Analyzes, registration at the gynecologist, trimesters of pregnancy - it seems so hard, but in fact ...
With the appearance of two strips on the pharmacy test, the girl's life changes. Some are not happy with such a gift, but for the rest it is happiness. It is easier for women who already have a child. They know how pregnancy goes, what happens to her body and baby, when to visit a gynecologist, etc.
For girls who will give birth for the first time, it is more difficult. But even here you should not get lost. Not everything is as scary as it seems.
Go to the doctor as soon as you see two stripes. The period from the 6th to the 12th week is optimal for registration, because during this period it is safe to say that the pregnancy has come.
The doctor starts an exchange card, in which he will describe the pregnancy, up to childbirth. After that, he will conduct a general examination, prescribe tests, and send him to undergo a commission.
You need to visit a gynecologist up to 20 weeks once a month, up to 32 - once every 2 weeks, and after 32 weeks - once every 7 days. If you have health problems, pathologies, then visit more often.
As a future mother, it is desirable for you to know what changes are taking place in the body and what is happening with the baby.
Hormonal changes occur in your body, the mammary glands swell, the areolas of the nipples change color, toxicosis and heartburn appear. Constipation may occur. Daily nausea affects the general condition, use.
The baby at this time is growing and developing rapidly. It develops from an embryo into a fetus. Parts of the body are formed in him, he begins to slowly move them. The movements are slow so you can't hear them yet. The genital organs are also formed.
By this time, the malaise passes, replaced by pain in the back, lower back. The stomach grows, it becomes difficult for you to do the usual things. Posture suffers. Around the 20th week, you will begin to feel the movements of the baby. At this time, his motor activity increases.
The baby continues to form organs, the skeleton hardens. The kidneys are already working, the first urine is being excreted. The kid hears you, you can talk to him. With the help of ultrasound, the sex of the child is determined. If suddenly a premature birth begins at the end of the second trimester, the baby can survive, but only with the help of intensive care.
Your belly is growing, your chest is getting bigger. You put on weight, because of this, stiffness in movements appears. Difficulty climbing stairs, walking for a long time. By the end of 37 weeks, false contractions appear. They are irregular, so you should not sound the alarm, but you need to tell the doctor about them.
The baby's organs and systems are finally formed. He makes his first breaths. Nails, hair, teeth grow.
Subjective symptoms of pregnancy (fetal movement, delayed menstruation, nausea) appear purely individually for each woman.
You, as a future mother, take care of your health, take care of it. External factors affect you and the baby.
Give up alcohol, smoking and especially drugs if you want to have a healthy child. These are the causes of congenital deformities, diseases.
Everything you eat goes to the baby. Nothing needs to be radically changed. It is necessary to exclude junk food, fast food. In the daily diet should be all trace elements. Add natural vitamins. If it is not in season, consult your doctor and buy them at the pharmacy.
You can't overstress. This does not mean that everything is prohibited. Alternate rest with light physical activity. And don't do more than what you're capable of. Do not lift weights, this can cause placental abruption, miscarriage, premature birth.
Prepare physically for childbirth. There are exercises that will help ease childbirth and keep fit. Sign up for childbirth preparation classes. They will tell and show how to relieve pain during contractions, how to behave correctly.
It will not be superfluous to discuss the issue of wearing a bandage and compression underwear. You may not need it, but you can ask once again.
In the last weeks of pregnancy, do not do anything that can cause premature labor. These factors include sex, intense physical activity, stress.
Prepare a bag with things to the hospital in advance. Take a list of documents, things that you will need at the antenatal clinic. Prepare it 2-3 weeks before the birth, so as not to forget anything, and you never know what.
You read on forums on the Internet a lot of advice and information about the upcoming birth - to your health. Useful for broadening one's horizons. But listen and do as the doctors and midwives in the hospital say.
Normal delivery is between 38 and 40 weeks. Every woman has a different period. The main thing is to know exactly when you need to go to the hospital.
The obstetrician-gynecologist will calculate the date of birth. For 1-2 weeks of the onset of contractions, harbingers of childbirth appear. They prepare the expectant mother for regular contractions.
Harbingers of childbirth:
Contractions begin for a few seconds with a long break. Gradually, the rest time is reduced, and the time of contractions increases. When they become regular 1 time in 5-7 minutes, go to the hospital. Assuming you live close to it. If you need to travel for a long time, go immediately with the appearance of the first contractions.
If this is your second child, don't delay. Go right away, the second birth is easier and faster than the first time.
Often, amniotic fluid is poured out before or with contractions. If this happens, go to the hospital. After the water breaks, you must give birth within 12 hours.
There are situations from which neither you nor anyone else is immune. And you need to act immediately, because you are already responsible for two lives, yours and the baby.
