Fetus’s defects are what no one wants to happen, so how to reduce these risk?
Birth defects are extremely dangerous complications happening in the process in which the fetus develop mother’s uterus. Most birth defects happen within the first 3 months of pregnancy. These defects can be detected when the baby hasn’t been born, but there’re lots of cases the defects when the baby is born. Dangerous complications is one thing that no one want to happen; however, the risk of having them doesn’t exclude anyone if women are not careful or don’t have knowledge about pregnancy.
The useful instruction below will help pregnant women reduce the risks of birth defects to the fetus and help them to give birth to adorable and healthy children.
Plan for your pregnancy
The useful instruction below will help pregnant women reduce the risks of birth defects to the fetus and help them to give birth to the adorable and healthy children.
As birth defects commonly happen at the first 3 months of pregnancy, it’s so important for you to plan your pregnancy in a perfect way. Within 3-6 months before pregnancy, women should be vaccinated for dangerous disease such as rubella, flu…, and have balanced, scientific diets, as well as rejects the bad habits such as smoking, drinking…
Have a checkup
Though you’re pregnant or about to get pregnant, having a periodic checkup is very important.
Though you’re pregnant or about to get pregnant, having a periodic checkup is very important. If you’re planned to get pregnant, you and your husband must have a checkup to have doctor’s instructions on how to eat and well as the suitable lifestyle for early conception. Taking supplements before getting pregnant such as folic acid is extremely important and helps to reduce birth defects to the fetus.
Healthy, reasonable diet
Women shouldn’t eat and drink too much. They should divide their meal into small ones during the day and eat scientifically.
A portion of pregnant women or those who’re planned to get pregnant need to have enough 4 groups of basic foods which is carbohydrate (cereal, rice, oat…); vegetables (especially dark green leafy vegetables); fruits (don’t use bottled juice); milk and dairy products; protein (meat, fish) and oil (from fish or seeds).
Women shouldn’t eat and drink too much. They should divide their meal into small ones during the day and eat scientifically.
Rejects bad habits
Mothers who smoke, drink antibiotics and alcohol will make the fetus have high risk of having birth defects.
Mothers who smoke, drink antibiotics and alcohol will make the fetus have high risk of having birth defects. Therefore, when planning to get pregnant and during the pregnancy, women should reject these bad habits.
Do exercise regularly
Doing exercise is always recommended for pregnant women as it brings back lots of benefits
Doing exercise is always recommended for pregnant women as it brings back lots of benefits such as making the pregnant women healthy, easy to give birth, and quickly take back their shape. Suitable exercises for pregnant women are walking, jogging, swimming or yoga.
Take a rest
To fall asleep more easily, you should lie on the soft mattress and buy the soft pillows for yourself.
Fatigue is a very common symptom to pregnant women. How to improve this? The best way for women to reduce fatigue is resting more. Women should spend enough 8 hours/day to sleep. You should take use of your 30-minute break in the afternoon for resting in order to feel most comfortable.
To fall asleep more easily, you should lie on the soft mattress and buy the soft pillows for yourself.
Supplement folic acid and iron
400 mg of folic acid each day will help to reduce the risk of congenital malformations in the brain and spinal cord of the fetus.
400 mg of folic acid each day will help to reduce the risk of congenital malformations in the brain and spinal cord of the fetus. Pregnant women should also supplement about 30mg more of iron each day to reduce the risk of anaemia. To be safe, women should consult the doctors who directly give them a prenatal checkup.
Drink lots of water
The obstetricians always advise that pregnant women should drink enough 6-8 glasses of water/day
The obstetricians always advise that pregnant women should drink enough 6-8 glasses of water/day including boiled and filtered water, juices, milk. The symptom of dehydration is that your urine will have dark yellow color. Drinking enough water during pregnancy will help your body to maintain the increase in blood volume.
Don’t be stressed
During pregnancy, women should avoid job causing pressure and stress to them
During pregnancy, women should avoid job causing pressure and stress to them. Stress will unintentionally have bad effects on the development of the fetus. Women should avoid sorrowful places such as funeral, hospital or visiting the sick. Put the safety of the fetus on top as it’s your priority.