“Nutrition and Pregnancy - A Healthy Lifestyle For You and Your Baby” plus 4 more

Nutrition and Pregnancy - A Healthy Lifestyle For You and Your Baby
5 Healthy Natural Tips For an Easy Birth
How to Become Pregnant - 3 Mistakes You Should Avoid If You Want to Get Pregnant
Early Signs of Pregnancy
Infertility Cures - Demystifying Infertility and Infertility Cures

Nutrition and Pregnancy - A Healthy Lifestyle For You and Your Baby

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 08:44 AM PDT

When it comes to nutrition and pregnancy, these are just a small sample of facts you need to know about you and your unborn babies' nutrition needs.

During pregnancy, as the baby grows its way through the trimesters, what nutrition to take becomes vitally important to both you and baby. Making this knowledge available to you is something that every mother should have. After all, this little bundle of joy is the most important part of your world.

It is necessary to eat a variety of foods that are of great benefit to both of you. This is not only to maintain general health but is also useful for preparing to breastfeed.

In these times where the body is going through some major changes, Nutrition and pregnancy must go hand in hand. Certain foods have certain benefits, ie:

Folate supplements for the first trimester will help reduce the risk of defects such as spina bifida. B Vitamins are essential for cell growth and reproduction. These come in food sources such as fresh fruit and green leaf plants. Did you know that during your second trimester your nutrition intake should increase by 2500 calories per day? That means eating the foods mentioned above in larger portions, along with plenty of fiber and some vitamin supplements.

To significantly improve nutrition during your pregnancy, taking a quality fish oil supplement can have an extremely beneficial effect on both the mother and unborn baby. Did you know that it is estimated that 85% of pregnant women are deficient in Omega 3?

Calcium is SO important to the growth of the fetal skeleton, doctors recommend 1000mg a day to ensure the mineralization process is at its optimum. On top of this you have to ensure you are getting enough vitamin D as this is what ensures the absorption of calcium.

There are so many things you need to and should know about nutrition and pregnancy, including all the benefits different food types can give you. It does sound a bit daunting. What makes sense at the end of the day though is that it is really what we should all be looking after all the time... Our health.

Although burgers are tempting from time to time, (or even more often), its all about balance and knowledge of what foods do for our bodies (and consequently our minds). Every different food we eat has a different effect on us. Knowing what they do is a great thing to arm ourselves with, none more so than when our children are involved.

Handy tidbits of info:

*A mother's blood volume increases around 50% during pregnancy.
*Too much or too little weight gain during pregnancy can affect the mother and unborn child.
*Dieting is not recommended during pregnancy, not even for overweight and obese mothers.

There is a step-by-step guide available on how to care for yourself and your baby to ensure a totally healthy life for you both.

5 Healthy Natural Tips For an Easy Birth

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 08:40 AM PDT

During labor:

1.Perineum Massage in the delivery room: the midwife is the person who will perform the perineum massage when the baby's head comes out. Prepare a bottle of almond and vitamin E oil. Make sure the bottle is already open so it will be ready when needed. Let the doctor know that you were practicing and preparing the perineum for giving birth and ask for the midwife to massage you with the oil you brought.

After labor:

2.homeopathic treatment- Arnica and Calendula : these two are homeopathic remedies that are known to be curing after a traumatic incident. Arnika's main physical treatment is that it strengthens the blood vessels; it takes care of bruises and hematoma. Its mental aspect is that it helps to get out of depression. After giving birth it helps the uterus go back to its normal size, it stops extra bleeding; it helps relieving swelling and pain and prevents infection. Arnica can help you heal the tears that often happen after giving birth...

Arnica that is taken before and after giving birth is in a sense a great insurance against muscles pain, uterus infection and edema infection that happens after sewing if you need to be cut to help the baby get out.

Giving birth is a traumatic situation and it leaves its mark on the body muscles and uterus. Arnica reduces the bleeding in the blood vessels of the mother and also of the baby. Remember that the baby is also having a traumatic experience while coming out. He has hypodermis hematoma on its head, the arnica is a magical medication for him, it will absorb the blood quickly and will reduce the bleeding.

