Swelling or puffiness of feet is generally seen in the pregnant ladies. This swelling is because of excessive fluid retention in the feet and improper blood circulation.
Causes for Swelling of Feet during Pregnancy
Fluid retention is the main cause of swelling of feet during pregnancy. There is a high production of fluid during pregnancy.
Continuous walking and be in upright position for prolonged period cause swelling of feet during pregnancy.
Hot atmospheric condition also causes swelling of feet during pregnancy.
Enlarging uterus during pregnancy applies high amount of force to the legs andits nerves, and as a result there is improper blood flow which leads to swelling of feet during pregnancy.
Drinking less water, excess coffee, and tea lead to swelling of feet and ankles.
Hormonal actions also cause swelling of feet during pregnancy.
Diet for Swelling of Feet during Pregnancy
Eat food containing good amount of proteins like pulses, milk products, and fish.
Eat green vegetable like palak, beans, and cabbage.
Eat fruits like papaya, apple, and guava.
Eat vitamins, calcium, potassium, and zinc rich foods.
Exercises
Regularly do yoga as it improves blood circulations and reduces swelling of feet during pregnancy. Pranayama is good for body and mind.
Sit on the carpet and stretch your leg in the front, rotate your leg 10-15 times in a clockwise direction and then in the same way rotate in the anti-clock wise direction for 10-15 times. This reduces swelling of feet and improves blood circulation in the feet.
Swelling of feet during pregnancy is very common, you do not need to be frightened from this, and it only needs care and pampering to reduce irritation and pain caused due to swelling.
Symptoms for Swelling of Feet during Pregnancy
Swelling of the face, feet, and neck because of excessive accumulation of serum fluid in tissue, and hormonal changes are seen in the pregnant ladies.
Solid blood mass formation because of improper blood circulation, swelling in the both or one leg, headaches, felling that you will fall, high blood pressure, and improper vision are some of the symptoms which need a quick visit to the doctor.
Swelling of feet during pregnancy is common, try this home remedies to reduce feet swelling:
Moderate pain and swelling of ankles and feet and can be easily treated by some of the below
mentioned home remedies.
Take one glass of Luke warm water, mix one teaspoon of fresh lime juice in it and drink this liquid everyday. This is an effective home remedy in reducing swelling of feet during pregnancy.
Boil 1-2 glass of water containing half tablespoon molasses (gud) and one tablespoon saunf, and boil it down to half. Drink this natural homemade drink everyday for 2-3 times. This will reduce swelling of feet during pregnancy.
Boil 1-2 glass of water containing two teaspoon dhania seeds and boiled it down to half. Drink this one-two time for two-three days.
Do’s
Avoid staying in hot atmospheric condition.
Try to sit in a resting position for long hours by keeping your feet up; this reduces swelling
of feet during pregnancy.
Take a good amount of sleep at night; this also reduces swelling of feet during pregnancy. Take proper rest and stay in cool and normal temperature.
Wear soft and comfortable cotton cloth.
Sleeping or resting in one direction of your body (side turn) and keeping your legs raised using soft cushion reduces swelling of feet.
Do some breathing exercises everyday this helps in normal and safe delivery of the baby.
Drink lots of water as it keeps the skin hydrated and disease free.
Avoid tight elastic stockings and shocks.
Do not eat food items having excessive table salt content.
Massage your feet and hand for 5-10 minutes. This relaxes you and reduces swelling of feet during
pregnancy.
Light walking and relaxing in the sofa that supports the leg of pregnant women is a good option for reducing the swelling of feet during pregnancy.
Wear comfortable footwear to avoid foot pain.
Relax your feet by keeping it in the luke warm water for 10-15 minutes. This also reduces swelling.
Don’ts
Avoid tea, coffee, and heavy physical activities during pregnancy as it reduces the swelling
of feet and ankles.
Do not smoke or drink alcohol during pregnancy.
Treatment for Swelling of Feet during Pregnancy
Given below are some of the effective and useful home remedies for the treatment of Swelling of Feet during Pregnancy. However, it is not necessary that all these below mentioned remedies will be effective for every Swelling of Feet during Pregnancy patient.
Dahi (Curd)
Make fresh glass of buttermilk from curd and drink 2-3 times a day.
Buttermilk is a healthy drink for Swelling of Feet during Pregnancy patient. It also cleans the toxic substance within the stomach and helps in digestion.
Vitamin E-rich food
It is also found that Vitamin E-rich food is good for patients suffering from Swelling of Feet during Pregnancy. Some of the Vitamin E-rich food is spinach, almond oil, sweet potato, sunflower seeds, and wheat germs.
Karela (Bitter gourd) Juice
Juice extracted from bitter gourd is an effective home remedy for the treatment of Swelling of Feet during Pregnancy. Patient suffering from Swelling of Feet during Pregnancy should take 1-2 cup of bitter gourd juice in empty stomach in the morning. Continue this for 5-6 months.
Patient may add a tablespoon of lime juice, if found difficult to digest the bitter taste.
Lecithin seeds
Lecithin seeds are another effective home remedy for the treatment of Swelling of Feet during Pregnancy. Take 3-4 tablespoon of lecithin seeds every day for 2-3 month. This has a magical effect and shows great result within 2-3 months.
(Til) Sesame seeds
Sesame seeds are good for the treatment of various skin-related diseases. Take 15-20 sesame seeds and soak in a glass of water. Keep it overnight and drink in empty stomach early in the morning.
Other vegetable seeds important for the treatment of Swelling of Feet during Pregnancy are sunflower and pumpkin seeds.

