Nutrition During Pregnancy

Pregnancy is the period when many women develop cravings for food at some point of the time. Some of the most popular cravings in women are for salty or sweet foods, while a few have reported cravings for spicy or fatty foods.

An expecting mother’s diet is very important during pregnancy as this decides the healthiness of the baby, and when born should have a minimum of approximately 25 pounds during birth. Other eating nutritional food that are required during pregnancy will include protein, iron and calcium rich food and avoiding or minimizing drugs like caffeine, alcohol and nicotine.

Reasons for Food Cravings During Pregnancy

There are very many reasons why women experience cravings for food during pregnancy and the simplest explanation is that the body is working twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week for growing the baby healthily. Some of these cravings are because of the requirement of the body for additional calories of energy required during pregnancy.

Other reasons for cravings will include nutritional deficiencies, as vegetarians will experience unusual cravings for steak and red meat, while this could be a symbol for need of iron.

Many other women will like to have that food that they would otherwise would not have touched. There are not very many reasons for the strong sensitivity to cravings amongst pregnant woman and no scientific basis has been given.

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Exercising During Pregnancy

The most common question that bothers women is whether they can continue to exercise during pregnancy? Whether they can still maintain their daily routine to remain fit even after carrying an additional weight in their wombs?

Whether they can still care to enjoy their earlier freedom? An answer to this rests on the medical advice which is of the opinion that women can surely continue to exercise with ease provided they are not rigorous in nature.

But before undertaking such exercises women need to consult their physicians to acquire knowledge of the benefits & ill-effects of the same.

Benefits of Exercising During Pregnancy

Continuing your normal routine of exercise during pregnancy sooths your mind and comforts you by releasing endorphins, thereby revitalising your energy

Physical Comfortness is Ensured by

• Toning & strengthening the hip,back and thigh muscles.

• Speeding up the intestinal movement which reduces constipation.

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With the innovation of new tampon introduced by RepHresh Brilliant pH Tampons which clinically Proves the reduction of ph increase during the menstrual period of woman which helps to protect the feminine during this time.

Traditionally tampons were used to simply absorb and retain the menstrual fluids but with the introduction of RepHresh Brilliant pH Tampons which is an excellent absorbent and leak protector not only serves the traditional purposes of tampon but also decreases the ph.

The ph which consist of two acids, Citric Acid and L-lactide measures the acidity content in the vaginal environment. During a woman’s period it rises to 7.4 ph of blood which is “between 3.5 to 4.5” during normal days. These acids are non irritating and natural which heps to reduce the ph increase during the period times.

Until now tampon were not designed in the way which would help to reduce this ph increase. It was than traditionally designed for protection, to reduce leakage, and most importantly for the comfort and convenience of the woman.

Now this new tampon will support woman’s body to maintain the pH reduction throughout the tampon usage period. The ph content of the menstrual fluid is higher than a normal vaginal ph which will keep these fluids inside the body and reduce its level.

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Early Pregnancy Signs

Early signs of pregnancy vary from individuals and many may have one or two of the symptoms and others may have many early pregnancy signs. These early signs cause one to know that she is pregnant. Normally, when one conceives, the fertilization commences and the fertilized egg takes some seven to ten days to fix the fertilized egg in the uterus. As soon as the fertilized egg attaches to the uterus, the early signs of pregnancy start. It is remarkable when pregnancy commences, the hormone level of the body changes itself and the pregnant woman reacts to these changes. The early signs of pregnancy help the pregnant woman in taking care of the child even from the beginning. But it is unfortunate some of the women do not have any of the early signs of pregnancy leading to lack of prenatal care.

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Many women are not feeling or realize any signs of pregnancy up to two to three months. Though they may have some very early signs, they are common to pregnancy and for other diseases also and hence they ignore these symptoms as for pregnancy. But there are some symptoms prominent and only they are related to pregnancy only.

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Gestational Diabetes

If a pregnant woman when not diagnosed for diabetes prior to pregnancy have high blood glucose level during her pregnancy is called gestational diabetes mellitus-GDM. Otherwise it can be defined as a metabolic disorder that occurs during the last of stage of pregnancy.

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)

There are no specific symptoms for gestational diabetes mellitus GDM, but have certain symptoms which is diagnosed during screening. About 3 to 10 percent of the pregnant women affected by GDM. But the percentage of affection is increasing day by day. There is no specific cause for GDM. The exact cause is not known yet. But it is commonly described as the production of hormones and the modified levels of hormones cause increase in resistance to insulin. This in turn causes the impaired glucose tolerance level.

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When a pregnant mother has GDM, babies are at the risk of delivery complications due to increased body weight and size, low blood sugar as soon as born and jaundice. However this condition is treatable when detected earlier.

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