THE STAGES OF PREGNANCY!

PREGNANCY CHANGES

IN THE BODY

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LATE PLANNING

OF PREGNANCY

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MORE AND MORE WOMEN TODAY HAVE BECOME AS MUCH CAREER-ORIENTED AS MEN. INCREASING PROFESSIONALISM AND A QUEST FOR IMPROVED LIFESTYLES HAVE LEG TO BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE WORKING TO EARN LIVELIHOOD. THIS HAS RESULTED IN A MORE EMPOWERED, CONFIDENT AND INDEPENDENT WOMENFOLK. THE FLIP SIDE OF THIS TRANSFORMATION IN THE SOCIAL CANVAS IS THAT COUPLES OFTEN FIND IT DIFFICULT TO PLAN FOR FAMILY AT THE RIGHT AGE. THEY PREFER TO SETTLE DOWN PROFESSIONALLY AND FINANCIALLY BEFORE THEY MAKE UP THEIR MIND TO START A FAMILY. AND BY THAT TIME THEY OFTEN FIND THEMSELVES IN MID-THIRTIES. FOR A WOMEN OVER THE AGE OF 35, CONCEIVING BECOMES A PROBLEM. INGERTILITY INCREASES WITH AGE. FERTILITY PEAS FOR BOTH SEXES IN THEIR MID-TWENTIES, AND THEN APPEARS TO DECLINE STEADILY IN WOMEN OVER THIRTY AND MEN OVER FORTY. TUBAL INFECTIONS, FIBROID TUMORS AND ENDOMETRIOSIS ARE MORE COMMON IN OLDER WOMEN AND ARE A COMMON CAUSE FOR INFERTILITY.

REGULAR PRACTICE FOR YOGA AS MENTIONED IN THE PRE-PREGNANCY SECTION AND A DIET RIGHT IN NUTRIENTS NEEDED FOR VITALITY INDICATED IN THE SAME SECTION CAN HELP TO A GREAT EXTENT IN LATE PLANNING OF PREGNANCY. THE RESULTS DURING OLD AGE PREGNANCY MAY TAKE LONGER TIME TO SHOW UP THAN IN OTHERS.

UNDERSTANDING PREGNANCY

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PREGNANCY IS PRIME DIFFERENTIATING, EXPERIENCE AMONG ALL EXPERIENCES FOR A WOMEN, DURING HER ENTIRE LIFETIME. THIS WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE IS SO DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER STAGE IN A WOMAN'S LIFE THAT IT OUGHT TO BE UNDERSTOOD FOR WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IS ENCOMPASSESS. SIMPLY PUT, FOLLOWING ARE THE STAGE IN A NORMAL PREGNANCY.

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THE CELL DIVISION

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WITH CONCEPTION, THE CELL DIVISION STARTS TAKING PLACE. THE CELL STARTS TO DIVIDE INTO MORE AND MORE NUMBER OF CELLS, AND TRAVELS DOWN THE FALLOPIAN TUBE.

REACHING THE WOMB

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APPROXIMATELY ON THE FOURTH DAY AFTER THE FERTILISATION, THE EGG REACHES THE CAVITY OF THE WOMB, TILL THIS TIME IT DEVELOPS INTO A BALL OF ABOUT 100 CELLS CALLED BLASTOCYST, WITH A HOLLOW FLUID-FILLED CENTRE, BUT IS STILL SMALL TO BE SEEN WITH THE NAKED EYE. FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS, IF FLOATS ABOUT IN THE WOMB CAVITY.

IMPLANTATION

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THE BLASTOCYST GETS EMBEDDED IN THE SOFT, THICK LINING OF THE WOMB AT ABOUT THE END OF THE WEEK THREE. THIS IS CALLED IMPLANATION. WHEN THE EGG IS SECURELY ATTACHED TO THE LINING OF THE WOMB, CONCEPTION IS COMPLETE. PLACENTA IS FORMED WHEN SPONGE LIKE FINGERS FROM THE OUTER CELLS OF TH EMBRYO START TO BUROW INTO THE LINING, TO LINK UP WITH THE MOTHER'S BLOOD VESSELS. PLACENTA IS AN ORGAN TO WHICH THE FOETUS IS ATTACHED BY THE MEANS OF AN UMBILICAL CORD. IT IS THE LIFELINE OF THE FOETUS. PLACENTA PROVIDES NOURISHMENT TO THE GROWING FOETUS THROUGH THE MATERNAL BLOOD. SOME OF THE CELLS OF THE FOETUS DEVELOP INTO THE UMBILICAL CORD, AND THE MEMBRANES THAT PROTECT THE BABY. THE INNER CELLS OF THE FOETUS DIVIDE INTO THREE LAYERS, WHICH DEVELOP INTO THE DIFFERENT BODY PARTS OF THE BODY.

