| 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!
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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