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Top 10 Home Remedies for Fever in Babies
Is your baby battling a fever and you don't know what to do? Fortunately, the temperature can be brought down with some effective home remedies. Keep reading to know more.
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Easy Home Remedies for Fever in Infants
Use these simple home remedies to relieve your baby's discomfort.
1. Cold Compress
Place a damp washcloth on your baby's forehead while she's asleep. This is one of the best home remedies for high fever in babies. Doing this reduces your child’s body temperature and lessens discomfort.
2. Lukewarm Bath
Give your baby a gentle, lukewarm bath in a tub or sponge her with warm water. This method will reduce the temperature as the water evaporates off her body. Don't bathe her in room-temperature water. This can cause a rapid and drastic temperature change and aggravate the fever.
3. Fluid Intake
Give your infant plenty of fluids when she's suffering from fever. Water, juice, and yoghurt are good for her body.
4. Pick Suitable Clothing
If your child is wearing multiple layers of clothing, take off a few and let her skin breathe. Dress her in breathable fabrics like cotton and turn on the fan if required. If you are outside, however, avoid exposing her to the sunlight.
6. Onion Treatment
Onion is a common and versatile ingredient of Indian home remedies for fever in babies. It helps lower body temperature and relieves body ache caused by fever.
Simply cut an onion into slices and rub 2 – 3 slices on your child’s feet for 2 minutes each.
Do this for up to 2 times a day.
Other than rubbing, onion can also be consumed.
Shred and grind onion, to make a juice.
Feed this juice to your baby a few times, over the day.
7. Ginger Bath
Mix about two tablespoons of ginger powder in lukewarm water that fills your baby tub. Give your child a standard 10-minute bath in this water. The ginger helps induce sweating, which flushes out impurities. This is one of the most effective home remedies for viral fever in infants.
8. Mustard Oil and Garlic Massage
Similar to ginger, mustard oil and garlic when combined becomes an effective agent to promote sweating and help flush toxins.
To prepare this massaging agent, take 2 tablespoons of mustard oil and heat it in the microwave oven for thirty seconds.
Add one teaspoon garlic paste to this and mix well. The heat essentially helps mix the paste into the oil.
Leave the mixture for about 2 minutes as it returns to room temperature.
Now, massage your baby with this mixture, giving prominence to their chest, back, neck, palms and feet.
As the massage also has a relaxing effect, this treatment is ideal to do just before your baby’s sleep time.
9. Egg Whites
Egg whites are the protein in eggs that helps nourish the yolk. It’s uniquely viscous properties makes it an effective absorber of heat, as it absorbs a high amount of thermal energy from its surroundings as it dries.
Separate the yolk from the white of an egg and beat the egg white thoroughly, until it gets a smooth texture.
Dip two small washcloths in the beaten egg whites for about a minute to get soaked.
Gently wrap the soaked washcloths around your child’s feet and cover them with a loose pair of socks to hold them in place.
Leave this for around an hour.
10. Lemon and Honey
Both lemon and honey are powerful immunity boosters.
Mix some honey with lemon juice (squeezed from lemon but undiluted) and half a teaspoon of ginger powder
Feed your child one teaspoon of this mixture twice a day.
Some Additional Tips
There are a lot of misconceptions when it comes to fever in kids. Here are some important points you need to remember while trying to manage your baby's fever.
A fever comes about when the body’s natural immune system is fighting foreign bodies such as viruses or bacteria that have entered it. This fighting back, by the body, causes inflammation and a rise in temperature, which is what we observe as “fever”.
Keep in mind that contracting fevers is a natural part of the human body’s development as each time it does so; its immune system grows stronger. A fever is not an immediate sign of a serious health fault, but when the temperature goes too high or is accompanied by other symptoms, it might be.
A fever in an infant below 12 weeks of age is to always be taken seriously, however for children, who are older than 3 months, a fever that is lower than 39.5 degrees C (103.5 F) doesn’t require immediate medical attention unless accompanied with other symptoms.
If your baby is displaying sluggishness, lethargy, vomiting, diarrhoea, improper feeding etc., accompanying the high temperature, then you will need to visit your doctor.
Do not resort to self-medicating your baby without consulting a paediatrician. Ibuprofen is unsafe for children below the age of 6 months as it could have harmful side effects. Studies have shown that excessive Ibuprofen consumption is can cause harm to the digestive system and kidneys.
