Every
mother should get proper care after the pregnancy stage; it is must for every
mother, if their baby is born at home or any clinic or in hospital. When they
go through the pregnancy stage, they really face a hectic and laborious stage,
so after this period they need some time to heal up their wounds. At present
time we see most of the mothers remain busy with their office works so enough
time for taking rest is not possible for them. As per medical norms, a mother
should talk at least six weeks rest.
Why Care after Pregnancy Needed
During and after pregnancy proper care is necessary, after the birth of the baby, the responsibility increases on the part of both the parents. So postpartum
care is needed it focuses on some factors, the medical procedure is done if the
baby has any maternal infection or hemorrhage, when proper medical care is
taken the various disorders are detected if anything has taken place, during this
stage counseling of family planning is done, knowledge of breast feeding
nutrition, child care, and other various important things are discussed in the
post care program for the proper growth of the new born child.
Tests of the Baby
When a
baby is born, he is taken to his house but some tests are done before this.
Usually the doctors have found so far that new born babies go through nearly 30
disorders. One of the very common disorders is congenital hypothyroidism,
phenylketonuria (PKU) Galactosemia, Homocystinuria, Maple syrup urine disease,
biotinidase, congenital adrenal, hyperplasia, sickle cell disease and the other
cystic fibrosis.
Care Taken on Umbilical Cord
After the
well organized birth of the baby, the doctors follow up the care of umbilical
cord, when transported nourishment to the new born baby is done there grow some
complexity, as during pregnancy it turns into a purplish- blue stub nearly half
or one inch in length, two weeks time is taken to be normalized but some time
it takes 8 weeks, for the treatment it is kept dry and clean and the baby is
given sponge bath till the time of the cord falling down. Some women suffer
from baby blue disease, it is seen 50 to 75 percent women after pregnancy stage
get into this disease at this stage; their mood automatically changes without
any reason, they some time cries without cause, suffers from depression.
The Steps Should be Followed after Pregnancy
A mother
should take proper and enough rest, as during the pregnancy stage she has taken
a hectic stage of delivery so she needs to have enough rest for healing up his
pain and tiredness. The new born also sleeps most this time and he wakes after
every three hours, so the gaping is enough for taking the rest. Proper nutrition is must for both the mother and the baby, this time enough quantity
of protein based food, and carbohydrate food are required, like chicken, meat,
cereals, peanuts, walnuts, fresh fruits and vegetables. During this
period the new mom wants some one’s guide as for the new one in the
family, she will need to get the assistance and guidance in the family, for
this she can hire any care giver, or friends, or some other person.
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