Showing posts with label pregnant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pregnant. Show all posts

Thursday, 2 December 2010

5 tips for travelling while pregnant

Being pregnant is a great feeling. Pregnant women’s feel very lucky to carry their beautiful child in their womb. For most women, who have started to undertaking in mood swings, would like to go on a holiday with their partner.




Traveling while pregnant can be unsafe if you take a few safety measures and keep it in mind to avoid dangers as far as possible while being pregnant. Here is the advice for pregnant women on traveling while pregnant.
  1. It is very significant not to travel after 36 weeks of pregnancy. Traveling while pregnant before the third semester will only boost the chances of miscarriage. It will also make you more level to motion sickness.
  2. Before traveling while pregnant, it is safer and better if you get yourself immune to deadly diseases which might be harmful to you and the child inside your womb.
  3. Most important advice for pregnant women is to keep drinking a lot of water, especially if you are roaming by flight. It is said that pregnant women get dried out when they fly due to less humidity level.
  4. Traveling while pregnant can make you feel troubled, so it is important to sit in a seat where you will feel relaxed. If you are traveling by air, book a seat where you have good place to extend your legs. If you are traveling by car, see to it that your legs are not cramp, good circulation of blood flow should be in the legs.
  5. When you are traveling for long distances and for hours and suggestion for pregnant women is to take normal intervals. Do not sit all the time, make sure that you take breaks to walk to the restroom or take a small walk after you eat something more. If you are traveling by car, stop the car for regular intervals and stretch your limbs for good circulation.

Thursday, 14 October 2010

ACOG says, Don’t Smoke during Pregnancy

If you are smoke while you are pregnant, you are exposing the baby to a host of damaging chemicals, including carbon monoxide, tar and nicotine, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The ACOG says smoking during pregnancy can guide to these medical problems:


  • An ectopic pregnancy.
  • Bleeding.
  • Complications with the attachment of the placenta to the uterus.
  • Stillbirth.
  • A baby with a low birth weight.

Friday, 27 August 2010

Food Better Than Supplements for Cancer Prevention: Texas Expert


Nutritional supplements are popular among Americans but people need to educate themselves and use concern when using these products to try to decrease their risk of cancer, says a University of Texas expert.
"Researchers are still hesitant about whether or not minerals, herbs and other plants taken in pill, capsule, tablet or liquid form in fact prevent cancer," Sally Scroggs, health education manager at the Cancer Prevention Center at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Medical Center, said in a news discharge from the center.
Vitamins E and C, for example, were found not to prevent cancer in the large-scale Women's Health Study and the Physicians' Health revision II. Result from other studies suggest that some supplements may actually increase cancer risk by disturbing the balance of nutrients in the body.
"If you eat lots of vegetables, fruits, whole grains and beans, you must get the nutrients, including fiber, vitamins and minerals, your body needs to lower your chances of getting diseases like cancer," Scroggs said. "Taking a pill can't restore a healthy diet."
She recommended eating plenty of foods loaded with cancer-fighting nutrients such as beta-carotene, selenium, lycopene, resveratrol and vitamins A, C and E.
This includes women who are pregnant or breast-feeding; people at risk for vitamin D deficiency or osteoporosis; and people at risk for B-12 deficiency, including those aged 50 and older and vegans who devour no animal products.
Scroggs finished that if you're considering taking supplements, consult with a doctor or registered dietician first.