Emergency conditions:
Now you know everything a mom-to-be needs to know. Pregnancy is important for a woman. You are carrying a little man inside you. In fact, this is a wonderful state. You are special, you glow with happiness, everyone helps you in everything. You will always remember this state, tell the baby how you carried it in your tummy. So let it pass with you easily, only with a positive attitude. Being a mom is happiness.
Pregnancy is the most crucial period in a woman's life. In order to avoid various situations where something could go wrong, you should clearly know what is not allowed for pregnant women at different times. The primary task of a pregnant woman is to adjust her diet, establish harmony with the outside world, tune in positively, not forgetting to follow a healthy lifestyle. With such an attitude to her health, a woman will give birth to a full-fledged baby who will give real happiness to the whole family.
Bad habits cause irreparable harm to a woman's body. Today, more than ever, we need to focus on this. Alcoholic drinks, smoking, "passive smoking" will only harm the woman and the fetus. A pregnant woman should avoid places where smokers gather. This is especially common at work when a group of employees retire for smoke breaks. Recently, smoking areas have been legalized in public toilets, where a pregnant woman so often has to go. The constituent components of cigarettes are still present in the air for a long time even after the smoker has left, especially if the room does not have forced ventilation.
The accumulation of nicotine and tar in the blood increases blood pressure, which at any time can provoke a miscarriage. In turn, alcohol endangers the work of all internal organs. Even, at first glance, low-alcohol drinks, such as beer or Martini, can cause severe intoxication of the body of the woman herself and the embryo. Alcohol irrevocably destroys groups of vital cells of the brain, hematopoietic organs, the respiratory system, and nerve endings.
Great importance should be given to clothing. During pregnancy, every woman needs to review her wardrobe and change her addictions. You need to start with shoes. It should be comfortable, light, made of natural materials, match the weather conditions. It is unacceptable to wear high-heeled shoes that are too narrow and high instep throughout the day.
Tight clothing adversely affects the health of a pregnant woman. It is necessary to abandon thongs, too tight skirts with belts that are strongly tightened at the waist.
Starting from the second trimester, a pregnant woman should not sleep on her back. An enlarged uterus in this position of the body exerts increased pressure on the inferior vena cava, as a result of which the blood supply to the embryo and blood stagnation in the mother's peritoneum deteriorates. This is fraught with fading of the fetus and disruption of the internal organs of the abdominal cavity of a woman. For the same reason, pregnant women should not sit for a long time.
Expectant mothers should not be addicted. The following vaccinations may be an exception:
Other vaccinations can cause severe allergic reactions and complications.
Working with household chemicals is extremely dangerous for a pregnant woman throughout the entire period. Toxic substances quickly penetrate into the bloodstream and rapidly dissolve, spreading through the bloodstream throughout the body. Equivalent harm is done to the body of a woman and the fetus by means of combating indoor insects and garden pests.
The danger is represented by cosmetic products in which hormones and vitamins are added. An excess of these substances can lead to deformities and diseases in the developing embryo. These products also include hair dyes, antiperspirants, hair and nail polishes, household chemicals for washing dishes and sanitary surfaces.
Classes in the gym during pregnancy should be stopped. Excessive physical activity is strictly contraindicated for pregnant women at any time.
You can't clean the cat litter box. Contact with animal feces is fraught with the transmission of toxoplasmosis to a woman, which can cause the death of the embryo.
Some women are advised not to have sex during pregnancy. This is purely individual. In late pregnancy, sex is contraindicated.
It is extremely important for a pregnant woman to treat the choice of drugs to overcome diseases. Throughout the entire period of pregnancy, a woman can carry respiratory infections, intestinal inflammation, severe migraines and much more. To cope with the disease without the help of pharmacological drugs can be difficult. The attending physician will prescribe in such cases gentle treatment with minimal risk to the health of the woman and the fetus.
Some activities that a woman is accustomed to in everyday life can adversely affect the development of the embryo and the health of the expectant mother. Sometimes you don’t even have to think about the dangers that they are fraught with. Particular attention should be paid to medicines, which should not be taken without consulting your doctor.
It is forbidden for pregnant women to visit the solarium. Throughout the entire period, the body actively produces melanin, sometimes it even leads to age spots on the skin of different parts of the body. Additional ultraviolet light can aggravate the situation. Therefore, when going outside in the summer, when the sun has increased activity, you should apply a protective sunscreen to your skin.
Air travel is a high risk. At the time of takeoff, blood pressure rises sharply due to the difference in atmospheric pressure and low oxygen concentration in the air. This may cause a miscarriage. Flight time is usually reduced to a few hours. Throughout this period, passengers are in a sitting position, they are inactive and do not have the opportunity to go out into the fresh air. All these factors are detrimental to a pregnant woman, and it is almost impossible to exclude them until the aircraft arrives at the final destination.
