sadboy:

shaking bus cannot kill baby. i ve seen pregnant women pounding dancing even fall from up steps yet they deliver bouncing babies it make the babies more stronger and adventural

stillwater:

Nice thread.
So some women have strength to be pounding food while pregnant?

sadboy:

shaking bus cannot kill baby. i ve seen pregnant women pounding dancing even fall from up steps yet they deliver bouncing babies it make the babies more stronger and adventural

Blazay:

Just wondering how our grand-mothers and great-grand-mothers coped with little or no education. Yet, they had the healthiest of children. [/b]Non-viable ones did not survive of course. They seemed to take much better care of themselves than these new-generation enlightened women.

Wonders!
P[b]o[b]Porson go go carry belle without knowing how to take care of herself and the pregnancy in this day and age?
With all the 'googleliscious' and 'wikipedious' resources out there?
Na wah!

Ivynwa:

@Blazay
Aren't our old time mothers wonderful to have made it even with lack of information and knowledge in the olden days yet women are better equipped with info to avoid miscarriages and malformations.
It isn't every woman that knows to use search engines like google and wikipedia to empower themselves with knowledge, some are not fortunate enough to afford internet connections while some are just too happy-go-lucky and too taken with other things to bother googling and reading up such stuffs.

Isabella89:

@Blazay
It's not all women that have internet access.

Ivynwa:

I am friendly with a certain couple that had a baby some weeks back only for the Baby to develop some complications from the use of insulin by the mother. It saddened me greatly to learn this morning that the baby did not survive that complication.

Ivynwa:

I am friendly with a certain couple that had a baby some weeks back only for the[b] Baby to develop some complications from the use of insulin by the mother[/b]. It saddened me greatly to learn this morning that the baby did not survive that complication.

Ivynwa:

An acquintance also lost her pregnancy after making the long trip of travelling from Lagos to one of the Eastern states on a bus and probably being shaken all over when the vehicle drove over potholes and the likes.

Nekai:

1. Insulin use for the diabetic mother does not cause a baby to have complications.
Not using insulin when you are diabetic can casue complications. The baby may grow very large, too large to pass safely into the birth canal. Either way, diabetes put a baby at higher risk of complications. There is a risk that the blood sugars of the baby may drop to dangerous levels, which is why they must measure the blood sugar of the baby at birth.
2. Vitamin C is important to everyone, and is not much more important to pregnant women.
The most important vitamin is folic acid, which is found in leafy green vegetables, so spinach as you stated is very helpful. Folic acid is especially helpful in the early stages, so it is important for women who are planning to get pregnant to start taking extra. 800 mg is recommended. This vitamin helps prevent neural tube defects, like spina bifida. The neural tube defects occur in the first 6-12 weeks of the pregnancy, sometimes before a woman realizes she is pregnant, so supplementation beforehand is necessary.
3. Travelling on a shaking bus
This is not harmful for the low risk pregnant woman, but for those suffering from an incompetent cervix, or a previous miscarriage or previous preterm delivery it would be best to avoid the extra jolting.
4.Wearing high heels isn't harmful to a baby.
It may be uncomfortable for the mother because many women suffer from swelling. It may also be a bit harder to walk since the center of gravity is shifted during pregnancy.
5. Alcoholic drinks is especially harmful to a developing baby.
Fetal alcohol syndrome is a preventable birth defect, caused by alcohol comsumption during pregnancy. It's best to avoid it altogether.
6. Pounding on a mortar
Not harmful. (See #3)

More. . .
Things that are not harmful: Sex (for low risk pregnancies), Going for a swim, light exercise.
Things that are harmful: x-rays, lying on your back too much in late pregnancy, drug use (ask your doctor for a list of approved drugs you can take.)

I hope this helps.

Nekai:

1. Insulin use for the diabetic mother does not cause a baby to have complications.
Not using insulin when you are diabetic can casue complications. The baby may grow very large, too large to pass safely into the birth canal. Either way, diabetes put a baby at higher risk of complications. There is a risk that the blood sugars of the baby may drop to dangerous levels, which is why they must measure the blood sugar of the baby at birth.
2. Vitamin C is important to everyone, and is not much more important to pregnant women.
The most important vitamin is folic acid, which is found in leafy green vegetables, so spinach as you stated is very helpful. Folic acid is especially helpful in the early stages, so it is important for women who are planning to get pregnant to start taking extra. 800 mg is recommended. This vitamin helps prevent neural tube defects, like spina bifida. The neural tube defects occur in the first 6-12 weeks of the pregnancy, sometimes before a woman realizes she is pregnant, so supplementation beforehand is necessary.
3. Travelling on a shaking bus
This is not harmful for the low risk pregnant woman, but for those suffering from an incompetent cervix, or a previous miscarriage or previous preterm delivery it would be best to avoid the extra jolting.
4.Wearing high heels isn't harmful to a baby.
It may be uncomfortable for the mother because many women suffer from swelling. It may also be a bit harder to walk since the center of gravity is shifted during pregnancy.
5. Alcoholic drinks is especially harmful to a developing baby.
Fetal alcohol syndrome is a preventable birth defect, caused by alcohol comsumption during pregnancy. It's best to avoid it altogether.
6. Pounding on a mortar
Not harmful. (See #3)

More. . .
Things that are not harmful: Sex (for low risk pregnancies), Going for a swim, light exercise.
Things that are harmful: x-rays, lying on your back too much in late pregnancy, drug (ask your doctor for a list of approved drugs you can take.)