I wish you are doing great and enjoying this beautiful phase of pregnancy to the fullest. With this beauty of pregnancyhood, here comes a confusion. A confusion relating to food, health, skin, etc. and we actually passes our time in stress of what is good for our health and what not! Believe me! When we finally make up our mind not to take that much pressure and go with the flow, the first trimester waves the hands and a new trimester with new things comes to rescue. With this, we all leave some important stuff behind.
To the ladies, I shout out loud to you all what my doctor did was “OLD IS GOLD”. The generations might have come a long way but the reality is “Bache tab bhi paida hote the or aaj bhi”. So, why to run over new diet or new food style.
Therefor, My funda was Listen to all, follow none, Do what your body allows! And to my surprise my doctor was also the coolest one and this was the that made me super positive every time I visit her. Obviously the folics and other multi-vitamins that your body requires has already been taken care of by the doctor’s medication. But! She included some of the foods to the list of whatever else I want to have instead and you should also keep a note of these are: ➕Water- Drink enough amount of water to keep yourself hydrated and active through out this period. Hydration is necessary not only for the baby but also for the skin elasticity of your body.
➕Coconut water- It not only adds taste but a healthy nutrition to your body. So don’t forget to add this in your daily food list.
➕ Dairy Products-Definitely milk (atleast 3 times a day) is a necessity. You can have shakes to kill your hunger. Also curd and paneer are the most important inclusion in your daily diet. I personally took paneer as a snack to break my hunger thumbs and it is healthy on the other side. There are many other options too to consume paneer.
➕Almonds- Another important part of your pregnancy diet as benefits of almond s are already known to the world so not going scientifically into it, its inclusion is as important as others. How I make my hunger savior was to have about 8-12 almonds along with milk in the evening.
➕Fruits: I know this is also very common and everyone is knowing the benefits but I want to emphasise on Banana and apple to be included in your daily diet. Else seasonal fruits are there to fill your bowl and tummy as well.
Now switching on to the craving part of pregnancy, What my doctor used to say “whatever you crave for, you should have it to satisfy your craving, If its junk, get an alternative and If can’t have an alternative then have it little but never dump your craving” and for this I just love her..
And yes! I had Pizza, Pasta, Potato chips etc the every 3rd day because of my strong cravings within. But yes! It was home made bread base pizza in different styles and wheat pasta with cheeze/malai to kill your craving.
And as every women has one or the other complications in pregnancy, I too had swollen feet from the first trimester only and to my surprise It was not even a BP problem. So I just kept myself active & walking and honestly despite this I enjoyed every single time of this period because I know it wouldn’t comeback.
In short keep the less you worry the more you enjoy..
yashu Gopichand
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31 Jul 2019