Pregnant women do not do x-rays and fluorography. These studies have a negative impact on the development of the fetus. The nervous system, heart, respiratory and hematopoietic organs can be affected. X-rays are especially dangerous in the first trimester, when all the internal organs and the brain are laid.
No matter how we all relate to the frequent stressful situations that surround us in the modern world, a pregnant woman, like no one else, needs to avoid them. Conflict situations in which a woman in a position is forced to take part can provoke severe prolonged headaches, psychosomatic disorders, exacerbation of chronic diseases that are in a "sleeping" state. It is necessary to exclude viewing heavy psychological programs and movies. It also causes stress, which results in an increase in the level of the hormone cortisol in the blood, often leading to premature birth.
It is extremely dangerous to take a hot shower and steam in the bath. This can cause bleeding and miscarriage. Bathing water temperature should not exceed 40°C.
For some reason, there is an opinion that the period of pregnancy for most women is an unbearable test due to the fact that there are a huge number of prohibitions and restrictions. Actually it is not. The diet will help to correct the observing doctor. Some products really should be excluded, however, they can be replaced with less dangerous ones that will not harm the body of the pregnant woman and the embryo.
A pregnant woman must observe the daily routine. This includes adequate sleep and a balanced diet. Any person who lacks sleep is irritable, unable to concentrate, performs the usual daily activities, experiencing an overpowering feeling of fatigue. Of course, in a pregnant woman, this condition affects the development of the embryo. The fetus is very sensitive to even slight changes in the mother's mood.
Diet is of particular importance during pregnancy. Not everyone is ready to change their eating habits, however, everything that the supervising doctor will recommend is aimed at maintaining the health of the mother and child.
The expectant mother should give up too strong coffee and tea. These are diuretics, they remove fluid from the body along with calcium, significantly increasing blood pressure.
Meat and seafood must be subjected to mandatory heat treatment in order to avoid infection with helminths. Sushi, shellfish and dried river fish are at particular risk.
Table No. 1 provides a list of foods that should be excluded from the diet of a pregnant woman, or reduce their consumption.
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Not desirable |
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Alcohol |
Fish high in mercury |
Tuna and salmon accumulate mercury in themselves. The harm from mercury has been little studied, only vapors are poisonous, but doctors do not recommend that pregnant women eat seafood that is high in this element. The lowest level of mercury is observed in trout, sprat, sardines, horse mackerel, flounder. |
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Soft cheeses |
There is a high risk of containing Listeria bacteria, which can provoke a miscarriage. Soft cheeses, such as Feta, Brie, blue cheeses, should be discarded during pregnancy and lactation. |
artificial sweeteners |
Artificial sweeteners can adversely affect the development of the embryo. Natural sugar substitutes are considered safe: stevia and sucralose. Contraindicated "Sacharin" and "Sodium Cyclamate" |
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Unpasteurized milk |
Raw milk carries many potential dangers. These can be infections caused by pathogenic bacteria and microorganisms. Some of them do not manifest themselves immediately after penetration into the body, and the diagnosis of the disease that has arisen is very difficult. |
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The liver has a high content of retinol, which in large quantities can adversely affect the development of the embryo. |
Caffeine, along with other tonic substances, can lead to miscarriage, especially if the woman is in conservation. However, you don't have to cut out coffee completely. It is better to consult a doctor. |
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Meat, fish, chicken, smoked products |
Pregnant women should not eat varieties of sausages produced for retail sale in supermarkets. Such sausages can be made from meat, as they say, "not the first freshness", flavored with a lot of spices and salt. You should also abandon dried fish, sushi, smoked meats. The ingredients used in smokehouses are extremely harmful to anyone, not to mention pregnant women. Fish that has not undergone heat treatment should be excluded for the period of pregnancy and lactation. The meat of the fish may contain Finns of some dangerous helminths. River fish caught in suburban areas carry the risk of phenolic intoxication. |
canned food |
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A raw egg |
Raw eggs are contraindicated for pregnant women, as Salmonella can multiply in them, which causes severe gastrointestinal disorders up to prolonged dysentery. |
canned pickles |
Canned vegetables, due to the high content of salt and spices, can cause an increased feeling of thirst, increasing swelling. Salt consumed in large quantities leads to dehydration, and in the early stages contributes to miscarriage. Brine from conservation should be excluded altogether. The use of preservation must be agreed with the supervising physician. |
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Mushrooms are a little-studied product that is practically not absorbed by the body. Moreover, mushrooms can cause indigestion and even poisoning. |
store juices |
Industrially produced juices may contain artificial colors and preservatives that can cause allergic reactions. |
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It is not worth exposing the body of a woman and an unborn child to the risk of exposure to little-studied drugs that have not passed clinical trials and have not received the necessary quality certificates, which have been dietary supplements over the past few decades. If, nevertheless, there is a need to take such drugs, their use should be coordinated with the supervising physician. |
Most spices have a tonic and stimulating effect on the centers of the peripheral nervous system. Adding even a small amount of spices to the food of a pregnant woman can increase appetite, which is not desirable for everyone. Also, in the early stages of pregnancy, spicy spices can provoke a miscarriage. |
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In the modern world, despite scientific and technological progress, there are still philistine superstitions that even highly educated people often succumb to. Folk signs that suggest what not to do to pregnant women came to our time from the deep past, when ancient peoples tracked natural phenomena, worshiped the power of unbridled elements. Many modern people sincerely believe in folk omens. Perhaps, at this moment, little-studied mechanisms are launched in the body at a subconscious level. If a person believes in signs, they will certainly have an impact.
