Today, many women still start pregnancy with serious medical problems, are exposed to substances that can be harmful to the baby, and become unplanned without taking any preventive measures against their health.
Meltem Çam, Anatolian Health Center for Women's Health and Birth, says that it is very important to improve the health of the mother after the pregnancy has been decided. Dr. Çam continues: "The first priority is to educate mothers and fathers about health care checks and pregnancy plans. Today, in order to get better results in mother and child's health, it is necessary to go into action before pregnancy, to aim at protection and prevention from diagnosis and treatment. "
Your body is ready for motherhood?
"Pre-pregnancy nutrition is usually pure, clean, weight-saving but nutritious foods should be preferred. In addition to proper and healthy eating, folic acid supplementation should be used to assess the safety, benefit, and risk of supporting products used. Women who are prepared for pregnancy should give up smoking and alcohol, should be encouraged to limit the use if they can not stop it. It is also important that the mother gives importance to exercise and weight control "
What vaccinations should be done when preparing for pregnancy?
"In particular, Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), influenza, hepatitis B, rubella vaccines should be done in conjunction with physician control in pregnant candidates who are at risk for this disease. In addition, the risks associated with sexually transmitted diseases should be treated with appropriate tests with established risk "
Which diseases pose a risk?
"In the case of systemic diseases such as diabetes, thyroid diseases, epilepsy-like neurological diseases, hypertension, kidney diseases, cardiovascular diseases, asthma, coagulation disorders or psychological diseases such as depression and schizophrenia, the patient should definitely see a physician before pregnancy. Drugs used due to the current medical problem should be planned in a controlled period of the pregnancy, especially in diseases such as diabetes, when the pregnancy affects the disease. "
The Importance of Genetic Story
"Maternal age, maternal and father's medical condition, her previous pregnancies should be questioned. Couples who have had genetic problems in their babies during previous pregnancies and those with a known genetic disease in the family should be identified and these families should receive genetic counseling before pregnancy. If the previous pregnancy was terminated by premature delivery, abortion or stillbirth, the patient should be examined to determine the risks and causes. Having less than 18 months of pregnancy among the pregnant women increases the risk of premature birth and babies having low birth weight.
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