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way, she should faithfully carry out. If you are one of the fortunate many who enjoy reasonably good he

ut all light work can and should be indulged in to the very end. Find time to spend at least one hour and a half in the open air every day. Unless there is a medical reason against active exercise there is nothing so beneficial to the pregnant woman as walking, nor is there any substitute for it. A drive or motor ride into the country, or a car ride around town, is an excellent device against ennui and is highly desirable during this time, but not as a substitute for the daily long walk.

oor substitute. It is necessary to avoid any exercise or any labor of the following character from the very beginnin

he vaginal douche, which must be stopped from the date of the first missed menstrual period. This is th

months because it relieves the kidneys at a time when they are called upon to perform an excess of work. The temperature of

regular menstrual periods, if pregnancy had not occurred, for the reason that abortion is apt to take place. It is most harmf

and exerts pressure upon the kidneys, and is responsible for many of the kidney complications that occur during pregnancy, no further reason need be given for discarding all clothing, except very light garments, that are not held by some device whose support is from

vantage. It should exert a support upward by lifting the abdomen, not by constricting it. It should therefore be obtai

e menu. A varied diet of nutritious character is essential during pregnancy in order to ensure good blood, health, and strength. A monotonous diet, or a diet composed largely of stale tea, coffee, and cake, is not permissible, and may do untold harm. Pastries and desserts of all kinds should be excluded. In the later weeks of pregnancy, because of the large size of the womb, the diet should be cut down as the stomach is interfered with in the process of digestion. Should the patient at any time during pregnancy experience a loss of appetite, or an actual disgust for food as sometimes occurs, it is preferable to suggest a change of scene and surroundings rather th

e mental environment. He should encourage her to live up to the physician's instructions, and arrange details so that she will obtain the proper exercise daily. He should read to her in the evening, and arrange his own business affairs so that he will be with her as much as is possible. In many little ways he can impress upon her the fact that they both owe something to the unborn babe and that each must sacrifice self in its behalf. His principal aim, of course, will be that she will not worry or have caus

d seem to delight in so doing. Every physician has met these women. The young wife must not permit or encourage any reference to her condition. Simply refusing to discuss the question is the only sure method of preventing its discussion. She will find among her friends a few who have her best interests at heart, and these few will strive sincerely to be of real usefulness to her. If she will keep in mind that the most important element in the success of the whole period, and consequently the degree of her own healt

r ailments which it would be well to be familiar wi

ongestive symptoms have taxed their working strength; pregnancy is therefore a period of rest and recuperation,-a physiological episode in the life history of these parts. If any ailment arises during pregnancy it is a consequence of

equently an annoying symptom. It is present as a rule during the first two

et, constipation, or exercise. Many cases will respond to a simple remedy,-a cup of coffee, without milk, taken in bed as soon as awake will often cure the nausea. The coffee must be taken while still lying down,-before you sit up in bed. If coffee is not agreeable any hot liquid, tea, beef tea, clam bouillon, or chicken broth, or hot water may answer the purpose, though black coffee, made fresh, seems to be the most successful. Ten drops of adrenalin three times daily is a very certa

ing on or compressing, and hence interfering with, the function of any one organ. If the womb sags to one side, thereby retarding the return circulation of the blood in the veins from the leg, it may cause cramps in the leg, especially at night, or it may cause varicose veins, or a temporary dropsy. The correct support will prevent these troublesome annoyances; a properly constructed maternity corset is often quite effective. The diet should receive some special attention when these condi

ood digestion, good muscles, healthy nerves, clean bowels, and so on. The slightest deviation from absolute health tends to change the character of the body excretions, the quality of the blood, etc. If the excretions are not properly eliminated, the blood becomes impure, and so we sometimes g

maternal duty they owe to the unborn child does not seem to appeal to them. We do not know of any way to handle these women and to our mind they are wholly unfit to bring children into the world. Fortunately these women are few in number. The maternal instinct will, and does, guide most women into making sincere efforts to restrain any undue nervous tendency, and to be obedient and willing to follow instructions. There is no

per cent. record of achievement in the struggle of life; anything you may or may not do cannot affect these qualities-the child will still have the ability to achieve 100 per cent. Inasmuch, however, as a mother can affect the health or physical qualities of her child she is directly responsible, through her conduct, as to whether her child will ever attain the 100 per cent. record, or if i

r progeny; the other parents may be less gifted mentally, but they are healthy and they are willing to give their best in conduct and in blood to their babies. Many of these brilliant children never achieve their potential greatness because they fall by the wayside owing to physical inability, while

