PREGNANCY DO'S AND DONT'S !

 

SECOND TRIMESTER

 PREGNANCY

THIS SECOND STAGE OF PREGNANCY LASTS UNTIL THE END OF THE SEVENTH MONTH AND IN MANY TIMES, THE EASIEST STAGE OF PREGNANCY AS MOST WOMEN WILL START TO REGAIN SOME OF THEIR ENERGY. DURING THIS STAGE, YOUR STOMACH WILL BEGIN TO EXPAND AND THOSE AROUND YOU WILL BEGIN TO NOTICE THAT YOU ARE PREGNANT. AT THIS TIME, ANY FEELINGS OF MORNING SICKNESS SHOULD DISSIPATE, ALTHOUGH SOME WOMEN MAY CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE.

 

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE

• 2500 CALORIES PER DAY
• CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN A WELL-BALANCED DIET WITH PLENTY OF FIBRES.
• CONTINUE TO TAKE PRENATAL VITAMINS, IF PRESCRIBED.
• CONTINUE TO AVOID THE USE OF ALCOHOL.
• MODIFY YOUR EXERCISE REGIMEN IF NEEDED TO PROTECT WITH WEIGHT-BEARING JOINTS, BACK AND ABDOMINAL MUSCLES.
• TAKE CARE WHILE LIFTING AND CARRYING.

 

AS YOU ADVANCE IN THIS TRIMESTER OF YOUR PREGNANCY, YOU MAY NOTICE THAT YOU FEEL MORE SENSITIVE, EMOTIONAL AND ANXIOUS. BE REST ASSURED, THESE FEELINGS ARE VERY NATURAL. IT'S COMMON TO BEGIN WORRYING ABOUT WHAT KIND OF MOTHER YOU ARE GOING TO BE. MANY TIMES, THE INCREASED SIZE AND WEIGHT OF YOUR BABY CAN CAUSE INCREASED PAIN (OFTEN IN YOUR BACK), MAKING YOU FEEL MORE UNCOMFORTABLE AND ANXIOUS.

SYMPTOMS OF SECOND

 TRIMESTER

 

• RELIEF FROM NAUSEA AND VOMITING.
• DESIRE TO URINATE FREQUENTLY SUBSIDES.
• MOVEMENT OF THE GROWING BABY IN THE WOMB IS NOTICED BY THE 18TH WEEK IN CASE OF THE FIRST DELIVERY, OTHERWISE BY THE 16 WEEKS OF PREGNANCY.
• BREASTS STARTS ENLARGING.
• GRADUAL INCREASE OF BULGE IN THE ABDOMEN.
• SKIN AROUND THE NIPPLES BECOMES DARK.
• CLEAR WATERY SECRETION FROM THE NIPPLES BECOMES THICK AND YELLOWISH, WHILE SQUEEZING BY THE 16TH WEEK.
• SMALL PINKISH AND WHITE STREAKS BECOME VISIBLE ON THE LOWER ABDOMEN.
• THE SKIN OF THE UPPER THIGHS GETS STRETCHED BY THE 20TH WEEK.
• THE APPETITE LOST DURING THE FIRST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY RETURNS.
• THERE IS NEARLY 20-25% INCREASE THE APPETITE.

WHAT TO AVOID?

• DO NOT TAKE GREASY AND SPICY FOODS TO AVOID CHANES OF EXCESSIVE WEIGHT GAIN.
• DRINK 7 TO 8 GLASSES OF WATER IN A DAY.
• AVOID CONSTIPATION.
• AVOID EXCESSIVE INTAKE OF SUGAR AND SALT.
• AVOID CANNED AND PROCESSED FOODS.
• TAKE EXTRA FRUITS AND PULSES.
• AVOID EATING AT UNHYGIENIC PLACES.
• AVOID STRENUOUS EXERCISE IN THIS TRIMESTER.
• START WITH LIGHT EXERCISE FOR 5 MINUTES.

👀TAKE COMPLETE BED REST IF BLEEDING OCCURS.

👀DOT NOT WEAR HIGH-HEELED SHOES.

👀WEAR FLAT SHOES AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.

👀DO NOT BEND YOUR WAIST, WHILE

👀PICKING UP ANY OBJECT FROM THE GROUND.

👀KEEPY YOUR BACK STRAIGHT AND BEND

👀AT YOUR KNEES AND HIPS.

