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Nutrients Needed For Women During Pregnancy

Posted by Unknown Thursday, January 17, 2013 0 comments

Pregnancy causes many changes in the mother's body. These changes to the mother's body adjust to the circumstances of her pregnancy. The use of nutrients by the body decreases in the first 4 months of pregnancy so that the body's need for food is also reduced in the first few months of pregnancy.

To be able to feed properly in pregnant women, the changes that occur in pregnancy need to be understood:
1. Calories (Energy)
2. Protein
3. Folate (Folic Acid)
4. Minerals (Iron, Zinc, Calcium)
5. vitamin C
6. vitamin A

The diet during, even before, pregnancy has to be rich in calories, proteins, vitamins & minerals and balanced. The needs vary in the three trimesters. Generally the gestation period in homosapiens (human) is approximately 40 weeks measured from the mother's last menstrual cycle.

Energy - the energy needs of the body increase manifold and are increased by 300 kcals per day. Trimester wise an additional calorie intake is recommended as below:
1st trimester - about 10 kcals/day
2nd trimester - about 90 kcals/day
3rd trimester - about 200 kcals /day.

These calories are needed to cater to the growing demands of the fetus and the mother as well as to accumulate fat stores which act as reserves during lactation and when otherwise needed.

Proteins - Complete and good quality proteins in the form of milk, meat, egg and cheese along with legumes, pulses, nuts and whole grains will help meet the nutritional intake.

Folic acid is very important to prevent macrocytic anaemia and promote normal fetal growth, as it prevents serious birth defects.

Minerals - Calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc, sodium and iodine should be taken during pregnancy. The deficiency of these minerals leads to complications during pregnancy and has adverse effects on the fetus-infant.

A common problem during pregnancy is constipation. Therefore the diet should contain plenty of fibres in the form of whole fruits and vegetables, whole grain cereals, vegetable soups and whole pulses.

Also drink enough water keeps the body hydrated.

The Problem That Is Often Experienced By Pregnant Women

Posted by Unknown Tuesday, January 15, 2013 0 comments

Most women have some problems or difficulties during pregnancy. Keep in mind this is not a dangerous disease for pregnant women and do not worry because this is part of the pregnancy process. These will be presented some problems that often occur in pregnancy.

Vomiting or nausea

Most pregnant women often experience and complain with this problem. The main causes of vomiting sickness is due to the increase in hormones gonadrophin high. But this will not last long, it will expire at the end of the third or fourth month, this hormone is reduced so as to make a pregnant woman feel better.
Vomiting sickness is not a disease, it is a positive symptom of pregnancy. This is normal and natural. Although not harmful to the baby or the pregnancy, but there are certain issues which the obstetrician may recommend you to take a break and drink plenty to avoid dehydration.

Heartburn

Heartburn is a common problem in pregnant women. This problem occurs in the 4th month, but should not be considered as a disease. Because of this heartburn occurs when the baby moves and grows large that puts pressure on the stomach.

Constipation

Another problem that most pregnant women face is constipation. This is due to the hormonal changes that affect the digestive organ function. To overcome this problem every day consume fiber, drink plenty of mineral water, a lot of moving or exercising regularly.

Frequent Urination

This problem can occur because your uterus is growing pressure on your bladder so urine storage limit of normal capacity. This is a very common problem and the use of drugs is not recommended to address this issue until delivery. If you are experiencing urinate too often, to overcome this then eat or drink less sweet, it could also be useful doing Kegel exercises strengthen the pelvic floor muscles.

Prevention and Treatment of Toxoplasmosis

Posted by Unknown Saturday, January 12, 2013 0 comments

In the case of toxoplasmosis prevention is a matter of hygiene, washing hands after handling raw meat to avoid cat feces during yardwork or gardening. Cooking meat at a temperature of at least 66°C or frozen at - 20°C. Keep food from being contaminated by animals or insects home. First trimester pregnant women should be checked regularly in the possibility of infection with Toxoplasma gondii. Treat to prevent miscarriage, stillbirth, or congenital defects.

