Showing posts with label new born baby. Show all posts
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Thursday, 5 October 2017

Tips for pregnant women on fasting during karwachauth


Festive season has started and Karvachauth is round the corner. Many married ladies keeps fast during this day for their husband’s long life. Unlike other fasts, karvachauth fast is a bit difficult one as you cannot sip water all through the day. So, for all those expecting ladies who are in dilemma here are few tips that you need to keep in mind while fasting during pregnancy. 

1. Get connected with your doctor: The first and foremost thing you have do is to consult with your doctor before taking up the fast. There is no as such study that proves fasting during pregnancy is dangerous but it all depends upon your health and how smooth your pregnancy is. Also, Karvachauth fast is without water so; this might lead to dehydration, further causing a lot of physical discomfort and eating nothing the entire day might distress the baby too. Thus, before taking a decision to fast or not, it is always advisable to consult your gynecologist. 

2. Make moderations: Eating and drinking nothing the entire day is much difficult for pregnant ladies so it is better that you can make moderations in you fast by eating fruits once in a day and sipping water through out  so that you can continue with your fast without discomforting the baby inside. 

3. Choose your morning sargi carefully: First of all make sure you drink a big glass of milk, also eat nuts, fruits, a parantha so that you do not feel

Monday, 9 March 2015

Preserving umbilical cord


The umbilical cord is a cord between mother and baby that connects a baby in the womb to its mother. It runs from an opening in your baby's stomach to the placenta in the womb. Placenta keeps your unborn baby’s blood supply separate from your own blood supply (mother). This placenta is enables to carry out the functions that the unborn baby cannot perform for itself 

Umbilical cord blood is a baby's blood left in the placenta after the baby is born and the umbilical cord is cut. Usually umbilical cord gets discarded along with the placenta blood as a waste

In the 1970's, medical researchers discovered that human umbilical cord blood contained the same kind of stem cells found in bone marrow. Researchers believed that they could also use stem cells from umbilical cord blood to save patients.

Delivery is the only time that stem cells may be extracted from the umbilical cord, otherwise they are discarded. The blood cells in the umbilical cord contain special stem cells