Homoeopathy during pregnancy

Although, the majority of pregnancies run a smooth course most women expect to feel different, as also look different, during the period of gestation ( the time the baby spends in the uterus.)
The human baby requires a gestation period of about nine months, the opossum's baby a mere eleven days and the elephant's nearly two years. In humans this period varies, probably influenced by the mother's menstrual cycle. Most drs agree that a baby will never live it is born on the 196th day after the last menstrual period. On the other hand, pregnancies lasting beyond the 300th day are rare. The average pregnancy lasts 260 days.
Care unborn child
Taking care of the pregnant mother is the best way to take care of the unborn child. The development of the foetus can be affected by many factors in its mother's environment. Though many babies seem perfectly healthy despite exposure to potentially damaging substances and events, each exposure increses the risk that something can go wrong.
Emotional effects
If a woman is very tense during her pregnancy, full of irritations and complaints, her unborn child may be unusually active.
Instead of strong sedatives and tranquilliser, it's much better to take a Homoeopathic nerve smoother like Kali phos in 6 x Potency, five pills thrice a day, or more frequently if necessary. The use of Kali phos soothes the nerves and has a calming the mother or the child.
At times sleep is a major problem. This may be due to emotional problems or physical discomfort. Once again, Kali phos 6 x five pills at bed time, will help.
Drugs and cigarettes
Many obstetricians recommend that women refrain from taking any medications, including potent medicines such as cold remedies, at least during the first three months of pregnancy unless that medicine is essential for the preservation of the mother's health.There are a number of chemical substances which may or may not affect the development of the embryo.
The case of the Thalidomide babies is now quite well known. Thalidomide was a drug used by pregnant mothers for preventing nausea or vomiting which was described as morning sickness. This drug however had to be withdrawn from the international market because it produced physically and mentally retarded children. Thalidomide is only one of the many chemical substances banned. Instead of taking strong chemically formulated drugs, you are safer with non toxic Homoeopathic medicines, aren't you ?
A study of more than 16,000 pregnancies shows that mothers who smoke cigarettes are more likely to have still born babies, premature babies or babies that are below average in.weight than non smoking mothers. Other researchers have found that cigarette smoking, tobacco chewing, strong sedatives drugs and tranquilliser stimulate the contraction of the uterus and can lead to premature birth. There are cases of spontaneous abortions and miscarriages too.
Diet
All the nutrients needed for foetal growth must be taken from the mother's own diet and transmitted through the placenta. If the food eaten is not adequate, the growth of the Child is affected.
Meals should include a high level of proteins and all the essential minerals and vitamins. The pregnant woman's weight at the end of nine months should be around 20 pounds or 9 kg higher than what it was before conception.
Homoeopathic science is based on individualisation that is each individual should be treated according to the totality of her symptoms. When a woman is pregnant she is treated according to her present symptoms, past illness, present allergies, likes and dislikes and also her family history. This is known as a constitutional remedy. When this constitutional tis given over a regular period in the correct dosage and Potency, it helps in building up the mother's and her child's cells and tissues, blood bones organs, brain and intelligence in a most natrual and healthy way.
These constitutional remedies act like a preventive medicine against any unwanted problems. For example We had the case of a woman Two months pregnant who had given birth to two children with Atopic Eczema with skin eruptions all over the body. They were now 7 and 5 years old, respectively, still suffering from the same problem and with many other complications.She was extremely worried about having a third child with the same problem. After seven months of Regular Homoeopathic treatment she gave birth to a perfectly normal child without any skin problems.
Another case I had treated a woman had given birth to three children, all of them deaf and dumb . She wanted's fourth child without any defects. Since a syphilitic trait normally gives rise to this type of abnormalities, and her husband had suffered from this venereal disease, I gave her Anti syphilitic Homoeopathic medicines without any guarantee but to my Joy she gave birth to a normal child.Mother and father and relatives were happy and wanted to pay me extra my treatment fees but I refused to accept.When child boy was Two years he was speaking and hearing and walking well no any problems he was not special child but normal child.
These examples show that not only do Homoeopathic medicines help in developing and maintaining good health during pregnancy, they also help in getting rid of certain hereditary diseases and family illnesses.
Every pregnant mother must seek the correct constitutional remedy from her dr. Self medication is not advisable.

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