Taking Care of Fetus
Taking care of a baby after birth is still easy as compared to taking care of it before it is even out in the real world. Every mother has doubts about what is good or bad for her baby. Although, taking care of fetus is really a stressful job as you need to know everything perfectly! A.Kameshwari from One World News along with Dr. Rinku Sen Gupta, Gynecologist discuss few common fears and the real side to it, which will help you get rid of those worries.
Mobile Vibrations: There is no scientific evidence that the vibration in mobile phone effects pregnancy but there are some scattered studies that these vibrations are not good for body. Some say it can cause some changes to the body which can be disturbing for the fetus. It has been scientifically proved that any sort of vibration, sounds etc. are picked up by the fetus but if mobile vibrations can do something that is unknown.
Fluid intake: Fluid intake is very important for any one, especially for people who are living in the weather like ours (hot and humid) it is important to have eight glasses of fluid intake, which is inclusive of all kind of beverages. Of course, we do not encourage you to have soft drinks/aerated drinks but milk and water should be the major proportion of your fluid intake.
Office work: There is no contraindication to working in normal uncomplicated pregnancy. If there is no complication in your pregnancy then you would be advised to work, however, the only important thing to be considered is that your working period does not involve sitting on a chair continuously for seven to eight hours. If one has extremely sedentary work then they have to see how they can cope up with it, because sitting for long hours can end up giving you back ache, leg cramps and so on. Also, your body fatigue would increase. So, adapt the habit of workout or walk for 40 minutes. One must also indulge in the having small meals with intervals of 2 hours.
Stress: There is no direct co-relation of mental stress with fetus but at the same time whatever mother feels or perceives have indirect effect on the fetus. If mother is very unwell, stressed, anxious then there could be a chance that her blood pressure goes up, there could be a possibility that she gets so anxious that she would need some psychological counseling. This all can have an indirect effect on the baby.
Generally, we believe that a happy mother gives birth to a happy child and it is vice-versa. However, if you are always cranky and under stress then there are possibilities for you to have pre-term delivery. Overall, if mother follows everything said above then surely she would have a healthy baby.
Coffee: the content of caffeine should be kept in control because excess of it can lead to retardation or slow growth of baby. There is no evidence if it can lead to miscarriages but it can lead to growth restriction if taken in large quantities. Other than this, you should watch on the drugs that you take while you are pregnant. Scientifically, it is not easy to prove which food items should be eradicated from meals, we keep listening to tips while the pregnancy that one shouldn’t eat papaya and so on, although we doctors are unsure of the quantity that can lead to any drastic effect.
