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When Trisha got pregnant, she practically freaked out. She didn't know what to do. She didn't know what to eat, how to take care of herself, or what prenatal vitamins to take. She didn't know if she should keep working. She was a mess.
Trisha really counted on help every step of the way during her first pregnancy. I got a phone call one night from her: she was crying she barely understandable. Her cravings had gotten so bad she was craving her shampoo. She didn't know why she had this craving. She didn't eat it, but she was completely freaked out because she really wanted to.
Some women crave strange things during their pregnancies, but Trisha knew this one was one of the strangest. Some shampoos have a type of clay in them that contains a nutrient your body could be lacking, which brings about the craving for the shampoo. For example: if your body is craving calcium you could be craving ice cream, cheese, or milk.
Trisha didn't know anything when it came to having children, she didn't know what it was like to be pregnant. She now has a happy healthy beautiful 6-year-old girl with a baby boy on the way.
She is grateful for my help, especially when she learned about low birth weight. Since she was a tiny baby, she wanted to make sure she would have a healthy baby that didn't have a need to stay in the hospital after the baby was born.
Helping Trisha find the information she needed to avoid a low birth weight was the easy part—there is a lot of information on pregnancy health out there. The hard part was taking care of herself, so she could take care of her baby before it was born to ensure a proper birth weight.
Low birthweight is a term used to describe babies who are born weighing less than 1,500 grams (3 pounds, 4 ounces); only 1.5%, are born this tiny. However, the overall rate of very low birthweight babies in the U.S. is increasing. This is primarily due to greater numbers of multiple birth babies who are more likely to be born early and weigh less.
Babies with very low birthweight look much smaller than other babies of normal birth weight. A very low birthweight baby's head usually appears to be bigger than the rest of the body and he or she often looks extremely thin, with little body fat. The skin is often quite transparent, allowing the blood vessels to be easily seen.
The primary cause of low birthweight is premature birth, meaning that the baby is born before the 37-week mark. Being born early means a baby has less time in the mother's uterus to grow and gain weight, and much of a baby's weight is gained during the last part of pregnancy.
That being said, some reasons for low birth weight just can't be avoided. Parents who are shorter and weigh less than average may have smaller children. Babies who are of Indian, Asian or black-ethnic origin are generally born smaller.
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