Problems during pregnancy

Problems during pregnancy
Pregnancy should be regarded as the most natural process rather than as a confining illness. Some of the bodily functions are altered by approaching motherhood, but it should be remembered that women have been bearing children since man set foot on this earth and the chances for a safe and successful delivery have never been better than what they are today.
The expectant mother hears a variety of old wives 'tales about the hazards complications there is no reason for any anxiety.Besides many of the complications can be prevented or corrected with good homoeopathic medicines in a most gentle,natural way without any harm or side effects to the mother or to her child.
Drugs
It has been recommended by obstetricians that women refrain from taking strong drugs , including potent medicines such as cold remedies, especially during the first three months of pregnancy. There are a number of chemical substances in drugs which affect the development of the embryo.
Homoeopathic medicines deal with these problems without any adverse effects.
Heart burn
Heart burn during the first trimester is usually due to anxiety and tension.During the last six months it is months it is usually due to crowding of the enlarged uterus within the abdomen, which lessens stomach capacity.The solution besides medicines is to eat a number of small meals containing more fruit and vegetables.Tge pregnant mother should sleep with additional pillows so that the rest of the body,avoid tight clothing which squeezees the abdomeninal area and avoid stooping or bending over after eating.
Biochemic Nat Phos ( Phosphate of soda) is best suited for pregnancy dyspepsia or heart burn.
Acidity with pain in the abdomen after food: Acidity occurs one or two hrs after food with nausea.At times a sour fluid comes into the mouth, with curdled masses of vomit.There is an empty felling in the stomach with a feeling with a feeling of weight near the umbilicals.Due to billious ness , the tounge has a thick yellow coating of mucus.This is one of the specific Remedies which acts when taken in 6 x potency 3 Tablets four times a day
Other important remedies are Robina Abies nigra , Mag Phos, Nyx V  each remedy works well if correctly matched with the patient's symptoms.
Morning sickness
Morning sickness characterised by nausea and vomiting is one of the most common complaints of mothers to be  While friends and relatives may try to convince the expectant mother that there is the sick feeling in all her mind, there is good evidence that there is good evidence that there is also a physical cause. The level of gastric acid in a pregnant woman's stomach declines during the first three months of pregnancy.Also , stomach activity during that period is at a low ebb and digestion is one or two hrs slower after a meal than it was before pregnancy.
In most cases of morning sickness the mother is unable to hold her breakfast. The feeling of nausea usually subsides by lunch time and dies not appear again until the next morning. For the majority of women the felling disappeares entirely by the 12 th week. Greasy foods are tobe avoided.
Symphoricarpus rasemosa 200 potency works well 5 pills tobe taken every three hrs .
Ipecac  This medicine is indicated when there is excessive Flatulence, terrible nausea and heart burn, clean tounge with no desire to eat or drink anything 200 C potency in frequent dosage should be given
Colchicum.This medicine is indicated in cases where the following symptoms are present severe nausea, especially with the smell and sight of food 200 C potency will help .
A Homoeopathic dr. will set this iterating problem right.
Back ache and other disorders
The most common complaint associated with pregnancy is backache.Backache in pregnant women is usually caused by changes in posture and only rarely by abnormality of organs within the pelvis.Usually it is due to bending , lifting or walking without properly compensating for the added strain of the weight of the child especially later stages of pregnancy.
Backache generally responds to rest , heat and to Homoeopathic drugs which help in relaxing of the muscles.
Arnica when back pain is due to pressure caused by the foetus , there is a continuous sore and bruised feeling in the back .The patient is forever trying out more comfortable positions.Lying down , standing or sitting does not relieve her. Only Arnica 200 c 5 pills every three hrs, will relax the muscular stiffness and pain.
Rhus tox This remedy acts when there is more stiffness than pain lying down only increases the pain, the patient feels better while moving about . On waking up in the morning there is sever stiffness and pain which subsides after movement and a hot water bath.200 C 5 pills every two hrs.will help .
Bryonia This medicine is indicated for backache with stiffness and pain.Here the symptoms are the opposite of those mentioned under Rhus tox Pain is relieved by the absolute rest , lying down and pressure.Even the slightest movement brings about pain
Bryonia in 200 potency will help.
Improper posture in the final weeks may also be responsible for numbness and tightening or crawling sensation in the hands and arms .The hand and arm complaints frequently are related to what is called the Lordotic posture, where the shoulders are slumped , the spine curved forward and the back bent forward.The tingling sensations usually vanish when the posture is corrected . Exercises are used to help change the Lordotic positioning of the spine and the shoulders.

By Kishin Mulchandani

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