The Prime Massages Related to Safe Motherhood

The following Prime massages related to safe motherhood are the most useful for safe motherhood.

1. The risk of child birth can be drastically reduced by going to the nearest health worker for regular check-ups during pregnancy because a health worker will help the women to Have a safe birth and a healthy baby.
2. A trained person should assist at every birth because a trained birth attendant will know how to keep the birth clean and reduce the risk of infection.
3. To reduce the dangers of pregnancy and child birth ,all families should know the warning signs . It is important of pregnant woman, their husbands ,and other family members , to know the signs which indicate that extra care , and regular visits to a health workers are needed.

• Warning signs before pregnancy and during pregnancy are listed as follows:
  
  (a)Warning signs before pregnancy begins:
  
• An interval of less than two years since the last birth.
• woman less than 18 or more than 35 years.
• Woman has four or more previous premature birth .
• woman has had a previous premature miscarriage abortion or still birth.
• Woman weight less than 38kg before pregnancy .
• Woman measures less than 145 cm in height .
• Woman had a previous convulsion.
• Woman had a goiter, HIV AIDS, sexually turnsmitted disease or other medical problems such as heart disease, lungs diseases etc.

(b) Warning sings developing during pregnancy:

• failing to gain weight at least 6kg should be gained in pregnancy.
• Unusual swelling of legs, arms or face
• Woman has had previous convulsion
• Woman has goiter and or other medical problems pf heart lungs etc.
• paleness of inside eyelids ( should be red or pink)

(c) Five sings which mean get help immediately:

• Bleeding from the vagina during pregnancy
• severe headache (sign of high blood pressure
• Severe vomiting
• High fever
• Blurring of vision

(4) Unless she is already overweight a woman needs more food during pregnancy. All pregnant woman need more rest.


(5) Spacing pregnancies at least two year apart and avoiding pregnancies below the age of 18 and above the age of 35 years drastically reduces the dangers of child bearing.


(6) Girls who are healthy and well fed during their own childhood and teenage years have fewer problems in pregnancy and childbirth.


(7) Smoking among pregnant woman increases risks of pregnancy and endangers the health of the infant.