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Pregnancy Tips : How to Tell You Are Pregnant

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Pregnancy Tips : How to Tell You Are Pregnant

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Pregnancy (latin “graviditas”) is the carrying of one or more offspring, known as a fetus or embryo, inside the uterus of a female. In a pregnancy, there can be multiple gestations, as in the case of twins or triplets. Human pregnancy is the most studied of all mammalian pregnancies. Obstetrics is the surgical field that studies and cares for high risk pregnancy. Midwifery is the non-surgical field that cares for pregnancy and pregnant women.

Childbirth usually occurs about 38 weeks after conception; i.e., approximately 40 weeks from the last normal menstrual period (LNMP) in humans. The World Health Organization defines normal term for delivery as between 37 weeks and 42 weeks. The calculation of this date involves the assumption of a regular 28-day period.

The best way to determine if a woman is pregnant is by having her blood tested, or she can take a home pregnancy test and look for first trimester symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, fatigue, headache and hormonal changes. Wait a week after a missed menstrual period to take a pregnancy test with help from a labor and delivery nurse in this free video on pregnancy and obstetrics.

Nutrition

A balanced, nutritious diet is an important aspect of a healthy pregnancy. Eating a healthy diet, balancing carbohydrates, fat, and proteins, and eating a variety of fruits and vegetables, usually ensures good nutrition. Those whose diets are affected by health issues, religious requirements, or ethical beliefs may choose to consult a health professional for specific advice.

Adequate periconceptional folic acid (also called folate or Vitamin B9) intake has been proven to limit fetal neural tube defects, preventing spina bifida, a very serious birth defect. The neural tube develops during the first 28 days of pregnancy, explaining the necessity to guarantee adequate periconceptional folate intake.Folates (from folia, leaf) are abundant in spinach (fresh, frozen, or canned), and are also found in green vegetables, salads, citrus fruit and melon, chickpeas (i.e. in the form of hummus or falafel), and eggs. In the United States and Canada, most wheat products (flour, noodles) are fortified with folic acid.

Weight gain

Caloric intake must be increased, to ensure proper development of the fetus. The amount of weight gained during pregnancy varies among women. The National Health Service recommends that overall weight gain during the 9 month period for women who start pregnancy with normal weight be 10 to 12 kilograms (22–26 lb). During pregnancy, insufficient weight gain can compromise the health of the fetus. Women with fears of weight gain or with eating disorders may choose to work with a health professional, to ensure that pregnancy does not trigger disordered eating. Likewise, excessive weight gain can pose risks to the woman and the fetus. Women who are prone to being overweight may choose to plan a healthy diet and exercise to help moderate the amount of weight gained.

Immune tolerance

The fetus inside a mother may be viewed as an unusually successful allograft, since it genetically differs from the mother. In the same way, many cases of spontaneous abortion may be described in the same way as maternal transplant rejection.

There is substantial evidence for exposure to partner’s semen as prevention for pre-eclampsia, largely due to the absorption of several immune modulating factors present in seminal fluid.

Drugs in pregnancy

Drugs used during pregnancy can have temporary or permanent effects on the fetus. Therefore many physicians would prefer not to prescribe for pregnant women, the major concern being over teratogenicity of the drugs. This results in inappropriate treatment of pregnant women. Use of drugs in pregnancy is not always wrong. For example, high fever is harmful for the fetus in the early months. Use of paracetamol is better than no treatment at all. Also, diabetes mellitus during pregnancy may need intensive therapy with insulin. Drugs have been classified into categories A,B,C,D and X based on the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) rating system to provide therapeutic guidance based on potential benefits and fetal risks. Drugs like multivitamins that have demonstrated no fetal risks after controlled studies in humans are classified as Category A. On the other hand drugs like thalidomide with proven fetal risks that outweigh all benefits are classified as Category X

Advice:

When you take your gestational diabetes test (around 24-28 weeks) cut back on your sugar/ carbs/ and fruit for like 3-5 days before.  It will help get a more accurate reading and not a false positive- kwim? b/c going back for longer- when you shouldn’t have to sucks lol

Maybe check for anemia- BEFORE you are so far along??? They wait until about 3rd tri and I have a feeling I was before that- b/c I feel better on my supplements.  Its not worth that feeling if I would have known.  1/3 of preggies are- so you might as well check sooner OR eat more Iron so its not a problem!

