, whether the process will run smoothly, how pain, how long the process of birth, whether normal or could be caesar, etc.. To reduce these worries is worth the mothers collected a lot of good information on the process of giving birth through her gynecologist, magazines, artikel2 on the internet, sharing with an experienced, etc. so that a sense of worry and fear can be minimalized.One gave birth to a baby which is the alternative way lately much discussed is to give birth in water. The process of giving birth in water is actually a process of a normal delivery, but using an aqueous medium in which the mother’s soaking in a tub of water / plastic pool (already sanitized) filled with warm water. Maternal condition rather floating in the water that will make him feel more comfortable and free to move. 

SOME WATER IN EXCESS OF CHILDBIRTH

Provide comfort for the mother, making the mother more freedom of movement and a lighter
Reduce pain up to about 80%
Giving birth in water do not use drugs analgesic (painkiller)
Reduces the possibility of increased blood pressure due to soaking in warm water will feel more relaxed mother
Reduce the possibility of vaginal tear and episiotomy (cutting around the vagina) reduced the probability that any stitching
Reducing the length of the delivery process more smoothly because the baby out so that the mother was not too tired
Mom would rather concentrate on the birth and the birth of a sense of joy of his son because of the lack of perceived pain during childbirth

CONDITIONS FOR DELIVERY IN WATER

The mother must be really in good shape, healthy and no high blood pressure disorders, infection etc.
There is no interference location of the fetus in the womb (breech, transverse dl)
There is no interference placental location
Not being pregnant with twins because there is a chance the next baby will be problematic
No severe bleeding or premature rupture of amniotic fluid
The mother did not get the poison pregnancy (pre-eclampsia)
Babies are not born prematurely
The size of a normal baby (not too big) to hip size of the mother. Can be monitored during the pregnancy
If really interested in using this method, ask your doctor and the hospital does provide this facility giving birth in water.

For the cost is usually slightly more expensive than normal deliveries but much cheaper than a cesarean section, but the next will depend on the choice of treatment class.

And the most important is the mental preparation to undergo the entire process in addition to the mother has to understand the stages from start to finish, for example after opening a new number may go soak in the pool water.

How Accurate Pregnancy Test Your Equipment?

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

At drug stores or pharmacies would sell a lot of pregnancy test kits. Whether it’s through the detection of a hormone that indicates if you are pregnant HCG (hormone levels) in the urine or your urine, but you should still see a doctor to obtain more certainty about your pregnancy. If you are not pregnant, you still have to go to the doctor to ask why you are not pregnant! What makes the accuracy of pregnancy test results?

For personal use pregnancy test at home, if used correctly will give accurate results. To get accurate results, follow the instructions given to perform the test. Then find a match for the results shown by the example of the instruction sheet. Be careful with test kits that have expired.

Test time. Accurate or whether the results will depend on when you do the test. When you’re pregnant, the hormone human chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) is produced by the body to be detected at least 6 days after conception. The amount of hormones contained in your urine may initially only slightly, but the day will increase more and more numbers in the urine. (more…)

Benefits of Pregnancy Sport for You and Your Baby

Monday, February 7th, 2011

In principle, pregnant women require special attention in terms of physical and mental. Physically, pregnant women need healthy food, rich in vitamins and minerals essential for fetal growth and development, while preserving the future mother-body fitness. Mentally, the mental health condition is good, and not stress, will help the process of pregnancy becomes fun. Talk about physical fitness, exercise helps expectant mothers in many ways. Even with a simple sport, such as stretching, toning, and aerobics.

With regular exercise, expectant mothers may feel the following benefits:

1. Added weight will be more controlled.
2. Helping the incoming excess calories.
3. Reducing nausea and headaches as it helps increase blood pressure.
4. Reduce back pain.
5. Make your body more fit and active.
6. Better blood circulation and it certainly will affect up to a fetus. So baby receive good intake of the mother.

What is important to note by pregnant women during exercise, are:

1. Begin and end with stretching, by moving the entire body so that all affected muscles, with mild to moderate intensity.
2. Exercise duration from 15 minutes up to a maximum of 1 hour, don’t exceed the maximum limit. (more…)

Many Women Mistake Cesarean Problems

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Increasing trend of caesarean section in various countries by the WHO considered dangerous to the health of women. Especially if done without a strong medical indication. Many women are misunderstood. They consider a cesarean delivery is safer than vaginal delivery. Cesarean section is major surgery that is only an option when the safety of mother and fetus at risk. For example, if labor is naturally long-standing but no progress whatsoever.

Other conditions are considered to do a cesarean include pelvic abnormalities, pelvic circumference smaller than the size of the fetus, maternal age is too old, abnormal placental location, size of the baby is too large (more than 4 kg), the fetus or infant disorders twins.

The Pregnant mother who gave birth to a cesarean without medical indication of increased risk of intensive treatment, require blood transfusions because of blood loss that occurs in a cesarean section is twice as much than a normal delivery, and the risk of death, Although death from cesarean section are rare but the risk remains higher than in natural childbirth.
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