Risks in pregnancy

Today, May 31st, World No Tobacco Day is celebrated, and that is why from "Babies and More" we want to put our little grain of sand to raise awareness about the importance of a smoke-free pregnancy. Because if you smoke, your baby does too.

It is estimated that a healthy weight gain during pregnancy is around 11-16 kilos, always depending on each woman. There are women who gain little weight during pregnancy and that is not a problem if they eat a healthy diet, but it is when being thin in pregnancy becomes an obsession.

I think one of the most worrying phrases you can hear when you're pregnant is "you have to rest at home." Such is the psychological burden you feel when you know that anything you do can put your baby's life at risk, that that life change that you already know will come with motherhood, comes to you suddenly. But is it really necessary to carry it out? Is it really an effective measure to decrease the rate of preterm births?

One of the first and most important tests that a pregnant woman should have is the blood test. This basic test determines what type of blood you have and what your Rh factor is. And it is that the Rh factor will play an important role in the health of the baby.

Healthcare workers are on the front line in the fight against the coronavirus, exposed to a greater risk of contagion when caring for patients with Covid. That is why it is good news that, in protection of pregnant women, the right to immediate discharge has been recognized for a 16-week pregnant doctor, due to risk during pregnancy due to exposure to COVID-19 patients.

Isabel González returned to her job as a security guard in Lugo, four months after becoming a mother. His shift included eight-hour shifts and part of the shift was at night. As she was still breastfeeding her son, she asked her company to suspend the contract and receive a financial benefit, taking the risk during breastfeeding established by Spanish law.