Consult your paediatrician about the dosage of OTC medicines. Milder medicines, made specifically for babies, are available these days. Acetaminophen is the safest types of anti-inflammatory medication for infants.
It is easy to let our fears carry us away. Sometimes, a fever simply just isn’t a fever but a rise in temperature due to being overdressed or in a warm room. Anything between 36 and 38 degrees Celsius (97 – 104 F), while high, still falls within the range of normal temperatures of the human body.
Avoid using mercury-filled thermometers as they are a health hazard to you and your kids.
Before using any thermometer on your baby, clean it with a disinfectant or alcohol and rinse in cool water.
When using a rectal thermometer, lay your baby across your knees, facing down. Rub petroleum jelly to lubricate it. Insert it into your infant’s anal opening to a depth of ½ to 1 inch and hold it gently between your fingers while cupping their bottom, until the beep sounds, registering the temperature.
If you're using an oral thermometer (the one placed under the armpit), add one degree to the reading to err on the side of caution.
Other types of thermometers, such as the forehead, temple and ear thermometers, while being convenient have been known to be unreliable, showing readings that are sometimes off by several degrees. Hence these are not recommended.
While fevers are serious for children below 3 months of age, they are simply more frightening than dangerous for older children. Fevers are natural and help build up your growing baby’s resistance, so learn to take it as a part of the course.
As a parent, it can be worrisome to see your child battling a fever. If your baby's fever refuses to subside, take him to your trusted paediatrician at the earliest.
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16 Best Home Remedies for Blocked Nose in Babies
A cold and a blocked nose can make your baby cranky and uncomfortable, and give both of you sleepless nights. If you don't wish to consult a doctor just yet, try out these home remedies to provide relief from a blocked nose.
Natural Remedies for Blocked Nose in Infants
In India, many parents resort to home remedies as they are not only inexpensive but also safe, unlike antibiotics (which may have side effects) and over-the-counter medicines (which should not be given to infants). Here are some of the best home remedies for nose congestion in infants.
1. Focus on breastfeeding your baby. Breast milk has essential nutrients and antibodies that develop and strengthen your baby's immune system. A good immune system will help your baby fight against a cold and cough.
2. You can also put a few drops of breast milk into your baby's nose to open up the nasal passage.
3. You can make nasal drops for your baby at home. To 8 teaspoons of water, add ½ a teaspoon of salt and mix well with a sterilised spoon. Pour a few drops into your baby's nostrils once the solution cools down.
4. Eucalyptus oil is used to treat cold and open up a nasal blockage. Sprinkle a few drops of the oil on your baby's pillow and bedding. Since the smell is too strong for infants, eucalyptus oil shouldn't be directly applied to the skin.
5. Elevating your baby's head with the help of a pillow helps the mucus flow out, thereby opening up the nasal passage.
6. Keeping your baby hydrated is important, more so when she's down with a cold. Fluids dilute the mucus and relieve stuffiness in the nose. You can also feed warm and unsweetened apple juice and chamomile tea (without honey) if she's older than 6 months.
7. Clear chicken soup is another useful home remedy for a cough and cold. Chicken contains anti-inflammatory properties that clear up the nasal massage as well as improve your baby's immunity.
8. In case the nasal congestion is severe, turn on the shower and let the hot water create steam in the restroom. Then, take your baby into the bathroom for a few minutes. You can also give him a bath with warm water.
9. A nasal aspirator can do wonders for a stuffy nose. Just squeeze the air out of the aspirator gently insert the tip into your baby's nostril. Then slowly release the bulb so that the mucus gets sucked into it. Do the same with both the nostrils. After every use, wash the aspirator and sterilise it.
10. A cool mist humidifier will create moisture in the air and clear out the congestion in your baby's nasal passage.
11. In case you don't have a humidifier, keep a bucket of warm water in her room while she sleeps. The warm water will help to ease your baby's stuffy nose.
12. A mustard oil massage is another effective way of treating a cold and nasal congestion. To 1/4th cup of mustard oil, add 3-4 cloves of roughly crushed garlic and methi (fenugreek) seeds and heat it. Once the oil cools down, massage your baby with it. Apply the oil to the nasal bridge, forehead, cheekbones, chest and the back with soft and gentle hand movements.
13. Dried-up mucus is one of the main culprits of a blocked nose. Wet a cotton swab with warm water to clean the insides of your baby's nostrils. Do it gently and with care to avoid hurting your little one.
