- Does eating certain foods affect the gender of your baby?
- No.
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My name is Candice Fraser, and I'm an OB-GYN
I'm here to answer some of
the most Googled pregnancy related questions.
Can you get pregnant without having sex?
Yes, if you're Mary, but that happened already.
If you were to collect someone's sperm,
let's say you wanna do your own intrauterine examination,
you've got a little turkey baster and you squirt it inside,
yes that could happen.
If you are having oral sex or other types of sex
that isn't necessarily penetrative...
if you have
semen coming close enough to the vagina
that they're really excited and motivated
and they make their way inside...
yes, but again they would be super sperm.
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You can get pregnant at any age, after you've
had your first period.
However, there's a caveat.
Because women ovulate before they get their period,
someone may have ovulated and never
had a period and get pregnant.
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Sometimes it can be very difficult to tell
what's pregnancy and what's just a flu bug.
So basically some things that you may experience is
nausea, vomiting, breast tenderness, maybe some cramping
sometimes it can just be different things but the
most important sign that we're looking for
is that you've missed your period.
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So anything that can cause direct trauma to yourself
I would avoid.
I wouldn't necessarily go ice skating or skiing,
I probably wouldn't go on roller coasters.
Anything that's gonna have like strong, jerking motions.
Any really, really hot bodies of water, so not like
a regular bathtub.
Like a sauna or a hot tub that's really heated,
you definitely wanna avoid doing those.
If you were super active and exercising it's probably
okay for you to continue but I wouldn't
start crossfit when you get pregnant.
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So as far as foods go, you don't wanna eat anything
that is raw.
So no raw meat, no raw fish, no sushi.
Soft cheeses, so anything that's not pasteurized.
Most types of fish are safe to eat in pregnancy.
So as far as cold cuts and deli meats, we're concerned
about the bacteria called listeria.
This is associated with pre-term labor and miscarriages
and then you can just get really sick.
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Things that are caffeinated, we give you one small
regular cup of coffee or tea, not venti...
regular, eight ounces cup of coffee or tea.
If you just stop cold turkey during pregnancy,
then you get headaches and things like that.
You don't need to do that, just
cut it down significantly.
Alcohol, it is never recommended.
Don't do it.
Nothing is safe, just save it up, as soon as
you have that baby, someone can bring you that bottle
of wine, you're good.
Do not drink a glass of wine to induce your labor.
(buzzing) I don't know what that would do, it'll put
you to sleep, I don't know, don't do it.
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How much weight can you expect to gain in pregnancy?
I expect you to gain between 25 and 35 pounds.
You wanna have a well balanced diet and in general
you need about 400 calories on top of what
you would be eating regularly.
So you would be eating for two, it's just basically
a snack on top of your regular three meals.
Just healthy snacks that you can think of
is what you want to add to your regular diet.
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Sleeping positions...
this causes pregnant women a lot of distress.
So, in your first trimester, even in your second trimester,
it's probably okay to sleep on your back.
So what we get concerned about is as the uterus gets larger,
it's gonna put pressure on that big blood vessel,
The Vena Cava which takes blood to the baby
when you lay flat on your back.
So we say that it's most ideal to lay on your side.
However, who can control where they end up
when they're sleeping?
So what I usually recommend to my patients
is just put a pillow just right under your back
so that there's more of a tilt,
so if you do turn kind of a little bit more
while you're sleeping, its okay.
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Sex during pregnancy...
Do it!
You can safely have sex during pregnancy unless your
doctor tells you specifically not to.
There are some problems that women may have
with placenta location or problems with the cervix
that may make bleeding a little bit more likely
but other than that, yes, you can have sex.
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The vagina is wonderfully made.
So, even though you push out a babies big,
ten centimeter head and it seems like your vagina
may have just like stretched to the size of...
I don't even know a big bowl, it usually comes right back.
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As far as stretch marks go, you can try to prevent them
but ultimately it just depends on your type of tissue.
There's a lot of products out there
that you can discuss with your OB-GYN
or a great dermatologist but it's something that you
have to start from the beginning and use consistently.
And a lot of women, despite what they try,
they end up with stretch marks because
their skin is stretching and it's just
something you have to do to get your
beautiful bundle of joy.
Stress during pregnancy is something that I get
commonly asked about.
So there are different levels of stress.
It doesn't matter how much it's affecting you.
If you are in a traumatic situation and it's really
giving you physical symptoms because of your stress,
it can also affect your pregnancy in terms
pre-term labor, things like that.
But generally, don't worry if life's regular stressors
are there because your babies, baby is stronger than that.
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Mental health and pregnancy is something
that you definitely need to discuss with your doctor,
preferably prior to pregnancy.
Discuss it with your mental health provider
as far as should you continue your medications,
should you try to stop your medications.
A lot of women can continue their medication
throughout pregnancy because that's what's healthy
and so you never want to be pregnant and stop your
anti-depressants or other medications that you take
for any mental illness because
that can be detrimental to your health.
You need to take care of yourself.
We always wanna take care of mom first because
anything that mom experiences,
can potentially have an affect.
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Teen pregnancies are a little bit of
a different situation, mainly for social reasons.
So as a teenager, you're dealing with school
and possibly other things that are going on in your home
and it may not be something that you planned on
so there may be other stressors that you're encountering
because you're a teenager.
You can have a healthy pregnancy
the same as an older woman.
However, we may wanna monitor you a little bit more closely
just to make sure you're taking care of yourself
the best way possible and that you're safe
in your home environment.
So I hope that these answers have been helpful,
but always remember that every pregnancy is unique.
It's unique to the mom, it's unique to the baby.
Always consult with your own OB-GYN that you have
a relationship with to get the best answer for you.