You should start taking The medicine when the contraction begins, every 3-4 hours.

After giving birth you should keep taking it twice a day for two weeks.

For more information, and for being sure that you buy the best products, consult an experienced homeopath.

Calendula - first and foremost calendula is the first aid in homeopathic therapy. Thanks to its sterilizing quality it prevents infections and encourages renewed growth of the tissues.

Drip 5-7 drops of calendula solution and some arnica leafs to a hot bath. you can also make a bottle of water and fill it with the drops and leafs and use after every time you visit the bathroom

3.Stitch treatment with honey: mix together- half spoon honey with 4 drops of lavender oil and the inside of a vitamin E capsule.

Spread directly on the stitched. This will help healing the area faster and relieve the pain.

4.Rosemary water: after giving birth it is very important to keep the vagina area clean all the time. After every time going to the bathroom the area must be washed. Rosemary is known to have disinfecting and antioxidant influence. It also has antibacterial quality. Rosemary has also a calming effect and it helps relieving the pain.

Rosemary water is simply rosemary leafs that were boiled with water, after cooling down you filter the water to a bottle, this way you get pure water with no leafs in it. The bottle you keep in the bathroom and use each time after urinating.

5.Dryness and breasts wound as a result of nursing: use vitamin E oil to soften the skin. This will heal the fractures that appear to many woman.

These are only tips, you would be advised to consult a doctor before trying them. For the specific treatments ask the appropriate professional.

How to Become Pregnant - 3 Mistakes You Should Avoid If You Want to Get Pregnant

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 08:04 AM PDT

After months of trying to get pregnant, you're probably feeling frustrated and disheartened. We do some things so often and routinely that we may not realize that those are the very things keeping us from getting pregnant. This article will show you a few ways on how to become pregnant by avoiding common mistakes.

1. If you are currently smoking, drinking or using drugs, it is important that you stop immediately as these factors may contribute to your inability to get pregnant. You should also avoid secondhand smoking as well as prescription medications. In addition to these bad habits, what you consume on a daily basis may lower your chances of getting pregnant.

2. A major no-no for women who are trying to get pregnant is the consumption of caffeine. With a Starbucks in every street corner, caffeine is something most of us consume on a daily basis, completely unaware that it interferes with our ability to conceive. Yet, it is important that women who are trying to get pregnant avoid drinking coffee, tea, sodas, etc. Not only do we have to be aware of what we eat and drink, but did you know that certain things we use can also cause make it harder for us to get pregnant?

3. Certain common household products like all-purpose cleaners, bug sprays and air fresheners can contribute to the reasons that some women are not able to get pregnant. Yet, we are exposed to these chemicals every day without being aware of the damage they are causing. It is recommended that commercial cleaners be replaced by natural organic ones if possible when trying to conceive.

These are only a few of the reasons that may affect your ability to conceive.

Early Signs of Pregnancy

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 06:27 AM PDT

There are many hints of being able to tell pregnancy in its early onset. There are different indications for every woman. One or more may apply to a person and there may be varying signs each time a woman gets pregnant. Reading through the several symptoms below will help.

The most obvious sign is missing a menstrual period. It especially holds true to those who have regular periods. However, for some women, delays in their period may be caused by several factors. Some of these are ailments, stress/fatigue, reaction to medicines or some food products and/or hormonal imbalance.

Another early indication is spotting or implantation bleeding. The fertilized egg implanting itself in the uterus sets this off. It is normally colored pink or red, sometimes brown. The spotting may be sometimes mistaken as the first-day period discharge. However, it does not carry on into a heavier flow as menstruation would. This sign presents itself three to six days after fertilization.

Increased body temperature is also one of the early pregnancy signs to watch out for. This increase in body temperature normally begins at the period of ovulation and carries on before the menstrual period starts. A prolonged higher body temperature way into the day that the menstrual period should begin may be early signs too.

