Healthy Snacks For Pregnancy

Pregnancy is not a stage for overeating with sweets or heavy snacks. Read on to learn how to eat healthy snacks during your pregnancy and thus optimize nutrition. Julie sat down before a large bowl of chocolate chip cookies. His plan was to kill two birds with one stone. Ice cream was an attractive way to meet your daily calcium needs and gave you the extra calories you should ingest for pregnancy. "Now for two," he told himself.

In fact, pregnant women only need about 100 extra calories per day in the first trimester and 300 more per day in the second and third quarters. A single serving of half a cup of good quality ice cream, which is about 250 calories, easily meeting this requirement in a few quick sips. Although it is true that the body has a lot of work to do, pregnancy does not give the freedom to eat unlimited amounts of food or ignore the intake of salt and fat. Weight gain beyond what the doctor suggests may increase the risk of gestational diabetes and high blood pressure. Over time, both your health and that of your baby may be at risk.  

The Art of Eating Healthy Snacks

Most pregnancy guidelines recommend smaller portions, with snacks between meals, instead of three hearty meals a day. As the baby grows, it becomes harder to eat too much at one time. Eating too much can cause gas, heartburn, belching, and upset stomach at any stage of the process. In addition, healthy snacks can help control cravings between meals and provide the extra nutrients you need without committing excesses. However, you must choose wisely. It does not take much food to add 100 to 300 calories a day to your diet. A simple but well-planned snack in the afternoon or evening can represent just the right amount of calories and nutrition.  

Healthy Snacks for Moms-to-

Be Observe the following attractive snack options. They offer a variety of whole grains, dairy products, fruits and vegetables. These foods contain calcium, iron, folic acid and fiber: all are important nutrients during pregnancy, both for the mom and the developing baby.  

Sweets ... how delicious!

1. A toasted whole wheat English muffin smeared with a spoonful of natural peanut butter and a sliced ​​banana
2. A large roasted apple covered with eight halves of walnuts and cinnamon
3. 1 cup chocolate milk and 1 banana
4. 1 cup plain vanilla or cottage cheese with 1 percent fat, with the addition of 1 cup fresh diced fruit and 2 tablespoons walnuts or almonds
5. Fruit smoothie with 1 cup skim milk, 1 cup fresh berries and ¾ cup semi-skimmed vanilla yogurt
6. 1 packet of oats with cinnamon and maple syrup fast cooking, made with skim milk instead of water  

Crunchy Cravings

1. Two large rice and cinnamon biscuits smeared with 1 or 2 tablespoons of natural peanut butter
2. A large bowl of bean soup with four whole-grain crackers
3. A large apple cut in slices (with shell) with 10 to 12 flavored rice minimalists
4.1/4 cup hummus , six to eight whole-grain crackers and carrot and celery sticks
5. Eight whole-grain crackers with 2 ounces of lean cheddar cheese and a cup of red or yellow pepper strips 6. Mixed homemade nuts with 20 almonds or cashew nuts, 2 tablespoons raisins and 1 cup whole grain cereal

Natural Birth Guide

I had the book almost finished when one of my acquaintances asked me for some help in the form of texts, to prepare for natural birth. I needed positive reading, a book that would give him confidence, that would give him security, and I did not hesitate for a moment.
  
During that time both she and her companions attended about 2,900 babies at the time of birth , and most were born in their houses (often the couples moved to live there during a season) or in the house of childbirths that had created . With a project started in 1971, Ina May explains that "my experiences as a midwife taught me that women's bodies work," and women went there to have a normal vaginal delivery because that was what happened except in one or two of Every hundred births.

In these cases, the women were transferred to the hospitals to have the delivery completed by caesarean section or with the use of an instrument, or to receive epidural analgesia so that the mother could rest a little before the expulsion. But these cases were the least, as they achieved a cesarean rate of 1.4 percent (in Spain we have spent over 20% in the United States and at the same time as the births of La Granja in the US) 32.8%). 

A first part full of normal deliveries

The first part of the book is full of stories of women giving birth there. There are very intense moments, of complicated births, with shoulder dystocias, the babies that come from the face, very big babies, a pair of obstetricians who wanted to see their baby born out of their workspace, And many more; But they are all deliveries explained by women, with their feelings and feelings, which help the reader understand births, understand birth, and even connect with the logical belief that women are fully prepared to give birth to their babies (Do you know that in many countries in Latin America cesarean rates exceed 50% because professionals say that women today are not capable of giving birth?).

 A second part full of knowledge and evidence
 
The second part of the book talks about the physiological process of childbirth . It explains the connection between body and mind that is neglected in many hospitals, where unfortunately many professionals only see the body of a woman to help them expel their baby, and how this, the lack of Affection, support and empathy, can help to hinder a delivery that then does require intervention.

In other words, many problems of childbirth occur because many professionals are unable to help women to have a birth they feel capable and confident . Then the dilation is slowed or stalled and the hurries and the methods to accelerate the delivery appear, which only add more stress, more difficulties, and new solutions in the form of techniques and instruments that end up transforming a normal birth into an instrumental birth or even In a caesarean section .