Is it true that a pregnant woman should not drink water or they will find difficulty in delivery?

Is it true that a pregnant woman should not drink water or they will find difficulty in delivery?

Mwajuma

Dear Mwajuma,
A pregnant woman though may find water unpalatable during the early months of pregnancy while suffering from morning sickness still requires to take water or other fluids to stay properly hydrated.
A pregnant woman is especially prone to urinary tract infections for which fluid intake helps make more urine to flush germs out of the urinary tract.
Also, severe dehydration during pregnancy may cause constipation, overheating or even lead to low amounts of the water that surrounds the baby (amniotic fluid) miscarriages.
It is wrongly believed that drinking water in pregnancy is likely to swell the birth canal and genitals making it difficult to delivery properly.
Polyhydramnios, which means too much water in the foetal bag can swell the genitals of the mother but this is not caused by drinking too much water.

I was advised to use masanda ga lukoni to get rid of swellings on my private parts which burnt me. I have now been told to try battery acid. Can I go ahead and use it?
Amina

Dear Amina,
Small swellings on the vulva could be due to an STD called Human Papilloma Virus or venereal warts.
Here, commonly a dark brown solution called Podophyllin paint is used. The paint is more effective when the warts are on the red soft areas of the genitals but on the skin, they may be resistant requiring other treatments.
Vestibular papillomatosis is a condition of rows of small swellings which are like penile pearl papules that may occur on the penile head, and are considered remnants of penile spikes which are thought to give better sexual pleasure and quick orgasms.
Vestibular papillomatosis may itch, burn or even be associated with a discharge but is just a normal variation of genital findings that need no treatment. However, many times they may be confused with venereal warts and treated thus without improvement. Use of things that burn such as acid or lukoni sap may risk injuries and bad scars which may turn cancerous and should be avoided.

I never used to have hair on my penis but recently I noticed hair growing there. What can I do because I started shaving it but it comes back.
-Moses

Dear Moses,
Usually the penis has hair at the base but the shaft is smooth and free of hair. However, in many cases of circumcision in babies or the traditional type that takes up a lot of penile skin apart from the penis getting shorter and smaller, the base hair may be pulled up during an erection so that the penis looks hairy. This penis with hair apart from chaffing the private parts of a woman can be more difficult to clean after sex.
Shaving the penis unfortunately causes more hair growth and bumps because shaving irritates the skin and the hair root. Because penile hair is coarse and has deep roots just like eyebrow hair, plucking it out yields better results than shaving.
Plucking can be done, one at a time using tweezers though this may be time consuming. After plucking, applying hair inhibitory cream immediately (which then gets in contact with the hair root) makes sure there is no plucked hair regrowth.

Why does the start of my periods keep changing after every delivery? Is it true that if I breastfeed a baby when in my periods she will get sick?
— Zuliat

Dear Zuliat,
A mother’s first period after giving birth could start as early as six weeks if one has not breastfed. However, every mother is different, so the time of getting a period may vary from one woman to another or even in the same woman after different deliveries. Even breastfeeding women may have their periods return at different times but breastfeeding is mostly known to delay periods especially if the mother is breastfeeding more often and exclusively (not giving other feeds apart from breast milk).
Breastfeeding while a mother has her periods is not harmful to the baby at all and therefore, it is not necessary to wean the baby because of this. However, hormonal changes that happen around the time of the period can cause the milk supply to dwindle apart from affecting the taste of milk making the baby fussy or refuse to feed but fortunately this usually lasts a few days.
Many women may experience sore nipples and painful breasts just before the periods, making breast feeding uncomfortable. Since this also lasts a few days, one requires to continue breastfeeding so that the milk supply is maintained. Stopping to breast feed may lead to breast milk engorgement apart from risking breast abscesses (boils) which are even much more painful.