Archive for October, 2009
Pregnancy is a delicate period for any woman, and specific hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy increase the sensitivity of the pregnant woman, she becomes more sensitive and all her feelings are more pronounced. Thus, pregnant women is more sensitive and more vulnerable in the face of stress, behavior may change from time to time, feeling anxiety and depression become more pronounced .
Behavioral disorders during pregnancy consist especially in anxiety, depression and sudden changes of emotional state. Although some of these changes go unnoticed in the initial stage is attributed to the “moods”, however it is important that a pregnant woman to be careful and not have mental health issues, not just physical, the mental states may also influence physical health status. Medical studies have revealed for instance that anxiety increases the risk of spontaneous abortion or premature birth, so is depression, including the behavior during pregnancy affects baby’s life after birth. Other studies have conduct disorders in children whose mothers have suffered from anxiety during pregnancy, such as hyperactivity and decreased concentration and memory after 4 years.
How to detect behavioral problems?
Sudden change in mental states and emotional sensitivity are normal in pregnancy but stressed to a limit. Is it normal to be scared, can easily cause depression of numerous factors that have changed due to lifestyle and body changes that occur during pregnancy, but in certain circumstances should pay more attention to all these physiological changes:
- Repeated insomnia on consecutive evenings of sleep disorders
- Panic attacks with feeling of suffocation, end or even the feeling of a heart attack
- A state of worry for both your health and the unborn child birth
- Nothing seems fun, you only stay in the house
- It is hard to focus
- Emotional instability .
Things that you should do to overcome the anxiety
A very important aspect is the ability to tell your partner what you feel, what are your thoughts and your worries. You don’t have to go by yourself through all this changes. The support, love and understanding from your partner will help you to see how beautiful is this period and how happy you will be when you will hold your baby in your arms. The secret to feel better is a positive attitude but also the love and care from the ones closer to you. You don’t have to forget that your partner could feel anxiety ,because is a change for him too, so you are not alone in this.
Pregnancy is a period of physical and mental changes. Normally you will be more concerned with your health than before and you will often ask if everything goes as it should be. It is however useful to know what to expect to see if the stages through which the next course.
Month I
Is the time when you wonder whether or not you are pregnant.
Possible physical changes:
The absence of menstruation, fatigue, minor uterine contractions, breasts more sensitive.
Emotional Changes
You wonder whether or not you are pregnant, afraid of possible complications, are you afraid when you think about the fact of being mother and the implications of this work on career, marriage, current lifestyles. Exuberance.
Changes in appetite
It happens that you love it or you dislike certain foods. If you suspect that you’re pregnant you can start to take 800 micrograms of folic acid daily.
Sleep
You may feel tired, sleep. Failure to sleep much as possible to help, but do not be surprised if you feel tired no matter how much sleep.
Month II
Physical changes
Skip the menstruation. You may feel tired, sleepy, to urinate frequently, to you or nausea, you have a headache or indigestion.
Emotional Changes
Irritability, sudden mood changes, tendency to cry, to deny, not trust, anger, joy, enthusiasm.
Changes in appetite
Aversion to certain kinds of food, nausea morning. Do not eat much at one meal and avoid fats.
Sleep
Your body is working more than usual. So I feel the need as much sleep, do aerobic exercise daily and give up too exhausting physical work.
Month III
Physical changes
It may keep some symptoms of 2 months. In addition you suffer from constipation, exacerbated appetite for certain foods, sometimes fainting or dizziness, skin problems such as acne or irritation.
Emotional Changes
Fear of being unable to keep the pregnancy to end, fear of body changes, stress on the ability to rise the child, including financial.
Changes in appetite
Like in 2 months, but it is possible that morning sickness and craving for food to increase.
Month IV
Physical changes
Frequent urination at night.
Emotional Changes
Like 2 and 3 months. Fear of bodily changes, motherhood, financial status or on the contrary a state of calm and acceptance.
Changes in appetite
Increase appetite and morning sickness.
Sleep
You may not sleep well because you get up frequently to urinate valleys. For proper escape the drowsiness in the afternoon if it is possible go to sleep an hour or two earlier.
Month V
Physical changes
Like 2.3 months and 4. In addition, you have a stuffy nose and sometimes you will bleed nose or gums, will swell your ankles, you have hemorrhoids, white vaginal discharge, , emphasis on hairiness and allergies, decreased frequency of urination, anemia due to lack of iron .
Emotional Changes
Like 2 months, 3 and 4. It is reduced the power of concentration, easy look and you’re more excited that finally begins to notice that you’re pregnant. Now the woman feel able to confess it.