14. Lay your baby across your knees and pat her back gently. This brings the mucus up from the chest and she can cough it out easily.
15. Give your infant a warm compress. Soak a small piece of cloth in warm water, squeeze out the excess water and place on her nose and cheeks. Repeat this a few times.
16. Roast a few garlic cloves with ajwain until the aroma starts to waft out. Tie these up in a potli and keep it a safe distance from your little one. The fumes will provide relief from a stuffy nose.
When Should You Visit the Paediatrician?
If home remedies aren't working for your baby, she may need a medical check-up. Consider visiting a paediatrician if:
The cold doesn't clear up within three weeks
Your baby takes quick breaths
She is running a high temperature
She coughs up blood
Your baby's condition seems to be getting worse
Your little one has a persistent sore throat
You see her wheezing and her skin turning pale or blue
How Does the Diagnosis Happen?
A paediatrician will check your baby's temperature and observe her breathing pattern. For more clarity on your her health condition, an X-ray may be suggested.
Home remedies for cold, cough and nasal block are practised in every Indian household. However, we must understand that all cases of nasal congestion cannot be cured through home remedies. Especially, care and precaution should be taken in case of babies. In such a case immediate visit to a doctor is a must.
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Baby Puts Everything in Mouth - Reasons and Tips to Stop
A baby will explore his environment and learn from it. As the baby’s immune system develops and adjusts during the first year, the young one will use all senses, that is, smell, touch, see, taste and hearing. With those tiny hands, the baby will first grasp and then move the hand straight into the mouth. This process of exploration is called ‘mouthing’ and is perfectly normal. Let’s look at why they do this, what are the risks of doing so and what precautions should be taken in this phase.
Why Do Babies Put Everything in Their Mouth?
In the first year, with your baby putting toys in the mouth, you are sure to be concerned and will try to prevent it. However, the mouthing process is perfectly normal and means that the baby is learning to explore, taste, see, touching, hold, hear, smell and lick everything. The mouth and hands are baby’s ways of exploring and learning about different shapes, textures, materials, odours, tastes, sounds and so much more.
Are you wondering when do babies start putting things in the mouth? Young babies try to put their fists in the mouth. Maybe even their feet! It is fine until they are about 7 months old. Then they are in control of their hands and use their mouth to explore. Slowly the flailing hands start to grasp objects and then control them to move it into the mouth. The process of exploration moves into reaching, shoving, grabbing, swatting, patting and so on. They learn what tastes good and what doesn’t and have the most divine fun exploring even yucky things that mothers would never dream of putting in baby’s mouth.
Babies also learn to suck on the thumb which is their way of communicating and responding to stimuli like hunger, boredom and so on. Most mothers discourage this habit and rightly so as prolonged thumb sucking can have many negative effects.
What Are the Possible Risks of Putting things in Mouth?
Baby can choke on its positive journey of explorations. The not-so-easy thing to do is to ensure that small objects cannot be reached by those tiny hands. Get down on the floor at baby’s eye levels and look around at what objects are harmful. A thumb-rule to follow is to ensure that objects that pass through a toilet-paper tube are unsafe. Rough-edged objects, toys that can be broken into pieces, glass objects, the pet’s food bowl, standing buckets of water etc will be explored and can lead to scratches, bruises, and even accidents.
Yes, mouthing cannot be prevented. During the process babies even lick objects on the floor. The best way to prevent infections is cleanliness and frequently cleaning floors, toys and surfaces baby is in touch with. Don’t worry about it as infections are caused by viruses and bacteria that an ailing person has.
Since this phase has many positive outcomes just ensure that your baby doesn’t share toys with a sick child. Clean and wash all toys, linen, and surfaces with a mild disinfectant and encourage the little one to play in groups. They learn while having fun to touch faces, bump their noses, give kisses, taste everything from blankets, their clothes and whatever catches their imagination. Group play and supervised exploration is the key to a safe mouthing phase. A little bit of dust and germs that cannot be prevented won’t make the baby sick.
When Do Babies Stop Putting Everything in the Mouth?
Starting as early as 7 to 12 months, babies start mouthing objects. Normally by the age of two years, fingers are used to explore. And by the age of three, most children would have stopped putting objects into their mouths. If your child is still getting everything into his mouth and sucking his thumb at the age of 4 years you must check with the doctor to build in corrective practices.
