How Can Stay Healthy While Being Pregnant?

Are you keeping up with a strict healthy diet?

Are you taking extra vitamin supplements?

Are your drinking at-least 8 glasses of water daily?

Do you get prenatal care from a healthcare professional regularly?

Are you eating raw or rare meats, liver, sushi, raw eggs, soft cheeses, or unpasteurized milk in your everyday diet or occasionally?

Do you drink alcohol or any products that include alcohol?

Do you smoke or use any products that include tobacco/nicotine?

Do you have a workout plan for a daily basis?

Eating a healthy diet is very important for a pregnant women as your baby needs nutrients from healthy foods such as vegetables, fruits or meat, not from sugar and fat. Eat plenty of colorful fruits and vegetables, whole grains, calcium-rich foods, and foods low in saturated fat.

As a baby also needs nutrients, you should get plenty of folic acid and calcium. You can get these and other necessary vitamins and minerals from food and a standard multivitamin. Consult your doctor before taking the vitamins.

As a pregnant woman’s body needs more water than normal, it is recommended to drink at-least eight or more cups of water each day.

Women should get regular prenatal care from a healthcare professional. Those who don’t get regular prenatal care are much more likely to have a child with low birth weight.

There are certain foods that women should avoid eating while pregnant as they can cause food poisoning which might harm your health. Even some fish, when cooked contain a high amount of mercury which is harmful for the baby.

Women who are pregnant or trying to get pregnant should not drink alcohol. Drinking alcohol increases the risk of having a baby with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder which has many symptoms and is extremely harmful for the baby's health.

Smoking is unhealthy for you and your unborn child as it increases the risk of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome), premature births, miscarriages, and several other unhealthy outcomes.

Daily exercise is great for pregnant women. However, before working out, create a plan after consulting with your doctor about the physical limits.

For most women in there pregnancy, plenty of sleep is recommended between 7 to 9 hours. They should remain stress free, get a flu shot if possible and take utmost care of your body without disrupting your normal routine that much.