It is never too early to start taking care of yourself and your future child. Making healthy choices can help ensure a healthier pregnancy and a healthy baby. Follow these tips:
SAFETY
* Continue to wear a seat belt (under your belly) every time you ride in a motor vehicle throughout your pregnancy.
* Avoid x-rays, hot tub and saunas. Taking a bath or shower is safe as long as the water temperature is comfortable for you. Remember, check it for stepping in.
* Sex during pregnancy is safe for most women to labor, unless your doctor, pharmacist or nurse has advised against it.
NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
* Eat a balanced diet and take a supplement containing folic acid.
* Thoroughly wash all raw vegetables and fruits before eating.
* Eat only thoroughly cooked meat. Inadequate and raw meat can be a parasite transmitted infection that can lead to miscarriage or brain damage in the fetus. This infection is also found in cat feces, so wear gloves when changing the cat litter or someone else for you. Even wearing gloves while gardening outside, as cats often the garden.
* Drink six to eight glasses of water per day.
* Exercise regularly with your doctor, pharmacist or permission to reduce backaches, constipation, bloating and swelling. Exercise also will give you more energy, improve your mood, increase your muscle strength and endurance and help you sleep.
* Warm up for the pursuit and then cool.
* Avoid activities that could lead to abdominal trauma.
* Ask for instructions on how to do Kegel exercises to help maintain or regain bladder control weakened by pregnancy. Then the practice. Squeeze your pelvic-floor muscles, hold for three seconds, then relax for three seconds. The work up to 10, three times daily.
WELLNESS
* Do you regularly check or recommended prenatal testing.
* Avoid cigarettes, alcohol and illegal drugs; willing to help when you need it.
* Do not use prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, herbal supplement or topical ointment, unless your doctor, pharmacist or nurse tells you it does not matter.
* Get enough rest.
* Limit caffeine to one or two cups of coffee, tea or other caffeinated drinks per day.
* Eat small meals more often and more slowly and to avoid spicy foods to reduce heartburn.
* Wear sunscreen and a hat in the sun. Sunlight may exacerbate the development of the skin dark spots on the face that some women during pregnancy.
Sources: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; National Women's Health Resource Center; March of Dimes; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and kidney disease, and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
SAFETY
* Continue to wear a seat belt (under your belly) every time you ride in a motor vehicle throughout your pregnancy.
* Avoid x-rays, hot tub and saunas. Taking a bath or shower is safe as long as the water temperature is comfortable for you. Remember, check it for stepping in.
* Sex during pregnancy is safe for most women to labor, unless your doctor, pharmacist or nurse has advised against it.
NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
* Eat a balanced diet and take a supplement containing folic acid.
* Thoroughly wash all raw vegetables and fruits before eating.
* Eat only thoroughly cooked meat. Inadequate and raw meat can be a parasite transmitted infection that can lead to miscarriage or brain damage in the fetus. This infection is also found in cat feces, so wear gloves when changing the cat litter or someone else for you. Even wearing gloves while gardening outside, as cats often the garden.
* Drink six to eight glasses of water per day.
* Exercise regularly with your doctor, pharmacist or permission to reduce backaches, constipation, bloating and swelling. Exercise also will give you more energy, improve your mood, increase your muscle strength and endurance and help you sleep.
* Warm up for the pursuit and then cool.
* Avoid activities that could lead to abdominal trauma.
* Ask for instructions on how to do Kegel exercises to help maintain or regain bladder control weakened by pregnancy. Then the practice. Squeeze your pelvic-floor muscles, hold for three seconds, then relax for three seconds. The work up to 10, three times daily.
WELLNESS
* Do you regularly check or recommended prenatal testing.
* Avoid cigarettes, alcohol and illegal drugs; willing to help when you need it.
* Do not use prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, herbal supplement or topical ointment, unless your doctor, pharmacist or nurse tells you it does not matter.
* Get enough rest.
* Limit caffeine to one or two cups of coffee, tea or other caffeinated drinks per day.
* Eat small meals more often and more slowly and to avoid spicy foods to reduce heartburn.
* Wear sunscreen and a hat in the sun. Sunlight may exacerbate the development of the skin dark spots on the face that some women during pregnancy.
Sources: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; National Women's Health Resource Center; March of Dimes; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and kidney disease, and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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