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Pregnancy and winters

The other day some kids were singing ' rain rain go away come again another day'. My thoughths wondered how we all wished the same in these winters. So let me pen down what all my pregnant friends can do to wish away the winter blues. To start with stay happy. The winter rains together with the pregnancy hormones can make you depressed. Read some books, listen to some music, catch up with a movie and most important continue your exercises even if u cant walk outside. Walks or exercise are the best nonpharmaceutical antidepressants. Next, avoid catching a cold. Due to low immunity pregnant patients have more severe respiratory problems compared to nonpregnant patients. That would mean unnecessary medications, something we want to avoid in pregnancy. Usually most medications find their way into the fetal blood in minute quantities. These minute quantities also have to be processed by the tiny fetal liver and kidneys, something they are not used to. So we give medications when t