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Myths about nutrition in pregnancy
Pregnancy is a wonderful stage of creation, giving life to a new being, and therefore this stage requires special care for the mother, as well as adequate food in order to promote the birth of a healthy baby, good weight and full development.
There are many myths about nutrition during pregnancy and the weight gain to be taken at this time. It is our goal to clarify some of these myths and provide tips on nutrition in this important stage of life.
Myths and Realities
1. The mother should eat for two.
This is completely false, studies have shown that during pregnancy increases the power required extra 300 kilocalories a day. These can be met by adding an extra cereal daily (1 reb. Bread or ½ 1/2T potato or rice or 1 tortilla) 2 vegetable, 2 fruit, 1 protein (30g of meat, chicken or fish or beans 1/2T, beans or lentils) and 1 milk (1 glass of milk or yogurt or 1 reb 1t. cheese).
2. The more weight increases the larger mother and baby.
False, excessive weight gain by the mother does not translate into a larger baby but if you increase the likelihood of the mother to develop some diseases such as gestational diabetes and preeclampsia. The average weight gain is from 9 to 13 kg and will depend on factors such as weight to the design, establishment of the mother, food type and genetic factors.
3. The mother should raise the minimum possible for not being overweight after.
False, weight gain during pregnancy ensures that your baby’s weight is appropriate, increase blood volume needed to irrigate the baby, the placenta has good size for feeding, to increase the mammary gland for lactation and adequate to form a fat reserve to protect the baby inside the uterus and also to be a reservoir for breastfeeding.
4. In pregnancy may increase the likelihood that the mother was constipated.
True, many mothers may suffer from constipation, it is important to include in your diet whole grains (bread, tortillas, cereal fiber) legumes (beans, beans, lentils) and fruit (preferably with skin) and vegetables and drink at least 8 glasses of fluid a day.
When the pregnancy goes beyond 35
Spending more time alone with the couple to settle or to travel economically, for example, performed professionally and many other reasons cause more women today are mothers in that age range, at one time belonged to the “mothers years.”
The term mother, who applied to women over 35 years, has fallen into disuse, because on the one hand, it is increasingly common for women to postpone motherhood and, secondly, because in vitro fertilization ovodonation today and are very common and can resolve problems that once seemed insurmountable. However, we must not ignore that, after 35 years with the aging of the egg, it becomes increasingly difficult to get pregnant and also increase the likelihood of occurrence of spontaneous abortions and births of children with Down syndrome.
So if a woman decides to become a mother after 35 years should, first performed a general check up and implement the necessary precautions to minimize risk and carry a healthy pregnancy: for example, stopping smoking, if it ago, lose, or gain weight, if needed, begin a fitness routine-if it has not yet started, control blood pressure and tendency to diabetes, stop drinking and supplement their diet with folic acid and with all the supplements as directed by the obstetrician.
If pregnancy is not achieved naturally and is used assisted fertilization, we study the couple and ova and embryos prior to the procedure “and this is because it is scientifically proved that the possibility of conceiving a baby with birth defects, especially Down syndrome, is accentuated with age: if a 25 year old woman has 1 chance in 1250 of having a baby with abnormalities chromosome as Down Syndrome, that probability rises to 1 in 400 to 35 and 1 in 100 at 40.
That’s why after 35 years indicate amniotic fluid analysis to determine if the embryo has any chromosomal abnormalities. Genetic counseling and ultrasound are studies that give more information on baby health and the proper progression of pregnancy.
In addition, another set of diseases that occur more commonly in mothers over 35 years, such as hypertension, which can be caused by pregnancy and is called preeclampsia – and gestational diabetes, pregnancy-product also . The more complicated deliveries, which often derive from or are scheduled as caesarean sections, and even premature babies with low birth weight are also more common in mothers than 35 than in those who are in the range of 20 to 30
But motherhood after 35 is possible and is a very special experience, because the baby is mature and experienced parents in many ways. With proper controls and care, a pregnancy at this stage may take quite normally.