9 signs that your pregnancy is going well

Many mothers are worried and distressed wondering whether their babies are growing well and if their pregnancies are lapsing normally.

Do you want to know 9 signs that your pregnancy march on smooth sailing?

1. Your blood pressure is normal
Controlling blood pressure is one of the clinical parameters that should be followed more closely during pregnancy since an increase of it can cause serious complications for mother and baby.
Between 8 and 10% of pregnant women develop high blood pressure during pregnancy. Whenever concurras your prenatal care, your obstetrician will measure the pressure, because early detection of hypertension is essential to establish an appropriate treatment.
During pregnancy, the systolic pressure should be less than 140 mm Hg and diastolic should not exceed 90 mm Hg. The detection of higher values ​​in two or more opportunities indicate the presence of hypertension.

The fact that your blood pressure remains within normal limits is an indicator that your baby will get enough oxygen and nutrients to grow normally.


2. Curve tolerance normal glucose within normal values
About 4% of pregnant women develop diabetes during pregnancy. As with other types of diabetes, gestational diabetes is a condition in which the body has difficulty in managing sugar levels in the blood, causing high blood glucose. Gestational diabetes, when left untreated, can have severe consequences for the baby: can have a high birth weight, birth defects and fetal death in utero.
During the 26th week of pregnancy, your obstetrician will ask for a study called oral tolerance test glucose. The fact that this study will shed normal laboratory values, indicates that not suffer from gestational diabetes.


3. Your baby grows harmoniously and amniotic fluid is adequate
In the first trimester ultrasound scans it will be verified that the gestational sac is within the uterine cavity and at about 5 weeks gestation this embryo heartbeat
biparietal diameter, femoral length and abdominal circumference: In the scans performed during the second and third trimester, some parameters that will indicate whether your baby is growing properly corroborated. When there is a problem in which the baby does not get enough oxygen supply and nutrients, ultrasound will show that the fetal abdomen continues to grow and amniotic fluid decreases.
Every time you perform a scan that is normal, thinks your baby is fine !!


4. You do not have contractions
The contractions are classified according to their intensity and frequency, and these, of course, vary as the pregnancy progresses.
Contractions may be of 3 types:

1- Focal contractions: those of such low intensity that you do not notice it. Occur until the 30th week of pregnancy. They are very common, you can have up to 6 daily.

Braxton Hicks 2: begin to notice them clearly from the 24th week of gestation. They are more intense, but not painful. Not invade the entire uterus, but cover only some areas, and can have up to 10 daily. There may be up to a contraction per hour., but more than three per hour is not normal. This is a figure that should serve as a guide.

The most important thing is that normal or physiological contractions devoid of rhythm and therefore can feel two or three in half an hour and not notice any more until several hours later or even the next day. If you are annoying and more frequent than normal, consult your doctor

3- contractions of labor: are much stronger, annoying and dangerous because if not inhibited, may conclude with preterm labor. Modify the cervix and are similar to those of the first stage of labor. When presented before the end of pregnancy, the doctor will prescribe drugs to slow the process and order you to rest and may even require hospitalization.
The fact that these contractions of labor before 37 weeks is another indication that your pregnancy goes smoothly.


5. Your baby moves
The presence of fetal movement is an indicator that your baby is fine and reactive. Take some time every day to lie down and check that your baby move. It is always advisable that before you do eat something sweet, this will increase your blood sugar and your baby will move.


6. The screening of Down syndrome was normal
This prenatal screening test, nuchal translucency is done using an ultrasound between weeks 11 and 14 of pregnancy. clear or translucent tissue of the baby's neck is measured space. This measurement helps assess the risk of the baby having Down syndrome or other genetic abnormalities.

Depending on the medical center nuchal translucency can be combined with other studies to increase its predictive value. You can perform blood tests to measure the free fraction of the Beta-hCG and PAPP-A and triple screening test proteins. These screening tests together have an accuracy of 85 to 95% for detecting Down syndrome.

Another factor has been added to screening for Down syndrome is the presence of nasal bone: if there
is between weeks 11 and 14, there are more chances of the baby having Down syndrome.


7. You took folate
Folic acid is a vitamin found naturally in many fruits, vegetables and grains and is essential for the baby because it helps the formation of the neural tube. This tube is part of the embryo which later becomes the brain and spinal cord.

When the neural tube fails to close, babies are born with a serious birth defect called neural tube defect. Many pregnancies affected by this disease end in spontaneous abortions or births of children lifeless.

The shortcomings of the most common neural tube are spina bifida and anencephaly. The first is one of the most important causes of childhood disability and anencephaly is a condition characterized by a baby born with skull and poorly developed brain.

The taking folic acid during the first trimester of pregnancy can prevent this problem. There is evidence that if all females take folic acid before conception and during early pregnancy, the amount of babies born with neural tube defects will be decreased to 70%.

8. Your detailed fetal scan was normal
The most important of pregnancy ultrasound is being performed prowling the 20th week of pregnancy and is called Scan Fetal. This study allows us to observe the abdominal organs, stomach, intestines, bladder, kidneys, and check if the baby swallows and urine. also can watch the baby thoracic organs, the heart and lungs, and get a more accurate diagnosis result when attached with an echocardiogram.

The evaluation of the fetal spine and skull is also possible through this study to discard pathologies neural tube such as spina bifida.

If the result of your fetal scan is normal, it means that all devices and systems for your baby are normal.


9. Fetal monitoring
Fetal monitoring should be performed routinely after the 37th week of gestation in normal pregnancies and in specific cases even earlier.
Its reactive result is indicative of fetal health, while the non-reactive result does not necessarily mean illness, therefore it should be reiterated in a timely manner.
If you've done a fetal monitoring and was reactive, this means that your baby is fine.