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…)

Pregnancy Risks in Upper Age 35 Years

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

We have more and more women are delaying pregnancy until the age of 30. At this age, usually financially and career established. Any emotion expectant mothers far more stable. Even so, pregnant at the age of 30 years had a risk. However, having regard to the physical and health condition, expectant mothers could give birth to healthy infants at this age. If you are planning a pregnancy at the age of 30 years, there are several challenges to be faced.

1. Fertility decline
Naturally every woman born with a limited number of egg cells once the age of 30 years, the quality and quantity of eggs will be reduced, even though you are still coming in regularly. Female egg in the late 30s is also not easy to be fertilized as well as in younger women. Does this mean that women in the age of maturity can’t get pregnant? Of course you can, but it takes a longer time. Because it could be you are over 35 years and have not managed to become pregnant within 6 months, consult your doctor immediately womb. (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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Teenage Pregnancy at Risk Over

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

Under-age marriage and pre-marital sex by teenagers were being correlated in number of unwanted pregnancies and increased risk of maternal mortality. Pregnancy under 20 years of age is particularly vulnerable to complications. Physically, the reproductive organs they are still in the process of maturation, while also not emotionally ready to face the burden of pregnancy for nine months.

Other risk factors of pregnancy at a young age are preeclampsia (hypertension symptoms) which is the second leading cause of death in pregnancy in the world. Another risk is the risk of dangerous placenta Previa or placenta under the uterus. Pregnancy under 20 years of age can cause death in the mother because of the large risk of complications due to anatomic disruption of reproductive organs are not perfect.

Normally the placenta grows at the top of the uterus, but because the condition is less well uterine condition, the placenta for the area that a lot of blood circulation, which is at the bottom of the uterus. This will increase the risk of premature birth. Like a pregnant woman was too old at age pregnancies occur in adolescents are also included in the group risk pregnancies. (more…)

Contraceptive Pill Going Beyond Pregnancy Prevention

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Birth control pill is a hormonal contraceptive method most chosen by women of reproductive age in many countries in the world to prevent or control pregnancy. Contraceptive pill chosen, because it is very reliable and simple in its use and high levels of Reversibility of his (soon to be fertile again) than other hormonal contraceptive methods to be effective in preventing pregnancy, the pill must be taken every day in a row without a hose.

However, what if we forget to drink a day? When this happens as soon as you remember consumption, if you forget to take birth control pills in two days, take two pills at once on the day you remember and two pills the next day. In this way your pill schedule will return to normal.

But if you forget to drink more than two days, consult your obstetrician to avoid pregnancy. every time you forget to take birth control pills, you should use other contraceptive methods as related, such as condoms, because when we forget to take a pill ovulation will probably increase, so the risk of pregnancy even more, Therefore if you ever forget the pill and no period, pregnancy test done.
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