Precautions to Take During The Mouthing Phase
With your baby chewing on everything here are some precautions for a safe and not obsessive parenting experience.
1. Clear out small objects
Check, recheck and remove any mouth-sized objects from baby’s reach. (Loose change, pet food bowl, small toys, marbles and anything that can fit into baby’s mouth). You will also need to clear out chemicals, cosmetics, and the like that can be potentially dangerous.
2. Rely on positive reinforcement
Do not yell at your baby if he is about to put something into his mouth that isn't safe. Instead, replace it with something that is safe.
3. Practice 'no'
It is best to teach your baby what 'No' means so that he can stop mouthing things when he is asked to.
4. Teethers
It is very likely that baby's put things in their mouth to chew due to teething. To prevent this you can get some teething rings and give them to him. You can also freeze them to give your little one relief from the teething pain.
The mouthing phase lasts a little while and can be made into a safe exploratory journey for both you and the baby. Enjoy this communicative and exploratory phase with a not very obsessive germ-phobic attitude and all will be well.
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Best Sleeping Positions during Pregnancy
A sound sleep is what all pregnant women crave, but it is often difficult to get. Sleep disturbances are not very uncommon during pregnancy, and almost all pregnant women face these sleep issues, especially as the pregnancy advances past the first trimester.
During pregnancy, getting a comfortable night’s sleep gets harder than ever due to anxiety, hormonal fluctuations, and most importantly, the physical changes. The size of your growing belly, aching back, swelling in the legs, and the urge to empty your increasingly sensitive bladder make it inconvenient to sleep comfortably in your regular sleeping position like sleeping on your back. As pregnancy progresses to the second trimester, you may find it harder to find a comfortable sleeping position. In this situation, it is natural to get worried and have questions such as how to sleep during pregnancy to get a sound sleep and whether sleeping on back in pregnancy is safe.
A good night’s sleep is essential for pregnant women. As per experts, during pregnancy, the best sleeping position is to sleep on your left side which is ideal for you as well as your baby-to-be. This position allows maximum blood flow and increases the nutrient absorption to your placenta and your baby. Sleeping on your side enhances kidney function too which aids in the elimination of waste products and reduces swelling in your feet, ankles, and hands.
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Why Normal Sleeping Positions Are Uncomfortable In Pregnancy?
The usual sleeping positions, like sleeping on your belly or on your back, will get difficult as pregnancy progresses to the second and third trimesters. This is because of the discomfort caused by the increasing size of the abdomen, back pain, shortness of breath and heartburn.
What Is The Correct Sleeping Position?
During pregnancy, the correct position to sleep, without a doubt, would be to sleep on your side and that too on your left side. The largest vein supplying blood to the heart is located on the right side, so sleeping on your left side is recommended. The ideal position is to lie on your left side with knees bent and pillows between your legs.
Experts advise that keeping a pillow behind your back and under your belly will give you optimal sleep with less strain. It is recommended to wear loose and comfortable clothing in a breathable fabric like cotton while sleeping.
Which Sleeping Position To Avoid While Pregnant
Sleeping on your back or on your stomach should be avoided during pregnancy as it can lead to many health issues, as explained below:
While sleeping on back during pregnancy, your growing uterus presses onto your spine, the muscles of your back, your intestines, and also your blood vessels, especially the inferior vena cava (this is the vein which brings blood back from your lower body up to your heart). This can decrease the blood circulation to your heart and to the foetus, hindering the supply of oxygen and nutrients to the baby. This interference with circulation can also lead to hypotension (low blood pressure) and swelling.
In addition to circulation problems, back sleeping can aggravate backaches and contribute to the development of haemorrhoids, varicose veins, and shortness of breath. It can also make digestion less efficient.
As the pregnancy progresses, the increasing size of the abdomen and tenderness in the breasts make it almost impossible to sleep on your stomach.
Tips To Be Comfortable While Sleeping
Listed below are a few other positioning tips for safe and comfortable sleep during pregnancy.
Keeping your legs and knees bent with a pillow between your legs and another pillow behind your back will give more belly and back support.
If you experience heartburn, it is very helpful to lie on your back almost in a half-seated position, with some soft fluffy pillows propped up behind you.
For relief from back pain, sleeping on your side with a pillow under your abdomen will help.
In case you are experiencing shortness of breath in the later stages of pregnancy, try lying on your side and put a pillow under your side to raise your chest.
