Image via Wikipedia As a woman, having control over our bodies and our health is particularly important – especially in terms of pregnancy. While there are many parts of pregnancy that you cannot control, there are two that you can - your nutrition and your fitness. With the help of your doctor, you can develop a plan to help keep both you and your baby as healthy as possible. Nutrition during pregnancy is a funny thing. You have to contend with all the rules, such as no caffeine and no fish, while still having crazy cravings. Your doctor will present you with the ideal pregnancy … [Read more...]
Exercise for Heart Health
It is important to improve your health so you can be around long enough to enjoy your children and grandchildren. Improving your heart health is a major focus to keep you healthy and strong. Besides eating a healthy diet, there are many exercises you can do that will increase circulation to your heart and make your heart stronger. Living an inactive lifestyle is a big risk factor in developing heart disease. There is something you can do about it to prevent or reverse the effects of heart disease. Just getting up and doing something physical each day will help. However, becoming part of a … [Read more...]
Exercise for Bone Health
Have you ever considered that exercising can help you reduce or prevent bone loss? Just like exercising increases your muscle mass and strength, bones are also living tissue and responds to exercise by strengthening. The best types of exercise for increasing your bone strength include any weight-bearing exercises that cause you to work against gravity. There are some exercises that are excellent for your cardiovascular health and/or help you build muscle such as swimming or bicycling, but because they are not weight-bearing activities they will not do much to help with bone strengthening. … [Read more...]
Managing Pregnancy Symptoms
For many women, pregnancy brings excitement, blessings and symptoms. You may find yourself dealing with a wide range of different health changes that occur just because you are pregnant. Even the most fit mothers can sometimes find themselves experiencing symptoms such as nausea, fatigue and cravings. When this happens, it can mess up your day and, for some, it can leave you worried about what is causing the problem. Most women will have some type of symptom or health factor that affects his or her health during pregnancy. Just imagine what your body is going through at this time and it … [Read more...]
The Importance of Screening During Pregnancy
Pregnancy is an amazing experience for most people. It is an opportunity for people to explore new opportunities and to build onto their family. It can also be a time of concern. The "what if" situations arise and make even the most healthy conscious of parents to wonder if their child will be healthy and happy. This is one of the reasons that you should have prenatal screening with a qualified doctor. Your doctor can often provide you with the reassurance that your child will be healthy when he or she is born. More so, doctors can learn about risk factors that can help the doctor to … [Read more...]
Tests Women Should Have
As a woman, your health is different from that of a man. It is up to you to keep your health in check and to do that you often need to have a few tests done. By having regular health screenings, you can help catch the early warning signs of conditions such as cancer and diabetes. That way, you can treat these conditions head on and avoid the potential risks of an undiscovered illness. One of the most important tests for a woman is a breast cancer screening, called a mammogram. This procedure can help pinpoint a variety of cancers and concerns occurring in the breast, some of which may lead … [Read more...]
3 steps to quick recovery after delivery
Labor can be one of the most trying and exciting times of a woman's life but what few people discuss is the necessary recovery time afterwards. Typical recovery time is 6 weeks but some women find that their discomfort lasts for months. There are some things that can be done to help women bounce back more quickly after delivery. Obey the doctor's orders: It can be easy to disregard a doctor's instructions or obey them half heartedly but the truth is that they are the experts and obeying reasonable instructions is the first step to recovery. The doctors may prescribe limited driving or … [Read more...]