Folic Acid : important nutrient in pregnancy

Have you ever heard about anencefali baby?

It must be something we do not expect and of course very sad for the birth. Anencefali baby cause of deficincy of folic acid while pregnancy. Let us learn about folic acid.

Folic acid (also known as Vitamin B9 or folacin) and folate (natural form) is a soluble vitamin B9 in the water. Vitamin B9 is essential for various body functions ranging from nukleotid to remetilasi homocysteine synthesis. This vitamin is especially important during the period of cell division and growth. Children and adults need folic acid to produce red blood cells and prevent anemia. Folate and folic acid gets its name from the Latin word folium (leaf). Folic acid deficiency is very influential in the development of the nervous system of the main fetal brain and spine.

Sweat Gland and your baby

 You feel nauseous because smelling the smell of sweat and even smell the sweat of your own husband? Sometimes it can happen in the first trimester of pregnancy and at the same premises you in your period of morning sickness. Let us see whether the sweat glands.

All babies in general do not have body odor, but a characteristic odor or known as 'milky'. But sooner or later someone may have body odor. Naturally the human body has 2.6 million sweat glands which release sweat every day. If someone makes a physical activity such as exercise, the sweat which issued will be more. Body odor released by the sweat called bromhidrosis.As quoted from HowStuffWorks, Sunday (29/08/2010) does not fully sweat causes body odor, because the bacteria that live on the skin of a person also contribute to the emergence of body odor. The bacteria that play a role in the case of body odor is being produced and appear after a person enters puberty. Age of puberty every person is different between men and women, and allegedly also influenced by race.
The human body has two sweat glands, the sweat glands Eccrine and apocrine sweat glands.Apocrine sweat glands.Sweat glands are located in the root of hair and fatty acids, proteins and thicker compared with Eccrine sweat glands. These glands are not removed to cool the body, but released when a person feels under pressure (emotional stress, physical stress and sexual arousal). Bacteria in the body will be attracted to fatty acids and proteins in the sweat released by the apocrine sweat glands. During bacterial processing of this substance, then the bacteria would produce a byproduct that causes body odor.Eccrine sweat glands.These sweat glands contain mostly water and salt and is part of the air conditioning system of the body, such as evaporation to keep the body cool. The baby's body must remain cool, so that this gland has begun to work long before the children reach puberty.Either of two types of perspiration glands in the skin. Eccrine sweat glands, controlled by the sympathetic nervous system, use evaporation to cool the skin by secreting water Pls body temperature rises. Apocrine sweat glands, usually associated with hair follicles, are concentrated in the underarms and genital region. Starting at Puberty, hormones stimulate Them to continuously secrete a fatty sweat. Certain specialized glands, Such as mammary glands and wax-secreting glands of the ear canal, probably developed from this type of gland.

When to form sweat glands on our baby? Apparently the second month of pregnancy, exactly six weeks.

Exercise to reinforce your heart

In early pregnancy,you need to do any exercise. To reinforce your heart, you need to do aerobic exercise 3 times in a week. Do it about 15-20 minutes with medium intensity. Lower your exercise intensity if you feel tired. This aerobic exercise can be walking, riding a bicycle, swimming or aerobic with low impact. Don't start to do exercise/sport you never did before you consult to your doctor.
But you must take care and stay save during do your exercise in your pregnancy time.

How if you take a little movement such crunch, bow, and stepping in place.

You can try this one to be apart of your exercise during pregnancy: 
Sleep on your back with knees bent two. Put your hands behind your head. Contract your abdominal muscles, relax the muscles of the buttocks, so that the belt remains attached to the floor. In that position lift head, neck and shoulders off the floor. rotate right shoulder toward your left knee, the hips remain on the floor. repeat with the opposite movement. This exercise strengthens the abdominal muscles.

OK, perhaps you have your own coach.
So,now you can do your exercise during your pregnancy time to keep healthy, beautiful and happy.

Still look beautiful in your pregnancy

 In early pregnancy, especially start from second month of pregnancy, there are changes in woman's body. And so there is perhaps happen to your skin and your face. Because of hormonal changes, perhaps you will have acne on your face, change color of your skin and in your hair, too.

Don't be afraid. You can do something for this. And you must remember this will not last forever and you must be careful to face it. Why? Because you can not take skin cream as free as when you were not pregnant. I advice you to visit your doctor before take any cream to "fight" the changes in your skin.

Acne usually occur in first trimester of pregnancy. Increasing of estrogen hormone in pregnancy can trigger acne on your face.
Pregnancy mask is the name of changes of the color of your skin, become darker. This hyperpigmentation will causing melasma that will layers that will descent dark/blackish at cheek, forehead and nose.
Another hyperpigmentation may occur on areola mammae (around the nipple),armpit,genitalia, thighs and belly button.
On pregnant woman's stomach will will arise a straight line which extend from the navel to the pubic.This called as linea nigra. Usually arise at woman with dark skin.
Hyperpigmentation in pregnancy will disappear until one year.

