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Hana ʻia ka hapai ʻōiwi ke kanu ʻia a ulu ka hua i hoʻomakemake ʻia ma waho o kou ʻōpū, ʻoi aku ka nui ma kekahi o kou mau ʻōpū wai. Hana ʻia kēia ma kahi o 1-2% o nā hapai āpau a pono e loaʻa koke ka mālama lapaʻau no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki i ka hapai ke ulu maʻamau ma kēia mau wahi.
ʻOiai hiki i kēia nūhou ke manaʻo nui, hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā mea e hana nei i kou kino ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike koke i nā hōʻailona a loaʻa ka mālama āu e pono ai. ʻO ka hapanui o nā wāhine e loaʻa ana i ka hapai ʻōiwi e hele ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hapai olakino ma ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Hana ʻia ka hapai ʻōiwi ke hoʻopili ʻia ka hua i hoʻomakemake ʻia ma kahi ʻē aʻe ma mua o loko o kou ʻōpū. I ka hapai maʻamau, hele ka hua i lalo o kou ʻōpū wai a kanu ʻia i loko o ka papa mānoanoa, hānai o kou ʻōpū kahi e hiki ai ke ulu maluhia.
Ke kanu ʻia ka hua ma kahi kūpono ʻole, ʻaʻole hiki ke ulu i ke keiki olakino. Ma kahi o 90% o nā hapai ʻōiwi e hana ʻia ana i nā ʻōpū wai, akā hiki nō hoʻi ke hana ʻia i kou mau ovaries, cervix, a i ʻole ka ʻōpū.
Hiki i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻiʻo ke hoʻoulu i nā pilikia nui ke waiho ʻia me ka mālama ʻole. ʻO kāu ʻōpū wai, no ka laʻana, ʻaʻole i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻolōʻihi e like me kou ʻōpū, no laila, ke ulu ka hapai, hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka ʻōpū e haki a alakaʻi i ke kahe koko weliweli.
Hiki i nā hōʻailona mua o ka hapai ʻōiwi ke like loa me ka hapai maʻamau, ʻo ia ke kumu e paʻakikī ai ka ʻike ʻana i kēia kūlana i ka mua. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka manawa like me ka nalowale ʻana o ka manawa, ka ʻoluʻolu o ka umauma, a me ka ʻōpū e like me kekahi hapai.
Eia naʻe, aia kekahi mau hōʻailona hoʻomaopopo e hōʻike ana ʻaʻole e ulu ana ka hapai ma kahi kūpono:
Inā haki kou ʻōpū wai, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka ʻeha ʻōpū koke, nui me ke kahe koko nui. He pilikia lapaʻau koke kēia e pono ai ka mālama koke.
ʻAʻole ʻike kekahi mau wāhine i nā hōʻailona a hiki i ka haki ʻana o ka hapai ʻōiwi. ʻO ia ke kumu e nui ai ka mālama prenatal maʻamau a me ka nānā ʻana i ka hapai mua ke ʻike mua ʻoe ua hapai ʻoe.
Hana pinepine ʻia nā hapai ʻōiwi ke hoʻomāmā a i ʻole ke kāohi ʻia kekahi mea i ka huakaʻi o ka hua i hoʻomakemake ʻia ma o kou ʻōpū wai i kou ʻōpū. Ke hiki ʻole i ka hua ke neʻe i mua maʻamau, hiki ke kanu ʻia i loko o ka ʻōpū ma kahi.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻopilikia i kēia kaʻina hana maʻamau:
I kekahi mau hihia, hiki i nā lapaʻau momona e like me ka in vitro fertilization (IVF) ke hoʻonui iki i ka pilikia. Eia naʻe, nui nā wāhine e loaʻa ana i nā hapai ʻōiwi ʻaʻohe kumu pilikia i ʻike ʻia.
He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole ʻoe i hana i kekahi mea i hana i kēia. ʻAʻole hiki ke pale ʻia nā hapai ʻōiwi i ka hapanui o nā hihia, a ʻaʻole ia he hopena o kekahi mea āu i hiki ke kaohi.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu mea mālama ola inā hapai ʻoe a loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha pelvic ʻoi, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā hui pū ʻia me ke kahe koko mai ka ʻōpū. ʻOiai inā he māmā kou mau hōʻailona, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka nānā ʻana ma mua o ka kali a ʻike.
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau pilikia koke inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha ʻōpū nui, ke kahe koko nui, nāwaliwali, a i ʻole ka hāʻule. Hiki i kēia ke hōʻailona ua haki ka hapai ʻōiwi, hiki ke hoʻoweliweli i ke ola me ka mālama koke ʻole.
Inā ua lawe ʻoe i kahi hōʻoia hapai maikaʻi, hiki i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kahi hālāwai prenatal mua ke kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i ka hapai ʻōiwi ma mua o ka ulu ʻana o nā pilikia. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻohana i nā hoʻokolohua koko a me nā ultrasounds e hōʻoia i kahi o kāu hapai.
