Pregnancy and Birth
Trace Minerals in Pregnancy
These are vital nutrients in your diet, especially at this stage when your immune system is weakened a bit.
Pregnancy is a stage that generates a lot of fatigue and major concerns, situations that have a negative effect on your defenses. Moreover, in these moments, your immune system is working at a slower pace, just to prevent your body from rejecting the baby. To cope with all these changes, trace elements will be your allies. Best of all, you do not need large quantities and are very easy to include in your daily diet.
Here are the most important trace elements and in which foods are:
Trace elements, functions and which foods are – the trace elements are:
Manganese Trace Elements:
• Allows better absorption of calcium and iron. Also plays a role in the development of the baby’s ear and is involved in reproductive functions.
• Food with manganese: cereals, spinach, wheat, corn, almonds, carrots, beets and soybeans.
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Emotional Changes in Pregnant Women
Emotional changes in the first quarter:
• By the action of hormones and increased energy demand is likely to feel very tired, more tired, more emotionally sensitive and somewhat confusing.
• are frequent mood swings and sudden urge to mourn.
• Sometimes there is fear of losing the baby, especially if there have been an abortion. This fear will diminish gradually.
• Sexual desire may decrease, either by fatigue or physical discomfort, for fear of hurting the baby.
• You can alter a woman’s self esteem. If you always value his independence and occupation, can feel the pregnancy as an obstacle.
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Listeriosis in Pregnancy
It is an infection caused by the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes that has no specific clinical manifestations. However, the doctor may detect cases of premature births, spontaneous abortions or stillbirths, or also if the pregnant woman suffers from fever and preterm labor.
Listeriosis in pregnancy diagnosis of Listeria monocytogenes:
• Definitive diagnosis is made from amniotic fluid culture of CSF or blood culture, evidence that pregnant women are justified in presenting the above symptoms.
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