Good health means blood of the best quality and this is essential to the nourishment of the child. To keep in good health does not mean to obey in one respect and fail in other essentials. It means that you must obey every

eadaches may, of course, be caused in many ways and most frequently they do not have any serious significance, but they must always be brought to the attention of the physician. As a rule they are caused by errors of diet,-too much sug

arily: A half-teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda or baking soda in a glass of water or Vichy water; or a half teaspoonful of aromatic spirits of ammonia in Vichy, or p

sparingly. Avoid also the et ceteras of the table, as pickles, sauces, relishes, gravies, mustard, vinegar, etc. Good results follow dry meals,-meals ta

is the best way to accomplish this. She should eat fruits, fresh vegetables, brown or Graham bread, or bran muffins, figs, stewed prunes, and any article of diet which she knows from experience works upon her bowel. She should drink water freely; a glass of hot water sipped slowly on arising every morning or one-half hour before meals, is good. Mineral waters, Pluto, Apenta, Hunyadi, or one teaspoonful of sodium phosphate, or the same quantity of imported Carlsbad salts in a glass of hot water one-half hour before breakfast, ans

you to untold misery and pain. The child may rest on the mother's nerves or blood-vessels as they enter her body from her lower limbs. If the pressure is sufficient, it can interfere quite seriously with the return blood supply, because veins which carry back to the heart the venous or used blood, are vessels with thin, soft, compressible walls, while arteries which carry blood away from the heart cannot be compressed easily, because their walls are hard an

for the patient to assume the knee-chest position for fifteen minutes, three times a day, till relief is permanently established. The patient rests on her knees in bed, and bends forward until her chest rests on the bed also. The incline of the body in this position is reversed; hips are highest, the head lowest. The baby will seek a more comfortable position and this new position may relieve the pressure and cure the condition. Doing this three times daily for

fficient importance or seriousness to interfere with the pregnancy or the health of the patient. Nevertheless, a period of sleeplessness las

no importance, may be the cause of the trouble. You may need more outdoor exercise, or you may need less outdoor exercise. You may need more diversion, more variety, or you may need less. You may need a sincere, honest, tactful, patient confidant and friend, or you may need to be saved from your friends. You may be exhausting your vitality and fraying your nerves by social exigencies,-those empty occupations which fill the lives of so many fussy, loquacious females,-echoless, wasted, babbling moments, of supreme important to the social bubbles who ceaselessly chase them but of no more inter

feats the purpose in view. This is apt to be the case in very thin women when the abdomen is not covered by a sufficient layer of fatty tissue. These women will find it advisable to take, in place of the sitz bath, a sponge bath in a warm room, using the water rather cool th

condition in pregnancy, but cannot be prevented. It is of

cohol rub, followed by gently kneading the surface of the

y be very slight or it may be quite profuse. In some cases it does not exist at all during the en

what to do, because it is not wise for you to begin taking vaginal douches or injections without his knowledge, and at a time when th

ution of carbolic acid in hot water (one teaspoonful to one pint of hot water), is also useful, or a wash followed by smearing carbolic vaseline over the itching parts. If your physician shou

hs should be the first urine passed on the day it is sent for examination. During the last two months of pregnancy the patient should pass all her water into a chamber for an entire day, and take about three ounces of this mixed water for examination. She should measure the total quantity passed during these days and mark it wi

ully and thoroughly bathed daily in addition to the daily bath. This special bath should be with a solution of boric acid (one teaspoonful to one pint of water). After the bath apply a thin coating of white vaseline to the nipples. It may be necessary to resort to the following mixture to harden the nipples and to make them stand out so that the child can get them in its mouth: Alcohol and water, equal parts into which put a pinch of powdered alum; this mixture should be put

t is believed by some that if the pregnant woman is the victim of fright, or is badly scared, or witnesses a terrifying or tragic sight, her child will be, in some way, af

by any experience or mental impression of the mother. Some believe that the actual character of a child can be changed by influences surrounding the mother wh

ualities of the combined union of mother and father. The baby's physical characteristics will largely depend upon the treatment accorded it by the mother during its intro-uterine life. Hence we lay down rules of conduct, diet and exercise in order to produce a good, sturdy animal, while the charact

he victim of one of these diseases near the time of labor would be a dangerous complication not only to the mother, but to the child. A woman is more liable to catch one of these diseases dur

pregnancy to avoid absolutely the taking of a

als of serious coming trouble. They must not therefore be neglected or lightly considered. When any of them make the

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