Are You Pregnant Ready, Mother?

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Ideally pregnancy is planned before, even when it was planned a year before conception. For the couple it's good to prepare the emotional side each to become parents. Then have your body to pregnant?

To prepare for pregnancy is a good idea to visit a doctor where a couple later guided ginecologycally to be pregnant as soon as possible.

Contraceptives you use
If couple use pills, doctors will recommend to stop the consumption of these pills. This will enable the system to improve reproductive cycle menstruasi normal before conception - so the ovulation time where the condition of women in a very fertile will easily determined. When cessationof pill initercourse should not occured on the fertile period is only until the normal cycle menstruasi on the mother so that conception occurs only at the most appropriate period.

Whether the mother has been vaccinated?
Smallpox infection, rubella and hepatitis type B is very harmful to the fetus in the womb. If mothers do not complete the immunization list, you should immediately do so, at least a month or more before conception plan.

Whether the mother has a special medical condition?
If the mother has a chronic disease that must be considered specifically as diabetes, asthma or high blood pressure, then this chronic condition can be controlled before and during conception. Doctors recommend that mothers can do to a certain therapy treatment before pregnancy occurs. Doctors will also immediately explain special conditions that must be awared in pregnant period later.

Whether mothers are consuming any medications or supplements?
Tell the doctor about your medication therapy if you are in the middle of therapy series or your herbal supplements. So the doctor can recommend a change dose or stop treatment or supplements that you are consumed before. Usually copule recommended to consume vitamin. Why you should as soon as this? Tuba neuralis (humans tube) fetus - which later becomes the brain and spinal nerve fetus-form since the first month of pregnancy, perhaps even before the mother realized that her pregnancy. For the pre-pregnancy vitamin is an ultimate way to protect the growth of tuba neuralis.

Are you vulnerable to sexually transmitted disease?
Sexually transmitted diseases increase the risk of miscarriage, such as the occurrence of ectopic pregnancy/pregnancy outside the uterus where the egg mother cell that has been fertilized will embedded outside the womb or other pregnancy complications. If couple includes or vulnerable to sexually transmitted diseases, will usually be advisable to do thorough inspections and special therapy.

Is there a family history of certain medical conditions?
Sometimes the family health history is important information to detect possible harm that can be derived on the genetic fetus. Uterus so that doctors can perform genetic testing before conception occurs.

How old are you, mother?
Above the age of 35 years will increase the risk of pregnancy. Risk of pregnancy can include miscarriage, chromosome aberration and premature birth. Some of the specific disease such as diabetes that normally experienced women aged above 35 years must also be awared. Usually doctor will give the actual solutions that are specific so that pregnancy can also occur in the best condition.

Whether maternal lifestyle support health pregnancy?
Discuss with your doctor the actual condition of health as the most optimal choice Feed food, sports and keep the stress low. If the mother has excess body weight doctor would recommend to immediately reduce the weight before conception. Also important to avoid alcohol and drugs abuse. Similarly, if the mother is an active smoker.

How do I pair with lifestyle?
Try to consult to obstetricians physician together as a couple. Health of each pair is very important including health history of each pair so that all risk factors that may later be faced can be minimalized.

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Facts About Pregnancy and Thyroid

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Thyroid gland is located in the middle bottom of the neck. Although small, this produces thyroid hormones which affect every cell, organ and network throughout the body. This hormone will set throbbing body metabolism that will generate energy for the body from oxygen and nutrients and affects the function of the body such as the critical level of energy and tap the heart. Pregnancy is one of the results.

• During pregnancy, thyroid hormone would produce 50 percent more than that of the woman who is not pregnant
• During pregnancy thyroid will raise 10 to 15 percent (normal weight ranges between 15 to 20 grams)
• Hypothyroid probability (lack of hormones tiroid) increased during pregnancy compared to women not pregnant

Goitre, the mother and fetus

In the 10 to 12 the first week of pregnancy, the needs of tiroid hormones tor fetus depends entirely on the mother.

