When You Need To Know All About Pregnancy

Congra­tu­la­ti­ons on fin­ding out that you’­re going to be a parent. I’m sure you have a lot of ques­ti­ons when it comes to the care of your body. I know you want to make sure your womb is a safe, nur­tu­ring envi­ron­ment that a baby can real­ly thri­ve in. The­re are several ways to do this. Each step towards a healt­hy pregnan­cy is just as healt­hy as the last. If you’d like your litt­le bund­le to get the best start in life, why not take this advi­se to heart?

First of all, you need to make sure you keep in con­ta­ct with your OBGYN. It’s important for him or her to have access to you so he or she can test for all the many things that can go wrong throughout the sta­ges of pregnan­cy. You’ll need an ultra­sound pret­ty ear­ly on to con­firm that you are in fact pregnant. After the ultra sound, you’ll need lots of blood work to ensu­re that you and your baby are healt­hy. Plus, only your doc­tor will be able to tell you whe­ther or not it is safe to take cer­tain medi­ca­ti­ons while you’­re pregnant. Make sure you dis­c­lo­se all the medi­ca­ti­ons you’­re on befo­re lea­ving the office.

Taking pre­na­tal vit­amins is important to the health of your baby. Did you know that taking Fol­lic Acid during pregnan­cy can pre­vent Spi­na Bifi­da? This is a hor­ri­ble dise­a­se that can cripp­le your baby to the point of him nee­ding assi­s­tance to do simp­le, house­hold tasks. If you’d like to give your baby the best chan­ce at a healt­hy life, then you need to make sure you take all the pre­na­tal vit­amins your doc­tor recom­mends. Now a days they come in gum­mi­es, so you might enjoy that.

You should see your doc­tor if you expe­ri­ence any spot­ting during pregnan­cy. If you see blood, you should­n’t wait. It might be an ear­ly labor, or pos­si­b­ly the start of a mis­car­ria­ge that can be stop­ped. Some­ti­mes blee­ding during pregnan­cy is harm­less, but it’s important to make sure your blee­ding isn’t a sign of trou­ble. A doc­tor should be able to tell whe­ther or not it is a con­cern. If you don’t have access to someo­ne that can dri­ve you to the hos­pi­tal, and are blee­ding more then expec­ted, it is appro­pria­te to call 911. Don’t wait if you’­re blee­ding, get­ting medi­cal atten­ti­on right away could save your baby.

If you’­re having twins, you need to rea­li­ze that gyne­co­lo­gi­cal nur­ses, and peop­le who are not your pri­ma­ry care gyne­co­lo­gist, but are doing the ultra sound don’t know this. It’s important to tell them that they need to look for a second heart beat if you’­re having twins. If not, they’ll just find one heart beat and qui­te. You think this would be infor­ma­ti­on that they’d have writ­ten down some­whe­re, but you’d be sur­pri­sed how many mothers of twins have to tell the per­son loo­king for a heart beat that she’s having a second baby.

I hope you take gre­at care of yourself throughout your pregnan­cy. Remem­ber, you can still work out. A lot of phy­si­ci­ans agree that in shape women have a much easier time to during labor. Eating healt­hy foods will lead to a healt­hi­er baby, and a smoot­her pregnan­cy. You’­re also less likely to gain excess weight if you keep a good diet. I hope you and your baby have many hap­py, healt­hy years tog­e­ther. Don’t stress, it’s bad for you, and it’s bad for the baby. Rela­xa­ti­on, and good medi­cal care is the right way to have a smooth pregnancy.