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on Pregnancy & Lactation | |
| 1. | | During
pregnancy, the high level of body hormones lessens the normal daily hair loss.
After delivery, mothers may increase hair loss due to the changes of body hormones
eg. progesterone & estrogen. However, the total amount of hair lose is only
equivalent to the hair that should have been shed during pregnancy. Generally,
mothers start to lose their hair at the 4th month and stop at the 6th month after
delivery. ( http://my.webmd.com/content/article/14/3609_127.htm
) | | | 2, | | Morning
sickness is common during early months pregnancy. Pregnant women are encouraged
to take small frequent dry meals of easily digested carbohydrate foods and low-fat
diet to relieve sickness. Liquid beverages are best taken between meals. (Mahan,
L.K & Escott-Stump, S. 1996. Krause’s food, nutrition, & diet therapy.
9th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company) | |
| 3. | | During
breastfeeding, some infants prefer one breast to the other. To overcome this bias,
change breasts by sliding the infant across your abdomen, keeping the infant’s
head and mouth oriented in the same plane/ direction as both breasts. (Medical
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