A pregnant woman may also experience more frequent urination in a day at the early stages of infanticipating. Adjustments of the uterus to accommodate the fertilized egg apply pressure to the bladder. So, a pregnant woman may experience this for the whole nine months. Hormonal changes also cause this common source of discomfort for expectant mothers.

Dizziness and/or nausea, commonly known as "morning sickness," are also among the early indications. This takes place a month later, after the pregnancy has begun. Though it is called "morning sickness," an expectant mother may experience dizziness and/or nausea in the afternoon or evening as well. In fact, some would experience it the whole day.

A number of women observe that they prefer some foods or strange combinations of certain foods more than others at the first trimester. Several foods and odors disliked may even trigger nausea to certain expectant mothers. These cravings were explained to be caused by the hormonal changes in the body. Another reason is that the body may be requiring particular nutrients found in these foods being craved for.

Heartburn or constipation is one more common early sign. Swelling of the uterus, applying pressure to the stomach and other organs, causes this. Hormonal changes that cause slowing down of food digestion and absorption is also reason for constipation.

Mood swings and irritability are also early indicators. Emotional adjustment among pregnant woman is one normal phase that she undergoes. Changes in the body, heightened hormonal production, discomforts caused by these changes and the responsibility being put to a soon-to-be mother are rather good reasons to cause mood swings and irritability.

Among these other signs, it can also be detected early through weight gain and bloating. A feeling of tenderness of the breasts and the nipples also occurs. Darkening of the areolas or the area surrounding the nipples also typically takes place. This is a normal condition with expectant mothers.

A woman may use home pregnancy test kit. It is best done after a day or two that the menstrual period is missed. If the test shows a negative result, it is advised to retry after a number of days to be sure. Of course, conclusive pregnancy test results can be done in hospitals and clinics. Nevertheless, there are home pregnancy test kits of high quality and give reliable findings.

Prenatal care with a trusted doctor is recommended for expectant mothers. It is the preeminent thing to do so that a woman can deal with the discomforts gracefully. Certainly, keeping the baby healthy is one main objective of this process.

Infertility Cures - Demystifying Infertility and Infertility Cures

Posted: 08 Sep 2009 06:07 AM PDT

Infertility is diagnosed only after a couple has tried for at least one full year to conceive with no positive results. Only after this year has passed will a doctor begin the extensive testing required to find the cause of a couple's infertility and any potential infertility cure. As is often the case no primary reason can be found for a couple's infertility and they are left with an ambiguous diagnosis of something like "infertility due to unknown etiology."

This type of infertility diagnoses would be extremely devastating to most couples. How can they fix something that even the doctors can diagnose?

All hope is NOT lost! With the rapid advancement in science and testing procedures we are coming closer and closer to eliminating such diagnoses' from medicine. In the meantime, there ARE things that you can do to find your own infertility cures, get pregnant and deliver a healthy baby to love and cherish for a life time.

The many physical causes of infertility, from low sperm count in men to a tipped uterus in women can often be reversed with surgery and drug treatments. For those who still can't conceive, despite the best medical care there are still options. Natural infertility treatments have proven to be just as effective - and in many cases more effective - as surgery and drugs.

* We all know that alcohol is not good during pregnancy. Did you know that it also reduces your chances of conceiving? For both men and women?

* Environmental factors also play a huge role in some couples inability to conceive. A prime example of this is PCB, which is still found in many of our lakes fish. Fish that you buy in the grocery store or catch in your local waters. While the levels may not be high enough to cause illness they are a known cause of infertility. Beware!

* Smoking AND secondary smoke have an adverse affect on a woman's ability to conceive - and these adverse affects include a woman's partner as well. Cigarette smoke accelerates egg loss and is known to bring on menopause at an earlier date. According to the American Society For Reproductive Medicine, men who smoke usually have a lower sperm count, less active sperm and more defective sperm.

So far we've discovered three common elements that can cause an inability to conceive - but what about the infertility cures? Obviously, you will want to stop smoking and ask others to refrain from smoking around you. You will want to be very careful about what fish you consume. (You WANT fish - just make sure it's healthy fish). You will also want to eliminate or greatly reduce your alcohol consumption when trying to get pregnant.