So, the most common signs for pregnant women: 
To believe or not to take on faith folk signs is a personal matter for each person. The gullibility of many people instills peace in their souls and reduces anxiety. This has a positive effect on the mental state of the pregnant woman. Although common sense should prevail in everything. For example, when it comes to cutting hair on the head or eating fruits that have a red tint.
A woman in a position changes culinary preferences, lifestyle, attitude towards others. The mother-to-be consciously tries to limit herself from everything that can harm her child. This applies to diet, actions, bad habits. Knowing what is impossible for pregnant women at an early stage is necessary not only for newly-made parents, but also for relatives who also want to ensure a favorable pregnancy.
There are many myths and facts about this period of a woman's life: some believe that she cannot cut her hair, paint her nails, move actively, etc. You should look into this more carefully. Due to the change in the hormonal background, it is better to refrain from perming and hair coloring procedures, as a result of which their condition may worsen. If you belong to the category of women who dye their hair all the time, opt for sparing options. The expectant mother is also forbidden to wear synthetic underwear. During pregnancy, you can not:
A conscious woman during pregnancy reviews her diet with special care, some even hang a list of prohibited dishes in the kitchen. During this period, food addictions or aversion to certain foods are formed. It may turn out that you are not drawn to healthy food, but you want to eat more of what you can’t, so it’s important to study the list of foods that are dangerous to the health of the developing organism.
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Action on the body |
Products |
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Fatty, fried, peppery, spicy |
They affect the liver, kidneys and gallbladder, which are already displaced during pregnancy. |
French fries, salo, steak, chili, Korean salads, adjika |
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They have a detrimental effect on the entire human body, for example, the carcinogenic additive E211 can contribute to the development of cancer. |
Chewing gum, sweets, confectionery, chips, croutons, seasoning, sauce |
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canned food |
Influence the synthesis of proteins, which are the main building material of a developing organism |
Canned fish |
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Some seafood |
Tuna, mackerel, shark, crab, shrimp, swordfish. |
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raw eggs |
May cause salmonella infection |
The development and health of the baby depends on how the first trimester of pregnancy goes, so the expectant mother should scrupulously approach the issue of her nutrition. It is advisable to give preference only to natural products prepared in compliance with all sanitary standards. At this time, there are no significant changes in the woman's condition, but you still need to limit or exclude the following products:
The diet of the expectant mother should not harm the developing body. Some dishes can be limited during this important period of life, their single use will not lead to negative consequences. However, there are foods that need to be blacklisted for the period of bearing a child and breastfeeding. Pregnant women should not eat:
If a cup of morning coffee has become a daily ritual for you, you should give up this pleasure for the sake of the health of your unborn child. This drink has an adverse effect: it increases blood pressure, provokes a threat of miscarriage, causes insomnia, removes vitamins and trace elements from the body. You also need to remove caffeinated foods from your menu, do not drink energy drinks and cola.
It is permissible for black tea lovers to occasionally consume this drink, which should not be strong. The reason for this is all the same caffeine, which, penetrating the placenta, can harm the baby. Carbonated water must be discarded due to the content of chemicals and dyes.
Any drinks containing alcohol put a strain on the kidneys, which already work during pregnancy in an enhanced mode. Even if you decide to treat yourself to a glass of beer, this can negatively affect the intellectual abilities and the formation of the unborn baby, especially in the first trimester. Therefore, drinking alcohol is prohibited. Kvass is also better not to drink at this time. These tips for pregnant women in the early stages will help to avoid many unpleasant moments.