An elementary care of your appearance

The way to hold your breast’s shape

This question worries pregnant women a lot, as pregnancy and breast feeding worsen breast’s shape, in many people’s opinions. This is not quite right. Excellent physical state, good state of tissues and perfect work of endocrine system help to form a beautiful woman’s breast during post-natal period, even if a woman nursed her baby. In the beginning of pregnancy it’s difficult to foresee a form your breast may take after you stop nursing a baby, so you need to take some measures that will allow you to hold your breast shape.
Wear a good bra. During pregnancy and breast-feeding, breast increases in size and becomes heavy. It’s not recommended to put off bra before going to bed, so that the breast wouldn’t sag. Cups of bra should cling to your breast very well, but without squeezing it! You should change bras as your breast increases.
You need to wash your breasts off every day with warm water and soap and wipe them with tough towel. Don’t apply a wet compress on your breasts!
Several times a day arrange air-baths for your breasts during 10-15 minutes.
Bar from appearing of extensions on your skin. They can appear as a result of break of elastic tissues. Hormonal and vitaminous medicines, made on carotene, help very well. They are taken as pills. Vitaminous creams are also extensively used while taking care of breasts. Smear your breasts and nipples with a cream after hygienic washing with boiled water every evening before going to bed. Massage cream in your breasts and nipples softly with your fingers.

To prevent chaps on your skin and keep skin elasticity and tenderness, smear your skin with creams, based on hormones and vitamins.

The way to keep your hair beauty

Many women suffer from intensive hair shedding and worsening while pregnancy: grease hair becomes greaser, and dry hair becomes drier.
If your hair is too dry. Melt beef marrow, filter it and mix it with rum (4:1). Rub this mixture into your head regularly.If your hair is too grease. It’s not recommended to comb with a hairbrush. It’s advisable to wash your hair more often, than usually, using liquid acid soap or a special shampoo. Every night before going to bed, it’s useful to massage your head skin. During pregnancy it’s not recommended to make a permanent wave.
Hair condition will improve, if you make a short haircut.Shape of face changes often during pregnancy: face becomes wider, features become rugged.Consult your hairdresser as for an appropriate haircut.

The way to keep healthy teeth

During pregnancy teeth become very frail. So it’s very important to observe the following rules during this period:

- eat food containing calcium and vitamin C
- reduce sugar content in your food allowance, so that to prevent caries development
- remember to brush your teeth twice a day
- consult dentist for a preventive medical inspection regularly

Cosmetics

During pregnancy a rough hormonal reorganization takes place in woman’s organism, and as a result, cosmetic skin defects appear sometimes. Pigmentation is among them. In such cases it’s very important to increase coming in of vitamin C to organism and use a cream with UF-protection while staying at the sun.
Concerning different cosmetics, there’re no reasons to stop using it. However, it’s better to use well-known cosmetics, bought in special shops and not causing allergy.

The way to choose clothes and shoes

Women often consider that clothes are a minor question for a pregnant woman, especially at home. This is not quite right. A well-dressed woman has higher vitality, as she can overcome her pregnancy easier, being in good mood. At the same time, clothes should correspond to the state of her organism: it’s necessary for a dress to be loose, light, appropriate to a season and not restraining movement.
Bras should correspond to your size, not squeezing breasts and shoulders. It’s more preferable to wear cotton underwear.
If outer clothing is loose and not squeezing your waist, it will hide an increasing belly and make you more elegant.
The bigger your belly is, the stronger muscles of front abdominal wall stretch, and because of a belly lowering, fetus position in uterus changes. To prevent such complications, it’s recommended to wear a special belt – bandage that serves as an additional support for your belly and uterus. Moreover, it helps to keep correct bearing and slenderness. Put bandage on while you’re lying and lace it up according to your belly volume.

