Being A Young Mother Is Not An Easy Matter, Moms' Story Is Ready To Accompany Your Journey

Moms' story, sharing space and finding solutions for young mothers (doc. Moms' story).

JAKARTA Siniar or the podcast Cerita Moms is here as a partner of young mothers who are preparing themselves for their new role. Packed casually, young mothers can share real experiences while looking for solutions from doctors and experts in their fields.

The presence of Moms Stories is like Candradimuka Crater in the midst of a lot of digital information that is difficult to distinguish between facts that can be scientifically and medically accounted for and myths that have survived in society for years.

Young mothers no longer need to be confused looking for a trusted reference source because they can ask directly with the doctors and experts who are presented by Story Moms.

In the podcast of the first episode, for example, Story Moms presents interesting discussions regarding myths and facts about pregnancy.

Various beliefs, traditions, or views in society about pregnancy are still circulating in daily life, which of course makes it difficult for young mothers to filter good and correct information to prepare themselves for the role of buar.

Therefore, Story Moms comes so that young mothers can increase their insight and filter information with the help of doctors and experts. In the first episode, podcasts bring in specialist obstetrics and gynecologists, dr. Ardiansjah Dara, Sp. OG, to explore several myths about pregnancy.

Several points of discussion include the intake of pregnant women, activities during pregnancy, to myths regarding the prediction of the sex of the baby.

The first example is about eating spicy food that pregnant women are afraid of a lot. According to dr. Ardiansjah Dara, Sp. OG, scientifically and medically, spicy food is better minimized for various reasons.

'Eating overheated food will raise stomach acid. You see, pregnant people have a sensitive stomach. Eating spicy in the first trimester must be minimized.'

If the trimester is 2-3, stomach acid has dropped, but it is still limited depending on the condition of the mother. If the mother is affected by ulcers then the mother cannot eat well so that the incoming intake is not optimal. It will affect the fetus, Nutrition for the baby will decrease.

"When stomach acid rises to the neck, the back of the tongue will feel bitter so that the mother tends to need something to deal with the bitter, such as needing something strong like spicy or sweet," said dr. Ardiansjah Dara.

Furthermore, dr. Ardiansjah also explained about the portion of eating pregnant women. There is a view that pregnant women must be large because for themselves and their fetuses. This view turned out to be a myth.

This is clearly a myth but often happens. Why? Pregnant women after passing the trimester 1 their appetite rose. You see, trimester 1 has difficulty eating because of nausea or vomiting for three months.

"As soon as trimester 2, it's good for her food to swallow, almost all of them want to eat. What's common is the increase in blood sugar in trimester 2. Naturally, pregnant women's blood sugar increases in trimester 2 to feed the fetus."

"Therefore, pregnant women, if they give the wrong food or drink, especially in trimester 2, they can kecing sweetly in pregnancy (diabetes mellitus gestational), even though they have no history of diabetes. This is a danger for pregnant women and their babies," said dr. Ardiansjah.

Therefore, according to dr. Ardiansjah, eating must be balanced. For example, in one plate, you have to be 50 % protein, 25% carbohydrates, the rest are fibered.

In Indonesia, there are more carbohydrates, that's not good. There must be more protein because protein is a constructive substance. Many people forget, for example athletes, eat more protein.

Protein is a builder substance, for all, yes, including for the fetus. After giving birth, be it cesarean or normal, there are parts of the body that are torn and must be cured. The building factor must be large. If the building substance is lacking, the wound will heal long," he said.

In addition to protein as a builder substance, pregnant women must also maintain hemoglobin (hb) levels with iron-containing food intake.

You see, the hemoglobin of pregnant women, according to dr. Ardiansjah, will decrease slightly because the blood is getting dilute. However, he emphasized that it should not drop drastically or to anemia because it makes the baby's growth not optimal.

Sharing real experiences of young mothers along with solutions from doctors and experts will color the journey of the next episode of the Moms Story podcast. There will be a lot of interesting discussions and young mothers can interact directly.

This Moms Story Podcast is indeed a platform to accompany young mothers in their new role to be confident and build a community more emotionally and deeply. This siniar is a safe space for sharing, learning, and feeling not alone on the journey to become a mother.