So, what should you do to maintaining your beautiful skin through the changes of your pregnancy?
Here is the clue:

• Check your face cream you used to use before you pregnant. If need,consult to your dermatology and ask if this cream safe for your pregnancy.
• Leave bar soap and use liquid soap. While get pregnant, woman usually have their skin becomes more dry.
• Keep your skin clear care.
• Use fruit and vegetables as your beauty mask.
• Apply a moisturizing cream specially for your belly to keep it moist and avoid from stretch mark.

 OK, keep beautiful and healthy in your pregnancy!

How I cope morning sickness in my pregnancy

Almost all woman in this world 'suffer' from morning sickness during pregnancy. Morning sickness occur perhaps related to hormonal change after fertilization. Fortunately I only have not so heavy morning sickness so I can go to my office to do my work. But sometimes, during my work time I felt nausea. Not hard but sometimes made me felt discomfort.

I know perhaps you have your own "recipe' or perhaps your doctor give you medication to face morning sickness. But let me share to you what I did to cope my morning sickness.

First I told to myself that morning sickness is not a disease so I might not be afraid. And I told to myself that morning sickness is not go through along my pregnancy, it will disappear when my pregnancy get older. This perhaps can make me calm and strong enough to "fight" morning sickness (:-))
When I woke up in the morning I asked my servant to made me warm and little bit sweet. Cracker two pieces. Before I went to bed at night time I ate some food, little. Because my doctor dais that I must avoid large food, I did it. I almost could not ate any food than crackers,nuts and fruits, my doctor said OK so I only took that food during my morning sickness "battle".But I avoid the sour fruits it will cause my stomach felt discomfort. I took little milk, too.
My doctor g\prescribe me B6 vitamin so I drunk it, too.
Also I asked my husband to not use any perfume because it made my nausea "beating" me.

That's all. I am happy now I am free from morning sickness because my daughter now is ten years old (:-)). But my experience during my pregnancy is unforgetable.

Feel stressed in Your Pregnancy?

 Almost all woman feel confuse facing her early pregnancy. Don.t know what to do,worry, but happy,too. Step into month two of pregnancy, many change in pregnant woman's body giving discomfort feeling for some women. My friend told me, that she felt like many problems seemed to pursue her. She started to not focus to her work, less passionate, nausea, back pain, even difficult to sleep. All what my friend felt perhaps because she has stressed.

If you have that symptoms, too you should speak with husband or family. There may be problems that need to be resolved together. Say, you need support to face this pregnancy. You have to have positive thinking and you need to relax. You can take a walk in the garden or come to village close to you (if any) then enjoy the view. Or if you have enough time, take yoga

Besides, you can do this following methods to relax:

• Try to sit back and close your eyes.Release all the tension on your muscle.Start end of the thigh, thigh, back, neck to face. Slowly, breath through your nose. Empty your mind or imagine things that can calm you down. For example, you are in the cool mountainous area or quiet beach.Repeat untill 10-20 minutes.
• Inhale slowly through your nose, pushing your belly outward gently. Calculate to count of four and release the existing tension in the shoulders and neck. Exhale slowly while counting to count the sixth. Repeat several times until you feel relax.

OK, I hope this will help.

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"woven" by the end of week four

Some people think that if a pregnant women still in early months of pregnancy, the fetus is not have "life" perhaps must think it twice. Especially if they have effort to abortion,...
Do you know? At the end of week four, the heart of fetus is performed.Even start beating!
In additional,also began to set up the bone of the neck, jaw, enen perform hands and feet. Although they were still bud and very small, bus has started teh process of metabolism as in other living.

Therefore, in this periods and the months ahead when the baby's development hindered by the presence of disturbances such as chemicals, drugs, alcohol and so on, can cause defects in baby future. Fortunately me because when I felt unfit or there was influenza I came to my docyor and ask as if I could eat any prescription/drug solde in store. But my doctor said I must be careful and wise to aet any food and even drugs while I was pregnant because it can cause a "damage" for fetal development.

I think there is a "life" in a pregnant woman's body. No matter how old is the pregnancy, no matter we can not do a communication to the fetus, no matter what happen in this world and troubles around us. I think we can start to appreciate to every life around us, also a fetus that may now exist in your uterus!

Do you agrre with me?

