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Pre pregnancy diet
One of the most important considerations for women who are planning to conceive and get pregnant is concentrating on their pre pregnancy diet. One of the most important pre pregnancy health tips that all doctors will give to women who are trying to conceive is to follow a healthy pre pregnancy diet. Following good pre pregnancy nutrition and eating healthy foods even before getting pregnant would help ensure that the baby has an ideal environment to grow in and this will also ensure that the baby has a lower risk of deficiencies that may lead to birth defects. Those women who are interested in starting a family should get their pre pregnancy health evaluated. This will help to determine if they are healthy enough to bear a child and in some cases, the doctor may suggest that the woman should wait for a while before trying to conceive. There may be certain circumstances that tend to deplete the nutrient stores in a woman such as eating disorders, recent pregnancy, recent long term illness, lack of a well balance diet, excessive dieting, inadequate calcium intake and other factors. The first steps towards pre pregnancy health is to take prenatal supplements prescribed by the doctor which contains at least 400 micrograms of folic acid and follow a healthy pre pregnancy diet. Folic acid is extremely essential as it reduces the chance of the baby being born with congenital disorders such as spina bifida. Folic acid is also required to enable proper development of the embryo and also for facilitating proper cell growth thereby preventing serious physical problems which may even include neural tube defects. Additionally folic acid is also known to reduce the risk of preterm delivery, recurrent miscarriages and also the risk of low birth weight babies. There are also some natural sources of folic acid which may be found in foods such as fruits, dark leafy vegetables, fortified grain products, cereals, peas and dried beans. Pre pregnancy tips also include foods that moms to be should avoid such as certain dietary supplements which may harm the bay in the short or long term namely supplements that provide an excess of Vitamin A may cause birth defects in the child. There are also certain herbal preparations that are known to be toxic to the child and hence must be strictly avoided such as parsley and fenugreek as they tend to cause uterine contractions. Similarly pre pregnancy diet should also strictly exclude cigarettes, alcohol, caffeine, illicit drugs as they could be fatal for the bay besides causing birth defects. Along with ones diet pre pregnancy fitness also plays an important role in the healthy growth and development of both mother and child. Most doctors would recommend that moms to be should take up some form of exercises such as swimming or walking or even jogging so a sot ensure that they are physically fit and able to handle the rigors of pregnancy. Eating a healthy pre pregnancy diet is essential to the health of the mother and the developing child, Good nutritional habits are required to be followed and maintained not only before and during pregnancy but also after pregnancy so as to ensure that the baby gets maximum amount of nutrients from the mothers breast milk. Pre pregnancy nutrition should also include Omega 3 essential fatty acids which are available from fish oil, fish and other supplements. However moms to be should be careful about getting their intake of omega 3 fatty acids from fish alone as there is a possibility and a danger of heavy metal contamination from mercury to pregnant women who are on a high fish diet. This in turn may result in serious birth defects in the child such as autism.
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| Submitted on September 25, 2010 |
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