| DWholesome nutrition of pregnant women
is one of the most important problems
of modern midwifery. Recommendations
concerning this question were
worked out long ago, however,
minimum quantity of women receive
them in full measure. So, information
of this article will help you
to give birth to a healthy baby.
First of all, nutrition should
be correct. This means proteins,
fats and carbohydrates should
be included in your daily ration
in a certain proportion. Of course,
proteins take the first place,
as they are a building material
for a baby’s organism. So, you
need to eat not less than 200
g of meat every day. Twice a week
it’s recommended to replace meat
by fish of skim sorts. Eggs and
cultured milk products are also
providers of proteins for organism.
Every day you need to eat one
egg, to prevent salmonellosis
– one of the most popular intestinal
infections – it’s necessary to
boil it no less than 6 minutes.
For the same reason doctors-infectiologists
recommend not to eat fried eggs.
It’s also necessary to eat 100
g of cotton cheese, 50 g of cheese
and drink at least 0,5 liter of
kefir every day. Eating of vegetables
and fruits provides coming in
of carbohydrates, vitamins and,
what is very important, microelements
in organism. Eat 600 g of raw
vegetables and 300-400 g of raw
fruits daily. If for some reasons
you cannot buy fresh fruits, you
can replace them by dried fruits
(raisins, fig, prunes, dried apricots).
Every day you need to provide
coming in of poly-unsaturated,
fatty acids, so called vitamin
F in your organism. For this you
need to drink a table-spoon of
vegetable oil (it should be unrefined
for sure). Polyvitamins are also
necessary, as a pregnant woman’s
organism needs increased quantity
of them, and eating only of fruits
and vegetables cannot completely
satisfy this need. If you found
out your pregnancy on early terms
(2-3 week), then you should certainly
take polyvitamins, containing
selenium. Modern researches proved
that it’s necessary for normal
laying of a nervous tube, which
takes place right on this term
of pregnancy. On late terms (3-4
weeks before childbirth) it’s
recommended not to make excessive
use of sweets, eat grapes and
water-melons (which contain a
lot of glucose), as, otherwise,
a fetus may become very large
and this will complicate the process
of delivery. If you’re going to
nurse your baby, then about 2
months before delivery you should
begin eating walnuts and black
ashberry. Keep on eating these
products during nursing too, as
they stimulate lactation very
well. Weight increase should be
smooth. If you noticed that you
gained weight in a short period
suddenly, then, most likely, these
are mistakes of your diet. But
to exclude other possible reasons,
you should consult your gynecologist.
Daily calorie content should be
3000-3200 kilocalories. If you
suffer from early toxicosis, you
feel sick, and cannot look at
your favorite food without shudder,
then you should try a method,
which literally saved hundreds
of thousands of women, who were
in the same state, like you. This
advice is quite simple: eat crackers.
Of course, this is not ideal food
for pregnant woman, but still
it’s better than nothing. Water
regimen is very important. You
must provide regular coming in
of liquid to your organism, i.e.
drink although several gulps with
an interval of 1,5-2 hours. It’s
better to drink tea, fruit and
berry juices, usual water. Of
course, you should exclude alcohol
completely (including beer). Now
some words about medicines. You
should remember that any medicine,
from banal Analgin to antibiotics,
is foreign and toxic for organism,
especially growing one. So, do
not take any medicines without
absolute necessity. But is such
necessity suddenly occurs, you
should consult your gynecologist
and read annotation carefully.
Yana Mikheeva is the creator of
the Baby-Health.Net at http://www.baby-health.net
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