Prematurity
WANT A FULL TERM HEALTHY BABY? Unload your work load. Stress is the the number one cause of premature delivery. Cut down to part-time work, exercise, eat ealthy, meditate, take your vitamins, sleep avoid all things chemicals and last but not least women eith a good social suport and loving husband and family have healthier babies.
Worse than elective induction is PREMATURITY, which has been on a steady and dangerous rise of almost 10% since 1981. Prematurity is the main reason for infant mortality and birth defects and can be caused by uterine/cervical abnormalities, diabetes, hypertension, infections, obesity, previous preterms and multiple gestation as well as gum disease, bad nutrition, smoking, drug use, stress and lack of exercise. Please make sure to avoid all the lifestyle choices that could put you in premature labor. Eat super healthy and exercise. Studies have shown that fit women are more likely to carry a pregnancy to full term.
Prematurity,
birth weight and age linked to breast cancer risk. A Nurses Health Study at Harvard Medical School found that premaurity,
age of mother and higher weight of baby is linked with breast cancer
risk. Nov. 21 2005. - Since prematurity means that the woman is
unheatthy, lets enforce better nutrition and exercise habits and regular
prenatal doctor's visits.
Preeclampsia
and exercise exertion. The
Center for perinatal Studies and the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle
studied preconceptional exercise intensity and prenatal exercise participation.
They found that those with higher exercise intensity levels pre pregnancy
had less incidence of preeclampsia. Also women who exercised while
pregnant had less preeclampsia. Exercise reduces blood pressure which
is a sympton of preeclampsia. Dec. 5 2005. Another study by the National
Insititute of Child Health and Human Development Bethseda, Maryland
found elevated urine insulin excretion in cases of preeclampsia, a
sign of insulin resistance or diabetes. This forms the new conclusion
that insulin resistance is more important risk factor than hypertension.
Nov. 28 2005. - Exercise also prevents diabetes, gestational or
otherwise as well as hypertension. Proper nutrition and avoiding processed
foods and "white carbs" (sugar, white flour and rice) can
also prevents gestational diabetes.
Anchovies. A
recent study published in the British Medical Journal reports
that women who eat fish during pregnancy are less likely to have problems
with premature labor. Women who have high levels of omega-3- fatty
acids may experience a hormonal reaction that protects them from premature
labor. Fish with substantial amounts of fatty acids include sardines,
salmon, mullet, herring, trout, mackerel and anchovies. Vegetarians
can substitute with soybean, flaxseed, canola oil, walnuts and wheat
germ.
Prevention
of premature delivery for those at risk. A study by Wake Forest
University identified that injections of the hormone progesterone
may decrease the risk of premature birth in women who have previously
delivered premature infants, cutting the rate of such births by between
34% and 42%. The hormone progesterone is naturally produced by the
ovaries and relaxes the uterine muscles. Premature births, which have
increased 27% between 1981 and 2001, now account for approximately
12% of all live births in the United States. A premature infant in
2000 was $58,000 compared to $4,300 for a full-term infant.