Healthy Babies & Pregnancy Loss Awareness Month | Herbal Goodness
This month's awareness got me to thinking about how we as mothers can help our babies stay healthy.
One thing that is easy to do is have an alcohol pregnancy and make sure during breastfeeding years you are aware of your alcohol intake. There is a great blog post on this here:
The National Healthy Babies, Healthy Mothers Coalition has lots of great tips for healthy babies. Another thing that is quite simple is monitoring you diet. Make sure you are getting tons of dark leafy greens, orange fruits and vegetables, folic acid foods, and remember to taste the rainbow! Omegas like DHA and EPA high in Omega 3 are also essential.
Papaya fruit and leaf can be taken during pregnancy, labor, postpartum and breastfeeding. Make sure you are taking the correct dose during your pregnancy. You can increase the dosage of this amazing superfruit as you get closer to your due date. Healthy babies are made in the womb, yes, but even before you conceive you can prepare your body to make the most healthy baby.
Want to know how? By doing these 5 things before consumption:
1. Stop drinking alcohol three months before you start trying
2. Eat a diet rich in omegas, folic acid, and dark leafy greens
3. Take out simple sugars and empty starches
4. Buy Organic, pesticides interact with your hormones!
5. Walk every day or exercise 3 times a week for 40 minutes.
Dad can help too! There are supplements and diet changes that help a man's fertility and it will help the health of your child also and reduce certain birth defects! Pregnancy loss is very difficult and hard to deal with, especially if you don't know the cause.
Here are some tips to prevent pregnancy loss that you have control over;
1. Stop smoking
2. Stop drinking
3. Stop taking illegal drugs
4. Check your prescription drugs
5. Know the risks of surgery during pregnancy
6. Monitor your cycles and know when you ovulate
7. Eat Healthy and Stay Fit!
8. Get an Annual every year to monitor your fertility health
9. Keep your hormones balanced
10. Don't use scented tampons, pads or vaginal douches
11. Try to remain calm and lead a stress reduced lifestyle
Happy Pregnancy! Happy Birth! Happy Baby!