• At the end of the first trimester, fetus thyroid hormone is able to produce for themselves.
• Even though the fetus is still depending on the mother to meet the needs iodine fetus as an important element for making hormones tiroid.
• During pregnancy, the needs of iodine is very important for the establishment and development of the fetus brain.
• During pregnancy the mother must continue to increase the supply of iodine to produce hormones tiroid and ensure adequate iodine is available for the fetus
• During pregnancy, mothers are advised to consume a daily vitamin that contains 150 μg (read: microgram) iodine in the form of potasium iodine (thyroid recommendations from the American Association).

Statisics indicate that not less than 2.2 billion population of the world experiencing iodine deficiency, and this is one of the causes of mental retardation.

Hypothyroid

Hypotiroidisme/hypothyroid is a condition where the thyroid gland does not produce enough hormones and symptoms that arise, among others, fatigue, depression, often forget, is not tolerant of cold, constipation and dry out the skin.

• Handling hypotyroid in pregnant women with the same woman who is not pregnant, such as the consumption of thyroid synthetic hormones, Synthetic levothyroxine (T4) is usually obtained from the dried thyroid gland from animal-gland thyroid
• Due to the nature of the treatment hypothyroid throughout the ages, before the pregnancy, the mother should consult a doctor to get the dose of the right T4
• Mother with T4 therapy is pregnant should increase the dose of general consumption, especially the first trimester on until at least 50 percent.
• Hypothyroid on pregnant women who do not enough medication can lead to miscarriage, premature birth and a decrease in IQ in the fetus.
• Children / babies born with congenital hypothyroid (without thyroid gland on birth) usually will not develop normal, if not identified and handled immediately.
• In the United States, all infants born through the need to review thyroid to see if he has a congenital aberration thyroid so that therapy can be determined earlier to prevent the occurrence of retardasi / decrease in metal children.
• Eight to ten percent of mothers suffering from postpartum suspected thyoriditis that occurred in the first 12 months after the birth which occurred hyperthyroid followed by a hypothyroid 2-3 days later and then gradually to normal.

Hyperthyroidisme

Hyperthyroidisme/hyperthyroid is a condition in which the gland produces too much hormone. Symptoms are caused, among others, trembling, eye irritation, tired muscles, a decrease in body weight that is not controlled, and sleep disturbances of vision problem.

• Hyperthyroid will be difficult to detect in pregnant women because the symptoms and be difficult with the normal pregnancy
• Graves disease is one hyperthyroid type, is a disease estimated autoimun/a kind of allergy. This disease including the genetic disease or a derived/inherited. Clinical symptoms of the disease is grave sweat a lot, like the cold, often pulsatile, both hands often tremble, rapid pulse is a consequence of hyperthyroidisme.
• Mother pregnant with Graves disease will usually be required to reduce the therapy received during pregnancy.
• Handling the missing top hyperthyroid before birth can cause serious complications and the time as "preclampsia".

Examination of Thyroid disease during pregnancy

American thyroid Association recommends inspections at the women with high risk as below before or during pregnancy:

• Mother / woman with a history of disease thyroid / mumps or never perform surgery tiroid
• Mother / woman with a family history had suffered from mumps
• Mother's / women who carry antibody thyroid
• Mother / women with symptoms of clinical hyperthyroid or hypothyroid
• Mother / women with type 1 diabetes
• Mother / female difference with mumps
• Mother / woman with a deviation autoimun
• Mother / woman who is not fertile / infertile
• Mother's / women who have to do radiation therapy on the head or neck
• Mother / woman with a history of miscarriage or premature birth

A simple blood test is the first step in diagnosis. From there, the doctor can suggest what should be the next step. Remember that thyroid disease is very common, and in the experienced paramedics, a disease that causes the excess/lack of hormones thyroid can be easily treated and diagnosed.

