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Pregnancy brings many changes in a woman’s body. While most of these are normal, some are not. So, knowing about and spotting the red flags early on is good for both the mother and the baby.
10 Pregnancy Warning Signs Which You Should Not Ignore
Here are some warning signs you should look out for.
1. Eyesight Problems and Headaches
Many factors including stress, hormonal changes, and fatigue could be a reason for headaches during pregnancy. A severe headache could be a sign of high blood pressure or preeclampsia (high blood pressure disorder).
You might even experience changes in vision like temporary vision loss, light sensitivity, and blurred vision. These problems might be linked to conditions like preeclampsia or gestational hypertension. Hence, it is important to seek medical attention to protect the health of the baby and the mother.
2. Severe Abdominal Pain
Many women wonder whether abdominal pain is normal during pregnancy. Discomfort related to round ligament pain is usually normal. But if you have pain in the abdomen along with chills or fever, then it might be a very serious problem. During cases like this, it is best to call a doctor right away and get professional advice.
3. Dizziness or Fainting
It’s normal during early pregnancy to feel slightly lightheaded. You might even experience dizziness later during your pregnancy because of conditions like low blood sugar levels or circulation problems. But if there is a persistent feeling of dizziness, i.e. if you feel like fainting or actually do go through it, or if it is combined with many other problems like vaginal bleeding, blurred vision, pain in abdomen, or headaches, consult the doctor so that the problem you have can be treated after identification.
4. Burning Sensation While Urinating or Urge to Urinate Often
If you feel like you have an increased urge to urinate but only a very few drops come out, or if you feel a burning sensation while peeing then this can be a sign of UTI (urinary tract infection). This infection has many other symptoms like chills, fever, or urine with a little blood. Your doctor will be able to diagnose the symptoms and get rid of the bacterial infection to avoid further complications. But remember that frequent urination is a very common side-effect of pregnancy when in both the first and the last trimesters. This is because, as the baby grows, it presses on your bladder.
5. Severe or Persistent Vomiting
Feeling nausea, along with vomiting, is a perfectly normal sign during your first trimester. This is known as “morning sickness”, but this does not mean that it occurs only during the morning. However, if this morning sickness is severe and along with other problems like vomiting blood and dizziness, then it might be a condition called the hyperemesis gravidarum. In this case, you should definitely go to the doctor. Consult your doctor if you experience vomiting after the first trimester to treat nausea.
6. Less or No Movement of the Baby
Women during pregnancies usually feel their babies kicking, fluttering, or turning between 18 to 25 weeks of the pregnancy. During the latter part of the third trimester, you can monitor the movements of the baby. Every day during these weeks, lie down for a while to help you keep track of the time it takes to feel 10 rolls, kicks, or flutters. It takes just a few minutes, but if you do not feel anything for an hour, then lie down again after a light snack. Record these movements on paper. If you feel the movement is absent, or if the baby is not showing movement like before for a few days, then call your doctor to check the progress of the baby.
7. Preterm Uterine Contractions and Vaginal Discharge (before the end of 37 weeks)
Although it is very normal to experience contractions, if these seem to persist or do not stop when you change or move your position and it becomes very regular and painful, then it might be a preterm labour sign. When this is the case, call your doctor as soon as possible.
This is a significant warning sign during pregnancy that occurs in the third trimester. Commonly known as “water breaking”, premature rupture of the membranes might feel like a trickle, uniformly leaking, or a gush of liquid from the vagina before the pregnancy has become full-term. It is best to call your health care provider if you notice this problem. Based on the number of weeks of the pregnancy, your doctor will tell you what you should be doing. When your water breaks once you are full-term, then it is a sign of the start of labour.
8. Vaginal Bleeding, Spotting, or Itching
It is normal to see spotting early on in the pregnancy. This is known as implantation bleeding. But bleeding is also a symptom of cervical infection or placenta previa. Bleeding during the first trimester might also be a sign of miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy. If you are unsure of what it is, then talk to your healthcare provider if you notice bleeding or spotting during the pregnancy.
