Douching in Pregnancy


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Vagina: function and importance

Pregnancy is that phase in the life of the woman where the woman need to be very much cautious for each and every action that they take. The body is very much at a very risky stage in this period of gestation. Vagina is a very important structure for every woman. And proper health of vagina is very much needed otherwise a woman can face series of infections and also many problem in the pregnancy. The structure is the part of the female reproductive system, which is elastic as well as muscular in nature. Vagina has it its extension from the vulva towards the cervix. The vagina also plays an important role in the human body. They are structures that allow the sexual mating or intercourse to be possible and also they helps to channel out the menstrual flow, which occurs at a particular interval in each month in a fork of a cycle called as the menstrual cycle. The keeping the vagina in a healthy condition is very much important. This particular region in the woman’s body is very much moist from its appearance. For this reason vagina is the host of many important microflora that resides in the female body in that region and thus are proven to be very helpful. These microorganisms are staying in the symbiotic relationship with the human host system.

Douching

Due to sticky sensation in the vaginal region on which the microbes reside obtaining their nutrition and also serving the body back with essential nutrients, the woman tend to clean it. This cleaning of the vaginal region is called as the douching. The woman tend to wash their vagina with the help of simple water or with the some fluid mixture which are specific for this type of wash. Washing that region is always welcomed but douching is done by the woman to wash the inner tract region of the vagina, which causes the problem. Thus douching is strictly not recommended for any woman as it destroys the microorganisms that are present in the vaginal regions. A healthy vaginal region which contains all the necessary bacterial and other microorganisms are very much helpful to keep the acidic environment of the vagina, which helps the vagina for its protection against the ,many infections and other irritations. In some cases it has been seen that this vaginal douche can cause over growth of the microorganisms and converting the bacteria in to opportunistic pathogen to hurt the body causing infection and irritation.

Cleaning

However some are of the opinion that the vaginal douching helps the woman to feel cleaner as the odor gets away due to it. This thought is very much wrong from its core. The best way of cleaning is to let the vagina clean itself with the help of mucus.

Problems associated with douching

This vaginal douching causes a lot of crucial problem. They are
·         Bacterial Vaginosis
·         Vaginal irritation
·         HIV
·         Pelvic Inflammatory problems and many more.

A strict No

So if the question is can you douche when you’re pregnant the strict answer is absolutely no and let the vagina clean itself.

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