What to eat during early pregnancy to protect baby development
What to eat during early pregnancy
During pregnancy, women need sufficient calorie intake due to the influence of the fetus, placenta and their own weight gain and basal metabolism. The World Health Organization recommends that women increase their daily calories by 150 kcal during early pregnancy.
In addition, as a smart expectant mother, supplementing with high-quality protein is also very important. Protein is an important component of the baby’s body. Protein is an important material basis in the human body. The fetus needs protein to form its own body tissues, and the pregnant woman needs protein to supply the uterus, placenta and breast development. Therefore, it is extremely important to provide pregnant women with sufficient protein, and secondly, adequate vitamins are also very important.
What not to eat in early pregnancy
Reduce the loss of nutrients: such as washing vegetables and washing rice not too much, not washing vegetables and kimchi after cutting, and not washing rice with hot water. During the cooking process, the vegetables should be sautéed quickly, and a small amount of starch can be added when mixed with meat. Expectant mothers can also use lemon juice and vinegar to mix cold dishes.
If you do not like to eat the usual dishes, you may wish to use a food mixer to make the paste and try different food combinations. If you want to eat vegetables, you may wish to try a variety of fruit and vegetable juices. Take nuts as a snack. Not only won’t it make you nauseated, but it also has a lot of nutrition. Of course, the nut oil content is high, pregnant mothers with pregnancy-induced hypertension should not eat too much.
Signs of miscarriage in early pregnancy
Be careful of incomplete miscarriage
Pregnancy products have been partially excreted from the body, and some remain in the uterine cavity, resulting from the inevitable development of miscarriage. Some of the pregnancy products in the uterine cavity affect the contraction of the uterus, causing uterine bleeding to continue and even hemorrhagic shock due to excessive bleeding.
Threatened abortion
A small amount of vaginal bleeding occurs first, followed by paroxysmal lower abdominal pain or low back pain. Gynecological examination The cervix is not opened, the fetal membrane is not broken, the pregnancy product is not discharged, the size of the uterus is consistent with the number of weeks of menopause, and the pregnancy is hopeful to continue.
After rest and treatment, if the bleeding stops and the lower abdominal pain disappears, pregnancy can continue; if the amount of vaginal bleeding increases or the lower abdominal pain intensifies, spontaneous abortion can develop.
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