Baby Making

Pregnancy is a demanding stage of a woman's life. It is because you are not just taking care of yourself but also most importantly you're taking care of the life inside your womb. With this, there are lots of factors to consider when eating food as unhealthy foods could damage both the mother and the fetus. Pregnancy foods should contain vitamins needed for your body to support the child as vitamin deficiency could bring so much effect to the baby's health and development. Pregnant mothers can get most of these vitamins from the food they eat and if the vitamins don't meet the requirements a pregnant body needs, practitioners prescribe some supplements that are safe to be taken.

There are two vital nutrients a pregnant body needs for the baby's growth. These are the folic acid and iron. Folate or commonly in its synthetic form, folic acid, can be found on foods such as dark leafy greens, orange juice or oranges, soy nuts, avocados, lentils, asparagus, broccoli, peas and dried beans. It is recommended that a woman should have at least 400 micrograms (mcg) of intake folic acid in her body daily before pregnancy. If she's pregnant already a recommended amount of 600 mcg should be taken. However, not everyday that you can take lots of food containing folic acid so practitioners always prescribe pregnant women to take folic acid supplement as prenatal vitamin supplements with folic acid that contains between 600 and 1000 mcg that can totally support both the parent and the baby's need of folic acid. Folic acid reduces the risk of your baby to have neural tube defects as it develops.

Iron is always important not just for pregnant women and baby but also for grown ups. Eating liver, meat, seafood, dry beans, oatmeal, tofu, soy nuts, grains and others can increase the body's iron level everyday. But for pregnant mothers, daily intake through eating iron-containing foods seems insufficient. It is recommended for a pregnant mother to take at least 27 milligrams (mg) of iron mineral everyday to avoid the development of iron deficiency anemia during pregnancy. Because of this, there are iron pregnancy supplements that usually contain 27 to 60 mg prescribed by physicians for the mother's supply of iron on her blood as it gets thin when the body produces more blood to support the baby's growth.

Calcium that a mother can normally get from drinking milk helps babies to develop strong bones, healthy nerves and heart, and also helps in the development of the baby's heart rhythm and prevents blood clot. Zinc is also important for the baby's formation of vital organs, nerves, skeleton, and circulatory system. Vitamin A helps the baby's cell growth and eye development, increases infection resistance, helps in bone growth and fat metabolism. Vitamin Cs doesn't only strengthen the baby's bones but it's also essential for the baby's tissue repair and collagen production. Also, taking foods such as pork tenderloin enrich spinach noodles and other food which contains Thiamin is essential for the baby's brain development as it aids heart and nervous system growth. With these vitamins, you can be sure of living a healthy pregnancy life along the way.