Severe itching without a rash might be a condition usually called cholestasis. This is a liver condition that happens in late pregnancy. Call your doctor right away if you suffer from extreme itching. Remember, it is completely normal to have itchy skin when you are pregnant. This is because the growth of the baby makes the skin stretch, which makes it become dry and causes places like your breasts, belly, and thighs to itch.
9. Extreme Pain Above the Stomach
If you experience pain under the rib cage (above the stomach), especially with other issues like severe headaches, blurred vision, or nausea, then it is a sign of high blood pressure or preeclampsia. During your prenatal visits, your doctor will usually monitor your blood pressure, but if you feel like there is something wrong, then call your doctor right away.
10. Unusual Weight Gain and Swelling
Unusual and sudden weight gain is connected to a small possibility of preeclampsia. You might notice that this weight gain is accompanied by swelling on the hands and face. Although some swelling on hands and feet is normal during pregnancy, it is still better to monitor it.
If you are currently going through any of these common warning signs during pregnancy, call your doctor right away. If you do not feel right or are in doubt about these warning signs, it is best to consult your healthcare provider or doctor. This way, you will not have to worry about anything, and your problems will be solved immediately.
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References
https://www.health24.com/Parenting/Pregnancy/Five-danger-signs-in-pregnancy-you-should-not-miss-20150402
https://www.pampers.com/en-us/pregnancy/pregnancy-symptoms/article/pregnancy-warning-signs
https://www.webmd.com/baby/features/pregnancy-first-trimester-warning-signs#2
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Common ailments in toddlers which can be managed at home with proper care and few home remedies.
Kids are a bundle of joy but there are days when they are unwell and we turn worried thinking whether to visit the doctor or not? Most of the times the health issues will be minor and can be successfully managed at home with proper care and few homeremedies. What are those health issues? How to cure them? What are those little home remedies which we can follow? Read below
Gas/bloating/colic pain:
This is a very common problem experienced by most of the kids. In babies below 6 months of age you should compulsorily make a habit of burping them after every feed. Be it direct feeding or formula feeding. Burping infants is a must. You can pat the back or gently massage holding them upright. No matter you hear the burp sound or not it helps to release all the trapped gas inside making them calmer and fuss free.
Always keep the medicine, drops which is available for colic/gas handy. Infants usually cry a lot when they are colicky. Just give a few drops of the medicine as prescribed by your physician to settle them calmly.
Once they start solids by the age of 6 months there is no need of burping as they turn active with lot of movements. Still if you feel they are bloated help them with a gentle pat on their back, light belly massage. If needed give the medicine said above. For older babies you can add a pinch of jeera or cinnamon powder to their food preparation which helps in the digestion process.
Spit up and projectile vomiting:
These two are also very common problems. "Spit up" means infants especially spit a small of amount of milk out which is totally normal. It mostly happens when the baby's belly is full and the only way is to put some portion out.
Projectile vomiting is usually seen in a bit older babies. This too happens when they are completely full. Sometimes when they are on solids and eat in a hurry or gulp larger amounts too fast, that time it occurs.
Once they vomit, everything is out. Give few sips of water to drink. Give your routine food after sometime. No need of any kind of medicine.
Constipation:
Very common. Usually when the babies feed much or take less of fibres they experience constipation. Younger infants who are exclusively breastfed can go without passing stools for maximum 5 days too which is totally normal. When the stool is very hard to pass and very little in amount then it shows that the baby is constipated. How to avoid it?
See that your baby is hydrated well. If not breastfeeding, feed the formula milk in the required amount properly. The amount of water and the powder should be always proportionate. In older babies who are fed solids always include ghee or butter in their diet which is very essential for the smooth formation of faeces. Add fibre rich foods in their diet. When constipated take a bit of castor oil or ghee and just apply on their belly button and around the anus. Massage the belly gently. do the cycling moment of the legs in them. If you are giving iron drops and calcium syrup stop for a while and start later. Rice, sweet potato, lentils fruits like bananas, apples, musk melon are bulk producing foods.pp0 great for constipation.
