Archive for May, 2010
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With these trends in our recent lifestyle, most women do not get all the nutrition their bodies need.
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How much more of adding another human being within themselves?
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That’s why it is a smart idea to start taking prenatal vitamins while on the stage of planning to have a baby.
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Look for Folic acid as it is very important for pregnancy. Taking it early before and during pregnancy helps a lot in preventing neuro tube defects in the developing embryos.
Instant foods offer quick preparations. Most prefer those that are labeled with everything in it is low calorie.
When time comes that the body becomes weak and brain can’t function so well, they go for caffeine and sugar containing foods to stimulate the brain.
In short, instead of providing the brain with the nutrient it needs, it receives the foods that will stress it as opposed to nourishing it.
The first trimester is very important since it’s the period where the major vital organs of the baby are developed. It is the time when rapid cell division and growth occur.
It is true that there are foods which we can derive folic acid. But, the question is if we get the right amount our body needs. Every woman getting ready to be pregnant should take 400 micrograms (400 mcg or 0.4 mg) of folic acid daily. During pregnancy, the dosage should be increased to at least 600 mcg. However, some doctors may recommend 1000 mcg.
So, why take chances on your food intake and not sure of the amount of folic acid content? Give yourself the best and baby deserves!
Here is to your health-
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March of Dimes videos and DVDs are available for presentation on your closed-circuit TV, digital and/or on-demand systems. For licensing information, please contact productquestions@marchofdimes.com or 914-997-4781. www.marchofdimes.com Dr. Siobhan Dolan walks you through a prenatal care exam and how to find good prenatal care near you.
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>Grapefruit seed extract is a natural antibiotic used for many different types of skin ailments. It is a powerful ingredient to aid in the healing of skin damage. Grapefruit seed extract helps to restore damaged collagen and elastin, which strengthens and re-textures the skin.
As collagen and elastin are responsible for the skins elasticity, improving and stimulating production of the connective tissue cells will prevent skin from tearing and thus prevent the formation of stretch marks. The condition of the skins connective tissue also dictates how well the skin contracts after pregnancy. So not only does this compound improve the condition of your stretching skin, after the delivery it will also aid in the contraction of your skin to its previous appearance.
>DL-Penthenol is the scientific name for pro-vitamin B5. It has healing properties on damaged skin as it works to improve the structure of both the lower and upper skin layers. DL-Panthenol soothes skin while stimulating cell growth and differentiation.
This ingredient aids in the regeneration of the skin, therefore aiding in reducing the appearance of existing stretch marks by replacing the scar tissue with new skin cells. It also acts to prevent stretch marks by promoting collagen and elastin production, which allows your skin to stretch without rupturing and causing stretch marks.
>Vitamin A is an essential vitamin and is best known for having positive effects on vision. However Vitamin A is just as much important to the largest organ; the skin.
Clinical studies have shown vitamin A to have properties that block the absorption of harmful UVA and UVB rays, as well as a stimulating effect on cell regeneration. It has been clinically shown to improve the appearance of striae (stretch marks) and regulate epidermal (skin) cell growth.
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*How do you use the ball in labor?* If you are sitting on the ball it is important that your legs are open wide and your feet are on the outside edge of the ball(the same width as if you were sitting backwards on a chair or backwards on the toilet). This helps keep your pelvic outlet wide. Because you are sitting on the ball the inside of your pelvis can relax because it is not working to hold you up like when you stand. You can make hip circles as we already talked about. You can also do pelvic tilts and release (this moves the babys head between pubic bone and tailbone) and can help the baby wiggle down onto the cervix. Tipping the hips side to side shifts weight on the sit bones and this helps the baby wiggle down if they seem to be stuck on one side of the pelvis or other. I have had many students say they spend the last two weeks before their due date and lots of time in labor just moving their pelvis around until they feel what feels like the whole of the babys top of the head on the cervix. You can bring the ball about a foot out in front of you and on your knees, hold onto opposite elbows and place arms and maybe chest on the ball for a variation of cat so that baby is gravity neutral. Or if you want to be gravity plus you can bring the ball right up to you and drape yourself over it with your big toes together and sitting back on your heels (in a upraised pose of a child). It is very comforting to just rock side to side and it is a gentle way to move the baby …
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