Little dizziness in my 4 week pregnancy

Coming in my 4 week of pregnancy, I became feel unfit. pain in my stomach, dizziness, tired,... I asked to my obstetrician, he examine me and said that at week 4 of pregnancy a woman perhaps already  started feel the symptoms of pregnancy. He said it was a natural, because there was a change in my body causing of my pregnancy. There was a tiny creature which resulted in various changes that affect my vitality. Include felt cramp in my stomach and the changed in my breast.

In this 4 week of pregnancy, a group of newly implanted cells grow rapidly, developing and clustering. Cell group is divided into two parts. One become placenta, other become a fetus. Cells plated also formed which developed into a specific part of the baby's part body later. There are three layer in it: ectodermic layer, endodermic layer and mesodermic layer. Amniotic sac and amniotic channel begins to form and also the yolk sac is visible. The yolk sac will further develope intothe baby's digestive tract. There many change in fetus. At the end of this week we may get positive result with test pack.

My obstetrician told me that in this week I must avoid all kinds of drugs include the herbal and natural, too. Unless advised by my obstetrician. He said that many drugs and suplements or food that were safe to eat when I was not pregnant, it could be bad for my baby in my pregnancy. My obstetrician prescibe me folic acid. He said I needed it for my pregnancy because folic acid helps in preventing the occurrence of defects in the developing baby that may occur in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

What happen in third week of our pregnancy?

In our early pregnancy there is no change in our body shape. Our friend if we not say, not know yet about our pregnancy. But, in fact, in this third week of our pregnancy, our baby start to perform.

What happen? Listen. In this time fertilization has occurred, followed by change of fertilization cell (zygot). The cell then divide into hundreds of similar cells that was originally only a dot into the ball shape that continuing activities in its body.

What formation are being formatted in third week? Many! Perhaps you will amazed if you know that in this third week our baby going to be, start to croched the body organ. Yes, indeed just a mold, but it show us That there is life there has been. Our baby going to be start to mold skin, central nervous system,anus, tooth enamel, and some other organ. They perform ectodermic plate. And from mesodermic plate will mold heart, pancreas, lung digestive,bladder and urinary tract. While from endodermic plate will mold bone, muscle, vessel, blood cells, reproductive organs, kidney, and lever.

How great this nature, more is The Creature!

When will the baby to be born?

This question often occure in my mind when I got my pregnancy. Because this will affect to my activities schedule and made me arranged when would I went for shopping baby clothes, when would to take leave from my work.
It is important to calculate when will your baby delivered. Why it is important? Because approximate date of birth will ensure you and obstetrician than your pregnancy development is normal where fetal development is normal accordance with the age of your pregnancy, and surely will make you can make good planning and preparation of birth.
Estimate date of birth can be calculated from the first day of las menstrual, based in the calculation of the pregnancy is over 280 days or 40 weeks or 9 months and 7 days.

There is a formula used to determine the approximate birth, his name Neegle formula, but formula is valid only for women 28-day menstrual cycle. Approximate / estimated deliveries made under the age of 40 weeks gestation because of research found that 90% of women experience labor at 40 weeks gestation. The formula is simple, which fall on the first day of last period plus 7, month and year minus 3 plus 1. So if the first day of mother's last menstrual period is 28/05/2010, then the estimate of labor (28 +7) / (5-3) / (2010 +1) -> 35/2/2011; since February 2009 does not have a date 35, then the correction to be relegated to the next month is March, so the estimated birth mother is (35-28) march of 7 March 2009. Month of gestation is enough time in the range of 38-41 weeks, so the approximate birth mothers can go back 2 weeks or 1 week from that date.

How conception occur

We know every babies start with conception.The conception may happen in of uterus or out of uterus . If it happen out of uterus, may be the pregnancy outside uterus than can cause a danger.
Conception process need ovum(egg cell) and spermatozoa. It only need one ovum and one spermatozoa. Each menstrual cycle,a women usually produce only one ovum, while in one cc sperm contain million of spermatozoa.
Ovum and spermatozoa will fuse and then become one cell but experience process on and on in this new cell. This new create then called as zygote.This zygote then grow and become fetus and finally a baby for you.
The zygote will produce a human Chorionic Gonadotrofin hormon. This hormone then can detect in pregnant woman's urine.That's why we can check pregnancy by pregnant women's urine.
In my first and early pregnancy, after I knew my menstrual was delayed, I wait until about 1 month before I took the test. Why? Because I was afraid if pregnancy I've waiting for was not occur.And I got the answer was YES!
The conception may occur out of uterus. This called ad ectopic pregnancy. This happen because when journey to uterus, the fertilized ovum in the fallopian ampulla blocked. That can caused by infection such as hyposalphingitis or other cause as hypoplasi of uterus, not perfect post operative tubal sterilization,endometriosis and so on.