Until now, the best treatment is a combination of pyrimethamine with trisulfapyrimidine. The combination of the two drugs would synergistically inhibit the cycle p-amino benzoic acid and folic acid cycle. The recommended dose for pyrimethamine is 25-50 mg per day for a month and trisulfapyrimidine dose 2000-6000 mg a day for a month.

Because the side effects of these drugs are leukopenia and thrombocytopenia, it is recommended to add folic acid and yeast during treatment. Trimetoprinm also proved to be effective for the treatment of toxoplasmosis but when compared with the combination of pyrimethamine and trisulfapyrimidine, trimethoprim apparently still losing effectiveness.

Spiramycin is the drug of choice although less effective but less side effects when compared to previous medications. The recommended dose of spiramycin is 2-4 grams a day divided into 2 or 4 feedings. Some researchers advocate the treatment of first-trimester pregnant women with spiramycin 2-3 grams a day for a week or 3 weeks later followed by 2 weeks without medication. Such alternate until healed. Treatment is also aimed at patients with clear clinical symptoms and the infants born to mothers with toxoplasmosis.

Toxoplasmosis: The Zoonotic Disease Pregnant Women Need to Beware

Posted by Unknown Wednesday, January 9, 2013 0 comments

Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease, is a disease in animals that can be transmitted to humans. The disease is caused by Sporozoa known as Toxoplasma gondii, an intracellular parasite that infected many humans and pets. Toxoplasmosis Patients often do not show a clear clinical symptoms, so in determining the diagnosis of the disease toxoplasmosis is often overlooked in everyday medical practice. If the disease toxoplasmosis the third trimesters of pregnant women, it can lead to hidrochephalus, khorioretinitis, deafness or epilepsy.

Toxoplasmosis is usually transmitted from cats or dogs but the disease can also infect other animals such as pigs, cattle, sheep, and other pets. Although common in animals above mentioned disease toxoplasmosis is most commonly found in cats and dogs. For contracting toxoplasmosis does not only happen to people who keep cats or dogs but can also occur in other people who like to eat food from undercooked meat or contaminated vegetables fresh vegetables with toxoplasmosis disease-causing agent.

Today, after the life cycle of toxoplasma found its prevention efforts are expected to more easily done. At this time the diagnosis of toxoplasmosis becomes easier to find because of the IgM or IgG antibodies in the blood of patients. Expected by way of the treatment of this disease diagnosis easier and more perfect, so that treatment can be given a complete recovery for patients toxoplasmosis. In this way it is expected that the incidence of miscarriage, congenital defects and stillbirth caused by the disease can be prevented as early as possible. Ultimately incidence disabilities in children can be avoided and create human resources of a higher quality.
Toxopasmosis is a zoonotic disease that can attack human nature, animals, pets such as wild animals, birds and others. Incidence of toxoplasmosis have been reported from several areas in the world that is very broad geography. A survey of this incident illustrates that toxoplasmosis in an area can be so great that every animal showing symptoms of toxoplasmosis.
In humans the disease toxoplasmosis is often infected through the digestive tract, usually through the medium of food or water contaminated with the agent that causes toxoplasmosis, for example because of drinking cow's milk or eating meat that has not been perfect maturation of the animals infected with the disease toxoplasmosis. The disease is also common in cats that kind of race and color beautiful hairy usually referred to by mink, toxoplasmosis in mink race cats often occur because the food is normally derived from fresh meat (raw) and the remnants of meat from a slaughterhouse.

Pregnancy Exercise to Reduce Anxiety Primigravida in The Third Trimester in The Face of Labor

Posted by Unknown Sunday, January 6, 2013 0 comments

Pregnancy and childbirth is a natural process and cause pain. But many women who feel the pain is more severe than it should because it is heavily influenced by a sense of panic and stress. It is called the fear-tension-pain concept, which led to tensions fear or panic that causes the muscles become stiff and eventually cause pain.

Maternal and perinatal mortality rate is an indicator of the success of health care, especially obstetric and perinatal care. Until now maternal and perinatal mortality is still high. Many factors cause the high maternal mortality rate. One is the emotional state of pregnant women during pregnancy to childbirth.

