Pregnant Women: How to eat right during the first 9 months and beyond While it is natural to divest certain cravings during pregnancy, your baby does not justify every excess. Books made during these nine months are sometimes difficult to lose ... Monitor your diet is essential. By following these recommendations, you give yourself the chance to have the best 9 months of your life.
Pregnancy produce many changes in the body. The increased nutritional needs, to feed the future baby ... but also the mother! If you change your diet?
In your stomach, unborn child eats the same things as you! It is therefore essential to avoid deficiencies. But the meal of the mother not only cover the needs. They are originally from the likes of the fetus and may even influence the sex of the child! What products are at risk What is the influence of diet during pregnancy?
It is important to provide everything needed for baby during these nine months, a balanced and varied diet. But there are also foods to avoid during these nine months, otherwise they threaten the health of babies, starting with alcohol!
Alcohol is certainly with the tobacco, the sworn enemy of pregnant women. Today we know that even one drink can harm the baby, especially if they are taken during certain stages of development. So remember: total abstinence for 9 months.
Some foodborne illnesses can have serious consequences in pregnant women: among the foodborne diseases, toxoplasmosis and listeriosis are particularly serious. Here are some tips:
Well-eat cooked meat.
-Avoid eating raw foods (smoked fish, cheese from raw milk and raw milk).
-Avoid like rillettes, sausages, pies and frozen products
Remove the rind from the cheese.
In any case, try to take strict hygiene precautions for storage and handling of food.
During pregnancy, avoid foods high in calories too excess. Indeed, maternal obesity increases the risks for mother and child: hypertension, toxemia, diabetes, urinary infections, thromboembolic events.
The risks of childbirth are also increased, with a high percentage of caesarean sections. The weight gain during pregnancy should be limited and monitored very regularly justifies medical.
You are in the family history of food allergy? If the father or mother had a history of reaction to food allergic children may be multiplied by two or three. And it is multiplied by 5 if both parents have experienced the problem.
Above all, always ask your doctor to confirm the risk of your baby and allergy foods to avoid, for the mother and baby. Keep baby as long as possible before diversifying food: six months before introducing the first foods.
Do not give your baby eggs, wheat, fish, chocolate and citrus fruits before the age of one year (the doctor, then to compose the menu according to the child to avoid deficiencies). In cases of "allergic to cow's milk, of course, avoid dairy products, but also those that contain lactose. In some cases, it should also ban the beef. Do not give peanuts baby before the age of three years.
Finally, teen pregnancy requires increased surveillance on nutrition: the specific needs of this age are combined with being pregnant.
Posted on May 18, 2010.