Changes in appetite
Morning sickness and increases appetite. You’re tempted to eat too much, although you only need 300 extra calories a day. Normally you gain weight by 2-4 kg in the first quarter, 5-7 in the second and 3-5 in the third.
Sleep
For fatigue decreases towards the end of this month, many women feel full of energy. It is a good time to travel, but attention: if you go somewhere foreign, must be vaccinated.
Month VI
Physical changes
Related 2,3,4 and 5 months. Various fetal movements, abdominal pain, back pain, leg cramps, high blood pressure, skin pigment changes, increasing sexual appetite, headache, indigestion, flatulence.
Emotional Changes
You already accustomed to the task, change your mood hard, are easily irritable and dizzy from lack of sleep.
Changes in appetite
The woman is hungry, more intense cravings.
Sleep
The woman doesn’t sleep well and have insomnia due to trying to get used to new positions which must sleep. To ensure optimal blood flow and nutrition to the placenta, avoid sleeping on your stomach or back. It is best to sleep on the left side with a pillow between the legs.
Month VII
Physical changes:
Same as in 2,3,4,5 and 6 months. Itching in the navel, increased sensitivity of breast, fetal movements, pain or 
numbness of the hands, feet cramps.
Emotional Changes
You are more cheerful and down to earth. Want to know more about pregnancy, children and their growth. Are you in becoming more proud of your bulging belly.
Changes in appetite
Increasing appetite.
Sleep
Sleep often interrupted because of the difficulty of finding a comfortable position. Foot cramps can be a problem.
Month VIII
Physical changes:
In addition, short contractions (your uterus hardens for a minute and then returns to normal), clumsiness, swollen breasts, sore back and legs due to the weight of the child. Varicose veins may begin to appear.
Emotional Changes
Better understand states that pass, so you can enjoy the blows received in the abdomen of the little creature.
Changes in appetite
Drink plenty of water for this time your body temperature is higher and will remove water from the body through pores.
Sleep
You can feel very tired. Gymnastics, sleep and frequent breaks you can play the power you need. Headaches may be stronger at night. Eat at least three hours before sleep, sleep on the left side and use pillows to support you. The need to urinate frequently can wake up at night, but it is better to reduce the amount of liquids you drink.
Month IX
Physical changes
See 7 and 8 months. In addition, frequent movements of the fetus, more abundant vaginal discharge, constipation, pain in the lower back, crossed breathing, contractions more frequent and higher intensity.
Emotional Changes
Emotions for you and your child in terms of time of birth, but also enthusiasm for the approach of this time, spend more time shopping for baby .
Ectopic pregnancy occurs when a fertilized egg is implanted outside the uterus, generally in one of the 
fallopian tubes This happens if the fallopian tubes are blocked, damaged or simply unable to transport the ovum to the uterus. On average about 4-5 days are needed for a fertilized egg to reach the ovaries to the uterus, once conception has occurred. Sometimes it may involve other parts of the abdomen, in the ovaries or the cervix.
The main cause of ectopic pregnancy is the existence of an abnormality fallopian tube that prevent a fertilized egg from reaching the uterus and thereby implanting in the uterus or anywhere outside the uterus. Fallopian tube abnormalities may arise from a pelvic infection, following surgery or because of endometriosis (presence of uterine lining outside the uterus).
In turn abnormal fallopian tubes can occur from several causes:
- Existence in pregnant history of pelvic inflammatory disease caused by Chlamydia or gonorrhea infections that cause scar tissue in the fallopian tube
- Surgery of the fallopian tube, often in order to restore a fallopian tube ligature or to repair a blocked fallopian tube or scar tissue
- The existence of a history of ectopic pregnancy in pregnant women.
Although the occurrence of pregnancy is rare after tubal ligature was made or after implantation of an intrauterine device (both are methods of contraception), the pregnancy still appear in these conditions and have a high enough risk to be ectopic.
What are the symptoms?
Symptoms vary greatly from person to person. Of these could be mention:
- Abdominal pain or cervical (these may be easier, intermittent, or on the contrary, more severe, persistent, unexpected)
- Vaginal bleeding (heavy bleeding in the abdomen due to rupture of fallopian tubes )
- Pain in the shoulder (although cramping and bleeding can mean many things, shoulder pain, especially in the lying position, is a typical feature of ectopic pregnancy)
- Pain which intensifies during physical activity or when you cough.