CHANGES IN THE BODY

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PREGNANCY IS THE PERIOD WHEN MAXIMUM CHANGES TAKE PLACE IN THE BOD OF A WOMEN. IT IS ALSO CALLED THE PERIOD OF GREAT PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS FOR THE WOMEN. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOETUS BRINGS ABOUT MANY PHYSIOLOGICAL, BIOCHEMICAL AND HORMONAL CHANGES IN THE BODY OF THE MOTHER. LET US UNDERSTAND THESE CHANGES TO BE ABLE TO UNDERTAND PREGNANCY AND THE CAUSES OF COMMON DISCOMFORTS (WHICH WOMEN COME ACROSS IN DIFFERENT PHASES OF PREGNANCY) BETTER AND BE PREPARED TO COPE UP WITH THESE CHANGES.

HORMONAL CHANGES

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DURING PREGNANCY INCREASED SECRETION OF THE GROWTH HORMONE BY THE PITUITARY GLAND, THYROXIN SECRETED BY THYROID GLAND WHICH REGULATES METABOLISM IN THE BODY, ALDOSTERONE, THE SALT-CONSERVING HORMONE BY THE ADRENAL GLAND AND PARATHORMONE SECRETED BY THE PARATHYROID GLAND WHICH REGULATES CALCIUM, PHOSPHORUS AND MAGNESIUM METABOLISM ARE NOTICED.

CHANGES IN THE BODY FLUID

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THERE IS AN INCREASE IN THE BLOOD VOLUMNE BY 40 PERCENT BY THE END OF THE PREGNANCY. THE CAPACITY OF THE HEART TO PUMP BLOOD IS INCREASED BY ABUT 33 PERCENT . THE INCREASED AMOUNT OF BLOOD IS REQUIRED TO CARRY THE NUTRIENTS TO THE FOETUS AND TAKE METABOLIC WASTES AWAY FROM THE FOETUS. WITH THE INCREASE IN THE BLOOD VOLUME, MOST OF THE NUTRIENTS CARRIED BY THE FLUIDS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PLACENTA. INTRACELLULAR WATER ALSO INCREASES IN ADDITION TO THE INCREASE IN FLUID WITH THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM. WITH THE INCREASE IN BLOOD VOLUME, THE CONCENTRATION OF PLASMA PROTEINS, HAEMOGLOBIN AND OTHER BLOOD CONSTITUENTS IS LOWERED. THIS IS USUALLY A CAUSE OF ANAEMIA WHICH IS EXPERIENCED BY 60 PERCENT TO 70 PERCENT OF THE PREGNANT WOMEN.

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DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES

OF PREGNANCY

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ON THE BASIS OF VARIOUS CHANGES, COMPLICATIONS AND DIFFERENT STAGES OF FOETAL DEVELOPMENT THE HUMAN PREGNANCY IS DIVIDED INTO THREE TRIMESTER. DIFFERENT TRIMESTERS BRING ABOUT DIFFERENT CHANGES AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MOTHER AND IN THE FOETUS. HUMAN PREGNANCY LASTS APPROXIMATELY 9 CALENDER MONTHS BETWEEN THE TIME OF THE LAST MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND CHILDBIRTH (APPROXIMATELY 38 WEEKS FROM FERTILISATION).

THE MEDICAL TERM FOR A PREGNANT WOMAN IS GENETALIAN, JUST AS THE MEDICAL TERM FOR THE POTENTIAL BABY IS EMBRYO (EARLY WEEKS) AND THEN FOETUS (UNTIL BIRTH). A WOMAN WHO IS PREGNANT FOR THE FIRST TIME IS KNOWN AS A PRIMIGRAVIDA.

REGULAR YOGIC

WORKOUTS POST-PREGNANCY

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MOTHERS WITH NORMAL DELIVERY CAN START THERSE REGULAR YOGIC WORKOUTS WITHIN A WEEK, WHEREAS MOTHERS WITH CAEAREAN SECTION DELIVERY SHOULD WAIT FOR AT LEAST TWO MONTHS OR TILL THEY RECOVER FROM THE AFTER EFFECTS OF THE SURGERY, IT IS ALWAYS ADVISABLE TO CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE STARTING ANY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.

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SUGAM SARPASANA
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LIE FLAT ON STOMACH WITH THE FOREHEAD ON THE FLOOR, THE LEGS STRAIGHT, FEET TOGETHER, AND THE SOLES OF FEET FACING THE SKY.
BEND THE ARMS AND PLACE THE FOREARMS ON THE FLOOR WITH THE PALMS DOWNWARD ON EACH SIDE OF THE HEAD.
THE FINGERTIPS POINT FORWARD BUT ARE INLINE WITH THE CROWN OF THE HEAD.
THE FOREARMS AND ELBOWS ARE CLOSE TO THE BODY.
RELAX THE WHOLE BODY.
RAISE THE HEAD, SHOULDERS AND CHEST BY BRINGING THE UPPER ARMS TO THE VERTICAL POSITION.
THE ELBOWS, FOREARMS AND HANDS WILL REMAIN ON THE FLOOR.
RELAX IN THE POSITION FOR A COMFORTABLE LENGTH OF TIME AND THEN SLOWLY LOWER THE BODY.
THIS IS ONE ROUND.

DURATION : TRY TO HOLD THE POSITION FOR 3 TO 4 MINUTES AS A STATIC POSE.

