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140 Pregnancy Fitness and Diet.
from:Pregnancy, Fitness, and Diet: The Perfect Time for New Beginnings!
Pregnant women are sort of like common property; an eminent domain of the most personal kind. Suddenly strangers tell you the most personal stories of their own experiences with child birth, and offer advice on pregnancy, fitness, and diet. They assume the right to touch your belly, and offer you tidbits of advice, handed out like cookies that are a little bit burned on the edges, cookies you are not sure are safe to eat.
One moment you laugh. The next moment, you cry. One moment you are so sick you think you could never touch food again, the next you suddenly love some food you have hated all your life. Pregnancy is not a disease, it is not a bad thing, and there is nothing wrong with it. It is one of the most natural things in the world. Perhaps the most difficult part of pregnancy is sifting through all those pieces of gravel to get to the gold.
Pregnancy, fitness, and diet, are not the kind of things you want to leave to chance. Pregnancy may be natural, but naturally, there are things you can do to make it better, easier, and less complicated. Since you are making decisions for two people now, you should do your home work, and make sure you are doing things right! Pregnancy, fitness, and diet are separate branches of the same tree, and now that you are pregnant, it is a great time to make healthy decisions and changes, not just for the duration of your pregnancy, but for life. Your responsibility to live a healthy lifestyle does not end when you give birth. While you are, you can make changes that will teach good, healthy fitness and diet habits to your child, as well as providing the best start possible for pregnancy, fitness, and diet.
Online research is a great place to begin learning about your pregnancy, fitness and diet. Research abounds extolling the benefits to both mother and child. Dietary considerations such as adding folic acid, calcium, and iron should actually begin before getting pregnant, to give your baby the best possible beginning in life. Once you are pregnant, prenatal vitamins are a good start. Add to that:
* 6 to 11 servings of grain products
* 3 to 5 servings of vegetables
* 2 to 4 servings of fruits
* 4 to 6 servings of milk and milk products
* 3 to 4 servings of meat and protein foods
* 6 to 8 glasses of water, fruit juice, or milk
Limit fatty foods and sweets. Simple choices like drinking milk or juice instead of regular or diet soda, and eating fortified foods like bread and cereal, make a lot of difference.
Research fitness plans, and decide with your prenatal health care team what they recommend and if there are any special health concerns or restrictions in regards to your pregnancy, fitness, or diet. There is no time like the present to start, and the best place to start is right at your fingertips.
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Mom's excess pounds key in newborn weight - Reuters
 Counsel & Heal | Mom's excess pounds key in newborn weight Reuters Experts have long known that women who have gestational (pregnancy-related) diabetes are at increased risk of having a big baby. And the baby's weight is largely blamed on those mothers' high blood sugar levels. The new findings suggest that for women ... Obesity in pregnancy strongest predictor of large babies Pregnant Women's Diet Could Be Good for Babies Pregnant women should watch weight to avoid having overly big babies: study |
Telephone Contact with Nurses is Associated with Improved Outcomes for Women ... - MarketWatch (press release)
Telephone Contact with Nurses is Associated with Improved Outcomes for Women ... MarketWatch (press release) OAKLAND, Calif., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Among women with gestational diabetes mellitus, referral to a telephone-based nurse management program was associated with lower risk of high baby birth weight and increased postpartum glucose ... |
It can be safe - and beneficial - to diet while pregnant - Globe and Mail
 Globe and Mail | It can be safe - and beneficial - to diet while pregnant Globe and Mail (Gestational diabetes increases a woman's future risk of Type 2 diabetes.) The researchers looked at how much weight women gained during pregnancy and whether mother or child experienced any complications. While all three methods – diet only, ... |
Diets during pregnancy 'improve outcomes' - Pulse
Diets during pregnancy 'improve outcomes' Pulse By David Swan | 25 May 2012 Dietary interventions for pregnant women significantly reduce gestational weight gain and improve outcomes for new-born babies, according to UK researchers. Their meta-analysis of 44 randomised trials involving 7300 women ... |
Weight in pregnancy best controlled by diet, study suggests - Science Daily (press release)
Weight in pregnancy best controlled by diet, study suggests Science Daily (press release) Women who followed a calorie controlled diet were 33 per cent less likely to develop pre-eclampsia, one of the most dangerous pregnancy complications that presents with raised blood pressure and protein in the urine. Their risk of gestational diabetes ... |
Diet during pregnancy is safe and reduces risk for complications, study finds - CBS News
 Telegraph.co.uk | Diet during pregnancy is safe and reduces risk for complications, study finds CBS News Mothers' risk of gestational diabetes was 60 percent lower with a calorie-controlled diet, and their risk of gestational high blood pressure was 70 percent lower, compared with the other groups. The risk of premature birth was also reduced 32 percent ... Diets Safe for Obese, Pregnant Women Weight-Control Diet for Mom Builds a Better Baby Diet Associated With Improved Outcomes in Pregnancy |
Adult Onset Diabetes: Does It Need a New Name? - Care2.com
 Care2.com | Adult Onset Diabetes: Does It Need a New Name? Care2.com For years there were two distinct forms of diabetes (not including gestational diabetes, which occurs solely in pregnant women). They were Type 1, also referred to as “juvenile diabetes” because patients are either born with it or develop it very early ... |