SECOND TRIMESTER BABAY 

DEVELOPMENT

 

TILL THE 16TH WEEK, THE FOETAL 6 INCHES LONG WITH STROG HEART BEARTS, ACTIVE MUSCLES, THIN AND TRANSPARENT SKIN, DOWNY HAIR COVERING BODY, FORMATION OF FINGERNAILS AND TOENAILS. BY THE END OF THE 20TH WEEK, THE FOETAL LENGTH REACHES 10 TO 12 INCHES, AND THERE IS THE PRESENCE OF HAIR, EYELASHES AND EYEBROWS. BY THE END OF THE 24TH WEEK, THE FOETAL LENGTH REACHES TO 11 TO 14 INCHES, THE SKIN GETS WRINKLED AND THE MECONIUM STARTS COLLECTING IN THE BOWEL.

PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL

 CHANGES

• FOETAL MOVEMENT IS NOTICEABLE.
• THERE IS NO NAUSEA DURING THIS STAGE.
• WOMEN USUALLY BECOME CONSTIPATED.
• HAVE FOOD CRAVINGS.
• SOMETIMES DEVELOP VAGINITIS (THICK VAGINAL DISCHARGE)
• THERE IS A USUAL PROBLEM OF NASAL CONGESTION.
• HAVE LEG CRAMPS FREQUENTLY.
• CHANGE IN VOICE.
• PAINFUL GROIN FROM THE ROUND LIGAMENT CONTRACTIONS.
• WEIGHT GAIN.
• PREGNANCY GROIN FROM THE ROUND LIGAMENTS CONTRACTIONS.
• WEIGHT GAIN.
• PREGNANCY BECOMES MORE ENJOYABLE.
• SEXUAL DESIRES MAY INCREASE.

BREAST LEAKAGE PROBLEM

BREASTS ARE FELT HARD, SORE AND SOAKED BECAUSE OF MILK SECREATION FROM THE BREATS IN THE EARLY OR MID PREGNANCY OFTEN IN THE MORNING. CONSULT A GYNAECOLOGIST WHO WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THE BREASTS DURING PREGNANCY. GIVE A FIRM SUPPORT TO THE BREASTS USING A GOOD QUALITY AND CORRECT-SIZED BRASSIER TO MATCH THE CUP, WHICH SHOULD BE LOOSE AND SUPPORTIVE, BUT NOT TIGHT.

STRETCH MARKS SOLUTION

STRETCH MARK ON THE ABDOMEN AND STOMACH

ARE COMMON IN WOMEN GENERALLY DURING 

PREGNANCY AND AFTER THE DELIVERY OF THE CHILD.

STRIAE GAVIDARUM OR STRETCH MARK APPER ON THE

LOWER ABDOMEN IN 50 TO 90 PERCENT OF ALL PREGNANT

WOMEN USUALLY IN THE LATER HALF OF PREGNANCY. 

THESE MAY ALSO APPEAR ON THE THIGHS, HIPS, BUTTOCKS,

BREATS AND THE UPPER ARMS OF WOMEN, WHICH APPEAR 

AS PINKISH LINES THE MARKET IS FLUSHED WITH CREAMS

AND OINTMENTS TO CURE THESE STRETCH MARKS.

THE STRETCH MARKS DEPEND UPON THE FAMILY HISTORY,

WEIGHT GAIN AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS.

THESE MARKS ARE CALLED THE STRIAC MARKS. 

CRAMPS AND PAIN IN THE 

ABDOMEN

BETWEEN 30 TO 50 WOMEN SUFFER CRAMPS DURING THIS PERIOD. PERSISTANT NIGHT CRAMPS ARE OFTEN CAUSED BY POOR CIRCULATION. THE CRAMP FEL IN THE ABDOMEN ARE DIFFICULT TO COPE BUT DOESN'T SHOW THAT THERE IS ANY ABNORMALLY IN THE GENITAL OF THE WOMEN. THERE ARE SEVERAL NATURAL REMEDIES TO CURE THIS PAIN.

• ADD SEVEN DROPS OF ESSENTIAL OIL OF AUROMATIC SPICY HERB CLOVES TO A TEASPOON OF SUNFLOWER OIL AND MASSAGE THE MUSCLES OF THE AFFECTED AREA.
• TINCTURE OF MYRRH RUBBED DIRECTLY INTO THE AFFECTED MUSCLE, GIVES A QUICK RELIEF.
• MIX TWO DROPS OF EACH OF THE ESSENTIAL OILS OF LEMON, PINE AND JUNIPER, AND SHAKE WITH I TABLESPOON OF SUNFLOWER OIL AND MASSAGE.

WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF 

HEARTBURN?

 

• AVOID FATTY FOODS AND FOODS THAT PRODUCE GAS.
• EAT SEVERAL SMALL MEALS AND EAT SLOWLY.
• DO NOT EAT JUST BEFORE BEDTIME.
• USE ANTACID OR OTHER DRUGS TO CONTROL HEARTBURN.

CONSTIPATION

DURING PREGNANCY, THE MOVEMENT OF FOOD THROUGH THE INTESTINES IS SLOWED DUE TO PRESSURE FROM THE GROWING UTERUS ON THE LARGE INTESTINE WHICH MAGNIFIES THE PROBLEM. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS. EAT FOODS WITH HIGH FIBRE CONTENT, SUCH AS RAW OR DRIED FRUITS, VEGETABLES, WHOLE GRAINS AND PRUNED JUICE. PREVENTING CONSTIPATION ALSO ALLEVIATING THE DISCOMFORT OF HAEMORRHOIDS DURING PREGNANCY.

SHOULDER PAIN

IT IS COMMON DURING PREGNANCY AND GENERALLY STARTS DURING NIGHT WHEN PAIN SUDDENLY BEGINS FROM THE BACK AND RADIATES TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. TO GET RELIEF, PRESS THE STOMACH. SOMETIMES THIS PAIN MAY BE DUE TO ACCUMULATION OF ACIDITY IN THE GALL BLADDER. IN CASE THE PAIN IS DUE TO THE LIVER OR THE KIDNEY, A COMPLETE BED REST IS ADVISED.

STOMACH PAIN

MILD STOMACH OR LIVER PAIN DURING PREGNANCY IS NOT A MATTER OF WORRY AND IS USUALLY CAUSED DUE TO INCREASED WEIGHT OF EMBRYO AND MOTHER'S NERVES GETTING STRAINED. MASSAGE THE STOMACH LIGHTLY WITH GHEE OR BULLER TO GET RELIEF. CONSTANT PAIN IN THE LOWER BELLY SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE NOTICE OF THE DOCTOR. A WEAK PREGNANCY WOMAN MAY HAVE SEVERAL ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORTS DURING EARLY PREGNANCY DUE TO INFECTIONIN THE PELVIC ORGANS OR THE URINARY TRACT.

SWELLING BODY

SIGNS LIKE SUDDEN INCREASE IN WEIGHT, SWELLING OF THE BODY, RISE IN BLOOD PRESSURE, APPEARANCE OF ALBUMIN IN URINE, SEVERE BREATHING TROUBLE, CONSTANT THUMPING OF THE HEART AND ABRUPT BLEEDING ARE THE WRNING SIGNS THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE PREGNANCY. GO FOR IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ADVICE. THE PREGNANT WOMEN MUST HAVE A PERIODICAL CHECK ON WEIGHT, BLOOD PRESSURE AND URINE.

A WOMEN SHOULD NOT PUT MORE THAN 10 KG OF WEIGHT DURING THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF PREGNANCY.

INSOMNIA PROBLEM

FEELING TOO WEAK AND EXHAUSTED, LOSS OF SLEEP (INSOMNIA), ESPECIALLY DURING NIGHT, A CONTANT TENSION, LOSS OF APPETITE AND CONTANT FEVER ARE COMMON DISORDER AMONG WOMEN DURING PREGNANCY, BECAUSE OF GROWING EMBRYO.

REMEDIES

 

 

• MIX TWO PARTS EACH OF PUMPKIN OIL AND POPPY SEEDS OIL TO A PART OF CAMPHOR AND MASSAGE THE HEAD DAILY IN THE MORNING AND EVENING.
• MASSAGE THE HEAD WITH BRAHMI OR NARAYAN OR MAHANARAYAN OIL.
• TAKE SARPAGANDATVAKA CHURAN MIXED IN HOT MILK DURING NIGHT FOR A SOUND SLEEP.