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Baby Movement Count

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Many pregnant women feel out of the birth of the patient himself forward on the last weeks of third trimester. Even mothers often feel the movement of the baby in the womb. Movements can be perceived start week 18 to 25 pregnancies. For the first pregnancy, the movement is felt when pregnancy enter 25 weeks, and for the second or third pregnancy may at the age of 18 weeks a small movement can be felt.

For several weeks it may be difficult to distinguish between the movement of the baby or not (indirection), but then you will find the pattern of movement. Then the mother will learn to distinguish itself in the womb if the baby is asleep or are moving, when it was most active and triggered the activity.

Given the movement in the womb the baby may indeed help the mother when there is a marked change significantly with the baby. Try to take time each day while the baby is active when engaged in the womb with his kick, tumble or hand movement. This activity will be able to help mothers to identify potential problems that may occur and can help the birth at the right time. Therefore, it is highly recommended for mothers with high risk pregnancy to monitor the movement and the baby starts to 28 days.

Make this event a moment that you wait for

Generally the mother will feel the baby move very active after eating or swallow sweet, drink a cold or after physical activity. Sometimes active period occurred between the hours of 9 pm and 1 am as a result of sugar in the blood are low. Take a moment to calculate the movement of the baby will help you rileks and also strengthens the relationship between emotions and the baby's mother. Some pregnant women prefer to sit, rest and hold the back and stomach. Sometimes mothers are also more comfortable lie to the left that are important to effectively monitor the movement of the baby. Lie to the left also allows the best circulation that will make the baby move more actively.

Calculate the movement

There are many ways the movement of the baby in the womb, and there are a number of opinions of how much the amount of movement your baby at a time. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist (ACOG) recommend that the mother of to calculate the time required to do ten baby movement (backlash, friction, and the brunt of all the movement). Ideally the mother will feel 10 movements in two hours or less.

In making a recording, try to write the minutes during the first three movements, each movement mark that you feel movement until ten minutes and record the movement time to reach ten. Notes the movement will help the mother and baby's movement pattern, determine the time for the ten normal baby movements. Important note is that distortions of the normal pattern of movement is felt.

When looking for help / to see a doctor?

• If the mother does not feel the full backlash 10 for up to two hours after the first motion passed, wait a few minutes and do count again. After trying to calculate the second time the mother does not feel 10 movements in 2 hours, you should immediately consult a doctor.
• If the mother finds a significant detour from the pattern of movement for 3 to 4 days.

Example of calculating a movement baby
Week-28
Monday 9:00 xxxxxxxxxx 9:32 Total: 32 mins
Tuesday 12:00 Xxxxxxxxxx 12:45 Total: 45 minutes
Wednesday 9:00 xxxxxxxxxx 10:00 Total: 1 hour
Thursday 9:00 xxxxxxxxxx 11:15 Total: 2 hrs 15 mins
(Example change significantly the pattern of movement. If the mother noted this change, the alert and to immediately consult a doctor).

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Diabetes Affecting Quality of Women's Sexual Life

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Approximately one third of women who suffered from type 1 diabetes is estimated to have difficulty in intimate relations with a spouse, as the latest research. The research found that the depression became key factors in the woman who caused a problem in her life seksual. Although in men the same things happen but does not cause a significant result.

Research published in the journal Diabetes Care involving 652 women with diabetes type 1. After 10 years and the respondents fill out questionnaires and undergo physical examination, psychological evaluation and laboratory tests. "35 percent classified as suffering sexual dysfunction", said Dr. Paul Enzlin from the University of Leuven Belgium.

Problems that are reported include loss of appetite (57 percent), problems with orgasme 51 percent, lack of pelumasan 47 percent, 38 percent reduction in the stimulus and painful 21 percent.

In the initial analysis sexual dysfunction related to aging, not married, post-menopause, blood circulation problems and depression. After the research was only depression and marital status are related specifically to the occurrence of sexual dysfunction.

