DrRobinson:GoodafternoonMrsPang.It’snicetoseeyouagain.Irememberlastappointmentyousaidyouwerefeelingabitanxiousaboutyourpregnancy.Didyoumanagetoworkthingsoutwithyouremployeryet?MrsPang(龐夫人):醫生您好。是的，現在情況好多啦。我終于批準給我產[oDoctor.Yes,thingsarealotbetternow.Mybosshasfinallygrantedmematernityleave.ThismorningIwenttothesaunatocelebrate.Itfeltgreattounwindandhaveamassage.]DrRobinson:Oh,youwenttoasauna?It’sgoodtohearyou’refeelingbetteraboutthepregnancynow,butyoushouldknowthatgoingtosaunasisnotagoodoptionduringpregnancy.Thisisbecauseextremetemperaturescouldpotentiallybeharmfultoyourbaby.MrsPang(龐夫人):真的嗎？我完全不知道。這是我這輩子第一次去蒸呢。真是個愚蠢的錯誤我希望不要影響到我寶寶的安全[Really?Ihadnoidea.ThatwasthefirsttimeI’veeverbeentothesaunainmylife.IhopeIhaven’tputmybaby’slifeatriskbymakingsuchastupidmistake.]DrRobinson:Well,ifit’syourfirsttimetheriskisslight,soIwouldn’tworryabout是會很擔心生孩子的事情，因為我懷我的時候有過并發癥。[That’sarelief.Althoughthisweekhasbeenmuchbetterthanthelast,Istillgetanxiousaboutdeliveringthebabybecausemymotherhadcomplicationswhenshehadme.](…嗎？[MaybeI’mdrinkingtoomuchcoffee.Mysistersaidthatdrinkingcaffeinecanhurtunbornbabies.Isthattrue?]DrRobinson:Well,actuallytherehavebeennostudieswhichhaveproventhatcaffeinecanharmthefoetus.ButIwould mendlimitingyourconsumptionofbeverageswhichcontaincaffeine–I’mtalkingabout,ofcourse,coffee,aswellastea,coke,andsoon.Thatwouldbegoodforyourgeneralhealth.MrsPang龐夫人):哦，最近我老是有便秘的問題。你有什么建議嗎？[OhI’vealsobeenhavingsometroublewithconstipationrecently.Doyouhaveanyadviceyoucangiveme?]DrRobinson:That’sperfectlynormal.Constipationcancomeasaresultofthehormonechangethat’stakingceinyourbodyrightnow,andthischangecausesyourdigestivesystemtoprocessfoodintakemoreslowlythanusual.MrsPang龐夫人那我怎么辦啊？我意思是，雖然這還不是大問題，但是有好幾次我硬是便秘了一整個晚上。[ThenwhatshouldIdoaboutthis?Imean,it’snotabigproblemforme,butacoupleoftimestheconstipationlastedthewholenight.]DrRobinson:Iwouldn’tworrytoomuchaboutthis,buttherearethreethingsyoucandotoalleviateyourconstipation.Oneistokeepyourfluidsupasmuchasyoucan.Twoistodomoreexercise–arigorouswalkeachdayshouldbefine.(…Andthreeismakesureyougetenoughroughage–youknow,eatfoodswhicharehighinfibresuchasbran,cerealsandfruitandvegies.Ifproblemspersistyoucantryalaxative.果工作太辛苦不安全的話還是休息一下的好[OK,Iwilltrytodothat.ButIwascuriousifit’ssafetoworkorexercisenowwhileI’mpregnant.Iworkpart-timeasanaccountantMondaytoThursdayandexerciseonweekends.Ifit’snotsafetostrainmyselfatworkI’mthinkingoftakingabreak.]DrRobinson:Well,letmeputitthisway–ifyou’repregnant,youshouldn’tberunningmarathonsanytimesoon.Butlightexerciseduringyourpregnancycanhaveanumberofbenefits.(…Well,firstlyitcanenhanceyourbloodcirculationthroughoutyourentirebodyandimproveyourposture,aswellasimproveyourgeneralsenseofwell-being.Andifyoucankeepupagoodexerciseregimeduringyourpregnancy,thiswillputyouinabettershapetocopewiththedelivery.尷尬啦。我可以做點什么來防止這些事呢？[I’llbesuretokeepthatinmind.I’malsoconcernedabouttheburningsensationIsometimesgetinthemiddleofmychest.Itleavesanunpleasanttasteinmymouthandsometimesitmakesmeburpreallyloudinpublicces,it’squiteembarrasing!IsthereanythingIcandotopreventthis?]DrRobinson:Hmm,soundslikeheartburn.Trytoeatsmallbutfrequentmeals–say,fiveorsixperday,insteadoftwoorthreebigmeals.Youshouldalsoavoiddrinkinglargeamountsoffluidswithyourmeals.Alcoholandsmokingisalsoano-no.MrsPang龐夫人這些我倒不大擔心。我們中國女性很少喝酒。煙呢，我已經戒了好多年啦。非常感謝你給我的幫助。你和助產師凱瑞辛苦啦。[Iwouldn’tworryaboutthat.Wewomenrarelydrinkalcohol.And,asforsmoking,Igavetha