ʻOiai hiki i kekahi wahine ke loaʻa i ka hapai ʻōiwi, hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou manawa e loaʻa ai kekahi. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau kumu pilikia ke kōkua iā ʻoe a me kāu kauka e nānā pono i kāu mau hapai.
ʻO nā kumu pilikia nui loa e komo pū ana:
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o hoʻokahi a ʻoi aku paha nā kumu pilikia ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e loaʻa maoli iā ʻoe ka hapai ʻōiwi. Nui nā wāhine me nā kumu pilikia e hele ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hapai maʻamau loa. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i kēia mau mea e kōkua i kāu hui mālama ola e hāʻawi i ka nānā a me ka mālama hou aku.
ʻO ka pilikia nui me ka hapai ʻōiwi ʻo ia ka haki ʻana, kahi e hana ai ke hoʻoulu ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻiʻo hapai i ka ʻōpū wai a i ʻole kekahi ʻano e pahū. Hiki kēia ke alakaʻi i ke kahe koko nui i loko e pono ai ka hana ʻoki pilikia.
Hiki i nā pilikia ʻē aʻe ke komo pū ana:
ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi, me ka ʻike mua a me ka mālama kūpono, ʻoi aku ka emi o nā pilikia nui. Hoʻōla ka hapanui o nā wāhine a hiki ke loaʻa nā hapai olakino i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Inā pono ʻoe i ka hana ʻoki, e ho'āʻo kāu kauka e mālama i ka nui o kāu mau ʻōnaehana hoʻohua e hiki ai. ʻOiai inā pono e wehe ʻia kekahi ʻōpū wai, hiki nō iā ʻoe ke hapai maoli me ka ʻōpū wai i koe.
E hoʻohana kāu kauka i ka hui o nā hoʻokolohua e hoʻoholo inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hapai ʻōiwi. Hoʻomaka pinepine ka hana me ka hōʻoia ʻana ua hapai ʻoe ma o ka hoʻokolohua mimi a i ʻole koko.
A laila, e ana kāu mea mālama ola i ka nui o ka hormone hapai (hCG) i loko o kou koko. I ka hapai maʻamau, hoʻonui pinepine ʻia kēia hormone i kēlā me kēia mau lā. Inā ulu mālie nā pae ma mua o ka manaʻo, hiki ke hōʻike i ka hapai ʻōiwi.
Kōkua ka ultrasound i kāu kauka e ʻike i kahi o ka hapai. ʻO ka ultrasound transvaginal, kahi e hoʻokomo mālie ʻia ai kahi probe liʻiliʻi i loko o kou ʻōpū, e hāʻawi pinepine i ka kiʻi maopopo loa o kāu mau ʻōnaehana hoʻohua.
I kekahi manawa, ʻaʻole maopopo koke ka hōʻoia, a pono paha kāu kauka e hana hou i nā hoʻokolohua koko a me nā ultrasounds ma nā lā he nui e nānā i ka ulu ʻana o kāu hapai.
ʻO ka lapaʻau no ka hapai ʻōiwi e hilinaʻi ana i kekahi mau mea, e komo pū ana i ka lōʻihi o ka hapai, kou mau hōʻailona, a me kou olakino holoʻokoʻa. ʻO ka pahuhopu mau loa ke pale i kou olakino a mālama i kou momona ke hiki.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kekahi o kēia mau ala:
E kūkākūkā kāu hui mālama ola i ke koho maikaʻi loa no kāu kūlana kikoʻī. E noʻonoʻo lākou i nā mea e like me kou makemake no nā hapai e hiki mai ana, kahi o ka hapai ʻōiwi, a inā aia nā hōʻailona o ka haki ʻana.
ʻO ka hoʻōla ʻana ma hope o ka lapaʻau hapai ʻōiwi e komo pū ana i ka hoʻōla kino a me ke kākoʻo manaʻo. Pono kou kino i ka manawa e hoʻōla ai, a he mea maʻamau loa ke manaʻo i kahi laulā o nā manaʻo i loko o kēia kaʻina hana.
Ma hope o ka lapaʻau lāʻau, pono ʻoe i nā hoʻokolohua koko maʻamau e hōʻoia i ka hoʻi ʻana o kāu mau pae hormone i ka maʻamau. E pale i ka waiʻona, nā huaora me ka folic acid, a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka lā i ka wā e hana ana ka lāʻau i loko o kou ʻōnaehana.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hana ʻoki, e hahai i nā ʻōlelo a kāu kauka e pili ana i nā palena hana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻeha. Hiki i ka hapanui o nā kānaka ke hoʻi i nā hana maʻamau i loko o kekahi mau pule, akā hoʻōla kēlā me kēia ma ko lākou wikiwiki ponoʻī.