In this special period of life, new habits, rules appear and the perception of the world around us changes. Sometimes a woman thinks she can turn the world around, and sometimes she doesn't even have the strength to brush her teeth. It is important to treat this condescendingly and follow a set of measures that will ensure your safety. According to these rules, it is prohibited:
Sleeping on your stomach is not recommended during the first trimester. This position puts pressure on the uterus, which can damage the embryo. You can be in this position in rare cases, but by no means make it a habit. However, when the tummy has already noticeably increased, it is advisable to listen to the recommendations of doctors and exclude rest on the back. Blood circulation may be disturbed due to the fact that the grown belly will put a load on the deep veins.
In the first trimester, the girl's hormonal background changes, which results in mood swings and emotional outbursts. During this period, for some, intimate relationships are a necessity, while for others they are undesirable. According to doctors, a pregnant woman is allowed to have sex, moreover, it also has a positive result, since endorphins are produced. A nice bonus is the training of the pelvic muscles.
However, there are contraindications in cases where the tone of the uterus is increased, there is a risk of miscarriage or an infection in the partner. It is better to refuse intimate relationships so that there is no abortion. In other cases, the expectant mother is allowed to have sex throughout the entire pregnancy, the main thing is to avoid deep penetration, pressure on the abdomen and too long intercourse.
While waiting for the baby, a woman should exclude work that involves lifting heavy objects (more than 3 kg). The permissible weight, in exceptional cases, is 5 kg. It is also contraindicated for pregnant women in the early stages to rearrange furniture in the apartment, make sharp and jerky movements. This can lead to premature birth. You can not do repairs and heavy physical work. Leave the painting of the walls, beating the carpets, washing the windows to someone else or postpone for a certain time.
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Very often women call me with such questions: “I found out that I am pregnant, where do I start? What to do? Where to run? What to take? I decided that it was easier to write a detailed short guide than to tell everything all over again.
This article is your quick guide to a new country for you - "pregnancy". It is then that you will study everything that is possible and will be perfectly oriented in all signs and states. In the meantime, I give you quick, concise advice - what to do, what to quit, what to eat and drink, what vitamins to take and others.
So, the first 15 steps:
At the first suspicions, we do a pregnancy test, start doing it no earlier than 1-2 weeks of delay in menstruation. Previously, he may not show anything.
If in doubt, you can donate blood to the hormone secreted by the fetal egg - chorioganadotropin (hCG).
It is IMPORTANT not to do an ultrasound to determine pregnancy!
For some reason, it immediately seems to everyone that they need to run for an ultrasound scan and get registered. This is not true!
Ultrasound - a very strong effect on the fetus, and it can be done no earlier than 12 weeks.
To make sure that you are pregnant, it is enough to donate blood for hCG. This is a very accurate analysis and no interference with the development of the fetus.
After you make sure that you are pregnant, you can tell your husband and family about your happiness. If the pregnancy is unplanned, be patient and delicate.
Tell your husband first, preferably in writing, leave a note in the morning, write that you are pregnant and discuss everything in the evening. Give him time to recover from this news. Then you can tell your family.
Who to tell is up to you. But many girls do this - up to 3-4 months they tell only the most - the closest, and there they already tell everyone.
I think that this is a completely justified decision, the first trimester is usually the most important and difficult for both the baby and you.
Of course, pregnancy will require you to change your rhythm and lifestyle. First of all, exhale and relax.
100% of all expectant mothers feel tension, fear and insecurity in the first days of pregnancy. And this is natural, do not blame yourself for this.
You are on the verge of big changes and you don’t know yet whether you will cope with them or not. But you still have 9 months to get used to it.
Although I know from experience feelings of future motherhood will come in the second trimester, and when you feel the first movements of the child, you will understand how strong the feeling of motherhood is in you, and how natural this process is.
In the meantime slow down your pace- Try to rest more and more often. There is a minute - sit down, or better yet lie down.
I often hear, but how to relax - it’s still scheduled - there’s not a minute, where to get the time from. The answer is simple and at the same time very complex - discard EVERYTHING that is superfluous. And what is not superfluous - sleep, food, water.
Everything else can be discarded or postponed: a cafe with a girlfriend, phone calls, work, household chores, movies, books, shopping. Be patient until the 2nd trimester, it will be easier there, and you can make up for everything.
Moreover, your body will help you with this, in the first trimester, all mothers complain of very high fatigue and a constant desire to sleep.
As soon as they found out about the pregnancy, immediately stop smoking, drinking alcohol even in small doses, even wine and beer. The consequences can be completely unpredictable.
Every day of the first trimester, a lot of work is going on, the cells of the embryo divide at an incredible speed, the foundation of all organs, systems, cells and tissues is laid. Any intervention in this process can cause great harm.
If you are taking any medications, are undergoing or are about to undergo treatment - stop immediately.