twins baby

My friend have twin children. I know it is a busy to take care of them. But my friend happy with that. No wonder it happen to her because she is a twin, too.
My doctor said, it only 1 of 80 pregnancy that deliver twin baby. If your family have a story of twin birth,, especially if there are many twins in your family,you potentially  to get bigger to twin baby.
There are two kind of twin. Identical twin and non identical twin.
Identical twin is twin from one ovum, and non identical twin (called fraternal twin,too) is from two ovum.What is the difference? Identical twin is produced when ovum being fertilized and split into two parts, where each part grows into a baby. Identical twin looks very similar each other because they come from one ovum. Identical twin live share one placenta together, and usually have the same sex, too.
Non identical twin appear when two ovum fertilized by two spermatozoas. Non identical twin have posiblelity three times bigger than identical twin. Each fetus have their own placenta. So that's why non identical twin usually have different sex and physically looks not similar at all.
Twin can occur not because of hereditary. It may happen while you eat certain substance like fertility drugs.This happen perhaps because the ovum being accelerated. This perhaps because the ovaries can produce ovum an was given fertility drug. Then the mature ovum at the same time can be considerable, even up to two,three,four,five,six,...wow!

Exercise During Pregnancy Time

In my pregnancy, sometimes I take exercise. Jogging, volley ball, kegel and ride a bicycle.
It is because I had a fit body and normal pregnancy.
And if you want to do that so,surely you can do your exercise while you pregnant. First time before you take your exercise , ask your doctor about this. Because your doctor know your condition. Remember not every body have the same condition.

Pregnancy Cost

The title is not good, is it? I don't talk about value, but about cost. Yes, a pregnancy need everything to make it goes right and save.
Pregnancy need money. Believe me. All what you pay in your pregnancy, it not as much as you get then when the first time you see your beloved baby. It's too cheap if you compare with the happiness, thankful mind around you.
From the poor family until the rich one, a pregnancy can be 'something'. A grace, a burden, or ...anything it is. A pregnancy have a cost.
Only if you agree, a financial fit can minimize turmoils at the expectant mother. Or it only happen to me because I felt I must have a good financial enough as I knew I was pregnant.
So, what money can do to me at my pregnancy?

Early Pregnancy

In my first pregnancy, I felt so unsure. Stay away from family who can give advises about how to caring my pregnancy, hit a 'helpless feeling' to me. So many questions stay in my mind. Although I have  health education back ground it's not then made me felt ready about my first pregnancy.
Let me tell you. In my early pregnancy I needed to know how to overcome my feelings (happy but worry), I needed an older woman who talked to me about how about her pregnancy  was. Felt being protected, understood, fulfilled, reck,...are most needed for me.

Touching Pregnancy

Doubt about your body now? Sure about your pregnancy? Is it really you got pregnant? I am sure, you know if you are  pregnant.  But, some women not sure about her body. This happen because  do not know or do not understand about the signs of pregnancy. Signs of pregnancy that I mean here is what any experienced by a woman while pregnant or before will be pregnant.

Not infrequently the woman does not know and do not realize that she is pregnant. To say a woman was pregnant, it is necessary to advance the study of subjective and objective datas found on the woman. Subjective data means anything that is felt or by women who are pregnant or often referred with symptoms of pregnancy while. Objective data is anything that can be observed by others in a woman who is pregnant or is often termed a sign of pregnancy. Signs of pregnancy itself subdivided into a sign of pregnancy is uncertain and definite sign of pregnancy.

Become Pregnant

Every woman in this world, almost can not deny, dream about having a baby. That means having a pregnancy. A happy and healthy pregnancy is most wanted.
I remember the time I got my pregnancy. After waiting for months, finally my pregnancy test show the result I've waiting for. Two red lines on it! Yes, my life as a 'perfect woman' started.
I start to reading books,magazines, listening to my friends' stories when they pregnant,talking to my family, asking to my doctor many things about pregnancy.
I am not joking I have a big family, I have 7 sisters and 4 brother. Perhaps that's why i was not afraid of became pregnant. My mother was 62 years old so she could not protected me much, my father was gone two years before I got pregnant, but my husband always stay close to me for my help.
Fortunately I have a family that not coerce me to follow the traditional behavior in pregnancy. In traditionally following my culture, a pregnant woman should eat a fruit called parijoto (Medinella speciosa L)  that taste not so good instead to get a beautiful baby if it is a girl and a handsome baby if it is a boy. My friend who pregnant today still consume this fruit and try to get parijoto (by her husband) on the top of Muria Kudus Mountain.
My days, my activity then changed but not suddenly.I still went for work, shopping, little exercises,and even playing volley ball. Felt happy I was so I almost never worried about my changing.
In my first pregnancy, I fetl comfort and happy.