IF you have to take an Iron supplement- my Dr. recommends the brand “Slow- Fee” You can get it over the counter at any store- even Target.  It release slower in your body and you don’t get the side affects.  I like it much more then others I have taken in the past.  Dont’ take 2 hours before or after you had Calcium.  It also helps to take with Vitamin C so it gets absorbed better.  This goes for taking Iron as in food too- your body absorbs Iron better without Calcium and caffine- which can block absorbtion. . .  Iron is important for you and baby.

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Most diabetics falling short on healthy eating

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Most diabetics falling short on healthy eating

Diabetes mellitus is a disease characterized by persistent hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels), resulting either from inadequate secretion of the hormone insulin, an inadequate response of target cells to insulin, or a combination of these factors. Diabetes is a metabolic disease requiring medical diagnosis, treatment and lifestyle changes.

There are many causes and forms of diabetes known. The three most common patterns of diabetes have been recognized over the last thirty years as type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes (or type 3)[1], although these three “types” of diabetes are more accurately considered patterns of pancreatic failure rather than single diseases. Each type can be produced by a variety of identifiable or yet-to-be-identified causes. There are some patients whose diabetes cannot be easily fit into one of these types, and some who display characteristics of more than one type at the same time.

Most Americans with diabetes are eating too much fat and sodium, and not enough fruits, vegetables, grains and low-fat dairy, a new study suggests.

The results, say researchers, indicate that many people with diabetes may need more education about the importance of nutrition in managing their condition.

Excess weight is one of the major risk factors for type 2 diabetes, a disorder in which the body can no longer properly use the blood sugar-regulating hormone insulin. Diet, exercise and weight loss are key to managing the disorder, and in some cases, weight loss can reverse the condition.

Yet in the new study, researchers found that of nearly 2,800 middle- aged and older U.S. adults with type 2 diabetes, nearly all were exceeding the daily recommended fat intake. When it came to artery-clogging saturated fat, 85 percent were consuming too much.

Similarly, 92 percent of study participants were consuming too much sodium, which can raise blood pressure and contribute to diabetics’ already elevated risks of heart disease and kidney disease. (See related Reuters Health story today.)

The researchers used a number of nutritional yardsticks, including the Food Guide Pyramid and recommendations by the Institute of Medicine. For example, experts recommend that adults get no more than 20 percent to 35 percent of their daily calories from fat, with less than 10 percent coming from saturated fat.

And if most study participants were getting too much of those nutrients, many were also not getting enough of certain healthy foods, the researchers report in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.

Less than half were getting the minimum recommended servings of fruits, vegetables, dairy and grains each day.

“I thought we were going to find people who, because they have a chronic disease, were more educated about and more motivated than the average American to eat healthy, but that’s not the case,” lead researcher Dr. Mara C. Vitolins, of Wake-Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, said in a written statement.

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Fitness – Get Fit For Summer: Weight Training Part 2

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Fitness – Get Fit For Summer: Weight Training Part 2

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Fitness is one type of body that is useful for health. If the body in the fitness divided into a few types of exercise that uses each, namely: 1. 2 weight training. Cardio exercise

Use weight training burden as tools to increase muscle contractions can be included in weight training. Muscles that receive the load will experience pressure to exhaustion Achieving a certain point. Strength training itself can be classified based on the weight Used as:

Body burden: Using your own body weight either as part or the whole body burden
Burden-free: Using free weights such as barbells or halter
Load tool: Using electronic or mechanical device connected to the ballast. The purpose of using this tool as backers is generally easier for users to control the weights.

Strength training can also be distinguished on the basis that will be trained muscles, namely:

Fitness is one type of body that is useful for health. If the body in the fitness divided into several types of exercises that have their uses, namely: 1. 2 weight training. Cardio exercise

Use Weight Training Load as tools to increase the muscle contractions can be included in weight training. Muscles that receive the load will experience pressure until it reaches a certain point of exhaustion. Strength training itself can be classified based on the weight used as:

Weight: using his own body as well as some of the burden and the overall weight
Burden-free: using free weights such as Barbell or dumbbell
Load tools: using electronic or mechanical device connected to the ballast. The purpose of using this tool is generally a proponent that allows users to control the weights.

Strength training can also be distinguished on the basis that will be trained muscles, namely:

Chest muscle: Medically known as the pectoral muscles. Types of weight training which include: push ups, bench press.
The back muscles: is medically known as lattismus muscle. Types of weight training which includes: pull ups, chin ups, bench row, deadlift

Abdominal muscles: is medically known as abdominal muscles. Types of weight training which include: sit up, crunch.

Cardio cardio exercises that are the heart. This exercise is more to increase the heart rate without the use of the load. In general, this exercise is to lose weight or simply maintain good health. Type of cardio exercise is very varied ranging from jogging, swimming, cycling to aerobics.

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