Go to your doctor in the antenatal clinic and tell us what drugs you are taking, the doctor will change the method of treatment.
Any ailment during pregnancy you will not treat the way you used to do it, so if you feel signs of a cold, do not run for fervex or aspirin.
Most drugs should not be taken during pregnancy!
Check out the section , you can find there the answer to the question of whether it is possible to take this or that medicine during pregnancy.
Pregnancy is a time when you hear your inner voice more clearly than ever. He protects you from everything harmful and dangerous.
Listen to everything he says unconditionally.
Pulls to wrap up warmer - do it, regardless of the opinions of others. Pulls to sleep - run to perform. Suddenly, a person or a whole family became unpleasant, the smell - well, you will return to them after childbirth.
Keep and protect your body like a temple!
If you were involved in any sports before pregnancy, stop all activities. (Including running, cycling, horseback riding, tennis, hiking, aerobics, fitness, gym classes and of course all professional sports.)
During pregnancy, you can dance (all dances except sports), do gymnastics for pregnant women, swim, do some yoga asanas.
In the first trimester, it is very important to take folic acid, since it is she who will lay the foundation for the proper development and formation of the brain and the entire nervous system of the baby.
However, I advise you to take folic acid not in tablets, as is common practice, but only from food sources.
The fact is that, according to recent studies, artificially synthesized folic acid tablets do not have the desired positive effect, their activity and strength fluctuate within 10% of the power that simple spinach can give.
In addition, American scientists have proven the relationship between taking pills containing folic acid and the occurrence of breast cancer at the age of 40-50.
We will talk in more detail about natural and artificial vitamins in the section on nutrition, where a separate block of articles will be devoted to this.
So, you will receive folic acid only from greens and vegetables, taking into account the fact that you need to receive at least 400 mcg per day.
| Product | How to eat? | |
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| Mash, raw | ||
| Lentils, raw | In the form of sprouts, adding to salads | |
| Beans, raw | In the form of sprouts, adding to salads | |
| Sprouted wheat (germs) | In sprouts, adding to a cocktail, to salads | |
| raw sunflower seeds | ||
| Spinach (raw) | How to eat, adding to salads, cocktails | |
| Parsley dill | How to eat, adding to salads, cocktails | |
| Beets (raw) | In juices, in salads - raw | |
| hot pepper | Adding to salads | |
| sea kale | in the form of a salad |
What recipes can I use to saturate yourself and your baby with folic acid?
- So, the very first thing is a green cocktail with spinach (1-2 bunches) and wheat sprouts (greens) (daily 0.5-1 liter). Alternating spinach with parsley every 2-3 days.
- Freshly squeezed juice from carrots and beets (daily 0.2-0.5 liters)
- Salads with bean sprouts, mung bean, green peas (only raw, not canned), cauliflower and white cabbage, tomato.
Calcium in the body is not only the material that makes up human bone tissue - the skeleton, teeth, bones, and so on. Calcium is involved in a huge number of processes in the body, more than 179 body functions are known for which calcium is responsible.
Calcium affects:
In the body of a pregnant woman, a lack of calcium increases the risk of miscarriage and premature birth, hypertension and the development of other complications - eclampsia, postpartum hemorrhage, etc.
It is clear that calcium is necessary for a person not only during pregnancy, but also in everyday life. Your norm per day is 1500 mg of calcium per day.
However, contrary to popular belief, calcium cannot be obtained with pills, supplements, calcium cannot be obtained from water, milk, cheese, sour cream, etc..
According to recent studies, calcium in water, tablets, mineral supplements is an inorganic calcium that is not absorbed by the body, moreover, it is deposited in various parts of the body, causing a lot of problems.
Milk, cheese, sour cream not only do not add calcium, but also wash it out of the bones.
You can read more about calcium in these two articles:
So, you should get your calcium intake from these products:
| Product | How to eat? |
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| raw sesame seeds | In the form of sesame milk or added to salads | |
| raw sunflower seeds | Can be soaked for 1-2 hours and eaten, or added to a salad, cocktail | |
| Almonds, raw | As is, raw | |
| Rose hip | As a tincture in cold water | |
| Dill | How to eat, adding to salads, cocktails | |
| turnip tops | How to eat, adding to salads, cocktails | |
| Garlic | How to eat, adding to salads | |
| fresh basil | How to eat, adding to salads, cocktails | |
| sea kale | Raw like lettuce | |
| Dried figs | As it is | |
| Seaweed "Wakame" | Raw like lettuce | |
| hot pepper | Eat raw, add to salads | |
| Beans, raw | ||
| Beans, raw | Sprout and eat raw, adding to salads | |
| Parsley | How to eat, adding to salads, cocktails | |
| Lemon | How to eat, adding to salads | |
| Mash, raw | Sprout and eat raw, adding to salads | |
| beet tops | How to eat, adding to salads, cocktails | |
| Hazelnut, raw | As it is |
Recipes:
– Sesame milk
– Cabbage salad with celery, onion, seeds, basil
– Green smoothie
All these recipes are in the article -
Iodine during pregnancy is very important, as it affects the functioning of the thyroid gland, which provides the body with hormones.
