Xiaoyu is four months pregnant. Recently, she found that her morning sickness has disappeared and her appetite has improved. She wants to know what she needs to pay attention to during her second trimester of pregnancy. From the fourth month of pregnancy, the expectant mother enters the second trimester. Compared with the first trimester, the baby's development is more comprehensive and rapid in the second trimester, which is the first fertile period. Therefore, expectant mothers should pay attention to supplementing comprehensive nutrition.

So, how should expectant mothers eat during the second trimester to ensure the nutrition of the fetus? Expectant mothers should pay attention to these four points in their diet so that the fetus will grow well and be healthy.

1. Eat more foods with high vitamin content

In the second trimester, the fetus’s demand for vitamin C, B vitamins, folic acid and other nutrients increases. Therefore, it is necessary to accurately Mom should eat more foods rich in various vitamins in her daily diet.

Pay attention to the thickness of staple food, and pay attention to eating more fresh fruits and vegetables. At the same time, you should also pay attention to avoid vitamin loss when cooking. It is best to use steaming method for cooking.

2. Ingest an appropriate amount of fat

During the second trimester, expectant mothers should pay attention to consuming a certain amount of fat, because a large amount of energy is required during delivery and postpartum breastfeeding. From this point on, expectant mothers should pay attention to storing fat to meet future needs. Expectant mothers can appropriately increase their intake of vegetable oil, and usually eat more fat-containing foods such as walnuts, peanuts, and sesame seeds.

3. Pay attention to increasing heat energy

The basal metabolism of the expectant mother will increase during the second trimester, so the utilization rate of sugar will also increase. The expectant mother should increase her energy intake by 200 calories. , The daily consumption of staple food should not be less than 400 grams. In addition, the increase in heat energy should be based on the specific situation of the expectant mother. If the labor intensity of the expectant mother is high, more calories can be added appropriately.

4. Eat more foods rich in trace elements and inorganic salts

In the second trimester of pregnancy, expectant mothers are prone to gestational anemia. At this time, the blood volume of expectant mothers increases the fastest and they are prone to deficiency. The demand for iron, calcium, iodine and other nutrients will also increase, so expectant mothers should eat more beans and soy products, milk and milk products, animal liver, fish and other foods.

Below, the little bookworm mother recommends three home-cooked dishes suitable for pregnant mothers. Friends who like them can give it a try.

1. Assorted potato soup

Ingredients: 1 potato, half carrot, 10 grams of dried daylily, 10 red dates, 1 slice of angelica, 1 small piece of kelp.

Method:

① Wash and peel the potatoes and carrots first, then cut them into pieces.

② Soak the red dates and cut into pieces and remove the core. Soak the kelp and cut into shreds. Blanch the daylilies in boiling water for 1 minute, then remove and drain.

③ Put all the prepared ingredients together Put it in a pot, add 1000 ml of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to simmer and continue to cook for 20 minutes, add salt to taste.

2． Milk porridge

Ingredients: 100 grams of japonica rice, 200 ml of fresh milk

Method:

① First wash 100 grams of japonica rice, then pour it into the pot Add an appropriate amount of water and cook until cooked.

②Pour in 200 ml of fresh milk, stir well and boil before serving.

3. Steamed Mushrooms and Red Dates

Ingredients: 10 jujubes, 20 grams of mushrooms, 150 grams of chicken, minced onion, ginger, salt, etc. as appropriate.

Method:

① Soak the mushrooms in warm water, wash them, cut them into shreds and set aside. Wash and cut the chicken into shreds.

② Add jujubes, mushrooms and chicken, add an appropriate amount of salt, green onions and ginger, put them into a pot, and steam them over water for 35 minutes.