Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Teeth, Clean and shiny :D

They used to say, that when a woman gets pregnant, she should expect losing a tooth or more! Because the baby inside takes all the Calcium in her body...But that was long time ago...

While growing up, I have had problems with my teeth, but nothing major...even my upper wisdom teeth came out smoothly, and I didn't have to pull them out...
When I got pregnant, my teeth became really sensitive and I couldn't chew properly, my gum started bleeding and got irritated, and I think this is what caused my weight loss at the beginning!

I went to see the dentist, and she told me that THIS IS NORMAL! It happens to so many pregnant women! I felt better hearing that...she just asked me to wash my mouth with salt and water after brushing my teeth...

Then she told me something really interesting! She said that I need to take extra care of my teeth while being pregnant, and that doctors -nowadays- are recommending deep teeth cleaning a couple of times during pregnancy, because it helps bringing a healthy baby, with healthy teeth :)

Today was my first appointment, and I had my teeth deeply cleaned! Feels good, it's way better than the way they do it in Amman! More professional! My teeth now are clean and shiny:D

I'm having a problem with my lower wisdom tooth these days, The gum around it hurts me really bad :( and my appointment with the surgeon is in two days to decide whether I should have it pulled out or not...
If yes, it means I will have an operation because it's impacted :(
The problem is that I'm pregnant and I have to get an X-ray for my tooth, which is kind of "BAD"!
But treating it now is better than having it infected later on, because the medicines to treat infection will be worse than the medication I shall be taking now for treating it!

It's scary...
Good luck to me :(

For the record: I was invited to ma7ashi today (kusa and wara2 dawali), at Ghadir's house! She is 6 months pregnant now! It must have been hard for her to make it for me...but I WAS CRAVING!!! and it was a blast!!! oh, and tabbouleh too:)
I forgot about my clean teeth while eating, I enjoyed it:) Thanks Ghadir!!