The first 4 weeks, both you and the baby develop and live off your hormones (mother's hormones), which are intensively produced by the thyroid gland, at 16 weeks, the placenta comes to the rescue.
Therefore, the first 3 months you need to ensure that iodine enters the body daily at least 250 mg.
The daily share of iodine will provide you with seaweed, it contains from 500 to 3000 mg of iodine per 100 grams of product.
You can eat it both as a salad and dried, soaking it and adding it to ready-made vegetable salads.
Recent studies involving more than 15,000 pregnant women have not confirmed the benefit of taking vitamins.
It was proved that vitamins are medicines, not a food supplement, they should be taken only if, according to the results of the analysis, it was found out that some vitamin is missing, they were prescribed - they drank it and that's it.
You can’t just “drank them on drink” for health, many of them are of no benefit, some are simply not absorbed, and some are harmful.
Vitamins must be obtained from food.
Your vitamins for all 9 months are vegetables, fruits and greens:
We will talk in detail about nutrition, I will write many important articles on this topic, because by changing your diet, you are able to restore yourself completely, get rid of diseases, complications, and prevent all unnecessary diseases in your baby's future.
Above is everything you need to eat to fill the body with folic acid, calcium, iodine and vitamins. Feel free to take the listed products, make up your diet from them.
Drink 1.5-2 liters of water daily. Please watch this very carefully. In ordinary life, we hardly drink a glass, mostly tea, coffee, juices, soups, but not water.
However, all drinks, pure water stern is food for our body.
Only water is immediately absorbed into the blood, diluting it, helps carry oxygen, and all substances to cells.
With a reduced amount of water in the bloodstream (if you drink a glass a day), you can see under a microscope that red blood cells stick together and “swim” not one at a time, but in a chain. In this form, red blood cells do not carry enough oxygen.
Because one red blood cell must be surrounded by oxygen, if it sticks together with others, it simply does not have free space where oxygen atoms could attach.
At the same time, the blood thickens, the blood flow slows down, organs and tissues suffer from hypoxia. We feel weakness, headache, fatigue, lethargy.
During pregnancy, water is infinitely important., not only does your blood volume increase by 40%, but water is also needed in order to fill the baby’s pool (amniotic sac), to constantly clean it and renew water in it, because the mother’s body takes everything out for itself and for the baby .
Therefore, carry a bottle of water with you everywhere and train yourself to drink as much as possible.
Water sometimes works just wonders - if you have a cold, you can drink only pure water all day and nothing more, the disease disappears completely in 1-2 days, if you are tired after some kind of stress - increase the amount of water the next day, you will recover in 3-5 times faster.
In the beginning, I know from my own experience, I don’t feel like drinking water, I hardly drink one glass. Everything is drawn to something sweet, carbonated. But time passes (5-10 days) and you feel that you don’t want anything but water.
Next, you need to find a place where you will take tests and where you will be given all the necessary documents (sick leave, exchange card). This can be a Women's Consultation or any paid clinic that has a state license to provide "obstetrics and gynecology" services.
In the LCD, all tests will be done for free, but this, perhaps, is where the benefits end. In a paid clinic, there are fewer queues, more attention to you, better equipment. It will be convenient to visit a doctor for a period of 12 weeks, then it will be possible to do an examination and do an ultrasound.
That's all you need for now! If you have any questions, doubts, please write in the comments to this article, I will be happy to answer you.
For many girls, everything related to pregnancy and childbirth causes a panic state. And when the time comes to think about offspring, fear prevents you from focusing on the main thing - the birth of a child, makes you devote all your thoughts to the possible negative aspects of both processes. There is another extreme - the belief that nature will do everything itself, so there is nothing to worry about at all. Both points of view are wrong. Pregnancy and childbirth are natural processes. But a woman must prepare for them mentally and physically, have enough knowledge about how this happens, do everything in her power for the safe bearing and birth of a healthy baby.
The need for this is caused not only by the material resources of the family. Here the most important thing is the health of both parents, their readiness for the birth of a child, the creation of favorable conditions for this. The process should be started 2-3 months before the intended fertilization. It includes:
Actually, there is nothing complicated in these requirements, it would be good for everyone to lead such a lifestyle all the time.
