Hygiene in Pregnancy

When we talk about hygiene in pregnancy we are referring to those behavioural norms which regard the pregnant woman’ s daily life. These are a physiological conditions, of course, but it’ s important to respect some essential and easy rules in the management of the daily life, so the woman can conserve her  health and avoid any sorts of pathological conditions.

Working activity

The working activity can be continued in pregnancy if it doesn’ t involve an excessive physical engagement, or an exposure to any sorts of traumas, or contact with toxic substances. Obviously,  this concept is very important and it means that you should be careful with sports, vacations, hobbys, and  so on.  The Italian law says that you have to stop working in the two months before your child’ s birth and that you can start working again only three months after the delivery. If there are pathologies of the pregnancy, the woman, after she has been visited by her doctor, can ask to stop working some time before.

Travels

In a physiological pregnancy there aren’ t particular contraindications. Of course, the travel should be as much confortable as you can plan it. Obviously, for the long distances the best way to travel is by plane. The risks that you can find in a journey are usually because of the distance, that means that is more difficult to find a doctor or any sorts of aid.

Sexual activity

There aren’ t problems about the sexual activity in a physiological pregnancy . Of course, in a pregnancy with an easy tendency to the contratcility of the uterus is useful and safer to limit the sexual activity. Obviously you should avoid sexual intercourses if you notice vaginal bleeding or in presence of pathologies with risk of preterem delivery or abortion.

Smoking

We all know that smoking can seriously damage the fetus’ health. Smoker’ s children might havet the intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) with low weight at the birth. And  it seems that  a less oxygenation of the smoker mother might involve a less oxygenation of the fetus, which can be damaged.

Alcoholic drinks

The woman should never drink any sorts of alcoholics beverages in pregnancy. If she abuses of alcoholics drinks ( too much  alchol for too much time) the fetus might presents a true “fetal alcohol syndrome", with several fetal anomalies.

Drugs

In pregnancy the woman should get a pharmachological  treatment only if her doctor has told her to do it. There are many drugs which can be used without probelms, but remeber that there are some medicines which might involve some risks for the fetus. The most critical moment in pregnancy is the 1^st trimester, because the fetus is forming, with all his organs, and some medicines might damage them, and the fetus. Anyway, the woman must be careful for all her pregnancy, and use any medicine only after she has asked to her doctor. If you want to deepen this topic, you can look for more informations the WEB page "Drugs in pregnancy".

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