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A pregnant woman’s mind focuses on her pregnancy and the upcoming birth experience. Pregnancy is the time when pregnant women need too much care. In her pregnancy days, she needs a regular checkup, healthy food, exercise, and mental peace.
Some studies show that women who do not get prenatal care are four times more likely to have a low birth weight and more chances to die.
Here I have some tips for pregnant women to take care of their health
1. Eat Healthy Foods
Eating healthy food during pregnancy is very important. Maintain your healthy diet provide you additional vitamins, nutrients, and minerals. A pregnant woman needs some extra calories, almost 350-500 each day. A diet lacking can negatively affect the development of a baby.
Your excess weight gain and poor eating habits may also increase the risk of birth complications and gestational diabetes. During your pregnancy, you need to consume extra calcium and proteins. It is necessary to eat dairy products like yogurt, sweet potatoes, eggs, vegetables, and fruits to meet the needs of a developing fetus.
Dairy products provide two types of proteins: whey and casein. These products give zinc, magnesium, and high amount of phosphor. Especially Yogurt is more beneficial for pregnant women.
Like dairy products, green vegetables such as spinach and kale contain nutrients that pregnant women need. Leafy greens also provide vitamin A, vitamin C, Vitamin k, fibers, potassium, iron, and folate.
2. Supplement
You need to take vitamin D for the whole pregnancy period and folic acid for the first three months. It is essential for the development of the baby skeleton and proper growth. Folic acid reduces the risk of neural tube congenital disability, which affects the spinal cord and brain. Every pregnant woman recommended taking a 400mg folic acid supplement daily.
It is healthy to eat food containing folic acids such as beans, leafy greens, citrus, nuts, and fruits.
3. Birth Doula
In many hospitals, women are usually sent home after several hours with some medicines. Your friends and family receive you with flowers. This care will provide peace of mind to a woman, but after it, she needs someone who provides her physical comfort, emotional support, information, and advice during and after pregnancy. Doula Services Toronto offers a helper to pregnant women to guide them.
Some people do not know how Doulas help women after childbirth. Postpartum Doulas support women in a hard time. She helps mother with breastfeeding, and also offers her practical support, including cooking meals, and organizing the home.
4. Avoid Alcohol
Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can be harmful for both mother and baby. It can be harmful to the development of a fetus. Drinking alcohol can affect the development of the baby’s organ, spinal cord, and brain.
For mother drinking, increases the risk of premature birth, miscarriage, and a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
If a pregnant woman drinks alcohol for the first three months of pregnancy can cause the baby having abnormal facial features. It can also cause small head size, low body weight, poor judgment and reasoning skills, hearing or vision, kidney, or heart problems. So there is no safe time for a pregnant woman to drink alcohol.