Future parents should definitely be examined by doctors. A woman needs to visit doctors of the following specialties:
In addition to the above analyses, more research needs to be done:
If a woman is not the first attempt to get pregnant, the specialist may consider it necessary to prescribe:
Taking oral contraceptives, as well as protection using the IUD, should be interrupted 2-3 months before conception. If there are genetic diseases in the family or one of the future parents had radiation exposure, it is worth visiting the appropriate specialist.
In order for conception to occur exactly when future parents want, it is necessary to calculate the most favorable days for it. Ovulation occurs at about 11-16, if you count from the first day of menstruation.
There are many nuances in this period that you should know so that everything goes harmoniously and safely for the woman and the unborn baby. Proper behavior will help avoid many potential problems.
A woman will be able to understand that she is pregnant, based on her own well-being. But it will be a little later, but until the first signs appear, a pregnancy test will come to the rescue. Whatever it is, its functioning is based on the determination of human chorionic gonadotropin in the urine, which appears immediately after the implantation of the embryo inside the uterus, that is, 7-10 days after conception. And if you do a test on the first day of the expected, but not arrived menstruation, it will be informative. These devices are of several types:
It happens that tests give out information that does not correspond to reality. The reason for this is a violation of instructions or taking drugs containing hCG.
To track pregnancy, it is necessary for both the doctor and the expectant mother to know her term. This is the basis for the appointment of studies, monitoring the development of the fetus, the possibility of detecting pathology. Thanks to the knowledge of the term, it is easy to determine the date of the upcoming birth. There are several counting methods:
The lifestyle should be aimed at ensuring the normal development of the unborn child and the well-being of the woman. This does not mean that all pleasures become inaccessible, but the life of the expectant mother becomes more streamlined:
Poor health is not uncommon in different periods of pregnancy. Typical problems in women:
In the entire chain of childbearing, this is what women fear the most. Childbirth is a serious test, but the vast majority of mothers have successfully overcome it. In addition, experts are always ready to help.
Necessary things and documents should be prepared in advance. Before giving birth, you need to take with you only those that are needed directly for the woman and the newborn. Everything else is collected and left for later, these things will later be brought by a happy father.
The documents:
Things for childbirth and stay in the ward:
Items that will be needed after childbirth and at discharge:
Healthy women give birth to a child in a natural way, that is, through the birth canal. The process, assisted by a midwife or doctor, is divided into 3 phases:
During the first two phases, the woman is allowed to sit up and walk around to stimulate labor. In some clinics, the process takes place with anesthesia. The condition of the woman in labor is monitored by measuring pressure, temperature, and doing vaginal examinations.
After the birth of the child and the cessation of pulsation in the umbilical cord, it is cut. The afterbirth comes out of the uterus after 2-3 contractions, the woman is given drugs to prevent bleeding.
It should be prescribed according to indications, but sometimes it is done at the request of a woman. The planned operation is carried out as follows:
After transfer to the ward, the stitches are processed every day, the painkiller is stopped after 3-4 days.
Usually the baby is applied to the breast on the third day after birth, and before that the woman has to express herself. It hurts, but it is necessary that then you can feed for at least 6 months, and preferably up to a year. In this regard, new mothers are concerned about two problems:
The first is solved by frequent attachment of the child to the breast, taking lactation-stimulating drugs: infusion of anise seeds, grated carrots with sour cream. A woman will have to drink plenty of fluids and eat right to prevent gas formation in the baby.
Cracked nipples should be treated with special creams and air baths. It is also necessary to learn how to properly breastfeed the baby so that he captures the nipple along with the areola.
In this part, the stomach delivers the most suffering to women. He is no longer as flat as before, during pregnancy, the muscles stretched and sagged slightly. But you don't have to put up with it. Some steps can be taken:
The uterus after childbirth is not restored in a day. This process is stretched for a certain period, during which the woman has lochia. At first they contain a lot of blood, then they gradually brighten and by the end of the 6-8th week after birth they become transparent or white.
Menstruation can come in 1.5-2 months if the woman is not breastfeeding. Lactation lengthens the period without menstruation to six months. But on average and with breastfeeding, they begin on the 4th month after childbirth, because by this time the child is already being introduced to complementary foods and less is being applied to the breast.
You will have to refrain from it for another 4-6 weeks if the birth was normal. The sexual sphere of a woman should be fully restored, then sex will be a joy, and will not cause pain and infection.
After a caesarean section or perineal lacerations, recovery will take 2 months.
At the first sexual intercourse, a woman may feel pain and discomfort. This is due to the dryness of the vagina, which can be corrected with a lubricant, but rather a long prelude to the act. Wall tone is almost always reduced. But this problem is also solvable by training the vagina with Kegel exercises.
