COMMON COMPLICATIONS
DURING PREGNANCY
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GASTRIC TROUBLES
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MANY WOMEN EXPERIENCE "FEELING OF FULLNESS" OR HEARTBURN DRING SECOND TRIMESTER. THOUGH IT IS GENERALLY HARMLESS, IT CAN BE QUITE UNCOMFORTABLE. THIS COMPLAINT OR DISCOMFORT IS GENERALLY FELT AFTER MEALS.
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HEARTBURN IS ALSO CALLED ACID INDIGESTION. THIS IS A BURNING SENSATION THAT OFTEN EXTENDS FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE BREASTBONE TO THE LOWER PART OF THE THROAT. FOOD MIXTURES MAY SOMETIMES BE PUSHED BACK INTO THE LOWER OESOPHAGUS. IT IS CAUSED BY SOME OF THE HORMONAL AND GASTROINTESTINAL CHANGES IN THE BODY OF THE MOTHER. PREGNANT WOMEN MAY ALSO GET HEARTBURN BECAUSE THE STOMACH MUSCLES RELAX AND FOOD TENDS TO BACK UP. SOMETIMES THE STOMACH MAKES MORE ACID DURING PREGNANCY. THE GROWING BABY PRESSING AGAINST THE STOMACH CAN FORCE ACID UPWARD, CAUSING HEARTBURN.
DURING PREGNANCY, THE PLACENTA PRODUCES THE HORMONE PROGESTERONE, WHICH RELAXES THE SMOOTH MUSCLES OF THE UTERNUS. THIS HORMONE ALSO RELAXES THE VALVE THAT SEPARATES THE OESOPHAGUS FROM THE STOMACH, ALLOWING GASTRIC ACIDS TO SEEP BACK UP, WHICH CAUSES THAT UNPLEASANT BURNING SENSATION.
DIET THERAPY
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IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ELIMINATE HEARTBURN DURING PREGNANCY ENTIRELY, BUT WE CAN MINIMISE THE DISCOMFORT BY TAKING FEW DIETARY MEASURES:
- AVOID FOOD AND BEVERAGES THAT CAUSE GASTROINTESTINAL DISTRESS, ESPECIALLY ALCOHOL (WHICH YOU SHOULD AVOID ANYWAY DURING PREGNANCY), CAFFEINE, CHOCOLATE, ACIDIC FOODS LIKE CITRUS FRUITS AND JUICES, TOMATOES, MUSTARD, AND VINEGAR, PROCESSED MEATS, MINT PRODUCTS, AND SPICY, HIGHTLY SEASONED, FRIED, OR FATTY FOODS.
- TRY SIPPING WATER, MILK, CARBONATED WATER TO HELP COAT YOUR STOMACH AND OESOPHAGUS. EAT 1/2TABLESPOON OF YOGURT OR HEAVY CREAM, OR A SMALL SERVING OF VANILLA ICE CREAM WHEN YOU FEEL THE HEARTBURN SENSATION. DRINK PLENTY OF LIQUIDS, ESPECIALLY WATER, BUT AVOID DRINKING LARGE QUANTITIES OF FLUIDS DURING MEALS.
- AVOID EATING BIG MEALS. INSTEAD, EAT SEVERAL SMALL MEALS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. TAKE YOUR TIME EATING, AND CHEW THOROUGHLY.
- TAKE A CHEWING GUM AFTER EATING. CHEWING GUM STIMULATES THE SALIVARY GLANDS, AND SALIVA CAN HELP NEUTRALISE ACID.
- DO NOT EAT CLOSE TO BEDTIME. GIVE YOURSELF TWO OR THREE HOURS TO DIGEST BEFORE YOU LIE DOWN.
- WHILE PREPARING TO SLEEP, PROP YOUR UPPER BODY UP WITH PILLOWS AND CUSHIONS. ELEVATING YOUR UPPER BODY WILL HELP KEEP YOUR STOMACH ACIDS FROM UPWARD MOVEMENT AND WILL AID YOUR DIGESTION.
- AVOID ANY TIGHTNESS AROUND YOUR WAIST AND TUMMY.
- DO NOT SMOKE - IN ADDITION TO CONTRIBUTING TO A HOST OF SERIOUS PROBLEMS, SMOKING BOOSTS STOMACH ACIDITY.
ASHWATTHASANA (TRAFFIC POSTURE)💟💟💟
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- STAND STRAIGHT ON YOUR YOGA MAT.
- PULL YOUR LEFT ARM UP WHILE INHALING AND SPREAD THE RIGHT ARM TO RIGHT SIDE AT SHOULDER LEVEL.
- HOLD THE BREATH AND STRETCH THE LEFT LEG AS BACK AS POSSIBLE, TRY TO LIFT IT KEEPING MAXIMUM STRAIGHT AT KNEE AND BALANCE YOURSELF.
- HOLD YOUR BREATH KEEPING THE LEFT ARM PULLED TOWARDS SKY AND RIGHT ARM TOWARDS RIGHT SIDE WITH CHEST LIFTED UP.
- COME BACK TO STARTING POSITION WHILE EXHALING GENTLY.
- REPEAT IT ON OTHER SIDE ALSO. IT IS ONE ROUND OF ASHWATTHASANA. TAKE AT LEAST 5 ROUNDS.
- ASHWATTHASANA IS NAMED AFTER PEEPAL TREE WHICH IS CALLED ASHWATTH IN SANSKRIT LANGUAGE. THIS IS THE ONLY TREE THAT GIVES OXYGEN ROUND THE CLOCK. OUR WIDELY SPREAD LEGS, ARMS AND LIFTED CHEST REPRESENT THE WIDELY SPREAD BRANCHES OF PEEPAL TREE.
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