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If you are a mother who was pregnant, afraid you if your baby is born with a baby one day of the babies born weighing over 4 pounds. Every baby born at risk of complications during childbirth, the risk that there could be a difficult baby out through the birth, postpartum hemorrhage due to a tear in the birth canal or tersangkutnya shoulder resulting in difficult breathing baby, even if his shoulder was caught immediately helped lead the death of the child. This is one form of complication during the birth process that occurs with a large baby. Prediction of actual children have more predictable early with a regular pregnancy check both the midwife and the doctor.
During pregnancy check at your doctor is always in question, history and menstrual cycles, history of health problems mother / father before pregnancy, the complaints are felt during pregnancy and a history of consumption of certain drugs during pregnancy lasted. The question is will bring the doctor in a follow-up inspection program for welfare of the fetus. For example, if mothers with a history of recurrent miscarriage occurs, the baby died in utero and had a big baby, doctors will lead to check the mother’s blood sugar level and blood tests to see certain parasites such as Toxoplasma. With this early examination certain disorders can be overcome by giving certain drugs.
The case of large babies weighing under 5 pounds baby is still often the case, however, babies born with weight of 6 kilograms ekskrim still very rare. Big baby or makrosomia known Latin term, or the Giant Baby (baby giant), is a baby weighing over 4 pounds. Incidence varies between 8 to 10 percent of total births, but the birth of extreme weight above 5.5 kg as very rare. Large baby increases the risk of delivery problems that may occur shoulder and caught the baby, even if the baby is born, the baby will be born with breathing problems and sometimes the baby is born with a collarbone injury, shoulder and nerve sheath.
All this happened due to the great mass of baby making it impossible or very difficult through the mother’s pelvis. Lucky in certain circumstances can babies through the mother’s pelvis with a long process but it usually has the potential baby is not healthy, while mothers who give birth often experience postpartum disorders walked up from stretching the pelvic bone structure. These complaints can be recovered with good care.
Factors cause large babies can be due to maternal factors and could also be due to her own baby factor. Some of these factors among others. Women who suffer from diabetes (diabetes mellitus), this occurs due to the interruption of blood sugar using pregnant women berperannya caused no insulin function, which makes babies grow up. A mother with a history of diabetes, if you’re pregnant to do the lab about the blood sugar levels to prevent complications in the womb the baby’s death.
Examination of blood sugar levels should be done during 24-28 weeks of gestation, when blood sugar is not normal, the value of sugar to be lowered in a safe or normal limits by using insulin injections, because the use of drugs that lower blood sugar tablets are not justified, because it could endanger baby.
During pregnancy the mother’s weight gain is always recorded in order to predict the increase of maternal health and prevent the addition of a very conspicuous. A chubby-risk pregnant women 4 to 12 times to give birth to large babies. Babies are born great, too associated with gestational age estimated passing time. Also a mother with a pregnancy of more than 2 is also potentially a big baby, because in general the weight of a baby coming next increased by about 80 to 120 gr. Pregnant women with advanced age and had a big baby, big baby chance.
In addition the influence of maternal posture and a great father also affect babies born large, high-impact associated with weight loss instead. The influence of genetic or congenital abnormalities (congenital) are also influential to happen big baby. Infants with Sex influential men of the baby occurs, usually around 150 boys heavier than the type of women, the incidence in boys ranged 60 to 65 percent .. Pregnant women who drink ice no relationship with big kids events, these complaints are often asked a pregnant woman during pregnancy consult your obstetrician.
With regular pregnancy check can be reduced risk of complications for the mother that often occurs due to large babies, such as high rates of Caesarean section, pascasalin bleeding, and trauma of the birth canal. Check the post pregnancy midwife or health clinic was conducted by either a midwife or general practitioner will be the initial screening, the presence or absence of a mother’s pregnancy problems.
If a mother with weight gain above 12 kg, the average ideal weight gain during pregnancy (7 to 12 kg), or the uterine fundus height above 40 cm, or obese mothers (above 80 kg weight), should be the case that so immediately referred to the hospital for confirmation sonography examination because of the mother with these measures potentially happening big baby.
Problems that arise in large infants with maternal history of diabetes is the treatment of post-born babies, babies should be checked blood sugar levels to prevent infants less energy is usually caused sianak normal function of insulin hormone. Meanwhile, in a large group of infants due to maternal posture factor large, relatively easy maintenance.
Prevention aimed at preventing a large babies happen unwanted complications for both mother and fetus by road to an early diagnosis of potential big baby. Prevention is done by doing the weighing of maternal weight on a regular basis, a high measurement of fundus uteri and eating right.
So far, there is the assumption of a pregnant woman should eat for two people serving as such it requires relatively much energy, this opinion is not correct because of the increased calorie needs of a pregnant women ranged from 10 to 15 percent of normal requirements.
To prevent a pregnant mother of a baby needs to do a regular pregnancy, 4 times during pregnancy, once during the first trimester and the second and 2 times during the third trimester of pregnancy.
Important for a pregnant woman to do a sonography (ultrasound) during pregnancy, should a pregnant woman during her pregnancy checked at least as much as 2 times, ie during 12-15 weeks gestation to see the baby abnormalities, and the age of 8 months of pregnancy to determine welfare of the fetus, placental location and position / presentation babies so they can plan the optimal delivery. Examination of the baby with ultrasound will provide accuracy up to 90 percent, while the physical examination alone for example with maternal weight and height of fundus uteri provide accuracy up to 50 percent.
Given the many risks that may occur during pregnancy, it should be. every pregnant woman to do good prenatal care and regular, with weight gain weighed every month, doing an ultrasound examination during pregnancy at least at the beginning and end of gestation.
Do not be ashamed to tell a history of bad pregnancy if there is time to consult with your doctor. With the high public awareness of pregnancy to examine whether we will be able to reduce the risk of major birth, and the risk of pregnancy.