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Anemia in Pregnancy
January 11, 2011 | 
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Maybe you’ve heard the word ”anemia”. what if this anemia in pregnant women? Since pregnancy entered the week 10 blood plasma volume increased by 50%, so the blood becomes watery and requires a lot of iron to produce red blood cells. If the shortage of red blood cells then the blood can not function properly to carry oxygen to the fetus, uterus and the muscles around the uterus so that later deliveries will be imperfect.
Risk before pregnancy
- Women experience reduced fertility.
Risk while pregnancy
- The body becomes unfit and experienced Fatigue, Weak, Tired, Tired and weak.
- Often feel dizzy, dizzy eyes even fainting.
- Easy sleepy.
- The face becomes pale, can be seen from the mucous membrane under the eyes
- Causes shortness of breath and even chest thumping when the anemia often have to burden the heart stage.
- Skin looks dry or yellow, as well as nails.
- The durability of the body decreases, so easily hurt.
Risk during labor
- Lack of oxygen supply make the uterine muscles become weak and could not contraction.
- Causes quickly tired while pushing, so the possibility of a vacuum assisted delivery or cesarean section.
Risk of post-labor
- Muscles become weak uterus so the uterus can not contract to shrink and there is bleeding.
- The risk of bleeding was still threatening until the 40th day after delivery.
Risk to fetus
- Lack of oxygen in the womb of the mother made the atmosphere uncomfortable greeting uterus for the fetus.
- Stunted fetal growth, low birth weight (less than 2.5 kg).
- The fetus miscarried or born prematurely.
Diet for Pregnant women who experience anemia
1. Consuming foods rich in iron such as red meat, beef liver, chicken liver, spinach, broccoli, nuts, shellfish, sardines, seaweed, tofu, soybean. Iron needs during pregnancy is 30-60 mg/day. Iron from animal foods is more readily absorbed than plant foods.
2. Consuming vitamin C because it can help iron absorption in the intestine. Foods that can help the absorption of iron namely cassava leaves, spinach, citrus, guava, tomato.
3. Avoid consuming foods that can interfere with iron absorption such as tea, coffee, milk, medicines. We recommend that you give the distance of time to consume approximately 2-4 hours.
4. Drinking enhancer of iron supplements with a doctor’s prescription.
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How to form an ideal weight?
Ideal body weight can be achieved by adjusting the intake entrance and exit. Thus, to lose weight, caloric intake or food you need fewer calories than you spend. The best thing is to reduce your meal portions and exercise regularly. The type of aerobic exercise is very useful to burn fat and increase metabolic rate. And the recommended diet is a diet low in fat, carbohydrate simplex lace, high-fiber, high complex carbohydrates, and proteins. Here are tips that you can apply for weight loss:
1. Exercise 3 times a week, each time at least 30 minutes
2. Reduce consumption of white rice, yellow noodles, white bread. You can eat brown rice or whole wheat bread instead of carbohydrates simplex
3.Avoid consumption of fried food and instant foods like sausage, sardines, corned beef, etc.
4.More consumption of fruits and vegetables. Choose fruit that is still fresh and unprocessed
5.More drinking water (at least 8 glasses a day)
6.Geting dinner until 7 pm. If exceed these hours, you can eat fruit or vegetables.
7.Use olive oil in small amounts if you want to saute vegetables
Meanwhile, to gain weight, do the opposite. Caloric intake or food you need more calories than you spend. Some ways that can be done to raise the weight, among others:
1. Eat regularly 3 times a day with more balanced nutrition than usual and added 2 times snacks (biscuits containing cheese and milk, yogurt drinks, fruit juices). Nutrition is a balanced meal a day containing the composition of nutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, and minerals) in the quantity and quality to suit the needs of the body to be optimally healthy life.
2.Increasing protein and carbohydrate intake is very good to gain weight. Eat more food sources of energy and protein than normal, such as bread, rice, tubers, fish, meat, soybean cake, tofu.
3.Take an exercise regularly. Several hours after the exercise will usually feel hungry that increase appetite, which is certainly useful to raise the weight. This type of sport does not have a difficult or too heavy. Walk for 30 minutes on a regular basis is enough to maintain body balance.
4.Taking an enough rest so that you are not a lot of energy wasted.
5.Geting a lot of drinking water.
To set the menu and keep the stability of weight gain, we suggest you consult a nutritionist directly. This is because the set menu for weight gain and a lot of calculation requires consideration in accordance with the conditions of each individual.
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