Pricky heat/Rashes/diaper rashes:
Diaper rashes are very common because of the usage of diaper. Rashes in the private area is also common in chubby babies because of more friction between the skin. because of more fat and muscles there will be less gap between the thighs and wherever there are folds in the body parts.
You can apply coconut or pure almond oil before every diaper change. Look for rash creams which contain zinc in it. Use chemical free water wipes.
Prickly heat and rashes are one more problem which is irritating for babies. Skip soaps and any fragranced lotions if applying. Use milk cream, ghee or fine gram flour while bathing. Apply calamine lotion to soothe the area or overall after bath. You can also apply the dermadue cream which is really good.
Slight cold and cough in babies above 6 months:
Sometimes babies may have light, runny nose, bit of cough and appear dull. You can give this homeremedy which i have tried. Take 1 or two leaves of indian mint plant. Its very common everywhere. Its leaves are succulent and has a medicinal smell to it. Extract the juice about 1/2 tsp Add a pinch of jaggery to it and give them twice a day. You can also heat up its leaves a bit or the beetel leaves and place it on your babies's chest. Do it a couple of times. Still if the symptoms persit more than 2 days having fever then consult your doctor.
Teething process:
Teething process is very difficult for a baby. The symptoms come on and off, stay for a few days and vanish. May start as early as 4 months too. Babies in this phase experience irritation, pain in the gums, excessive drooling and loss of appetite. Untill the tooth erupts the symptoms appear and go. What you can do is give a gentle masage to the gums with clean fingers. Give them teethers to chew. If not eating solids give more amount of milk to compensate. Sometimes may pass stools too in little amounts like 5 to 6 times a day with greenish colour. Its normal. If the stool is more watery, runny with foul smell then consult your doctor.
Note: all the mentioned ailments above should only be treated at home when they are milder and do not last more than 2 or 3 days. You can exclude the teething process as the symptoms wont hamper the kids activities.
Consult the doctor if you see the below symptoms:
Fever.
rashes which are spreading and increasing.
Loss of appetite for more days.8k
Loose watery stools with foul smell, mucousy. Passing more than 5 timesa day.
Excessive crying and if the belly is too hard to touch.
Constipation more than 5 days.
Always with milder symptoms if the baby is active, happy and not loosing weight drasticaly then its perfectly alright.
I have mentioned a plant called indian mint its also called Mexican mint. Patta ajwain in hindi and dodda pattre in kannada. Its strongly flavored and even used in dishes.
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Q. ma lmp 28.9.2023 edd date 5.7.2024 ma age 25.7.1999 ma beby boy or girl plsss tell me mam
Dr Ghouse
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A. be not possible to tell. if there is no relief it is better you see your doctor for proper examination particularly physical examination if there is need for doing investigations to find out the problem and treatment ok
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Q. Hii...., Is it safe to eat jackfruit in 4th month of pregnancy, daily 2 ...
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A. dear mam, you can eat jackfruit during the 4th month of pregnancy. there is no problem in having it. you can eat all types of seasonal vegetables and fruits even green leafy vegetables.
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Q. is that positive result??? my Due date is tommoro I am having vomitting and nausea and back pain etc please reply asap
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Q. Hi I'm in 23weeks pregnancy
my afi is 26 I have no diabetes or any other issues
is that risky ? what to do for making normal delivery possible
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A. yes AFI level is very high and yes you need to be very careful to have regular follow up with your doctor take the precautions advised by your doctor and regularly keep a watch on baby movements
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Q. nasal congestion during 9th week pregnancy is normal or something serious?
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A. it's ok . take steam twice daily or you can use nasal drops
You should have proper consultation with your treating doctor , as some examination or investigations may be needful, so that proper medications can be given And the treatment can be done very properly.
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