Prenatal Exercise - The Best Way to Avoid a C-Section Did you know that prenatal exercise reduces the need for C-section? Women who work out during pregnancy are less likely to require this procedure. According to health experts‚ physical activity decreases the risk of having a C-section by as much as 20 percent. It also helps prevent diabetes‚ high blood pressure‚ weight gain‚ morning sickness‚ and other common health complaints. Exercise Your Way to a Healthy Pregnancy An overwhelming number
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Stroke Association‚ "the chance of having a stroke approximately doubles for each decade of life after age 55...Each year‚ women have more strokes than men‚ and stroke kills more women than men. Use of birth control pills‚ pregnancy‚ history of preeclampsia/eclampsia or gestational diabetes‚ oral contraceptive use‚ smoking‚ and post-menopausal hormone therapy may pose special stroke risks for women." This means that if you are a senior woman and have any of the indicators associated with stroke‚
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Nutrition during Pregnancy by Amy V. Haas [Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in Having a Baby Today Issue 5‚ Spring 2002.] Photos by Jennifer Rosenberg The single most important thing that you can do for your baby is to eat a healthy‚ well-balanced diet. A well-balanced diet is one that includes foods from all food groups in appropriate amounts‚ so as to ensure proper nutrition. Proper nutrition ensures that all essential nutrients (carbohydrates‚ fats‚ protein‚ vitamins‚ minerals and
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give birth will have some kind of pregnancy related complication which is most of the reason why prenatal care is extremely important. A. Receiving prenatal care reduces the risk of pregnancy-related complications such as anemia‚ preterm birth‚ preeclampsia‚ complications of diabetes‚ or poor growth of the baby in utero. B. Unfortunately one million women in the U.S. deliver babies without receiving prenatal care C. According to childtrends.org‚ mothers who receive late or no prenatal care are three
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Asthma effects over 2 million Americans and presents in various forms depending on the individual’s number of events (Woo & Wynne‚ 2011). Classification of the frequency of one’s symptoms and use of medications indicate the level of control one has of their asthma. S.E.’s documented history of “mild persistent” asthma and presentation of symptoms requiring the use an albuterol inhaler daily‚ in addition to hospitalization twice in a year and frequent emergency department visits (ED) identify asthma
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appointment should be between weeks six and eight. The doctor will run blood test and will prescribe prenatal vitamins. Taking these prenatal vitamins will help your baby’s brain and spinal cord develop. Regular doctor visits can prevent diabetes‚ preeclampsia‚ anemia‚ and other infectious diseases. Preventing these diseases is very (informal) important to encourage healthy prenatal development. Eating a balanced diet will provide your child with the necessary nutrients while getting adequate sleep
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Obstetrics – Unit 1 Study Guide Components of preconception care activities that promote healthy mothers and babies must be initiated before period of critical fetal organ development between 17 – 56 days after fertilization Health Promotion Risk Factor Assessment Interventions Nutrition healthy diet (+ folic acid)‚ optimum weight Exercise and rest Avoid substance abuse tobacco‚ alcohol‚ “recreational” drugs Use of risk-reducing sex practices Attending to family and social
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problems that could affect your baby. Possible complications of an untreated UTI include: • Having your baby before 37 weeks of pregnancy (premature). • Having a baby with a low birth weight. • Developing high blood pressure during pregnancy (preeclampsia). WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF A UTI? Symptoms of a UTI include: • Fever. • Frequent urination or passing small amounts of urine frequently. • Needing to urinate urgently. • Pain or a burning sensation with urination. • Urine that
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take things for granted instead I think things through along with changing the way I see life. The time my little girl was born is a miracle since I didn’t know if things were going to go ok or that my little girl would live through it. I had preeclampsia and I was bed ridden for 2 weeks before I had Makayla. Things were not looking good since I could not have her natural and the doctor’s had to do C-section. I had all kinds of complications and it was hard on me my husband and all my family with
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history‚ genetics‚ geography (depending on where you live in the world)‚ viral exposure‚ early vitamin D‚ and other dietary factors. Some other factors are having a mother younger than age 25 when she gave birth to you or having a mother who had preeclampsia during pregnancy‚ being born with jaundice‚ and also having a respiratory infection after birth. | Unfortunately‚ there is no way to prevent type 1 diabetes. Researchers are working on preventing this disease or further destruction of the islet
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