Pregnant women's diet should be diversified, with sufficient calories, protein, minerals, vitamins and trace elements.
In the early pregnancy, that is, the first three months, the main organs of the fetus have differentiated, but the growth rate is slow, and pregnant women only need to increase the calories of 209 dry cokes (50 kcal) every day. During this period, due to the influence of endocrine and mental factors, pregnant women often have nausea, vomiting, anorexia, partial eclipse and other phenomena, and the spleen and stomach function is reduced. Therefore, it is necessary to give priority to foods that strengthen the spleen and stomach. Don't eat greasy food. It's best to eat less and eat more. The staple food is pasta and rice, supplemented by non-staple foods such as dried tofu, salted eggs, sugar-fried chestnuts, apples and hawthorn.
Mid-pregnancy, that is, 4 to 7 months. Fetuses need a lot of protein to form their own muscles and bones, and mothers also need protein to supply the development of uterus, placenta and breast. Fetal bone and brain development needs a lot of calcium and phosphorus, a certain amount of iodine, zinc and various vitamins. Pregnant women should give priority to invigorating qi and nourishing blood. Besides rice and noodles, you can also eat some small rice and coix seed. Non-staple foods that benefit qi, such as chicken, eggs, quail eggs, potatoes, yam, bean products, yellow croaker, shrimp, etc., and non-staple foods that enrich blood, such as animal liver, beef, milk, eel, etc. Spinach, day lily, etc. High iron content, you can eat some properly. In addition, calcium tablets and cod liver oil can be added under the guidance of a doctor.
Late pregnancy, that is, 2 months before labor. During this period, the weight of the fetus increased rapidly. If nutrition can't keep up, pregnant women often have complications such as anemia, edema and high blood pressure. During this period, pregnant women need qi, blood and yin. You can eat some nourishing yin foods such as sea cucumber, oyster meat, mussel meat, whitebait, lean meat and tremella. If edema and hypertension occur, you can eat some foods with less salt and diuresis, such as red bean porridge, winter melon soup and crucian carp soup. If hemoglobin is low, eat more foods with high iron content such as egg yolk, pig liver, red beans, rape and spinach. You should also eat more calcium-rich foods such as soybeans, shrimp skins and kelp, as well as crude fiber vegetables and fruits.