PREGNANCY PRECAUTIONS AND NUTRIENTS !

 

                    PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN 

                          DURING FIRST TRIMESTER

                         PREGNANCY IS A VERY SENSITIVE PERIOD FOR BOTH THE MOTHER AND THE LITTLE ONE GROWING IN THE WOMB. THE SAFETY OF THE CHILD DEPENDS ENTIRELY UPON THE SAFETY MEASURES TAKEN BY THE MOTHER TO BE. THEREFORE, THE MOTHER HAS TO TAKE SEVERAL PRECAUTIONS THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY. THE FIRST TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SINCE THIS IS THE PERIOD WHERE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT FROM CELLS TO EMBRYO TO FOETUS TAKES PLACE AND ALL ORGANS BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE AND START FUNCTIONING. HERE ARE SOME DIRECTIONS ABOUT THE PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN DURING THIS TRIMESTER:

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• DO NOT EAT RAW, UNCOOKED OR UNDECOOKED MEAT AND EGGS. EAT COOKED MEALS ONLY.
•  DO NOT OVERCOOK VEGETABLES, AS IT LEADS TO LOSS OT NUTRIENTS.
•  DO NOT EAT RAW VEGETABLES EITHER AND ALSO WASH ALL THE FRUITS NICELY BEFORE CONSUMING.
•  AVOID TAKING CAFFEINATED BEVERAGES LIKE COFFE, TEA, COLAS BECAUSE EXCESSIVE INTAKE OF CAFFEINE MAY RESULT IN CAFFEINE ENTERING THE FOETAL CIRCULATION DEVELOPING THE RISK OF MISCARRIAGE, SEVERAL ABNORMALITIES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIABETES LATER IN LIFE. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER REASONS TO CUT DOWN THE INTAKE OF CAFFEINE, DRINKING COFFEE AND TEA SPOILS APPETITE AND CAN AFFECT NORMAL SLEEP PATTERN, CREATES INSOMNIA AND AGGRAVATES MOOD SWINGS. CAFFEINE MAY ALSO INTERFERE WITH THE ABSORPTION OF SOME ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS.
•  IF YOU ARE A NON-VEGETARIAN AND LOVE EATING FISH AND SEAFOOD THEN KEEP A TIGHT HAND ON THEIR CONSUMPTION AMOUNT BECAUSE ALTHOUGH FISH AND SEAFOOD ARE EXCELLENT LOW-FAT SOURCES OF MANY NUTRIENTS BUT MERCURY IS A CONTAMINANT FOUND IN FISH THAT CAN AFFECT BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM OF THE FOETUS. THERE IS A CONCERN ABOUT EATING FISH AND SEAFOOD DURING PREGNANCY, SINCE MANY TYPES OF FISHES MAY CONTAIN HIGH LEVELS OF MERCURY. EAT NO MORE THAN 12 OUNCES OF COOKED FISH A WEEK. DO NOT EAT SHARKS, SWORDFISH, KING MACKEREL OR TILEFISH.
•  WHILE PLANNING A DAY'S MENU FOR YOURSELF ADD FOODS FROM EACH FOOD GROUP, BECAUSE ALL FOOD GROUPS ARE IMPORTANT IN THE QUEST OF ADDING ALL ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS IN YOUR DIET.
•  DO NOT TRY TO DO ANY OTHER VIGOROUS EXERCISES OTHER THAN YOGA THERAPY PRESCRIBED HERE IN THIS BLOG AND DO NOT TRY TO MOULD THEM ACCORDING TO YOUR LIKING . PERFORM YOGA THERAPY STEP BY STEP AND IN THE SAME SEQUENCE AS MENTIONED IN THIS BLOG. STOP ALL EXERCISES IN CASE YOU NOTICE ANY SIGN OF PERSISTANT DISCOMFORT OR PAIN AND CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR.
•  CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE TAKING ANY MEDICINE OR DRUGS WITHOUT DOCTOR'S ADVICE.
•  CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY IF NAUSEA, DIARRHOEA, OR VOMITTING PERSISTS. SEVERELY FOR LONGER THAN  24 HOURS.
•  BEWARE OF TOXIC CHEMICAL LIKE PESTICIDES.
•  AVOID ALCOHOL AND SMOLING AND ALSO DON'T ALLOW ANYBODY TO SMOKE NEAR YOU.
•  AVOID STRESS, CREATE A POSITVE ENVIRONMENT FULL OF LAUGHTER. INDULGE IN GOOD BLOG, GREENERY AND SOOTHING MUSIC TO KEEP YOUR MIND OCCUPIED AND TENSION FREE.

•  AVOID JERKS, ACCIDENTS AND ALWAYS WEAR A SEATBELT WITH TRAVELLING IN A CAR.

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                         NUTRIENTS SHOULD BE

                                       RECOMMENDED

•  EARLY MORNING            LEMON TEA, COOKIES OF YOUR CHOICE
•  BEFORE BREAKFAST     LEMON AND HONEY MIXED WATER 
•  BREAKFAST                     BROKEN WHEAT PORRIDGE IN MILK, 
•  AFTER BREAKFAST        FRESH MIX FRUIT JUICE
•  MID-MORNING                 VEGETABLE IDLI
•  LUNCH                                 TOMATO SPINACH SOUP, MIX VEGETABLE
•  AFTER LUNCH                    KAJU BARFI
•  EVENING SNACK              BANANA MILKSHAKE, WALNUT
•  DINNER                               VEG PULAO, CURD, SALAD
•  BEDTIME                             HOT ALMOND MILK

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                   DIETETICS

                          REGULAR DIET DURING

                                        FIRST TRIMESTER

                           IN THE FIRST TRIMESTER, THE GROWTH TAKES PLACE ONLY BY AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CELLS. INADEQUATE DIET DURING THIS PERIOD OF CELL DIVISION CAN DEPRESS THE CELL NUMBER WHICH CANNOT BE MADE BETTER BY TAKING AN ADEQUATE DIET AT A LATTER DATE. THE EFFECT OF MALNUTRITION AT THIS STAGE IS PERMANENT. INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CELLS REQUIRES FOLIC ACID AND VITAMIN B12. BOTH THESE VITAMINS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE SYNTHETIS OF NUCLEIC ACIDS, WHICH MUST BE PRODUCED EACH TIME A CELL DIVIDES. DURING THE EARLY STAGES OF PREGNANCY, THE PLACENTA IS NOT FORMED YET, SO THERE IS NO MECHANISM TO PROTECT THE EMBRYO FROM THE DEFICIENCIES WHICH MAY BE INHERENT IN THE MOTHER'S CIRCULATION, SO IT IS CRITICAL THAT THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF NUTRIENTS ARE CONSUMED DURING THIS PERIOD.

                       IN THE SECOND PHASE OF THIS TRIMESTER, THE NEW CELLS TO FORM AND ALREADY FORMED ONES CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN SIZE. THIS PROCESS IS CALLED HYPERTROPHY. THIS PHASE PARTICULARLY REQUIRES PROTEINS AND VITAMIN B6.

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