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Smoking after birth
Smoke from cigarettes, or other type of snuff, is not healthy for a baby or after birth. Babies and children exposed to smoke are more likely to suffer from colds, lung problems and ear infections. The young become passive smokers. Pregnant women who do not smoke should avoid secondhand smoke. Regular exposure to secondhand smoke, even second hand, can be harmful to the baby. For this reason, pregnant women, but do not smoke, I will avoid environments where smoking is permitted.

Want to quit smoking?
There is no bigger motivation for a pregnant woman than having a healthy baby without any problems. If you think about it, sure you will overcome the temptation to smoke. Other than that you need to make some decisions and get rid of all cigarettes, lighters and ashtrays. Then, away from the places and people who smoke. Ask for help and support your husband, partner and friends. Ask your doctor’s permission to use chewing gum, medicines and other products that can help you quit smoking. Do not get discouraged if you can not avoid smoking. If necessary, call on a few programs that offer public services. Think that if your baby is born with a problem is likely to feel guilty. The psychological consequences will be worse for the mother who smokes.

We all know that smoking is hazardous to health. It is one of the unhealthy habits you may have. However, although we are all aware of the damage it causes to health, many people insist on continuing this habit that in many cases, has already become a habit. The snuff is harmful not only to who smokes and also who is at his side and in the case of pregnant women, the fetus is forming and growing in her womb. If you are pregnant and have not stopped smoking, you can hurt not only you and your baby.

The lung is the organ that suffers most from the effects of smoking, because it absorbs all the chemicals that exist in cigarette smoke. Some of these chemicals that make blood vessels that supply blood to the uterus, they become closer, what to do with your baby gets less oxygen and nourishment from the blood, it should receive. As a result of this weakness, the baby may have some risks more or less serious:
- In spite low birth
- From birth prematurely
- From stillbirth
- Of dying from sudden infant death syndrome
- In developing respiratory and allergic diseases such as asthma sufferer 1 in 3 infants.
- De born with a malformation due to decreased levels of vitamin B12 and C.
Some studies show that a powerful chemical that causes cancer, called NNK, is transmitted to babies of mothers who smoke. Others have also linked smoking during pregnancy, the mother has a baby likely behavioral problems and learning disabilities. It has also shown that cigarette smoking, cigars, or pipes during pregnancy, can also cause extra-uterine pregnancy, or a natural abortion.

If you smoke and want to be pregnant, you should stop smoking before trying to conceive. If you are already pregnant, quit the cigarette as soon as possible. If, in extreme cases, you can not quit, cut down the number of cigarettes to under 3 per day. This can reduce the risks. If you are pregnant and want to quit smoking for your baby but do not get it, get help and support to your doctor. The use of smoking cessation products, such as the nicotine patch, the nicotine gum, etc., Is only permissible under the medical leave.

The general tips for caring for this important stage of life are:

• Beware of certain cosmetic ingredients: there are a number of ingredients that should not be used during pregnancy, such as retinoic acid, glycolic acid and salicylic acid. Therefore, it is not the time of peeling. Nor are suitable essential oils of some plants such as juniper or rough, with a high content of terpenes that can be abortifacient.

• Avoid any appliance that penetrates through the skin, such as ultrasound, laser, radiofrequency or radiation, not because they have proven risks, but as a precaution.

• Use a sunblock sunscreen every day to leave the house, regardless of the season, to avoid the appearance of chloasma.

• To prevent stretch marks, apply twice daily anti-stretch cosmetic treatment in the abdomen, breasts and thighs.

• Get a cellulite treatment to prevent food and care to avoid saturated fats.

• To feel good and treat or prevent discomfort or pain, the cosmetic treatment center recommended Felicidad Carrera sessions postural back massages and lymphatic drainage for tired legs.

• Watch your image to keep your self-esteem, something very important, because many women give up to feel beautiful during this time and indeed it is a time that can be especially radiant.

Analgesic consumption during pregnancy can harm the reproductive health of male children 15/11/2010

The use of certain pain medications during pregnancy may increase the risk of cryptorchidism (undescended testes) in children, reveals a recent study by scientists at the Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, which analyzed the influence of mild analgesics in male reproductive disorders in humans humans and rats.

This finding may explain the increasing prevalence of cryptorchidism, which is the main risk factor for low semen quality and testicular cancer in adulthood.

In the study, the researchers conducted a survey of 2,000 pregnant women in Denmark and Finland about the drugs used during pregnancy. At birth, baby boys were examined by pediatricians, who looked for signs of cryptorchidism and retrieved cases classified according to their severity.

The results left no doubt: the women who had used more than one type of analgesic at the same time had seven times more likely to give birth to baby boys with cryptorchidism some form of women who had not taken any pain medicine.

Having sex during pregnancy, if the mother is comfortable, not at all harmful to the fetus, since it is well protected by the wall of the uterus and amniotic sac.

Moreover, many women who may in the first trimester of pregnancy can pass it wrong on the issue of nausea, vomiting, fatigue and general malaise. But once beyond that stage, between the fourth and seventh month, some experience an increased libido and therefore much more easily excited, even some manage to be multiorgasmic. The vagina lubricates more and is more elastic, which helps them to feel more pleasure with penetration.

Another point in favor of having sex is said to be favoring that women have an easier delivery, because it relaxes and exercises the muscles of the uterus and therefore are less painful contractions. The study emphasizes that sex is practiced especially during the last months of pregnancy, the birth will be easier.

