The 3 middle month period is the most
wonderful time of pregnancy, but pregnant women need to take notice of the
followings to maintain the health of both mother and child.
This is period of time that is really
unforgettable because you will be able to feel the first movements of the
babies in the womb. To most of pregnant women, the phenomena of pregnancy occur
in the 16th to 20th weeks.
In 3 middle months, most of unpleasant
phenomena like morning sickness, fatigue… are all gone. This is the most
wonderful period of time, pregnant women should spend the time on traveling,
playing, doing things that entertain you to enjoy the moment of life and create
pleasures while being pregnant. This is the time you have the feelings of
having a fresh source of energy that is running in the body. Therefore, you
shouldn’t waste it.
Pregnant
women should spend the time traveling, playing, doing things that entertain you
to enjoy the moment of life and create pleasures while being pregnant.
The morning sickness period has passed, you
should eat foods that you like and have appetite of. You should spend this
period of time eating because at that time, you don’t have to be afraid of
keeping the shape.
You can enjoy the shopping which is the
pleasure of most women; you should choose yourself new clothes as your bump is
getting bigger.
12 hard weeks of pregnancy are gone, and you’re
in the 3 middle months of pregnancy with many pleasures. It’s good time to have
a safe pregnancy and have its health improved. At the time, you can relax and
enjoy the time.
Some things you should take notice of
The 3 middle month period is considered to
be the most comfortable time as you’re over morning sickness, get back appetite
and have good sleep. However, you still have to face gestation trouble like:
Constipation
Many pregnant women still have to face with
the trouble during 3 middle months of pregnancy. To avoid the situation, you
should drink lots of water and eat fibrous foods. Sitting for a long period of
time can bring you constipation, so you should stand up 10 minute each hour
sitting.
Stretch
marks start to happen
When the baby in the womb is getting
bigger, the mother’s body also starts to have stretch marks on the breasts, the
behind, thighs and abdomen. The best ways to prevent stretch marks are drinking
enough water and keeping the skin moisturized by moisturizing anti-stretch
cream, but you should remember to choose the safe one.
Dizziness
There’re many pregnant women that have
dizziness in the 3 middle months, especially when lying on the back. That’s
because the weight of the fetuses put pressure on veins in which blood from the
bottom of the body goes back to the heart. In the worse situation, dizziness
can make you pass out. Therefore, to avoid dizziness, pregnant women limit
lying on the back during 3 middle and last months of pregnancy. Instead of
that, you can lie on the left side with a pillow under the hip.
There’re
many pregnant women that have dizziness in the 3 middle months, especially when
lying on the back.
Shortage
of breath
In the late second trimester, the fetus
keeps growing and putting pressure on the chest and lung, bringing you a
shortage of breath. If you regularly find it hard to breathe or feel like
having shortage of breath, you’d better see a doctor soon.
See a doctor
Having antenatal clinic during 3 middle
months of pregnancy helps doctors to check essential information that’s
important to your and your baby’s health. A part from ensuring the baby’s
development and mother’s health, doctors can keep the tract of the gestational
risks in order to prevent them.
Having
antenatal clinic during 3 middle months of pregnancy helps doctors to check
essential information that’s important to your and your baby’s health.
If you haven’t taken ultrasound screening
to measure nuchal translucency for about 11 to 13 weeks in the 3 first months
of pregnancy, doctors will let you do the triple test in the 3 middle months of
pregnancy.
The 22nd week of the 3 middle
month of pregnancy is really important for pregnant women to have ultrasound
screening to detect the birth defects, such as: hydrocephalus, spinal bifida,
congenital heart diseases, pulmonary acinar malformation, short limbs, bowed
limps, arch lip, atrophy of esophagus and umbilical hernia… This is the perfect
time to diagnose because as the fetus is still small, plenty of amniotic fluid
will make the ultrasound screening easier.
You should see a doctor to check essential information that’s important to your and
your baby’s health.
Nutrition factors
There’re 4 basic groups of food that pregnant
women should keep eating:
·
The starch group: rice, noodle, corn, potato,
cassava…
·
The protein group: meat, fish, egg, shrimp,
crab, beans and peas…
·
The fat group: oil, fat, sesame, peanut…
·
The vitamin and mineral group: green vegetables
and ripe fruits.
The aims that
pregnant women should follow in the period of time is to gain 3-4kg, so you
should take notice in the menu to preserve the nutrition needs of both mother
and child. Especially, pregnant women should take a deep look on the
information:
·
Add fat that is need for fetal brain’s
development.
·
It’s important to maintain the regimen that has
a variety in green vegetables and nine fruits in order to provide vitamin and
avoid constipation.
·
The vitamins that are necessary for the body
including iron, calcium, magnesium, zinc, folic acid, vitamin A, B, C, E, D and
beta-carotene are provided by a diverse eating.
·
Drink enough water and avoid skipping meals.
Drink
enough water for a better pregnancy.