THIRD TRIMESTER OF 

PREGNANCY

THE PERIOD FROM 29TH TO 40TH WEEK OF PREGNANCY, AND THIS NEEDS A LOT OF CARE. AS THE ARRIVAL OF A NEW BABY DRAWS NEARER, EXPECTING MOTHERS ARE FILLED WITH EXCITEMENT TO SEE THE NEW ARRIVAL AS WELL AS THE FEAR OF THE DELIVERY OF A CHILD INCREASES. THE EXPECTANT MOTHER SHOULD VISIT DOCTOR ONCE A WEEK IN CASE OF ANY COMPLICATION OR ONCE IN A FORTNIGHT IN CASE OF NORMAL CONDITION. DURING THE FINAL MONTH OF PREGNANCY, BETWEEN THE 37TH TO THE 40TH WEEK, THE FOLLOWING MEDICAL CHECK UP AND PRECAUTIONS ARE ESSENTIAL.

PRECAUTIONS!

 

• THERE MUST BE THREE OR MORE MOVEMENTS OF THE BABY IN AN HOUR DURING THE LAST WEEK OF PREGNANCY. IN CASE THE MOVEMENTS ARE LESS, CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR.
• GET YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKED ONCE A WEEK AND URINE ONCE A FORTNIGHT.
• CHECK ANY SWELLING ON THE FACE AND FEET AND IN CASE OF SWELLING, INFORM YOUR DOCTOR.
• CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR FOR FINDING THE POSITION OF THE BABY IN THE WOMB, SIZE AND GROWTH, HEARTBEATS OF THE BABY BY AN ABDOMINAL EXAMINATION, WHICH HELP DURING THE PROCESS OF DELIVERY.
• INCASE YOU FIND ANY ABNORMALLY IN THE BREAST NIPPLES, CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR.
• A NIPPLE EXERCISE WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO TREAT DISORDERS.
• AVOID SEX DURING THIS PERIOD AS IT BECOMES CUMBERSOME AND PHYSICALLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF A BULGING ABDOMEN.
• SEX SHOULD BE STRICTLY AVOID IF THERE IS A HISTORY OF BLEEDING DURING PREGNANCY OR THERE IS A RISK OF PREMATURE BIRTH OF BABY. 
• TAKE 8 TO 10 HOURS OF SLEEP DURING THE NIGHT AND MINIMUM OF 3 TO 4 HOURS REST DURING THE DAY.
• CONTINUE VERY LIGHT EXERCISES DURING THIS TRIMESTER, WHICH ARE IMPORTANT FOR GOOD HEALTH.
• MAKE SURE THE EXERCISE ARE DONE TO THE EXTEND WHERE YOU DO NOT GET TIRED.
• CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE STARTING THE EXERCISES.
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PREGNANCY MASSAGE 

• LUBRICATE YOUR FINGERS WITH OIL OR WATER-SOLUBLE JELLY.
• WHEAT-GERM OIL IS RECOMMENDED AS IT CONTAINS HIGH VITAMIN E COUNTER.
• DO NOT USE MINERAL OR PETROLEUM JELLY.
• WASH YOUR HANDS EVERY TIME BEFORE DIPPLING INTO THE LUBRICANT.
• RUB ENOUGH OIL OR JELLY INTO THE PERINEUM TO ALLOW YOUR FINGERS MOVE SMOOTHLY OVER THE TISSUE AND LOWER THE VAGINAL WALL.
• YOU MAY USE YOUR THUMB DURING SELF-MASSAGE OF YOUR PARTNER CAN USE HIS INDEX FINGER.
• PUT THE FINGERS OR THUMB WELL INSIDE THE VAGINA TO THE SECOND KNUCKLE, MOVE THEM UPWARD ALONG THE SIDES OF THE VAGINA IN A RHYTHMIC U OR SLING-TYPE MOVEMENT TO HELP STRETCHING THE VAGINAL TISSUES, AND MUSCLES AROUND THE VAGINA AND SMOOTHEN THE SKIN OF THE PERINEUM BY RUBBING BETWEEN THE THUMB AND THE FOREFINGER.
• CONCENTRATE ON RELAXING YOUR MUSCLES AS YOU APPLY PRESSURE COMFORTABLY.
• MASSAGE FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.

