SHOULD I EAT FOR TWO DURING PREGNANCY

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SHOULD I EAT FOR TWO DURING PREGNANCY?
If youre pregnant you will become familiar with
the phrase Eat for two during Pregnancy. In
fact, this is one of the advice that you might
get very often while you are pregnant. So we
decided to take up the question. Do women really
need to eat for two in Pregnancy?
Well, this idea is not true. Eating for two is
just a myth. Yes, your nutrient needs are much
higher during pregnancy but your total energy
requirements only increase slightly. Your daily
energy requirement depends on your height,
weight, age, lifestyle. On average the
requirement is around 2000 calories a day in
non-pregnant state and when you are pregnant
during the first trimester i.e. in the initial
three months of pregnancy you do not require any
extra energy or any extra calories.
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As you move further to the second trimester of
pregnancy, energy requirements increase by
approximately 330 calories in a day. Further on,
during the third trimester i.e in the last three
months of your pregnancy, you require an extra
450 calories per day. So you must be able to
observe that the energy requirements are only
slightly increased during pregnancy, the
requirement is not doubled.
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Further on if you talk about nutrients. Yes,
there is an increased need in many important
nutrients during pregnancy like protein, folic
acid, calcium, iron, iodine, etc. Eating
nutritious food will help you support your
pregnancy and the new changes in your body.
For healthy eating during pregnancy know how much
to eat, what foods are healthy, find a balance
between getting enough nutrients for your babys
growth while keeping a healthy weight for you and
your babys health.
Now you might have a query about what will happen
if I follow the myth and eat for two i.e double
my diet. Eating too much while pregnant can lead
to excessive weight gain and an increased risk of
pregnancy complications. It can be detrimental
for both mother and the baby. Women who are
overweight during pregnancy are at increased risk
of having a miscarriage and developing conditions
such as gestational diabetes, high blood
pressure, preeclampsia. They are also more likely
to have a premature baby. The possible need for
caesarean delivery is also increased. There is an
increased risk of haemorrhage after birth and
blood clot-related problems.
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If you put on too much weight, the baby may also
grow big in size or become macrosomic. This can
lead to additional problems like difficult
delivery, increased need for caesarean delivery,
etc. This can affect the baby in the long run
too. These babies are at an increased risk of
conditions like childhood obesity, diabetes,
further on in their lives.
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Additionally, it becomes more difficult for an
overweight mother to return to her pre-pregnancy
weight. So, considering all these associated
problems, you should know how to meet the high
nutrient demands of pregnancy without eating
excessively and thus without gaining weight out
of the permissible limits. For this, you should
eat basically a healthy, nutritious,
high-quality, balanced food rather than doubling
your food quantity.
To ensure all this we take care of your diet
during pregnancy by proving personalized
diet-chart. We hope you will find this
information useful in optimizing your pregnancy
diet. Wishes for a happy eating and healthy and
safe pregnancy!
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Keep your Pregnancy Period in Safe Hands with our
On of the Best Hospital as Chaitanya Hospital,
Chandigarh keep routine checkup on time at our
hospital from one of the best gynecologist in
Chandigarh.
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Contributed By Dr Shikha Sardana Obs Gynae
Consultant Chaitanya Hospital
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