E mālama i kou olakino manaʻo pū kekahi. ʻO ka nalowale ʻana o ka hapai, ʻoiai he ectopic, hiki ke lawe mai i nā manaʻo o ke kaumaha, ka manaʻo luhi, a i ʻole ka hopohopo e pili ana i nā hapai e hiki mai ana. E noʻonoʻo e kamaʻilio me kahi kākā'ōlelo a i ʻole e komo i kahi hui kākoʻo inā e hakakā ana ʻoe.
Ke manaʻo ʻoe ua hapai paha ʻoe a i ʻole e ʻike ana i nā hōʻailona hopohopo, hiki i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i kekahi mau ʻike koʻikoʻi ma mua o kāu hālāwai ke kōkua i kāu kauka e hāʻawi i ka mālama maikaʻi loa.
E kākau i ka lā o kāu manawa menstrual hope loa a me nā hōʻailona āu i ʻike ai, e komo pū ana i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou. E hoʻomaopopo i kahi a me ka ikaika o kekahi ʻeha, a inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a i ʻole ka ʻino o kekahi mau hana.
E lawe mai i ka papa inoa o nā lāʻau āu e lawe nei, e komo pū ana i nā lāʻau over-the-counter a me nā mea hoʻohui. Eia kekahi, e mākaukau e kūkākūkā i kāu mōʻaukala lapaʻau, e komo pū ana i nā hapai mua, nā hana ʻoki, a i ʻole nā maʻi.
Mai kānalua e lawe mai i kahi mea kākoʻo me ʻoe i ka hālāwai. Hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi ma laila ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i nā ʻike koʻikoʻi a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo manaʻo i ka wā e hiki ai ke kaumaha.
ʻO ka hapai ʻōiwi he kūlana koʻikoʻi akā hiki ke mālama ʻia e hoʻopilikia ana i kahi o 1-2% o nā hapai. ʻOiai hiki ke manaʻo weliweli, alakaʻi ka ʻike mua a me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono i nā hopena maikaʻi no ka hapanui o nā wāhine.
ʻO ka mea nui loa, ʻo ia ka ʻimi ʻana i ka mālama lapaʻau koke inā ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻeha pelvic a i ʻole ke kahe koko maʻamau i ka wā hapai mua. Hiki i ka hōʻoia wikiwiki a me ka mālama ke pale i nā pilikia a pale i kou momona ma hope.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa nā hapai olakino i ka wā e hiki mai ana ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hapai ʻōiwi. Nui nā wāhine e hele ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hapai holomua ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hapai ʻōiwi, ʻoi aku hoʻi me ka nānā lapaʻau kūpono.
ʻAʻole hiki i ka hapai ʻōiwi ke ulu i ke keiki olakino no ka mea ʻaʻole ma kahi kūpono ka hua i hoʻomakemake ʻia e ulu maluhia. Pono e mālama ʻia ka hapai e pale i kou olakino, akā ʻaʻole kēia e pale aku iā ʻoe mai ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hapai olakino i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Hoʻōla pinepine ka hoʻōla kino i nā hebedoma 2-6, ma muli o ka lapaʻau āu i loaʻa ai. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka lāʻau lapaʻau, pono ʻoe i nā hoʻokolohua koko maʻamau no kekahi mau hebedoma. Ma hope o ka hana ʻoki, hoʻi ka hapanui o nā kānaka i nā hana maʻamau i loko o 2-3 mau hebedoma. Hiki ke lōʻihi ka hoʻōla manaʻo, a he mea maʻamau loa kēlā.
ʻAe, hiki i ka hapanui o nā wāhine ke hapai hou ma hope o ka hapai ʻōiwi. Ma kahi o 85% o nā wāhine e makemake ana e hapai hou e hiki ke hana pēlā. Hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku e kali i hoʻokahi a ʻekolu mau mahina ma mua o ka ho'āʻo ʻana e hapai, ma muli o kāu lapaʻau.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o hoʻokahi hapai ʻōiwi e hoʻonui iki i kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi, akā ʻo ka hapa nui o nā hapai ma hope he maʻamau. E nānā pono paha kāu kauka i kāu hapai e hiki mai ana me nā hoʻokolohua koko mua a me nā ultrasounds e hōʻoia i ka ulu ʻana ma kahi kūpono.
ʻAʻole hiki ke pale ʻia ka hapanui o nā hapai ʻōiwi no ka mea pinepine lākou mai nā mea ma waho o kou kaohi. Eia naʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi i kekahi mau kumu pilikia ma ka mālama koke ʻana i nā maʻi moekolohe, ʻaʻole pāʻana, a me ka mālama ʻana i ka olakino hoʻohua maikaʻi. Kōkua ka mālama prenatal maʻamau i ka ʻike mua ma mua o ka pale ʻana.
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