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Things You Should Avoid During Pregnancy
Pregnancy is a time where you have to be careful with yourself. Many factors affect the development of a fetus into a healthy child. Whether you like it or not there some activities you should avoid for the sake of your healthy baby. There are pregnancy risks that you have to aware of. To help you knowing what they are, here is some checklist you might want to consider: Don't drink alcohol! You going to jeopardise your baby's development. If you don't want to have low birth weight baby, and having medical problems, better stop drinking once you know that you are pregnant. Don't smoke! Chemical inhaled while smoking may cause premature birth, miscarriage, bleeding, etc. Also it reduced the amount of oxygen that baby receives. What ever you are, don't smoke and avoid second hand smoke. Don't drink coffee. Caffeine in the coffee has been shown to affect fetal heart rates. Caffeine can also increase risk of stretch marks. If you can't stop immediately, try to stop gradually. Don't do too much exercise! No doubt if moderate exercise is helpful for mother's mental state and can increase oxygen flow to the fetus. However, too much exercise can be dangerous. Better you do activities like walking, swimming, and yoga. Don't get near to chemicals substance! Be careful with unnatural chemicals, such as pesticides. If you consume vegetables or fruits, don't forget to wash them. Or remove the outer surface of vegetables or fruit so pesticides which rest on the outside of the vegetable or fruit will be thrown away. Don't consume drugs or herbal remedies that are not prescribed by doctors. What you consume might affect your unborn baby. Don't forget to eat nutritious foods. Good nutrition is crucial to a developing child. At least you consume 400-1000 micrograms of B vitamin (folic acid) which can be taken from leafy vegetables, orange juice, and beans. Don't have multiple sex partners which may lead to birth and pregnancy complications cause by STD's risk. Once you infected by STD, you may have premature baby or low birth baby. Preventing is better than curing. If you can prevent yourself by not doing those kinds of activities, hopefully you going to have a healthy and normal baby. Try to acknowledge this on your first month of pregnant. About the author: Sara Jameson writes her experiences in "The Very Happy Pregnancy: Avoiding Stress and Depression." Check this out http://www.stage-of-pregnancy.info and http://www.earlysign-of-pregnancy.info
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Vaginal Progesterone Gel May Improve Infant Outcomes and Reduce the Rate of Preterm Birth in Women with a Short Cervix in Mid-Pregnancy
For the first time, data show a positive association between the use of vaginal progesterone and infants' overall health at birth. Babies born to women with high-risk pregnancies treated with PROCHIEVE(R) 8% (progesterone gel) appear to be less likely to need intensive care than babies born to mothers treated with placebo, Columbia Laboratories, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBRX) announced today. The data are published in the October issue of Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology (also known as The White Journal), the official publication of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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