Fear of childbirth mothers face, especially primigravidae, related to the effect on maternal emotional labor. The first delivery is a feeling of anxiety or psychological conditions unpleasant due to the physiological changes that cause psychological instability. One effort that can be done so that pregnant women can be controlled delivery goes smoothly is to do a pregnancy exercise.

Pregnancy exercise is one of the activities in service during pregnancy or prenatal care that aims to prepare and train the muscles so that they can be optimally used in a normal delivery. When examined further, the actual pregnancy exercise movements contained within the relaxing effect that pregnant women can stabilize emotions. Pregnant women through pregnancy exercise will be taught how to reduce anxiety and reduce fear by physical and mental relaxation, as well as get the information that prepares them to experience what happens during labor and birth.

Wheat Germ and Wheat Bran as Nutrition for Pregnant Women

Posted by Unknown Saturday, January 5, 2013 0 comments

source: wikipedia.org

During pregnancy the daily nutritional requirements (Recommended Daily Dietary Allowances/ RDA) women increased by more than two-fold, such as for example an increased need for folic acid to 400µg/day, where in normal circumstances only 180 µg/day, and other essential nutrients such as vitamin E and unsaturated fatty acids, but it is often difficult to achieve fulfillment. Unsaturated fatty acids are needed for the development of the intelligence of the fetus, infants and young children.

As a result of low intake of vitamin E for pregnant women make at birth often suffer from a deficiency of vitamin E, which can affect the blindness (retinopathy of Prematury), chronic lung problems (bronchopulmonary dysplasia / BPD), hemoragic intra-ventricular, and problems with the nervous system .

One alternative to solving the problems faced by pregnant women to be able to meet the RDA of folic acid, vitamin E, fiber, and unsaturated fatty acids are a byproduct utilization of the wheat milling wheat germ and wheat bran.

Wheat germ contains vitamin E (2642miugram / g), folic acid (5.2 miugram / g) and unsaturated fatty acids (8:18 miugram / g), while wheat bran contains high levels of fiber (55.34%). Production of wheat flour to produce wheat germ and wheat bran respectively 12-14% and 14-16%, or a cumulative production of wheat flour produces byproducts by 28%. Enormous resources far only used for animal feed should be able to make a significant contribution to the increase in nutrients pregnant women.

Myths of Pregnancy

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In Javanese culture during a mother's pregnancy usually loaded such restrictions do not eat spicy, do not drink ice water, do this and do that. You do not worry, most of the 'do not' is a myth for pregnant women. If you are in doubt, just ask the your gynecologist. Here are some myths related to pregnancy.

Pregnant women should not drink ice water, it was feared would big baby in the womb making it difficult birth. In fact, water ice has zero calories. Pregnant women who drink 10 liters of ice water a day during pregnancy was not going to make a big baby in the womb unless the pregnant woman drinking sweet iced tea, iced syrup or enjoy ice mix that has a high calorific value that can lead to maternal obesity.
If pregnant belly rounded so it will deliver a girl, if the pregnant mother's abdomen oval it will give birth to boy.
But in reality, the shape of the stomach is determined fetal position in the womb. If the fetal position elongated, oval shape will look abdomen. Conversely, if the fetus across the abdomen of pregnant women will tend to look wider. Rounded pregnant belly first pregnancy usually occurs because the stomach muscles are still strong.
Do not eat spicy during pregnancy, because they feared the baby later dark and sparse hair. Drink only soy and coconut water so that later the baby clean.
In fact, skin color, and thick or thin hair at birth, or are genetically determined ancestry. Drinking coconut water is good for making your body back in shape but if too often in large quantities, also not good. Likewise with soymilk. As for spicy food, if it is too spicy will cause discomfort in the abdomen, especially if easily queasy.
Pregnant women are prohibited from having sex during pregnancy because it can harm the fetus, especially if done in the first trimester. But in fact, the fetus is protected many layers that protect it from shocks. Still no amniotic fluid and fetal membranes are very tight. As far as the mother feels comfortable, he could still have sex with her husband. Stop having sex if there is a threat of miscarriage in the first trimester, and emerged bleeding. In twin pregnancies, forbidden to have sex in the third trimester.

Pregnant women should throw these myths from the list of worries.

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