B12 deficiency can lead to damaged nerve and blood cells, which are needed to repair the membrane tissue on the inside of your mouth. If your diet lacks an adequate B12 source, you may experience canker sores. Eat seafood like sardines, salmon, tuna, cod, scallops, and shrimp. Beef and lamb are good sources of B12. You can also get your daily dose of B12 from yogurt. Our bodies need folic acid to make DNA and other genetic material, including the lining of your mouth. Beans, in general, and lentils are a strong source of folates. Dark, leafy green vegetables like turnip greens, spinach, and asparagus can be added to most meals to give you that much needed folic acid boost. Iron is responsible for the maintenance of many of our body's functions. Most importantly, iron helps our bodies create healthy oxygen carrying red blood cells, which are needed to repair damaged tissues. Seafood, beef, turkey, chicken, ham, lentils, beans, and spinach are all great sources of iron. Zinc is a nutrient that people need to stay healthy. It is found throughout the body and aids cellular regeneration. Without zinc, you'll have problems healing wounds, clotting, and fighting off even the weakest of infections. Pumpkin, sesame, lentils, and cashews are tremendous sources of zinc.

Summary: Eat B12 rich foods. Eat more folic acids. Add some iron-rich foods to your meals. Add some zinc to your diet.

A midwife or doctor might recommend breaking your water manually if labor is slow. It is unlikely your water would be broken during the early stages of labor, as this increases the risk of infection. If things have slowed during active labor, however, breaking your water might get the process moving. You will move your bottom to the edge of the hospital bed. Your doctor will examine you using a gloved hand. If necessary, she will use medical instruments to scratch the membrane around your baby until water flows out. The procedure is not painful but can be uncomfortable. Contractions will become much stronger and quicker after your water is broken. A hormone drip can encourage your contractions to speed up and become more effective. This will push you from latent labor to active labor. Pitocin, an artificial form of natural hormones released during labor, will be used in your hormone drip. Your baby must be monitored more closely during this process as pitocin can cause very strong, very frequent contractions that can distress the baby. An epidural may be administered before the hormone drip is put in place. You may need pain medication due to the increased intensity of labor, although plenty of women also give natural childbirth using pitocin. The cervix can be widened in one of two ways. This speeds up the process of labor and increase the rate of contractions. Synthetic hormones that stimulate cervix dilation can be taken orally or placed inside the vagina. The cervix can be dilated manually with balloon-shaped medical catheters, which is why this is sometimes referred to as the "balloon method." As with most methods of medical induction, your baby's heart rate and vital signs will be monitored more closely afterwards to assure there are no complications. Inducing labor is usually done at the recommendation of your doctor or healthcare provider. While a wait-and-see approach is usually preferable, a doctor might want to induce labor for one of the following reasons. She will discuss her reasons with you to help you make the best choice. If you're two weeks past your due date, the doctor might be concerned about the baby getting bigger. This makes delivery more difficult and increases the risk of complications.The risk of stillbirth also doubles when you are two weeks or more past the due date. If your water breaks but contractions don't follow, your doctor may want to induce to minimize risk of infection for you and your baby. Medical conditions, such as high blood pressure and diabetes, put you and your baby at risk for health issues. Your doctor might want to induce. Any sort of infection is grounds to induce labor. In rare cases, the placenta comes undone from the wall of the uterus. This can cause complications and if it occurs your doctor will probably want to induce. Purely elective inductions should not be performed prior to 39 weeks gestation, as there can be complications to the baby.

Summary: Have your water broken. Ask your doctor about a hormone drip. Ripen your cervix. Induce labor medically.

Arrange and stack them however you want them to look once they're fused. Place the largest piece of glass on the bottom and stack the smaller pieces on top. Use a thin glue to keep your pieces in place if you're having a hard time. Place the shelf in one of the central slots in the kiln so it's not too close to the top and not too close to the bottom. Try to leave a inch (6.35mm) between your glass design on the kiln shelf and the side of the kiln itself so your glass has room to expand. The temperature you use to fire your glass in the kiln depends on the look you're going for. Decide which kind of fuse -- tack or full -- you want to do. Consult your kiln manual for specific instructions on how to set a firing schedule. With a tack fuse, the edges of the glass will melt and round slightly, but any pieces stacked on top of one another will remain stacked. Fire your kiln to between 1350-1370 degrees Fahrenheit (around 738 degrees Celsius) for this fuse to form. Full-fused pieces have a smooth, flat surface. Program your kiln to reach around 1460-1470 degrees Fahrenheit (around 796 degrees Celsius) to achieve a full fuse. Don't open the kiln until it's cooled off below 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius). Opening the kiln prematurely can cause your glass to break, and you might burn yourself. Examine your piece and check for any cracks. If you find cracks, the types of glasses you fused might not have been compatible. If you want to fire your fused glass for a second time to make a piece with dimension, place it over one of your molds. Set your glass and the mold on the kiln shelf and place it back in the kiln. Consult your kiln manual and program the kiln to reach around 1225 degrees Fahrenheit (663 degrees Celsius). Let the kiln cool completely before you remove your glass.
Summary: Place the glass pieces you've cut on the kiln shelf. Place the kiln shelf in the kiln. Turn on the kiln. Do a tack fuse if you want the glass to retain its features. Do a full fuse if you want the glass to melt into a single layer. Wait for the kiln program to finish and let your glass cool. Remove the kiln shelf and your glass from the kiln. Slump your fused glass over a mold to create a three-dimensional piece.