When Seeing Other Physicians. Be sure to let them know that you are pregnant. Clear all prescriptions with us and avoid X-rays when possible. Weight Gain. A weight gain of two or three pounds per month for a total of pounds is desirable if you are a normal weight.
For women who are overweight, pounds is recommended. For women who are underweight, pounds is recommended. Lean beef, chicken, and turkey baked or broiled, not fried are your best sources of protein. Eat no more than four ounces about one small serving of tuna per week. Limit your total intake of tuna and cooked fish to twice a week.
Avoid swordfish, shark, king mackerel and tilefish also called golden or white snapper as these can contain potentially risky levels of mercury. Listeria is a very rare infection, affecting less than 1 in , people in the United States per year. Listeria bacteria is found in uncooked meats, uncooked vegetables, unpasteurized milk, and processed foods.
To prevent listeria exposure, avoid soft cheeses, such as feta, Brie, Camembert, blue-veined cheese, and Mexican style cheeses such as queso fresco, queso blanco, and Panela.
Avoid refrigerated meat spreads and refrigerated smoked seafood. Canned meat spreads or canned smoked seafood are fine. Practice safe food handling. Any pasteurized dairy products, such as cream cheese, are fine. Two or three glasses of milk daily low-fat, or skim is fine are recommended. If you cannot drink milk, yogurt, cheese, and calcium supplements are also good Citracal, Caltrate, Tums or Viactiv. Liver, peaches, grapes, dried apricots, raisins, egg yolks, fresh spinach, and peanut butter are rich in iron.
An iron supplement will be recommended to you during your sixth month. Eating the peppermint and berry flavors helps relieve my reflux quickly. I suck on them or swallow them after taking Tums.
Tums create lots of air inside so Simethicone helps get rid of the air before life gets too uncomfortable. A reader pointed out that there are Gas X strips now. You simply put one on your tongue and it dissolves. Having a small pack of Kleenex can be extremely helpful.
Peppermint oil is known to settle the stomach, to combat aches and pains, headaches, acid reflux etc. I often swallow 4 or 5 when I am experiencing any one of these.
I also suck on Altoids to combat nausea, bad breath, or offer them to others who may have bad breath and be talking quite close to me as well. They catch it all, are heavy duty, have tons of 5 star reviews on Amazon from other pregnant women, and make clean up super easy! Sanitizing shopping cart handles, your hands often, doors, and other items that are heavily touched will help you to avoid the germs that can more easily get you sick.
Trust me when I say being sick and pregnant is pretty miserable! I have found them to be extremely helpful. I carry them with me and when I begin getting sick I put them on my wrists.
Carry these items with you and you will be grateful, I guarantee it! Andrea- I bought the regular sea bands but I think they are the same. I looked at both and they looked the same but the seabands were cheaper so I just went with those.
Here is the link to the exact ones I bought. Thank you for the panty-liners tip! Mint is known to soothe digestive issues, but if you have stomach ulcers during pregnancy, consuming mint in any form could be harmful. The presence of menthol in mint could aggravate ulcers and cause further complications.
We hope you find this information useful. Mint has quite a few health benefits that could be helpful during pregnancy, but you must also know the cons of consuming the herb during pregnancy. If you can consume mint, ensure it is eaten in moderate quantities.
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Some moms-to-be find that taking their prenatal vitamin at a different time of day "I noticed a HUGE difference when I switched to taking my prenatal vitamins right before bed," says user mrsjmscharer , taking it on a full stomach or asking their practitioner to recommend an alternate formula can help.
It was the only thing I could keep down and really helped me. This tip makes sense: Popsicles are sweet and hydrating, making them a perfect choice for nauseous moms-to-be. Look for store-bought brands or make your own that contain tummy soothers like ginger or mint. Some moms-to-be credit acupuncture with helping to ease morning sickness along with other pregnancy symptoms like heartburn and sciatica. In fact, s ome studies have shown that acupuncture that targets the wrist may help reduce nausea and vomiting associated with morning sickness though other studies have not found the same effect.
If your morning sickness isn't responding to other remedies, your practitioner may recommend taking an additional vitamin B6 supplement or the antihistamine doxylamine found in Unisom SleepTabs.
However, never test these supplements or any other traditional or herbal medication for morning sickness without first getting the green light from your doctor.
If you have severe symptoms and home remedies aren't helping, reach out to your practitioner for guidance. Your doctor may recommend a prescription drug such as Diclegis that's been approved by the FDA to treat nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. The educational health content on What To Expect is reviewed by our medical review board and team of experts to be up-to-date and in line with the latest evidence-based medical information and accepted health guidelines, including the medically reviewed What to Expect books by Heidi Murkoff.
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