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Things
You Should avoid during Pregnancy
Pregnancy is a time where you have to
be careful with yourself. Many factors affect the
development of a fetus into a healthy child. Whether you
like it or not there some activities you should avoid
for the sake of your healthy baby. There are pregnancy
risks that you have to aware of.
Here is some checklist you might want to consider .
Don’t drink alcohol!
You going to jeopardize your baby’s development. If you
don’t want to have low birth weight baby, and having
medical problems, better stop drinking once you know
that you are pregnant.
Don’t smoke! |
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Chemical inhaled while smoking
may cause premature birth, miscarriage, bleeding,
etc. Also it reduced the amount of oxygen that baby
receives. What ever you are, don’t smoke and avoid
second hand smoke.
Don’t drink coffee.
Caffeine in the coffee has been shown to affect
fetal heart rates. Caffeine can also increase risk
of stretch marks. If you can’t stop immediately, try
to stop gradually.
Don’t do too much exercise!
No doubt if moderate exercise is helpful for
mother's mental state and can increase oxygen flow
to the fetus. However, too much exercise
can be dangerous. Better you do activities like
walking, swimming, and yoga .
Don’t get near to chemicals
substance!
Be careful with unnatural chemicals, such as
pesticides. If you consume vegetables or fruits,
don’t forget to wash them. Or remove the outer
surface of vegetables or fruit so pesticides which
rest on the outside of the vegetable or fruit will
be thrown away.
Don’t consume drugs!
Drugs or herbal remedies that are not prescribed by
doctors. What you consume might affect your unborn
baby.
Don’t forget to eat
nutritious foods.
Good nutrition is crucial to a developing child. At
least you consume 400-1000 micrograms of B vitamin
(folic acid) which can be taken from leafy
vegetables, orange juice, and beans.
Don’t have multiple sex
partners
which may lead to birth and pregnancy complications
cause by STD's risk. Once you infected by STD, you
may have premature baby or low birth baby.
Preventing is better than
curing.
If you can prevent yourself by not doing those kinds
of activities, hopefully you going to have a healthy
and normal baby. Try to acknowledge this on your
first month of pregnant.
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