Enzlin and his team concludse, "women with type 1 diabetes should regularly seek solutions on the symptoms of depression, sexual dysfuction and her sexual satisfaction."

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Daddy in Delivery Room

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Previously the role of father at the baby birth is just hope and wait anxiously in the waiting room filled with cigarette smoke. But time passed and the tradition begin shifts. When this (potential) role of the father prosecuted actively assist the process of birth.

Some fathers, particularly those awaiting the birth of first child, will generally have a sense of worry and a more uncertain and does not see his wife when tega pain during childbirth. Please, please also worried prospective father often descend. There are also fears that the father if he does not hold in the maternity room and even cause a shameful incident, such as fainting in the maternity room.

In fact what the role of fathers in the maternity room indeed? According to many of the father, not a lot of active role that fathers can do. The main function of the father in the maternity room to give the main sense of calm in the capital and the labor process usually help set the rhythm of contraction experienced by the mother. Therefore if your father is a type of simple nervous, following some of the things you can do to help you overcome the problem.

Acknowledge yourself.
Fears and concerns you is because your ignorance. Try to be involved in the pregnancy with his wife partake actively seek informai about everything about pregnancy and the problem. Also follow if the wife take the prospective mother-class education. Andapun can ask the doctor about the pregnancy situation wife. The more you know you are, the more comfortable you accompany his wife giving birth.

Discuss with the other.
His wife is also entitled to know what you feel and why, this will reveal what actually desired by the wife during the birth process. To remember that this discussion has a critical point which do not arise until that ketidakinginan assist you in the room as maternity passivity on your wife or your baby.

Clarify the role.
If you do not have a problem in the maternity room, you need to clarify the role of space in your clothes later. Maybe you want to immortalize precious moments birth of your child? Talk with your wife, you make sure that he will accompany the birth, just may not be exactly as you hope his wife.

Be quiet.
No matter seberapapun inquietude awaiting the birth of you, your willingness to support his wife in a small tote soon will overcome everything. Therefore Be calm and stay focused.

Ask for assistance.
If you worry too alone in the room or the clothes you will only be felt with the birth of the future, please ask your brother's wife or friend to accompany you in the maternity room.

Exchange experiences with friends.
Take time to exchange experiences as well as draw on the knowledge that your friend never accompanies his wife giving birth. Perhaps they can give advice on your concerns and how to overcome the chaos when you see your wife giving birth. Perhaps they will recount their experiences of emotional, exhausting, incredible, boring, frightening that appear simultaneously. And that they usually will not recommend to spend the most precious moment of it.

Of course supportif attitude and support you, the wife akan akan more calm during the process of birth in the maternity room. But when the last time you really do not feel strong does not impose itself, still waiting on the outside will be better. Remember that your involvement in the process of birth akan add emotional ties in your family, and that it is very useful in the future.

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Stay Healthy After Delivery

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Post-birth, the mother usually busy activity by the baby. Some mothers also worried about the body condition (who gain weight) during pregnancy. Here ... there are a few tips from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist which can be practiced before you make a small exercise program after delivery.

• Start the sports low impact, especially when you didn’t have enough exercise during pregnancy.
• Sports always begins with the warming-up and end with cooling-down.
• Select adequate support bra for sport.
• Select walk as the beginning of the program. You also can bring your baby with you.
• Slowly increase your sports program from jast walk to the more.
• Consider joining a special sports classes for mothers after the birth (usually held in a hospital).
• Or join a fitness center nearby, which provides programs for young mothers.

However, post-birth mother still not recommended for sport too much, which usually the mother who wanted her body back to its original shape. There are some marks on the body of the mother suggests that too much exercise according to the American Council on Excercise.

• The difficulty in achieving normal level as before.
• Feeling does not focus
• Body recovery last longer than before pregnancy
• Faster heart rate (in the morning) but normal blood pressure
• Lack of appetite
• Headache and muscular pain
• stomach problems
• More frequent ill, bone or muscle injury
• Sleeping problems.

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