Treatment
In most cases, ectopic pregnancy is treated once it is diagnosed, to avoid rupture and severe bleeding bodies. The method of treatment is chosen according to precocity of diagnosis and general condition of the pregnant woman. In selecting the method of treatment must take into consideration that the surgical method applied to the fallopian tube will increase the existing risk for future ectopic pregnancy or infertility. But surgery is required if the fallopian tube is already affected by ectopic pregnancy that develops. Ectopic pregnancies can be resistant to medical treatment so that medical treatment can be followed in some cases surgical treatment especially when the blood level of pregnancy hormone (HCG) does not decrease or when bleeding does not decrease. In turn, surgery may be followed by drug treatment, whether hormonal tests suggest that was not associated with load cell growth stopped.
In rare cases, a timely unrecognized abdominal ectopic pregnancy can result with a healthy baby.
During pregnancy, more than ever a woman should have a healthy and balanced diet . Over half of pregnant women, there was a marked stimulation of appetite, which usually starts at the beginning of the second quarter and held until the end of pregnancy, sometimes dim
inishing in recent months.
The frequent changes in tastes found at pregnant women, is the preference for fruit, pickles, salted foods, spices
The key to proper nutrition during pregnancy is balance and variety. Healthy diet should include foods from all food groups: fruits, vegetables, cereals, meat, dairy. It is preferred the dining in small amounts but more than once a day, only a few tables and rich, because in this way relieves nausea and characteristic early pregnancy and avoid over nutrition.
The consumption per day should include:
1. Cereal: 8 servings ( a slice of whole wheat bread, one cup of cereal, half cup of pasta or rice)
2. Vegetables: 4 or more servings (two links of carrots, a cup of shredded vegetables, one cup of cooked broccoli or cauliflower)
3. Fruits: 2-4 servings (a small apple, orange, pear or banana or a cup of raisins)
4. Dairy: 3 servings (250-300 ml of milk or yogurt or a 50 g of cheese)
5. Pork, beef, chicken or fish, eggs, nuts or seeds: 2-3 servings (beef or pork ,cooked poultry or seafood).
6. Fats, oils and sweets: very little
FOOD NOT recommended in pregnancy
1. Meat: pork, beef, chicken, fish and eggs or insufficiently cooked or raw.
2. Fast food
3. Swordfish, shark, catfish, mackerel, tuna. Disadvantaged are of methyl-mercury, a harmful metal increases brain and nervous system of the child.
4. Un pasteurized milk
5. Some types of milk and cheeses such as feta cheese, brie, Roquefort, etc..;
6. Pasta, canned meat or refreeze.
7. Un pasteurized juices
8. Vegetables picked green
9. Herbal nutritional supplements
10. Non-drinking water or untested.
11. Foods that contain peanuts, strawberries etc.
12. Alcohol, smoking, drugs
Pregnancy is a delicate time for your body. Because hormones and their action is intense, the skin suffers. Do not be overwhelmed by worry and do not let you say that you are the mother and doesn’t matter how you look. It is a totally wrong idea. Although some beauty gestures are prohibited, such epilating with wax and dyeing hair, you must not neglect the way you look. Find out how you can prevent certain beauty problems that occur during pregnancy.
Careful, sensitive skin! 
During pregnancy, skin becomes more sensitive, so you have to use mild soap and cleaning products that do not contain soda. Dermatologists usually recommend to replace soap and bubble bath liquid soap, with shower gel and lavender oil. You will clean the skin without an aggressive action .
To enhance the benefits of hygiene and mild products to prevent redness and irritation, generously apply lotion daily to the body, from head to toe. Choose those hypoallergenic body care products. You can buy from the pharmacy products for sensitive skin.
The hair.
If your hair is dry and is easy to split peaks, you should use a light shampoo indicated for sensitive hair and conditioner with regenerative action. Attention! Do not brush too often or too vigorously, because Emphasize damage. Avoid using too often hair dryer, electric hair curlers, apparatus of tension or wavy hair. Try not to apply generally very hot air near the head. Dry or damaged hair should be dried naturally. To prevent the occurrence or aggravation of problems, diet is important. It must be assumed daily consumption of foods rich in protein, carotene, essential fatty acids, iron, silicon, zinc, vitamin B (biotin), C and E.
Beautiful and healthy nails
Also during pregnancy, you can find some problem with the nail.
It happens that they become thin, brittle, to puff, to crack or to break more easily than usual.
For the nails to keep them beautiful and healthy, you must increase the intake of vitamin A, drinking carrot juice and eating more eggs, milk and liver. You have to consume three servings of fatty fish a week and possibly a fish oil supplement for omega-3 fatty acid.