Maternity and Paternity → The Ten Commandments of expectant mother

If you follow these 10 commandments future mother will become a real mother of a healthy baby. Do everything possible to ensure that your child is fully developed over 9 months!
Commandment number 1. Fresh air
A pregnant woman should walking a lot. Every day, no less than one hour. It is better to walk in the wood, park or garden. First, the norms of motor activity respect, and second, the fresh air increases blood circulation, which is useful for mother and her baby.
Commandment number 2. Vitamins
At a time when most people have hypovitaminosis and lower immunity, modern women during pregnancy need to take special vitamin and mineral preparations. These vitamins assist to the normal state of health of pregnant woman, enhance the immune system, protecting woman, and the fetus colds colds. The best thing to start taking vitamins for three months before conception, to advance to prepare the body for the forthcoming pregnancy.
Commandment number 3. Special diet
The diet of pregnant women differs from the usual supply of women. This does not mean that you should simply increase or reduce the amount of food consumed. You should change the diet and take a course on food which is rich in proteins, carbohydrates and fats of vegetable origin. In the very first months of pregnancy eat what you want. But in the middle of pregnancy (18-20 weeks) you need specific diet.
Commandment number 4. Weight Control
It is important to monitor the weight gaining! Important to weight gain was associated with an increase in fetal weight and size of the uterus. This means that every week you can gein weight at 200-450 grams (depending on your veso of the growth-factor). Weight gain for the entire pregnancy should not be more than 8-12 kg. Excess weight not only spoil the figure of a young woman after childbirth, but also greatly wearied during pregnancy! Subcutaneous adipose tissue requires the same intensity of blood circulation, as well as fetus. With an increase of body weight of pregnant women, blood circulation of the fetus deteriorates, thereby violating its development.
Commandment number 5. Calcium
At the 22-24 week future baby begins the process of formation of bone tissue. If the level of calcium in women is not enough, then the calcium begins to accrue from the woman’s teeth and bones. To avoid tooth decay, in this period of pregnancy it is important to take care of calcium intake from outside.
Commandment number 6. Hemoglobin
At the 24-25 week of pregnancy from the maternal hemoglobin, haemoglobin of fetus is formed. Therefore, in this period pregnant woman has a sharp decrease of hemoglobin level in the blood. In this regard, sometimes recommended preventive reception preparations containing iron.
Commandment number 7. Allergens
In the same period the immune system is developing. So you need to exclude the most allergenic food such as chocolate, honey, oranges and tangerines.
Commandment number 8. Gymnastics
In order to strengthen the body before the forthcoming birth it’s needed to address the special exercises for pregnant women, including a bracing and breathing exercises, and special exercises to strengthen the muscles of the anterior abdominal wall, thighs and crotch. During the childbirth you will need a lot of energy. It is important to be physically prepared for this important moment.
Commandment number 9. Ongoing monitoring by a doctor
In our time there should not be uncontrolled pregnancies! Not so much healthy people are left. In this regard, there are many women for whom pregnancy poses a real threat to their health and often lives. In order to give birth to a healthy baby and stay healthy, on time, contact your doctor, to hand over the necessary tests, ultrasounds.
The optimal time for ultrasound diagnosis is 20-21 week. At this time, are clearly visible all the organs of the fetus, and possible to estimate the accuracy of their development and about to determine the sex.
In addition to all above tests woman should be screened for blood group and Rh factor. It is very important because the presence of Rh-positive fetus in Rh-negative mother may be the beginning of a serious problem: Rh-conflict pregnancy.
It is also recommended screening for infections: chlamydia, mycoplasmosis and other viruses of this group, which may cause the formation of defects of the fetus or lead to miscarriage, such as AIDS, syphilis, hepatitis B antigen.Testing for AIDS and syphilis should be held three times during pregnancy (every trimester), and hepatitis B virus — twice. In the systematic review required the level of hemoglobin. The greatest stress during pregnancy have the liver and kidneys of woman. Therefore, you should regularly check the biochemical composition of blood and urine analysis. Without all these procedures, you can not be confident in the prosperous course and outcome of pregnancy.
Commandment number 10. Precautionary measures
In the first and last months of pregnancy you should abstain from sexual activity. Since it is fraught with miscarriage or premature birth.
Future mothers should not overwork! Moderate pressure needed, but you need to exclude night work, lifting weights, too often the slopes, long standing or sitting. Also not recommended the long trips, especially in the second half of pregnancy.
And most important — the state of mind of pregnant woman. Stress, nervous stress is not allowed! Because all the feelings and emotions in this period are particularly strained. Therefore, a future mother and all her family members must ensure that nothing violate the peace of mind.