Probably never a woman does not hear as many tips during pregnancy. Everyone is trying to share their experiences and tell us what to eat, how to sleep, and what kind of life to lead. What advice is not worth listening to?
Pregnancy - a magical time filled with not only joy, but also a constant feelings and concerns for the baby. A woman who expects the first-born, often do not know how the advice should not believe, and which have no evidence base and is transmitted from "mouth to mouth", because people are so used to. What advice you need to turn a deaf ear to keep your nerves?
Pregnancy is not a disease. Of course, a pregnant woman should not all the time just lying on the couch and eat, but like it or not, you must adapt to the "special" status and adjust your lifestyle. A pregnant woman can not carry out the usual amount of work, because it quickly gets tired, she completely different metabolic processes take place, and no one will cancel toxemia and poor health. So do not get to live the usual life as a woman needs more time to rest and sleep, and to end of pregnancy big belly and the load on the body and does lead to the fact that the image of a woman's life It is changing. Share responsibility, do not be afraid to ask for help, and do plenty of rest and walk in the fresh air.
Pregnant dangerous to fly. These are all myths and pugalki for pregnant women, you can fly, and it is not dangerous it all depends on gestational age and health status. Airlines sometimes deny services to women at the extreme stages of pregnancy, because they want to protect themselves from possible birth on board the aircraft that carries certain risks to both mother and child. Furthermore, it should be careful and be sure before flying to consult a physician for pregnant women who have: high blood pressure, diabetes, the risk of premature birth. The ideal and most comfortable travel is considered the second trimester of pregnancy.
Pregnant women should not drink coffee. Most often, these prejudices are linked to the fact that coffee contains caffeine, and he allegedly negative and stimulant effect on the nervous system of the child. But do not forget that caffeine is contained not only in coffee but also in tea, cola, black chocolate. A cup of coffee contains 70 to 90 mg of caffeine, and the permissible daily norm for pregnant women to 200 mg, so a cup of latte a pregnant woman does not hurt.
With the tone of the uterus is an urgent need to go to the preservation. In the West, the diagnosis "the tone of the uterus," simply does not exist, because the uterus - a muscular organ and occasionally be in good shape to be natural. Are considered important indicators of cervical length and internal os, if everything is in order (if there is no opening) She will need to get plenty of rest and do not overexert, but lay in a hospital bed, and drink no cure sense.
Men do not understand all the "pregnant" features. It turns out the future father also experiencing symptoms similar to those that a pregnant woman feels. This phenomenon is referred to as symptomatic pregnant partner and the man can also suffer from morning sickness and mood swings, in addition, It proved that a man during a woman's pregnancy hormonal changes, testosterone levels decrease and prolactin, on the contrary, increases. According to scientists, it prepares a man waking from the father's role.
It can not be vaccinated against influenza. This is a myth, as the harm from suffering a flu for mother and baby will be much more than from the get vaccinated. The only thing there are some recommendations:
- can be vaccinated at 2 and 3 trimester;
- vaccines with dead virus;
- quality vaccines;
- vaccinated only being healthy.
Giving birth is very painful. Every woman has a pain threshold that is what determines how a particular woman will hurt. In addition, a woman's body during childbirth produces endorphins - natural pain reliever that was not painful shock. So that pain in childbirth every woman can endure, in addition, there are many techniques, postures and breathing exercises to help reduce pain in childbirth.
After the birth partner a man loses interest in his wife and leaves the family. Forcing a man to go to give birth, if he is against, at least silly. Also, do not go for partnerships childbirth if your husband instead of wanting to feel a sense of duty, it's no good will not. But if this is your joint decision and a man wants to help you and be there at the crucial moment, it is, on the contrary, only strengthen the family. In the end, went out on the stage a man can get, then it certainly will not hurt the psyche.
From prolonged breastfeeding breasts sag. If this is your third or fourth child, then this fact is the case, but if you become a mother for the first time, then you should not be afraid of it. In most cases, after about half a year after the completion of the feeding, the breasts restored accumulated adipose tissue, and they are no less beautiful and resilient than before pregnancy. In many ways, the state of the chest bad habits affect women after birth: smoking, unhealthy eating habits. But we should not lose and genetics as well as flexibility and the ability to restore the breast depends on genes.
While it is impossible to get pregnant breast-feed. Probably most pogodok came into being precisely because of this myth. Indeed, in the first few months until the normal hormonal balance, there is a restoration after childbirth and lactation is established, ovulation is suppressed, but after 9 weeks of this method ineffective. Every woman's cycle is restored in different ways, have someone start month after month after giving birth, and someone in 2 years, only after breastfeeding. But always remember that the first ovulation occurs before menarche.
Also be sure to ask about why it is necessary to do glucose tolerance test during pregnancy
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