EXERCISES 

 

• CONRACT OR TIGHTEN THE PELVIC MUSCLES AS IF YOU WOULD STOP THE FLOW OF URINE. HOLD TIGHTLY FOR 2 TO 3 SECONDS, RELEASE TENSION, RELAX AND LOWER THE PELVIC FLOOR. REPEAT SEVERAL TIMES.
• SQUATTING: THIS EXERICSE INCREASES THE MOBILITY OF THE PELVIC JOINTS, THE STRETCH AND THE MUSCLES AND LIGAMENTS OF THE INNER THIGHS AND CALVES. IT EASES DELIVERY OF THE CHILD. SLOWLY SQUAT WITH YOUR WEIGHT ON YOUR WHOLE FOOT, NOT JUST YOUR TOES AS IF YOU ARE SITTING ON TOILET. STAY DOWN FOR 30 SECONDS TO TWO MINUTES AT A TIME, THEN RISE SLOWLY.
• ABDOMINAL TIGHTENING: STRENTHEN AND TONE THE ABDOMINAL MUSCLES. SIT UP WITH YOUR HANDS ON YOUR ABDOMEN. BRETHE IN ALLOWING YOUR ABDOMEN TO BULGE. AS YOU BREATHEOUT, GRADUALLY TIGHTEN YOUR ABDOMINAL MUSCLES BY PULLING IN YOUR ABDOMEN TOWARDS YOUR BACKBONE UNTIL YOUR LUNGS ARE EMPTY. REPEAT THIS 2 TO 3 TIMES.
• PELVIC TILT: STRENTHENS THE ABDOMINAL MUSCLES, IMPROVES POSTURE AND RELIEVES BACKACHES, LIE ON YOUR BACK WITH YOUR KNEES BENT AND FEET FLAT ON THE FLOOR. FLATTEN THE SMALL OF YOUR BACK INTO THE FLOOR BY CONTRACTING THE ABDOMINAL MUSCLES FIVE TIMES.
• PELVIC ROCKING: MOVE ON YOUR HANDS AND KNEES, KEEPING YOUR BACK STRAIGHT.
• LEG SLIDING: STRENGTHEN THE LOWER ABDOMINAL MUSCLES. LIE ON YOUR BACK WITH KNEES BENT AND FEET FLAT ON THE FLOOR. PUT YOUR HANDS BENEATH THE SMALL OF YOUR BACK. MAINTAIN A PELVIC TILT WITH YOUR LOWER BACK FLAT AGAINST YOUR, HAND WHILE SLOWLY SLIDING YOUR FEET STRAIGHTENING BOTH LEGS UNTIL YOU FEEL YOUR LOW BACK COME UP.
• STRETCHING: THIS HELPS TO INCREASE THE FLEXIBILITY AND PROMOTES COMFORT DURING PREGNANCY AND CHILDREN. SIT ON THE FLOOR WITH YOUR KNEES AND SOLES OF YOUR FEET TOGETHER. LEAN FORWARD FROM YOUR HIPS, RELAXING YOUR LEGS. ALLOW THE WEIGHT OF YOUR LEGS TO STRETCH FORWARD FROM YOUR HIPS, RELAXING YOUR LEGS. ALLOW THE WEIGHT OF YOUR LEGS TO STRETCH THE MUSCLES OF THE INNER THIGHS, OUTER THIGHS AND BUTTOCKS GENTLY PRESSING YOUR KNEES TOWARDS THE FLOOR. REPEAT THIS EXERCISE FOR THREE TO FOUR TIMES.

DEPRESSION

REMEMBER, DEPRESSION IS COMMON AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN AS WELL AS AFTER THE CHILDREN WHICH CAUSES A WOMAN ONLY TO LOSE SEXUAL AND OTHER INTERESTS, BESIDES FEELING IRRITABILITY AND FATIGUE MOST OF THE TIME. THE DEPRESSION IS MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR IF A WOMAN FEELS ISOLATED AND THERE IS INADEQUATE SUPPORT FROM HER HUSBAND AND OTHER MEMBER OF HER FAMILY. DURING THIS PERIOD OF PREGNANCY AND AFTER THE DELIVERY, THE MOTHER SHOULD PAY VISITS TO THE DOCTOR FOR REGULAR CHECK UPS, WHICH GIVES THE MOTHER THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS ANY PROBLEM FACED BY HER.

NATURAL REMEDIES

 

• SUNLIGHT BODY NEEDS SUNLIGHT.
• THE LACK OF SUNLIGHT CAN DISTURB THE PRODUCTION OF KEY HORMONES AND BRAIN CHEMICALS TRIGGERING DEPRESSION.
• VERY LIGHT EXERCISE, IT IS MUST TO REDUCE DEPRESSION.
• LIGHT MUSIC: MUSIC LIFTS DEPRESSION.