Health Promotion During Pregnancy

113245906096000037750751523365Pregnancy is an exciting time and as you prepare to bring your new addition to the world, it is imperative that you give birth to a healthy baby. This means sacrificing some of your usual pleasures that may compromise the health of your unborn baby. Discussed here are some of the reasons you need to make changes.
00Pregnancy is an exciting time and as you prepare to bring your new addition to the world, it is imperative that you give birth to a healthy baby. This means sacrificing some of your usual pleasures that may compromise the health of your unborn baby. Discussed here are some of the reasons you need to make changes.
34696405193838Remember your child comes first!
00Remember your child comes first!
36163256007735EATING HABITS
 
You must embrace healthy eating, taking balanced meals and avoiding unhealthy food such as caffeine and junk food.
 

00EATING HABITS
 
You must embrace healthy eating, taking balanced meals and avoiding unhealthy food such as caffeine and junk food.
 

66427354460875DRUG USE
Drug use, whether legal or illegal, may lead to dependence, and neonatal abstinence syndrome, which refers to physiologic withdrawal symptoms in a newborn. Drug dependence could also lead to inability to parent. Any medication should be given with consideration of the pregnancy.
00DRUG USE
Drug use, whether legal or illegal, may lead to dependence, and neonatal abstinence syndrome, which refers to physiologic withdrawal symptoms in a newborn.

Drug dependence could also lead to inability to parent. Any medication should be given with consideration of the pregnancy.
66427351593215SMOKING AND
ALCOHOL USE
Smoking and drinking while pregnant is not recommended and one should stop engaging in such habits as soon as they begin trying to conceive and realize they are pregnant. Alcohol use could lead to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
00SMOKING AND
ALCOHOL USE
Smoking and drinking while pregnant is not recommended and one should stop engaging in such habits as soon as they begin trying to conceive and realize they are pregnant. Alcohol use could lead to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
66709646871855CARING FOR PETS
You may need to give up caring for pets while pregnant to avoid contracting diseases that may affect you and your unborn child. Toxoplasmosis for example is mostly transmitted through contact with a cat’s feces. Such an infection can be passed on to an unborn child and while not manifested at birth, could lead to serious issues including blindness later in life. Therefore, one should thoroughly wash their hands after being in contact with pets.
00CARING FOR PETS
You may need to give up caring for pets while pregnant to avoid contracting diseases that may affect you and your unborn child. Toxoplasmosis for example is mostly transmitted through contact with a cat’s feces. Such an infection can be passed on to an unborn child and while not manifested at birth, could lead to serious issues including blindness later in life. Therefore, one should thoroughly wash their hands after being in contact with pets.
22923508547735001135380070242540011326091405938200130162302349500017803094073236some of the lifestyle changes
you need
to make
• smoking
•alcohol use
• drug use (legal and illegal)
• eating habits.
• caring for pets
00some of the lifestyle changes
you need
to make
• smoking
•alcohol use
• drug use (legal and illegal)
• eating habits.
• caring for pets
1517073609600003775075609485Pregnant? Here are some changes you must make
00Pregnant? Here are some changes you must make
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