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At admission, LifeSpring provided us with a rate estimate and at discharge, we paid the same amount. We were really happy not to pay anything extra…
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from ayah to nurses, receptionist to doctor, everybody took a lot of care of my daughter and her baby” |
– Mother of customer, Shivaleela |
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High Risk Pregnancy
IS YOUR PREGNANCY HIGH RISK?
If answer to any of the questions provided below is positive, then you are at a high risk on pregnancy. Inform LifeSpring Hospital doctor about your high risk along with this card.
Obstetric History |
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Previous still birth or neonatal loss ? |
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History of 3 or more consecutive
spontaneous abortions ?
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Birth weight of last baby less than 2.5 kg.? |
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Birth weight of last baby more than 4.5 kg.? |
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Last Hospital admission for hypertension
or pre-eclampsia ?
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Previous surgery on reproductive tract ?
(Myomectomy, removal of septum, cone
biopsy, classical CS, cervical ceraclage)
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Current Pregnancy |
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Diagnosed or suspected multiple pregnancy? |
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Age less than 16 years? |
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Age more than 40 years? |
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Vaginal bleeding? |
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Pelvic mass? |
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Low blood pressure 90 mm Hg or more during
1st consultation?
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General Medical |
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Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus? |
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Renal disease ? |
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Cardiac disease ? |
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Known ‘substances’ abuse?
(Including heavy alcohol drinking) |
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Any other severe medical disease or
condition?
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This information provides a general overview on this topic and may not apply to everyone. To find out if this information applies to you and to get more information on this subject, talk to your LifeSpring doctor. |
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Weigth Gain
Most women do not gain much weight during their first trimester. After the first three months, you should gain weight gradually |
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During pregnancy, you will be providing nutrients to both yourself and your fetus. But this does not mean that you should eat twice as much food. You do not need to eat more than usual during the first 3 months of pregnancy. Through the rest of your pregnancy you should take in about 300 extra calories a day. You'll probably feel hungrier during this time so you won't need to try too hard to take off more or count calories.
But be careful. Most pregnant women tend to gain too much weight; 300 extra calories a day is not much (about the equivalent of 2 chapatis with ghee or a helping of rice or 1 cup of pasta with plain tomato sauce). Although you need to take in additional nutrients and calories during pregnancy, gaining too much weight can cause the fetus to grow too large. An unusually large fetus can cause problems in late pregnancy and make your delivery more difficult. Also, those extra pounds will be hard to take off after delivery.
On the other hand, you should not try to lose weight during pregnancy, even if you are overweight, because this can prevent the fetus from getting enough important nutrients. At delivery you will lose about 12 to 14 pounds and in the 6 weeks after delivery you will take off weight as your uterus shrinks back to its normal size and you lose extra body fat and fluids. Your weight loss will be faster if you breast-feed your baby because breast-feeding burns calories.
The importance of regular exercise
If you exercised regularly before pregnancy, exercise will continue to help you control your blood pressure, reduce stress, tone your muscles, and improve your mental and physical well-being. Exercise can also keep you from gaining too much weight and can help reduce constipation, which often accompanies pregnancy. If you did not exercise before becoming pregnant, you can begin a moderate walking program (three to five times a week for 30 minutes at a time), but nothing more strenuous. Starting an intensive exercise program during pregnancy may increase your risk of injuries such as sprains. Whether or not you exercised previously, talk with your doctor about exercising during pregnancy.
In addition to your other activities, you should also do exercises called Kegel exercises, which can strengthen the muscles around your bladder to help improve their tone. Kegel exercises can also help prevent the leaking of urine that can occur later if these muscles are weakened during childbirth. For Kegel exercises, you tighten the same muscles you would tighten to stop the flow of urine. Do these exercises several times a day, whenever you think about it. |
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