As for sexual positions best suited for sex with pregnant women, often those who do not oppress the stomach. I wake some of the most suitable and enjoyable for both:

* Side: The woman lies on its side and the man enters from behind, even subject his body, part of her weight. Perfect for when a woman is already several months.

* Sexy Pregnant

* The offering, or better known as the posture of the dog, is a good position for the first two trimesters of pregnancy. If women are more comfortable you can put some pillows under your belly.

* She above: supine man and woman sitting on it. It’s a good position for her to control the pace and depth of penetration. The man can help her with her legs as reinforcement.

* Taming: he sits in a chair with legs apart and she does the same on it. So you can set the pace without straining.

* Ecstasy: The woman lying on her back and legs over the man who lies on its side, forming a right angle to it. This position is only recommended during the first four months, since then the weight of the uterus may obstruct some blood vessels.

This is the statement made by the director of the World Health Organization, Dr. Margaret Chan.

He warned that the current generation of children “could be the first in a long time to have a life expectancy lower than that of their parents.”

As part of the first global gathering of non-communicable diseases said these diseases are increasingly preying on young people and even children can suffer from hypertension and some cancers.

WHO says no less than 43 million preschool children are obese or overweight, a condition that causes health risks throughout life and potentially high medical expenses.

He also stressed that diseases are not transmitted are considered specific to the societies of abundance, which no longer applies today. Read the rest of this entry »

Each child with Childhood Obesity is the result of a number of factors that malfunctioned or did not work.

There are many factors to consider, but basically we talk about genetic and environmental.

Genetic factors are often overstated, at least from my humble point of view.

Perhaps you never heard …

What happens is that my whole family is chubby!

Usually a dramatic excuse for not taking responsibility for an adverse outcome.

I remember many years ago, was a resident of another building that was a very fat young man.

It was so obvious that he was entering his car, at the time was a Citroen 3CV, this bent in an exaggerated manner and was very low on their side. Read the rest of this entry »

The mothers can be good mediators in control of our children are overweight because they are enacting ordinances and establish feeding routines of daily activities.

If you have your child overweight can happen…

* Not admit it
* You have doubts and you are looking for information
* You’re sure your child is overweight and need to know that you do to help.

It is very important to know where parties, in which group you are.

Anyway, you know you have a fundamental role in the development of your child, so we’ll see how small changes can significantly improve the everyday health of your child. Read the rest of this entry »

For 10 years, workers have had initially expressed a high level of job strain and then said to perceive their jobs as less stressful had the same risk of developing depression than those with low-level tasks of tension.

“This suggests that interventions aimed at reducing job strain significantly reduce the risk of depression,” the team writes Jianli Wang, University of Calgary, Alberta, in American Journal of Epidemiology.

In a period of 30 days, the researchers found that 4.4% of American workers develop severe depression and stress (or tension) labor is associated with the risk of developing depression.

To investigate how changing the level of job strain in time changes the probability of a person to suffer from depression, the researchers looked at 4,866 participants in the Population Health Survey.

All participants had responded to the level of job strain in 1994-1995 and 2000-2001. The team was divided into four groups: people with low job stress in both periods, those with high job strain in both periods, people with low stress in the first period of high stress in the second and who had high stress initial work on the end.

8% of participants with high job strain had suffered permanent major depressive episode during the study, versus 4% of those with low permanent stress.

In people with less stressful jobs, the risk of developing major depression was 4.4%, as opposed to 6.9% of the group with increasingly stressful occupation.

The researchers also found that in the group with high job strain constant, only those who rated their health as good or excellent at baseline had an increased risk of developing depression. In those who had fair or good, that risk had not changed.

“These participants have accepted the reality of having poor health and being exposed to several risk factors for health,” the authors suggest. Given that the way in which employees evaluate the stress level of their work varies with frequency, the researchers say more studies are needed to measure job stress in shorter periods to better understand how stress in the workplace is associated with depression.

Those who do not have the time or inclination to crushed daily at a gym are in luck: According to a group of British scientists, three minutes of intense exercise every other day may be the best way to protect against diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

That is, at least, the effect was achieved on the metabolism of 16 male volunteers who had a sedentary lifestyle, according to a study conducted by Professor James Timmons and researchers from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh which is published in “BMC Endocrine Disorders.”

According to the study, a table of three-minute workout performed with intensity and regularity has a significant effect on the ability to process sugar metabolism.

“We found a few exercises that make muscle of 30 seconds each with intensity drastically improves the metabolism in just two weeks,” says James Timmons.

Thus, British researchers claim not detract from the benefits of the practice of sport for several hours each week, but to find “an alternative” for those who cannot.

REGULAR EXERCISE IS NOT NECESSARILY THE OPTIMUM

It is well known that the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes substantially reduced with regular practice of physical exercise.

However, according to James Timmons, the guidelines are currently designing exercise programs to improve health may “not be the best” and require further reflection.

“The training of low volume and high intensity used in our study substantially improved insulin action and glucose disposal in young men who are sedentary, suggesting that not yet fully appreciate the traditional relationship between exercise and diabetes, “he said.

During the experiment, volunteers used exercise bikes to make a spinning of stronger, but any strenuous activity carried out several times a week will cause the same metabolic protective effect, according to the study.

“This new perspective can help people lead healthier lives, improve the health of the population and save the health system millions of pounds, simply by making it easier to find time for sport,” said James Timmons.