Preventing falls during pregnancy
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams36581
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Yarmouth Regional Hospital. Women and Children's Health Unit.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2019.
- Pamphlet Number
- 2005
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
Falls are the most common cause of minor injury during pregnancy. The weight of the growing belly can change your centre of gravity and affect your balance. Pregnancy hormones that relax your joints and ligaments to get your body ready for birth can also affect the way you move and walk. You may have low blood sugar and/or low blood pressure when you are pregnant. This can make you feel faint or dizzy at times. Tips to help lower your risk of falls are provided.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Yarmouth Regional Hospital. Women and Children's Health Unit
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2019
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document ([1] p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Accident Prevention
- Accidental Falls - prevention & control
- Prenatal Care
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Accidents--Prevention
- Falls (Accidents)
- Prenatal care
- Abstract
- Falls are the most common cause of minor injury during pregnancy. The weight of the growing belly can change your centre of gravity and affect your balance. Pregnancy hormones that relax your joints and ligaments to get your body ready for birth can also affect the way you move and walk. You may have low blood sugar and/or low blood pressure when you are pregnant. This can make you feel faint or dizzy at times. Tips to help lower your risk of falls are provided.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: Women and Children's Health Unit, Yarmouth Regional Hospital
- Pamphlet Number
- 2005
