Guide To A Healthy Pregnancy - Maitri Hospital

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Every mom wants to have a healthy baby. Whether a
boy or a girl, the baby must be healthy. Whether
the first child or the second or third, a mother
is always concerned about the health of her
baby. We understand the situation and this state
of mind, which is why we have come up with this
blog to help every mother have a healthy
pregnancy. After all, a healthy pregnancy leads
to a healthy and happy baby. So, here are a few
tips you need to follow if you dont want to
compromise on the health of your little one.

• Eat well
• You need to have a healthy and balanced diet
  because the food you eat reaches your child as
  nutrition and you definitely dont want the
  wrong stuff reaching his body, do you? Here is
  what a healthy balanced diet is all about
• Having five portions of fruits and vegetables
  every day.
• Having dairy foods like milk, yoghurt, and
  cheese.
• Including proteins like fish, lean meat, eggs,
  nuts, pulses, and beans in your daily diet. You
  can replace the fish with imega-3 fatty acids
  from green leafy vegetables, nuts, and soya
  products.
• Limiting carbohydrates like bread and rice to
  only one-third of your daily diet and focusing
  more on wholegrain varieties, rather than whites.
• Including 200 calories a day in your diet for the
  last three months of pregnancy.
• Staying well hydrated with eight glasses of fluid
  a day, including water, juices, fruit teas, and
  skimmed milk.
• Also remember that there are certain foods that
  you must avoid. For example, unpasteurized milk,
  undercooked ready meals, soft cheese, and
  blue-veined cheese may

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• contain listeria bacteria that can result in a
  serious ill baby or even miscarriage. Moreover,
  raw shellfish, raw meat, raw eggs, and mayonnaise
  can cause food poisoning, which can harm the
  babys health.
• Take supplements
• Even if you are having the best of food and
  nutrition, adding supplements to your diet is
  essential for the better development of your
  baby. Taking supplements include
• Taking folic acid for the first three months to
  avoid risks of neural tube defects.
• Taking vitamin D supplements throughout the
  pregnancy period for better skeletal and bone
  health.
• Taking fish oil supplements labeled omega-3,
  rather than fish liver oil.
• Exercise regularly
• Exercising is always beneficial for everyones
  health. And, if you are carrying another body
  within yourself, exercising becomes even more
  important. However, you need to be gentle on
  yourself with the exercises while you are
  pregnant. You could opt for brisk walking,
  swimming, aquanatal classes, yoga, and pilates.
  These exercises will help you stay a healthy
  weight, cope with the changes to your posture and
  strains on your joints, protect you against
  pregnancy complications, and increase the chances
  of a normal delivery. You must also pick on
  performing pelvic floor exercises, as the muscles
  at the base of your pelvis are the ones that
  support your bladder, vagina, and back passage. A
  week pelvic floor muscles can put you at risk of
  developing stress incontinence. Thus, you need to
  strengthen these muscles by performing eight
  pelvic floor squeezes, three times a day.
• Get enough rest
• It is normal to feel fatigue in the first few
  months of pregnancy. There are also changes in
  the sleep patterns and comfortability. This is
  why you must get enough rest throughout the day.
  You must practice sleeping on your side. You
  could sleep with your knees bent, or placing a
  wedge-shaped pillow under your bump.
• Cut out on alcohol, cigarette, and caffeine
• Alcohol, cigarette, and caffeine are the most
  harmful to your body while you are pregnant.
  This is why you should cut them off completely
  for those nine months. Drinking alcohol and
  caffeine can increase your risk of miscarriage
  and affect your babys brain development. Too
  much caffeine can also result in a low weight
  baby. Smoking can also cause complications and
  risks like premature birth, low weight baby,
  stillbirth, miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy,
  placental abruption, or sudden infant death
  syndrome.
• With all of the above practiced submissively and
  regularly, the chances of having a normal
  delivery and a healthy baby shoot up. So, make
  sure to follow these instructions to be a happy
  mom with a healthy baby. However, God forbid, if
  you have a premature delivery, or

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a baby who is unwell and needs care, you must
immediately get in touch with Maitri Hospitals
paediatric doctor in Kota. Here, your child will
get intensive care for any ailment that hes
suffering from like pneumonia, low birth weight,
urinary tract infections, or growth
disorder. For more information, visit
http//www.maitrihospital.com/