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How To Improve At PREGNANCY AND THE SIGNS

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By healthupates

    PREGNANCY

Signs of pregnancy:

All these signs are normal:
  • The woman misses her period (often the first sign)
  • Morning sickness (nausea or feeling you are going to vomit, especially in the morning). This is worse during the second and third months of pregnancy.
  • She may have to urinate more often.
  • The belly gets bigger.
  • A darker line may appear on the belly from the umbilicus downwards.
  • Finally, during the fifth month or so, the child begins to move in the womb.
     How to Stay Healthy During Pregnancy
  • It is very important to eat well. The body needs enough of all foods, particularly foods rich in proteins, vitamins, and minerals, especially iron
  • Use iodized salt to increase the chances that the child will be born alive and will not be regarded. (But to avoid swelling of the feet and other problems, do not use very salt.)
  • Keep clean. Bathe or wash regularly and brush your teeth every day.
  • Avoid taking medicines if at all possible. Some medicines can harm the developing baby. As a rule, take medicines recommended by a health worker or doctor. (If a health worker is going to prescribe a medicine, and you think that you might be pregnant, tell him so.) You can take acetaminophen(paracetamol) or antacids once in while if you need them. Vitamin, folic acid, and iron pills are often helpful and do no harm when taken in the right dosage.
  • Do not smoke or drink during pregnancy, smoking and drinking are bad for the mother and harm the developing baby.
  • Stay far away from children with measles, especially German measles
  • Continue to work and get exercise, but try not to get too tired
  • Avoid pesticides or chemical fumes. They may harm the developing baby

  Minor Problemes During Pregnancy

  1.  Nausea or vomiting: Normally, this is worse in the morning, during the second or third month of pregnancy. It helps to eat something dry, like crackers or dry bread, before you get out of bed in the morning. Do not eat large meals, but rather smaller amounts of food several times a day. in severe cases, take an antihistamine when you go to bed and when you get up in the morning. Avoid oily foods.
  2. Burning or pain in the pit of the stomach or chest (acid indigestion and heartburn)
  3. Swelling of the feet: Rest at different times during the day with your feet up. Eat less salt and avoid salty foods. Tea made from corn silk may help. If the hands and the face also swell, seek medical advice. The swelling of the feet usually comes from the pressure of the child in the womb during the last months. It is worse in women who are anemic or malnourished. So eat plenty of nutritious food.
  4. Low back pain: This is common in pregnancy. it can be helped by exercise and taking care to stand and sit with the back straight.
  5. Anemia and malnutrition: Many women in rural areas are anemic even before they pregnant, and become more anemic during pregnancy. To make a healthy baby, a woman needs to eat well. If she is very pale and weak or has other signs of anemia and malnutrition, she needs to eat more protein and foods with iron-foods like beans, groundnuts, chicken, milk, cheese, eggs, meat, fish, and dark green leafy vegetables. She should also take iron pills, especially if it is hard to get enough nutritious foods. This way malaria is common in the area, she will also need anti-malaria and folic acids tablets and vitamin C (vitamin C helps the body make better use of the iron
  6. Swollen veins(varicose veins): These are common in pregnancy, due to the weight of the baby pressing on the veins that come from the legs. Put your feet up often, as high as you can. If the veins get very big or hurt, wrap them like this with an elastic bandage. Take off the bandages at night
  7. Piles (hemorrhoids): These varicose veins in the anus, They result from the weight of the baby in the womb. To relive the pain kneel with the buttocks in the air.
  8. Constipation: Drink plenty of water. Eat fruits and food with a lot of natural fiber, lie cassava or bran. Get plenty of exercises. Do 
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