8 Oct 2010

Maternal and Child Health Literacy

1. The best female reproductive age is 24 to 29 years old, pregnant women are older than 35 years old pregnant women.
2. Pregnant women is best started from 3 months before pregnancy folic acid, and continued throughout the pregnancy.
3. Morning sickness usually appear 6 weeks pregnant, in pregnant naturally after 3 months away.
4. Pregnant women (adult) normal blood pressure below 140 mm Hg for the systolic blood pressure (mmHg), diastolic blood pressure below 90 mm Hg.
5. As syphilis, HIV and hepatitis B virus can infect the fetus through the placenta, so should be done at the first prenatal check the appropriate tests in order to detect anomalies, timely treatment.
6. If the pre-pregnancy or toxoplasmosis infection during pregnancy can cause miscarriage, stillbirth, stillbirth, premature delivery or fetal malformations and other adverse pregnancy outcomes.
7. Projects in the third trimester prenatal care, blood pressure, weight, fundal height, urine protein, fetal heart rate every time the project will investigate, but not every B-check.
8. Refers to prenatal diagnosis of congenital fetal defects and genetic disease diagnosis, including appropriate screening. Pregnant women over the age of 35, prenatal diagnosis should be carried out.
9. According to the World Health Organization standards, standards for diagnosis of anemia during pregnancy pregnancy hemoglobin (Hb) less than 110 grams / liter (g / L).
10. Anemic pregnant women under the guidance of a doctor should be added a small dose of iron, with attention to vitamin C, in order to promote iron absorption and utilization.
11. Pregnant women of various vitamin supplement is not better. If the excessive intake of vitamin A, may be harmful to the fetus.
12. Pregnant women before delivery, if there is a lot of water associated with vaginal or without abdominal pain, pain associated with regular uterine contractions, rupture of membranes (broken water), dizziness, headache, severe vomiting, fever, blurred vision, etc., should immediately go to hospital.
13. Full-term pregnancy is 42 weeks over 37 weeks during the delivery dissatisfaction.
14. Natural childbirth is the best, most secure on the maternal mode of delivery. Compared with cesarean section, has obvious advantages.
15. As hormone levels after delivery is rapidly changing, post-partum mothers from birth until 10 days prone to short, mild dysphoria, such as: depression, easy tears, crying, anxiety, mild emotional disorders, and easy fatigue and anxiety associated with , called the mother of depressed production.
16. The mean birth weight of 3,200 grams (6 pounds 4 two) about the birth weight at or more than 4000 grams for a great children.
17. Newborns after birth, more water loss due to the body, can lead to physiological weight loss, but generally not more than 10% of birth weight, body weight of about 7 to 10 days recovery.
18. Newborns one month, more than 600 grams of weight gain is normal.
19. Newborn physiological jaundice usually subsided 7 to 10 days.
20. Newborns umbilical cord fall off time is normally 1 to 2 weeks after birth.
21. False menstruation, breast enlargement and lactation, "mantis mouth" and "horse teeth" and so on are normal physiological phenomenon in the neonatal period.
22. Breast milk is the best natural food for babies. Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months to meet all the necessary baby liquid, energy and nutrients. Infant complementary feeding, you can continue breastfeeding to 2 years or 2 years of age.
23.0 ~ 6 months if the normal full-term infant formula with exclusive breastfeeding or feeding, generally do not add extra calcium, but it should be started 15 days after birth, a daily supplement of vitamin D400 ~ 800 international units.
24. Full moon in the newborn can see best distance of about 20 cm.
25. Adequate sleep can help to promote infant development, infants within one month of sleep a night is generally 16 to 18 hours.
26. Neonatal screening was collected 72 hours after birth heel blood, for congenital hypothyroidism and phenylketonuria (PKU) and other disease screening.
27. Newborn hearing screening at birth, 3 to 5 days after. If the initial screening of a problem or suspicious, should be reviewed within 3 months, or referral to a specialist hospital for early detection of hearing loss.
28. The baby's anterior fontanel (the top of the head) is a 4 phase formed at the gap skull, birth-to-edge distance of about 2.5 cm, generally 12 to 18 months of closing.
29. The baby after birth according to Zhu vaccination immunization program. Among them, the hepatitis B vaccine should be in the child's birth, one month and 6 months, three doses of vaccination.
30. Baby teeth eruption time are quite different, generally between 4 to 10 months.
Healthy lifestyle and behavior
31. In order to reduce lead exposure on fetal growth and development, pregnant women are not the best hair and less makeup. Appropriate clothing for comfort during pregnancy, it is best not to wear high heels.
32. Pregnant women in front of the computer screen working hours, not more than 20 hours per week, not more than 4 hours a day.
33. Normal pregnant women should be adequate physical activity daily, such as: walking, gymnastics, yoga, swimming and so on.
34. Soft-bristled toothbrush should be used during pregnancy, in addition to brush your teeth properly twice a day, but also mouthwash after meals to ensure that oral is clean.
35. Pre-pregnancy normal weight, lean body type and body fat of pregnant women, weight gain during pregnancy was 12 kg, 14 to 15 kg, 7 to 8 kg. Beginning the second trimester weekly weight gain was 400 grams, 500 grams, 300 grams.