BREATHING : INHALE WHILE RAISE THE HEAD, SHOULDERS AD CHEST. EXHALE WHILE LOWERING TO THE FLOOR. BREATHE NORMALLY IN THE FINAL POSITION.

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BREATHING : THIS ASANA TONES OVARIES AND UTERNUS, AND HELPS ALLEVIATE MENSTRUAL AND OTHER GYNECOLOGICAL DISORDERS. IT STIMULATES THE APPETIC, ALLEVIATES CONSTIPATION AND IS BENEFICIAL FOR ALL ABDOMINAL ORGANS. THE ADRENAL GLANDS ARE GENTLY MASSAGED AND STIMULATED. THE SECREATION OF CORTISONE IS MAINTAINED AND THE THYROID GLAND IS REGULATED. THIS ASANA CAN RELOCATE SLIPPED DISC, REMOVE BACKACHE AND KEEP THE SPINE SUPPLE AND HEALTHY.

BILAV ASANA (CAT POSTURE)

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SIT IN VAJRASANA.
RAISE THE BUTTOCKS AND STAND ON THE KNEES.
LEAN FORWARD AND PLACE THE HANDS FLAT ON THE FLOOR BENEATH THE SHOULERS WITH THE FINGERS FACING FORWARD.
THE HANDS SHOULD BE IN LINE WITH THE KNEES, THE ARMS AND THIGHS SHOULD BE PERPENDICULAR ON THE FLOOR.
THE KNEES MAY BE TOGETHER OR SLIGHTLY SEPERATED.
THIS IS THE STARTING POSITION.
INHALE WHILE RAISING THE HEAD AND DEPRESSING THE SPINE SO THAT THE BACK BECOMES CONCAVE.
EXPAND THE BREATH FOR THREE SECONDS.
EXHALE WHILE LOWERING THE HEAD AND STRETCHING THE SPINE UPWARD.
AT THE END OF EXHALATION CONTRACT THE ABDOMEN AND PULL IN THE BUTTOCKS.
THE HEAD WILL NOW BE BETWEEN THE ARMS, FACING THE THIGHS.
HOLD THE BREATH FOR THREE SECONDS, ACCENTUATING THE ARCH OF THE SPINE AND THE SPINAL CONTRACTION.
THIS IS ONE ROUND.

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BREATHING : TRY TO PERFORM THE MOVEMENT BREATHING AS SLOWLY AS POSSIBLE. AIM AT TAKING AT LEAST 5 SECONDS FOR BOTH INHLATION AND EXHALATION.

REPETITION : PERFORM 5 TO 10 ROUNDS.

BENEFITS : THIS ASANA GENTLY TONES THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. WOMEN SUFFERING FROM MENTRUAL DISORDERS AND LEUCORRHEA SHALL OBTAIN RELIEF BY DOING BILAV ASANA. IT MAY ALSO BE PRACTISED DURING MENSTRUATION FOR RELIEF FROM CRAMPS.

NAMASKARASANA

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SIT IN SQUATTING POSITION WITH THE FEET FLAT ON THE FLOOR ABOUT TWO FEET APART.
THE KNEES SHOULD BE WIDE APART AND THE ELBOWS PLACED AGAINST THE INSIDE OF THE KNEES.
BRING THE HANDS TOGETHER IN FRONT OF THE CHEST IN A GESTURE OF PRAYER.
PRESS THE ELBOWS AGAINST THE INSIDES OF THE KNEES.
THE EYES SHOULD REMAIN CLOSED.
INHALE AND BEND THE HEAD BACKWARDS.
SIMULTANEOUSLY, USE THE ELBOWS TO PUSH THE KNEES AS WIDE APART AS POSSIBLE.
THIS IS THE STARTING POSITION.
FEEL THE PRESSURE AT THE BACK OF THE NECK.
HOLD THIS POSITION FOR THREE SECONDS WHILE RETAINING THE BREATH.
EXHALE AND STRAIGHTEN THE ARMS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE BODY.
AT THE SAME TIME, PUSH IN WITH THE KNEES, PRESSING THE UPPER ARMS INWARD.
THE HEAD SHOULD BE BENT FORWARD WITH THE CHIN PRESSED AGAINST THE CHEST.
TENSE THE MUSCLES OF THE UPPER BACK AND SHOULDERS AS IF SOMEONE IS PULLING THE HANDS FORWARD.
HOLD THIS POSITION RETAINING THE BREATH FOR 3 SECONDS.
RETURN TO THE STARTING POSITION AND BRING THE PALMS TOGETHER IN FRONT OF THE CHEST, BENDING THE HEAD BACK.
THIS IS ONE ROUND.

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PRACTICE 5 TO 8 ROUNDS.

BREATHING : INHALE WHILE BRINGING THE PAMS TOGETHER IN FRONT OF THE CHEST AND EXHALE WHILE EXTENDING THE ARMS FORWARD AND RETAIN.

BENEFITS : THIS ASANA HAS A PROFOUND EFFECT ON THE NEVES AND MUSCLES OF THE THIGHS, KNEES, SHOULDERS, ARMS ANC NECK. IT INCREASES FLEXIBILITY IN THE HIPS.