Staying in one position throughout the night is not comfortable, so shifting from side to side while favouring the left side is the best solution for a cosy sleep. If you wake up on your back or on your tummy in the middle of the night, do not panic. Just turn onto either of the sides and go back to sleep.
Pregnant women are required to take several precautions and bring about necessary changes in their lifestyle for a smooth pregnancy. Trying these new sleeping positions is just one aspect of those changes. It is normal to feel uncomfortable for a few nights or even a few weeks as the body is used to random sleeping positions. Rest assured that this will become easier as the pregnancy progresses. Give some time to your mind and body, and you will soon be able to adjust to the new positions. Read more
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Toddlers and Verbal Number Sequencing
By the age of 3, toddlers counting numbers verbally while playing is possible, but only if you initiate these concepts from an early age. It helps in building their logical and reasoning skills and opens up many new learning avenues for them.
How many times have you heard someone confessing how scared he was with numbers and mathematics as a child, and even as an adult? Numbers phobia is a common concept where one feels uncomfortable when dealing with numbers. But it can be avoided if you encourage your children to make friends with numbers right from an early age. Here are the milestones that can be achieved by toddlers at 3 years of age, as well as the methods you can use to make number sequencing fun for your child.
Importance of Number Sequencing for Toddlers: Milestones and Useful Tips
1. Developmental Milestone in 3-year-old's
Identification of the numbers 'one', 'two', 'three' and sometimes even 'four'
Counting up to number five
Counting the number of items up to five items
Understanding the concepts of 'many' and 'same' when making comparisons
Understanding the terms 'first' and 'last'
Some toddlers may be able to recognise numbers from 0 to 9 too
2. Making Progress through Number Operations
To teach numbers to your toddler, introduce the concepts of verbal addition and subtraction. Playing with toys or items as part of a daily routine can also help him understand these concepts. Use visual tools like images, which kids find more appealing and easier to learn from. Show your child pictures showing different sizes and different numbers of objects. Trading smaller items for bigger ones is a milestone he’ll reach in the later stages of his third year.
3. How to Teach Number Sequencing to Toddlers
Before you begin, here are some tips that you can use to make the learning process a fun experience for your child:
Play number-matching games, using cards on which are written numbers or using figures of numbers.
Play a picture game in which your toddler draws shapes corresponding to the number you write on a board or a piece of paper.
Another sequencing number activity for toddlers is the number hop, where your toddler hops from number to number drawn on the floor.
You can also organise a mini hunting expedition for a specific number of objects in the house like 'two books' or 'five spoons'.
Encourage him and join him in counting his books, clothing in the laundry, and the number of fruits in a bowl.
4. Moving Ahead
Once your toddler is more confident counting numbers verbally, he may even initiate these counting games on his own. At this stage, you can rest assured that the process has been internalised and numbers are becoming fun for him to learn! This is the right time to introduce him to newer concepts like bigger numbers, predecessors and successors of numbers. Read more
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When I saw two pink lines on the pregnancy test, I thought getting pregnant is so easy. I thought embracing motherhood was so easy. It was only three months into our marriage and my husband and I were busy settling in our new house. But pregnancy was great news for all our family members and us.
From day one, I had a stomach ache and one evening, I started bleeding heavily at home. We rushed to the hospital; a nurse asked us to wait for the doctor. I explained to her my condition and it was an emergency but her attitude was like we were just another patient. My husband retaliated and soon a doctor arrived. She checked and prescribed progesterone tablets and asked me to visit the hospital the next day. We were both naive and so we returned home. When the bleeding didn’t stop the entire night, I realised that I must have had a miscarriage.
My mother took me to a family doctor in the morning. The doctor said that it was a miscarriage and that a Dilation and Curettage (D&C ) will have to be performed to clean the uterus and to get rid of any clots or fetal remains. I was soon taken to an operation theatre and poked a needle. The drip started and slowly I became fully unconscious.
When I opened my eyes, I was in a private ward, feeling nauseous and tired. After a few hours, I was discharged and went to my mother’s place as my husband and I were staying alone and there was no one to take care of me. I stayed there for a week. It was an early miscarriage; It happened in the 7th week and didn’t affect us much emotionally. I was also feeling healthy, so I started with a new job within a month. I was very fertile after D&C and became pregnant again within 2 months. In the first ultrasound which was conducted in the 6th week of pregnancy, the yolk sac was visible but there was no fetal heartbeat. The doctor said that we should wait for 2 more weeks as it was too early to say anything. She also prescribed two injections, which I had to take weekly. One was HCG and other was progesterone injection - they were to sustain my pregnancy. And so the needle-pricking journey started.
