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Benefits of Massage Therapy During Pregnancy

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Therapy Massage during pregnancy is very useful in the case of a normal pregnancy.  Therapy Massage during pregnancy helps the mother feel better, reduce fatigue and stress to activate the lymphatic circulation, relieves tension and pain due to changes that occur during pregnancy and weight gain. Also in terms of aesthetics, reduce varicose veins and stretch marks formation.

During pregnancy, the body of a woman experiencing many changes. These changes in values of structural spiritual, psychological, physical and social. Most pregnant women suffer from pain and increased stress at different stages of pregnancy. That may explain why more and more pregnant women to find the benefits of the art of prenatal massage.

Therapy Massage Pregnancy

Massage during pregnancy is a physical therapy that focuses on the needs of the mother’s body, which was a major change for the birth experience. With this increase in massage muscle and joints, improves circulation, general tone of the body and reduces mental and physical fatigue.

To make a key on the endocrine system, massage facilitates the inhibition of stress hormones like ACTH certain catecholamines. It promotes the welfare of the secretion of endorphins, hormones, oxytocin, which facilitates the birth process and facilitates the production of milk prolactin.

The frequency is ideal for massage once a week during the second quarter and twice a week for the third quarter. In the first quarter of lymphatic drainage is only recommended. In the second and third trimesters of prenatal massage can be combined with lymphatic drainage. In addition, we must apply the belly, hips, thighs and chest with a cream or oil is suitable for every skin type.

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Preventing Miscarriages

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

PregnanThe case of pregnancy bleeding quite a lot. In this case the placenta was attached to the normal place but for some reason the placenta separates. “It could all kinds,” said dr. RB Ontowiryo HP, obstetrics and diseases expert content from the Mother and Child Hospital
“It could because of growing tumors or content myom the wall, the placenta could be due to the rope caught on the baby’s legs so that when the baby moves and despite the placenta interested. Case of accidents such as the mother’s abdomen just hit something in which the placenta is attached can also cause the placenta separates.”

Other cause, the case of pre-eklamsia (during pregnancy increases blood pressure and certain body parts to swell). Lucky if the release of the placenta when the fetus is old enough as experienced Yanti. For if the prior pregnancy was 7.5 months (infant weight 1400 -1500 g), the fetus is generally difficult to be saved.

Bleeding during pregnancy could also be because of blocking the baby’s placenta. Here lies the abnormal placenta (placenta prefia) that is projected on the lower segment of the uterus, leading to the inner cervix. In the process, the longer, the more placenta covering the baby’s way out.

This case can also cause bleeding due to the occurrence of stretching or tightening of the lower part of the uterus that causes the lower part of the uterus so that the planting of the placenta interest shifted slightly. “However, handling much easier than the first case earlier,” said dr. Ontowiryo. “Because bleeding is not continuous, but, again, for example, every 3 – 4 weeks once and was not hurt. So the fetus can be sustained much longer,” he added. (more…)

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