It’s not desirable to wear pants with tight garters that squeeze your body. But you can wear loose comfortable trousers, shorts, tights.
Tension of leg muscles becomes stronger and load on joints increases, when you wear high-heels. As a result, you get overfatigue. It’s necessary to wear shoes on low wide heel, to reduce the loud on front part of feet and obtain better steadiness.
Don’t worry your figure has changed its form during pregnancy. Try to wear fashionable and beautiful clothes, of course, minding your state. Moreover, today being pregnant means being fashionable: clothes strive to accentuate woman’s special condition, as never before. Translucent blouses, accentuating roundish belly, sun-dresses and slinky (notice: not squeezing, but slinky!) dresses, jeans with low waist. There’re collections of beautiful and fashionable clothes for pregnant women in many shops. So, it’s quite time to go shopping and give yourself a treat buying some elegant fashionable skirt or a striking pullover!

Fashion

Fashion is a term that usually applies to a person that is often wearing the ‘in’ clothes , but quite often applies to a personal mode of expression that may or may not apply to all. Inherent in the term is the idea that the mode will change more quickly than the culture as a whole. The terms “fashionable” and “unfashionable” are employed to describe whether someone or something fits in with the current popular mode of expression. The term “fashion” is frequently used in a positive sense, as a synonym for glamour, beauty and style. In this sense, fashions are a sort of communal art, through which a culture examines its notions of beauty and goodness.

A Dress Says a Lot

While today’s culture has a tendency to greet fashion flair in a man with suspicion, George Washington believed a gentleman of integrity should take great pride and care in his dress.

Today, when we think about how we shall present ourselves for the next four years, what our style will be, we look to the first lady.

The ways in which she interacts, stands, speaks and dresses combine to express the subtleties of the woman, the administration and the people she represents. Such details do not portend the quality of a presidency, or the strength of a first lady’s character. But they nevertheless hint at how the American people want to be seen, and who they are.

Dressing for Success
For one evening, the inaugural ball gown is the most important dress in the country. “Every first lady wants to have it right,” Burt says. “It sets a tone for her and for the country and for what the country can expect.”

Adds Mayo: “They want to find a balance between fashion and elegance without being gauche in their spending. First ladies are very aware of that possibility of selecting a dress that’s too lavish and expensive for a democracy.”

Just as guests at a wedding look hungrily down the church aisle for the appearance of the bride in her wedding dress, the public waits for the emergence of the first lady. Having seen her thousands of times before, spectators are not anticipating the woman. It’s the dress — its magnificence, beauty, and meaning.

“Like the wedding gown, it’s a rite-of-passage dress,” says Richard Martin, curator of the Metropolitan Museum’s Costume Institute. “It’s the one thing everybody gets to see and focus on. It always seems slightly archaic. Like a wedding dress, fashion-wise, it’s fixed in amber.”

Suite Revenge

“Phone won’t stop ringing? Here’s what you do… Leola Starling of Ribrock, Tenn., had a serious telephone problem. But unlike most people she did something about it. The brand-new $10 million Ribrock Plaza Motel opened nearby and had acquired almost the same telephone number as Leola. From the moment the motel opened, Leola was besieged by calls not for her. Since she had the same phone number for years, she felt that she had a case to persuade the motel management to change its number. Naturally, the management refused claiming that it could not change its stationery. The phone company was not helpful, either. A number was a number, and just because a customer was getting someone else’s calls 24 hours a day didn’t make it responsible. After her pleas fell on deaf ears, Leola decided to take matters into her own hands. At 9 o’clock the phone rang. Someone from Memphis was calling the motel and asked for a room for the following Tuesday. Leoloa said, “No problem. How many nights?” A few hours later Dallas checked in. A secretary wanted a suite with two bedrooms for a week. Emboldened, Leola said the Presidential Suite on the 10th floor was available for $600 a night. The secretary said that she would take it and asked if the hotel wanted a deposit. “No, that won’t be necessary,” Leola said. “We trust you.” The next day was a busy one for Leola. In the morning, she booked an electric appliance manufacturers’ convention for Memorial Day weekend, a college prom and a reunion of the 82nd Airborne veterans from World War II. She turned on her answering machine during lunchtime so that she could watch the O.J. Simpson trial, but her biggest challenge came in the afternoon when a mother called to book the ballroom for her daughter’s wedding in June. Leola assured the woman that it would be no problem and asked if she would be providing the flowers or did she want the hotel to take care of it. The mother said that she would prefer the hotel to handle the floral arrangements. Then the question of valet parking came up. Once again Leola was helpful. “There’s no charge for valet parking, but we always recomend that the client tips the drivers.” Within a few months, the Ribrock Plaza Motel was a disaster area. People kept showing up for weddings, bar mitzvahs, and Sweet Sixteen parties and were all told there were no such events. Leola had her final revenge when she read in the local paper that the motel might go bankrupt. Her phone rang, and an executive from Marriott said, “We’re prepared to offer you $200,000 for the motel.” Leola replied. “We’ll take it, but only if you change the telephone number.”

Top 6 Smartass Answers

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