I continued working and took all the necessary precautions which were told to me. I was guided by my elders and well-wishers. In the second ultrasound, there was no fetal heartbeat and so I had to go for medical termination of pregnancy (MTP). The report stated that it was the case of blighted ovum, where the yolk sac is empty without a fetal heartbeat. The doctor said it happens if conception occurs within a short span of miscarriage as it spreads the infection to the foetus. We had no option and went for the MTP. I took leave for one week then joined work. My doctor advised me to not try for pregnancy for at least six months.
After a gap of one year, we visited a new doctor suggested by one of my colleagues who suggested us a series of test like thyroid test, diabetes test, etc. When the reports came, we tried to conceive and the same month I got pregnant. I was given two injections - hCG, once a week and heparin, twice a day. Heparin doesn’t allow blood to clot in veins and capillaries because sometimes clotting in the uterine vessels causes blockage of blood supply to the foetus and leads to a miscarriage. My brother used to inject heparin daily with insulin needle and after a few days, I had no space left to prick needle as wherever heparin was injected a lump would form which caused severe pain if a needle was injected gain on the same area. I left my job this time to avoid any stress and mishap. The ultrasound was performed in the 7th week. Still, there was no fetal heartbeat. In the 10th week, there was no heartbeat. The doctor said that we usually get to hear heartbeats at this stage but if we wanted we could wait for one more week. This time I was devastated. While returning from the clinic, my tears started rolling down and after I reached home, I broke down and cried like a child. I knew that it has gone - my mother and my husband were consoling me, but I was in a state of abjection. Again my mother took me to an old family doctor and showed her all the reports. She said there was no point in waiting as there was no yolk sac and no heartbeat, and it may only spread the infection. The next morning, I had an MTP again.
I was discharged from the hospital and I came home. I was sad and read the reports again and again. I asked myself, "Where did I go wrong?" But the worse was yet to come. My unborn foetus was sent for lab test. The reports came and the doctor told us that it was a case of molar pregnancy, i.e. when there is a lump of cells. A tumour that has a grape-like structure grows which is usually cancerous. Thankfully, my lump was non-malignant or else I would have needed to go for chemotherapy to eradicate any remains of cancerous cells. I was suggested to take a blood test every month to monitor my hCG levels, which should come down to zero after the termination of pregnancy. If they do not lower, then molar cells would have appeared in the form of tumour again. After six months, my hCG levels came down to zero and we visited one of the leading doctors of our city, who delivered the first baby through IVF technology.
At our first visit, her interns heard our case history and asked for a chromosomal test to check whether any chromosomal defect is responsible for recurrent abortions. The test was very costly - my husband's and my blood samples were taken. Results were expected to come after a week. Reports came and finally we met the renowned doctor, but she didn’t have time to counsel a patient who have had three miscarriages and just saw the report.
She said, “Reports are normal, no chromosomal defect, start with these medicines on the third day of a menstrual period and come back if you miss periods." I returned home from her clinic shocked because I didn’t have any problem in conceiving. I was wondering why she did not consider my history of miscarriages. I decided to show my reports to my family doctor. She said that I couldn’t have done much even if the defect appeared, so start afresh forgetting everything. She started folic acid and antibiotics first to clear any residual infection for a month and then prescribed medicines for conception.
I conceived within the second month of taking medicines and then again for three months I was injected HCG and progesterone injections. But this time, the foetus had a heartbeat. There were no other complications. I delivered a healthy baby boy through C-section as my womb didn’t have enough water to wait more and there were no signs of labour pain. All the pain and struggle vanished, as I held my baby in arms. I found a light at the end of a tunnel after a long, painful journey in the darkness.
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Q. I am having pcod problem.
At which day should I take pregnancy test
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Q. I am having pcod problem.
when should I take pregnancy test?
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but having regular cycles below 35 days. some time it will extended upto 40 days.
so when should I take pregnancy test at home?
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is it something to worry.plz guide
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A. it is better to follow your doctors advice for treating the thyroid deficiency. 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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A. You need to have a lot of good proteins and that is what is going to be helpful have a balanced diet and good have good amount of proteins as well which is what is going to be beneficial and good weight gain for your child as well
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