Proper exercise, nutrition and preparation for child birth are very important for assuring that the baby is born healthy and without any complications.
Eating healthy is to get a well balanced diet that contains all the three food components of protein, carbohydrates and vitamins and to include in your diet the essential fats that are good for a healthy child birth and for the unborn as well. The amount of calories that one should take varies from one mother to the other and it depends on the body weight of the mother. However, it is advisable to take 500 additional calories t be used by the growing fetus. In the first three months of pregnancy, expectant mothers are required to add at least three pound of their body weight. For the second and third trimester, one should add additional weight of 1l/b per week so that you can achieve 25-30 lbs throughout the entire period of your pregnancy.
Expectant mothers should ensure that she gets sufficient intake of minerals, vitamins and micronutrients especially those that contain much folic acid and iron. Folic acids are important for the growing baby for the development of the central nervous system and help to ensure that the unborn has the appropriate weight during child birth. The lack of the folic acids may result in spina bifida, which is a defect that occurs when there is poor development of the spinal chord. Another thing that expectant mothers should note when they are preparing for child birth is to have proper exercise, as this will go hand in hand with proper nutrition. Some of the exercises that a woman who has normal pregnancy can do at childbirth include breast exercises, kegel exercises and pelvic rock exercises.
Moreover, it is good for pregnant mothers to anticipate and understand the whole process that is in front of her so that she is prepared well for the delivery. One should know as early as one month about the delivery and you may feel some pre-labor warm up contractions. For those women who are pregnant for the first time, they will experience the lightening up in about 2-3 weeks when the unborn moves to the pelvis. This will relieve the pressure in the stomach and in the lungs allowing the mother to breath at ease. As the mother reach 38 weeks of pregnancy, labor will occur and it is because the mother's system is sending a message that the baby is mature enough and is ready to be born.
When you experience the contractions, 6 or more contractions in one hour, it is high time to call your doctor and it is time to lie down and elevate your feet for child birth. The intensity of the contraction will also assist you to know that the baby is coming out.
