Pregnancy : Causes And Effects

Pregnant women need to eat more nutrients such as calcium, folate, and iron. When a pregnant women diets they have to get all the major food groups that all have an important purpose in making the woman and baby healthy. Like grains are a good source of energy, fruits and vegetables have antioxidants, fiber, and water containing plus fat containing vitamins, meats, nuts, and legumes provide your body with protein, folate, and iron, and dairy products are great source of calcium and vitamin D. They have to eat a wide variety of the food groups. You can also eat your favorite foods but you have to balance between your favorite foods and healthy foods. Protein is critical for ensuring the proper growth of fetal tissue, it also helps with breast

During pregnancy women's body undergo a lot of physical transformations. While some of the physical changes like weight gain and extended belly are pretty obvious some other changes are not physically recognizable like morning sickness and enlarged uterus. Women are ready for most of these changes but there are some unexpected bodily changes that can take them by surprise. Here we are going to detail what all body changes women can expect during pregnancy.

While you step into the twelfth week of pregnancy, you would be advised yet once more to stay away from any kind of toxins and maintain the healthy diet and lifestyle that has been prescribed to you already.

When working in a nursery you have to be aware that all the children’s nutritional requirements as well as making sure that these are being met. What this means is that we should always ensure that we are providing them with a balanced and diverse diet which meets the governments guidelines. We should provide children with a diet that is based around the Eat Well Plate this consists on Carbohydrates such as bread, pasta, rice etc. Dairy, like Cheese, Milk, Butter, Protein such as Chicken, Beef, Turkey, etc. Fruit and Vegetables and finally Fats the portion size for fat is much more smaller then all of the other areas on the plate as there not that good for our bodies and they don’t really of offer many nutritional benefits and they can sometimes

Make sure the better care of your self during the first trimester. This is the time when you need to be fit emotionally and physically both. Talk to your friends and the member of the family to be emotionally fit and for the physical fitness intake

1.1 Explain the pattren of developments in the first three years of life and the skills typically acquired at each stage.

Reducing the risk of fetal mortality, infant mortality, and stillbirth, is the goal of Healthy People 2020. Recommending the following to have a healthy pregnancy such as having a healthy weight, not to use illegal drugs, getting vaccinated, taking prenatal and or during pregnancy vitamins, managing any chronic conditions prior of having a baby, having recommended screening test and controlling diabetes.

Being knowledgeable with infant nutrition is important, it just simply means that you’re on board with making sure your baby is getting enough nutrients during his first year of life. These nutrients are calories that are made up of protein, fats, vitamins, and minerals. Making sure your baby has good nutrition can help him stay healthy and protect him against risk of any diseases. Although, every infant is different, your baby may need more or less of the items in each food group as he continues to grow and develop. For instance, did you know that the only recommended nourishment an infant should be receiving at the age of 0-3 months old and until they are 4-6 months old is through breast milk or infant formula? This is important to know because anything other than breast milk or formula at this infant age can hinder their development and growth. Once an infant reaches 4-6 months old, rice infant cereal should be the only grain suggested and introduced, along with pureed fruit, at approximately 1/4-1/2 cup per serving. In addition, giving an infant extra water for hydrating purposes is not necessary during the ages 0-5 months; because most infants get the water they need from breast milk, formula, or juices. However, it is recommended that an infant at 6-9 months of age, and as he/she is more active and able to sit up on his/her own, should begin to decrease the amount in formula and

Taking care of your health is essential not only for your own personal benefit but also to the well being of your growing baby. The importance of a healthy diet and exercise cannot be more critical during the pregnancy and postpartum stages of a woman's life. There are few changes that alter a woman's life hormonally, physically, and mentally. So that you can better be prepared for these experiences, I have prepared a healthy activity list below that I

Did you know that diet plays a major role in baby's growth and development? The principles of healthy eating are the same during preconception period as well as pregnancy; the amount depends on your height, weight, physical activity and due date. The focus should be plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean protein and healthy fats. The important nutrients needed for a healthy maternal and fetal outcome are folic acid, iron, calcium, Vitamin D and protein.

Being pregnant for the first time has made me aware of a phenomenon that I am convinced only a pregnant woman can truly understand. I call it “the open-season-on-pregnant-women syndrome,” for lack of a better name. Early in my pregnancy, my older sister warned me that having a baby is not the private affair I had always assumed it would be. Despite millions of years of babies, the idea of a new life is still fascinating enough to make even strangers want to share in the excitement and responsibility. To put it simply, the pregnant woman, and her fetus, are public domain.

It is better to start your baby on fortified cereals first and gradually add fruits, veggies ad meats one food at a time. Always mash the foods well initially, you can serve your baby mashed sweet potato, banana, peach, apple sauce.

The final stage of the food diversification process begins in the tenth month, when the baby should have 3 regular and consistent meals every day that are based on vegetables, eggs, fish, bread, cheese, yogurt, potatoes and rice, just like you were to cook for yourself.

With advances in technology, pregnant women are often able to make decisions about their pregnancies. Nuchal translucency screening tests are used to determine the probability of the fetus having chromosomal abnormalities (Gottfredsdóttir, Björnsdóttir, & Sandall, 2009). Due to these technological advancements, there have been many debates raised in regards to terminating or continuing with the pregnancy if tests indicate abnormalities. In this paper, I will discuss he mental effects of the mother in both abortion and continuing cases, the physical effects in both scenarios as well as their decisions implications for society.

Abstract Introduction: Pregnancy and birth-related complications are leading causes of death among women of reproductive age in developing countries. In 2008 alone, an estimated 358,000 women worldwide died from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth (WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, & World Bank, 2010a). The vast majority of maternal deaths occur in developing countries, where hemorrhage, obstructed labor, eclampsia, abortion, sepsis, and infection are the main causes of pregnancy-related complications (WHO et al., 2010a). Methods: This paper presents secondary analysis of data from the 2010 Afghanistan Mortality Survey (AMS). The AMS, completed in 2010, provides a unique opportunity to assess progress toward achieving improved maternal health and maternal health care, and to examine coverage at the provincial level as well as nationally. Within selected households, all women of age 12-49 who were either usual residents of the household or who slept there the night before the survey were eligible to be interviewed (AMS, 2010). The sample for the AMS was selected using a two-stage stratified selection process, based on the 2011 Afghanistan Population and Housing Census (PHC) sampling frame obtained from the Central Statistics Organization (CSO) (AMS, 2010). Results: The study shows overall progress toward improving coverage of all three maternal health indicators (ANC, deliveries attended by SBAs, and PNC). On average, there has been an increase of roughly 10% in each of the