Private Sex Advice to Women: For Young Wives and those who Expect to be MarriedArmitage, Robert B.
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Private Sex Advice to Women: For Young Wives and those who Expect to be Married
Armitage, Robert B.
Marriage; Sex instruction; Women -- Health and hygiene
The pregnant woman often develops a capricious appetite. This disorder
may manifest in one or more of several forms, as for instance: the woman
may lose her appetite, and take but little food; or she may develop an
abnormally large appetite, and eat much more than is necessary; or she
may take a dislike to certain kinds of food--many women have an aversion
toward meat during pregnancy; or she may have a "craving" for certain
articles of food, sometimes for kinds of food not liked at other times,
such as sour pickles, sour cabbage, etc. A little common sense, and the
presence of attractive articles of fruits, etc., will do much to relieve
these troubles; in extreme cases the physician's advice will help.
The pregnant woman should have her teeth put in good order as soon as
possible, as troubles with teeth sometimes manifest themselves during
pregnancy, and give much trouble and annoyance. Difficulty in urination,
constipation, piles, irritation or itching of the genital organs,
varicose veins, liver spots, and similar disorders, which are sometimes
manifest during pregnancy, in some form or degree, should receive the
attention and care of a competent physician.
The following general advice from a competent authority is worthy of
being followed: "If everything is satisfactory, if there is no severe
vomiting, kidney trouble, etc., the usual mixed diet may continue. The
only changes I would make are the following: Drink plenty of hot water
during the entire time of pregnancy: a glass or two in the morning, two
or three glasses in the afternoon, the same at night. From six to twelve
glasses may be consumed. Also plenty of milk, buttermilk and fermented
milk. Plenty of fruit and vegetables. Meat only once a day. For the
tendency to constipation, whole wheat bread, rye bread, bread baked of
bran, or bran with cream. As to exercise, either extreme must be
avoided. Some women think that as soon as they become pregnant, they
must not move a muscle; they are to be put in a glass case, and kept
there until the date of delivery. Other women, on the other hand, of the
ultra-modern type, indulge in strenuous exercise, and go out on long
fatiguing walks up to the last day. Either extreme is injurious. The
right way is moderate exercise, and short, non-fatiguing walks. Bathing
may be kept up to the day of the delivery. But warm baths, particularly
during the last two or three months, are preferable to cold baths."
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