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Prenatal Health

When carrying a baby, the prenatal period is crucial in ensuring the unborn baby's health and development, as well your own well-being. Without drinking enough fluids, you and the baby can become dehydrated, and you also run the risk of developing bladder infections, which can lead to preterm labor. By drinking six to eight 8oz. of water daily, you can help ease constipation, stop water retention, and prevent hemorrhoids. Poor eating habits can lead to a low birth-weight or overweight baby with birth defects, and put you at risk for gestational diabetes, hypoglycemia, hypertension, or gall bladder disease. What you eat goes directly to your unborn child, and if not enough food is consumed, the baby will deplete your body of whatever nutrients it can find, leaving you weak, anemic, and prone to calcium deficiencies. If foods too high in fat, sodium, or sugar are consumed, both of you can gain unnecessary weight, you can retain extra water, and disrupt your pancreas's ability to regulate blood sugar. So, for the sake of your baby, the prenatal period ought to be a time where you take extra care of yourself, so that you both will benefit.

Before having your baby, the prenatal period should also be spent in regular exercise. Yogic or cardiovascular exercise will boost in your mood, energy levels, and maintain your weight. It is very common for organs to become sluggish, such as the liver or bile duct, especially in first-time expectant mothers. After delivery, they usually return to normal shortly after. Walking keeps circulation moving, especially in the legs, to prevent thrombosis or sciatic pressure in the lower back. Cleansing breaths will maintain your calm, promote oxygen flow to the baby, and prepare you for eventual labor.

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